The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's

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, a quadrennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four countries in

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Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

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Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

and

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; it was the first time in football history more than two countries joined host of a major continental competition and the only one to had ever taken place until the

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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

won the continental title for the first time after defeating three-time champion

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1–0 in the final. As the winner, Iraq represented the AFC in the

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. Before 2007 and every four years, Asia often held its continental tournament from 1956 until

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in 2004. With the

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and the

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also held in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC changed their tradition. From 2007, AFC decided to hold its continental tournament a year earlier, and every four years henceforth from that date. An estimated worldwide television audience of 650 million people tuned in to watch the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

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participated for the first time since moving to the AFC from the OFC. Australia also happened to be the tournament's first nation aside from the co-hosts to qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup.

Host selection

Initially, three Southeast Asian countries, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, represented each other bids hoping to win the rights to host the tournament. The then- AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam proposed and presented a move to have four host nations for the 2007 Asian Cup to these Southeast Asian states. This led to a scramble to have the fourth host country, which Vietnam was later chosen to co-host alongside the three others. However, Bin Hammam later regretted this decision and called it his "mistake", citing the financial and logistic difficulties in organising an event across four countries. He said that "It is proving very difficult for he executive committee as theyhave to have four organising committees, four media centres and there are also financial considerations." He also revealed that " e woulddefinitely ot doit

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, if he had the choice. In June 2005, the AFC warned Thailand that it needed to improve its facilities before 2007, otherwise it would be dropped, possibly being replaced with

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. On 12 August of the same year, the AFC confirmed that Thailand would be a co-host of the 2007 Asian Cup. However, in October 2006, Thailand was again warned to improve its facilities in 90 days.

Venues

Qualification

The qualification ran from 22 February 2006 to 15 November 2006. For the first time, the defending champions (in this tournament,

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) did not get an automatic qualification. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam automatically qualified as co-hosts. Twenty-four teams were split into six groups of four to compete for the 12 remaining spots in the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² ''Italic'' indicates host

³ Vietnam's debut since the

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in 1976

⁴ As

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Seeds

For the first time, the seeds are based on the October 2006

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instead of the basis of the performance from the previous AFC Asian Cup competition. This was to ensure that the same number of strong teams do not meet in the early stage. The four seeded teams were announced on 19 December 2006. The seeds comprised Pot 4 in the draw. Pot 1 consists of the teams from all co-hosts. The draw was held on 19 December 2006 at the

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Officials

16 referees and 24 assistant referees were officially cleared following a fitness test on 2 July in

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. One referee and two assistant referees were also named from the CAF. ;Referees *

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* Jasim Karim *

Sun Baojie Sun Baojie (; ; born 2 January 1965) is a retired Chinese football referee. He is also a teacher of Tsinghua University. He has refereed internationally in the AFC Asian Cup, Tiger Cup, and qualifiers for the 1998, 2006, and 2010 World Cups. S ...

Masoud Moradi Masoud Moradi ( fa, مسعود مرادی, born August 22, 1965 in Roudsar) is an Iranian retired football referee. Moradi had been a FIFA international referee from 2000 until 2010. Moradi has been an Iran Pro League referee since 1998 and is c ...

Yuichi Nishimura is a Japanese football referee. He has refereed in the Japanese J. League Division 1 since 1999 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2004. He refereed the opening game in the 2014 FIFA World Cup between hosts Brazil and Croa ...

Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli Saad Kameel Al-Fadhli ( ar, سعد كميل) (born January 6, 1963) is a former Kuwaiti football referee, best known for supervising three matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in Japan and South Korea. He was in charge of the FIFA Youth Wor ...

* Talaat Najm *

Abdulrahman Abdou Abdulrahman Mohammed Hussain ( ar, عبد الرحمن عبدو, born 1 October 1972) is a Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occ ...

Khalil Al-Ghamdi Khalil Ibrahim Jalal Al Ghamdi ( ar, خليل إبراهيم جلال الغامدي; born 2 September 1970) is a Saudi Arabian Association football, football Referee (association football), referee. He is known for being a referee at the 2007 AFC ...

Eddy Maillet Eddy Allen Maillet (born October 19, 1967) is a Seychellois football referee, born in Victoria. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2001. He was selected as a referee for the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia, the 2006 A ...

* Kwon Jong-chul *

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Muhsen Basma Muhsen Basma ( ar, محسن بسمة) (born October 21, 1966) is a former Syrian football referee. He has been a FIFA international referee since 2003. He has refereed games at 2007 AFC Asian Cup, a semifinal of the AFC Champions League 2008 and q ...

* Satop Tongkhan (†) *

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;Assistant Referees * Mohd. Shahidul Islam * Liu Tiejun * Evarist Menkouande * Poon Ming Fai * Benjamin Silva * Reza Sokhandan * Mohammad Kadom Arab * Awni Hassouneh * Toru Sagara * Jeong Hae-sang * Mohammed Al-Ghamdi * Yaser Ahmad Marad * Mustafa Taleb * Mohd. Sabri bin Mat Daud * Win U Kyaw * Mohamed Saeed * Abdullah Al-Amouri * Ibrahim Ali Mohammed * Célestin Ntagungira * Yew Mun Tang * Hamdi Al-Kadri * Begench Allaberdiyev * Saleh Al-Marzouqi * Viktor Serazitdinov (†): Replaced

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after he pulled out with injury.

Squads

Tournament summary

The Asian Cup saw many upsets in the early stages of the tournament, with tournament favourites

and

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performing poorly in the group stage. In Group A,

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

held the Socceroos to a surprising draw. The Omanis took the lead and would have won, if not for an injury time goal from

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. Next, joint hosts and the lowest-ranked team in the competition,

, shocked the

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with a 2–0 victory. In the same group,

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held

to a shock 1–1 draw. The result caused Japan's coach

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to fly into a rage in which he branded his players as 'amateurs' and reduced his interpreter to tears. In Group D,

continued the undefeated streak of the hosts by defeating

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

2–1.

ended up as the only host country to lose their opening match after a crushing 5-1 defeat to

recorded just their 2nd win in the Asian Cup finals (their other was in 1972 against

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

), and its first ever win in regulation, when they beat Oman 2–0 on 12 July. Meanwhile, Australia was upset by a 3–1 defeat to

the following day, leaving them floundering in the tournament despite high expectations in third place. However, Australia's 4–0 demolition of Thailand at the last match day saw them into the quarter-finals, as Oman was unable to overcome Iraq in a goalless draw. Vietnam continued to stun all predictions when they drew 1-1 with 2006 ASIAD champions

, while Japan finally got their first win when they thrashed the UAE 3–1. Although Vietnam lost 1–4 to Japan, the UAE's 2–1 comeback win over Qatar witnessed Vietnam's first time ever to qualify into the next round and became the only host to progress through despite being in the group of three different champions. On the other hand, while Malaysia continued its poor form with 0–5 and 0–2 losses to

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

and

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, thus going out of the tournament without a point. China's shocking elimination occurred when they were hammered 0–3 by the Uzbeks, despite having drawn 2–2 with Iran and was expected to qualify from group stage with an easy win. Bahrain shocked the whole tournament by defeating South Korea 2–1 in Group D, leaving the Koreans in the verge of elimination when Indonesia was beaten 1–2 by

. However, South Korea finally progressed with a 1–0 win over hosts Indonesia and with Saudi Arabia destroying Bahrain 4–0, it was enough to seal them in. In the quarter-finals, Iraq defeated Vietnam 2–0, while South Korea needed a penalty shootout to eliminate Iran 4–2. Japan also needed a penalty shootout to defeat Australia 4–3 (this was the first time Australia's goalkeeper

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had ever come out on the losing end of a penalty shoot-out), and Saudi Arabia won over Uzbekistan 2–1. Iraq upset the Koreans in the semi-finals by winning 4–3 on penalties, resulting in thousands of Iraqis celebrating in the streets of Baghdad. Over 50 Iraqis were killed by terrorist bombs targeting these crowds. In the other semi-finals, Saudi Arabia eliminated defending champions Japan after a 3–2 win to make an all-Arab affair for the final match. Iraq went on to defeat the Saudis 1–0, taking the Asian Cup title. Iraqi forward and captain

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was given the title of Most Valuable Player. South Korea took third place, narrowly beating Japan 6–5 on penalties. It was the third consecutive match in the tournament that South Korea drew 0–0 before a penalty shootout. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, as the top three teams in the tournament, all received automatic berths to the

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along with the next hosts Qatar.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

With four goals, Younis Mahmoud, Naohiro Takahara and Yasser Al-Qahtani are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. ;4 goals *

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Yasser Al-Qahtani Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani ( ar, ياسر سعيد القحطاني; born 10 October 1982) is a former Saudi footballer who played as a forward for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabia national tea ...

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Maksim Shatskikh Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (russian: Максим Александрович Шацких; born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbek professional football coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent and a former player. He is widely regarded as one of the best ...

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* Wang Dong *

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Malek Mouath Malek Ali Mouath Al-Hawsawi ( ar, مالك علي معاذ الهوساوي) (also named Malek Maaz officially by FIFA ) (born 10 August 1981) is a former Saudi Arabian professional footballer. Mouath originally played as an attacking midfielde ...

Taisir Al-Jassim Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassim ( ar, تيسير جابر الجاسم, can also be spelled as Taisir Al-Jassim, born 25 July 1984) is a former Saudi Arabian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Ahli Saudi FC and a ...

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Timur Kapadze Timur Kapadze ( uz, Temur Kapadze; russian: Тимур Кападзе; tr, Timur Kapadze, ka, თემურ კაპაძე) is an Uzbekistani former professional association football, football midfielder of Ahiska Turks, Ahiska-Turkish de ...

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Sutee Suksomkit Sutee Suksomkit ( th, สุธี สุขสมกิจ, born June 5, 1978) is a Thai professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Thai League 3 club Bankhai United. He is known for his skillful style of play, ...

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Alexander Geynrikh Alexander Rudolfovich Geynrikh (russian: Александр Рудольфович Гейнрих, , german: Alexander Heinrich; born 6 October 1984) is a Uzbek former footballer who played as a forward for the Uzbekistan national team. Caree ...

Aziz Ibragimov Aziz Ibragimov (also spelled Ibrahimov, born 21 July 1986) is an Uzbekistani footballer who plays as a defender for Turon Yaypan. Club career Ibragimov played for various clubs in his native Uzbekistan, as well as in Slovakia, the Czech Repub ...

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;1 own goal *

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(against ''Uzbekistan'') *

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(against ''Vietnam'')

Awards

Most Valuable Player *

Top scorer *

Best Goalkeeper *

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Best Defender *

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Fair Play Award * Most Entertaining Team * Team of the tournament The ''Toshiba All-Star XI'' was voted for by fans on the official Asian Cup website.

Final standings

Marketing

Official match ball

The Official Match Ball for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was launched by

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on 15 May 2007, making it the first time ever that a ball had been launched specifically for any football competition in Asia. The Nike Mercurial Veloci AC features four blue stripes with gold trim with each host city's name inscribed, as well as the

logo.

Official song

The AFC selected " I Believe", a 2004 single by

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singer

Tata Young Amita Marie "Tata" Young ( th, อมิตา มารี "ทาทา" ยัง; born 14 December 1980) is a Thai singer, actress and model who gained prominence in Thailand when she placed first in a national singing contest at age 11, sub ...

as the tournament's official song.

References

External links

AFC Asian Cup 2007 Official Site
(Archived)

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Host selection

Venues

Qualification

Seeds

Officials

Squads

Tournament summary

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

Final standings

Marketing

Official match ball

Official song

See also

References

External links