| AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 كأس آسيا 2023 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 12 January – 10 February 2024 |
| Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 9 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Qatar (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Jordan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 51 |
| Goals scored | 132 (2.59 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,507,790 (29,565 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Akram Afif (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Akram Afif[1] |
| Bestgoalkeeper | Meshaal Barsham[2] |
| Fair play award | Qatar |
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The2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of theAFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial internationalfootball tournament organised by theAsian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in2019, with hostsQatar the defending champions.[3][4]
On 17 October 2022, the AFC announced that the tournament would be held inQatar, replacing the original hostsChina.[5] Due to the high summer temperatures and Qatar's participation in the2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the tournament was postponed to 12 January – 10 February 2024, while retaining the original name for both existingsponsorship and logistical purposes.[6][7] The 2023 tournament were the second of three consecutive Asian Cup to be held inMiddle East, following the2019 AFC Asian Cup inUnited Arab Emirates and preceding the2027 AFC Asian Cup inSaudi Arabia. This marked the first time a FIFA World Cup host nation hosts the AFC Asian Cup. Due to the one-year postponement, Qatar 2023 was the only tournament to have been held in an odd-numbered year since the2007 edition.
Hosts and defending champions Qatar retained their title after defeatingJordan 3–1 in thefinal.[8]
China was acclaimed as the host country on 4 June 2019, as sole finishing bidder, days just prior to the69th FIFA Congress inParis, France.[9] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 16 June to 16 July 2023.[10] On 14 May 2022, the AFC announced that China would not host the tournament due to theCOVID-19 pandemic andChina's Zero-COVID policy.[11] Due to China's relinquishment of its hosting rights,[12][13] the AFC conducted a second round of bidding, with a deadline for submissions scheduled on 17 October 2022.[14] Four nations submitted bids: Australia, Indonesia,Qatar, and South Korea.[15] However, Australia subsequently withdrew in September 2022,[16] as did Indonesia on 15 October.[17] On 17 October, the AFC announced that Qatar had won the bid and would host the tournament.[5]
Five host cities were submitted in the 2023 bid, including seven stadiums previously prepared for the2022 FIFA World Cup. On 5 April 2023, the AFC announced the eight stadiums across four host cities for the tournament.[18] On 21 August 2023,Lusail Stadium was added as a ninth venue.[19] All but one (Stadium 974) of the host stadiums from the2022 FIFA World Cup were selected for the tournament, along withJassim bin Hamad Stadium, which hosted matches during the2011 edition, andAbdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, which had not hosted any international tournament previously.
Lusail Stadium hosted the opening match on 12 January.[19]Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan andAl Thumama Stadium in Doha hosted the semi-final matches, with Lusail hosted the final held on 10 February.[19]
On 5 January 2024, the Main Media Centre for the coverage of the tournament was officially inaugurated inMsheireb Downtown Doha.[20]
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Al Khor | Al Bayt Stadium | 68,890 |
| Lusail | Lusail Stadium | 88,960 |
| Al Rayyan | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | 45,030 |
| Education City Stadium | 44,660 | |
| Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Khalifa International Stadium | 45,850 | |
| Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | 10,000 |
| Al Thumama Stadium | 44,400 | |
| Al Wakrah | Al Janoub Stadium | 44,320 |
The first two rounds of qualification also served asthe Asian qualification for the 2022 World Cup.Qatar, the host of the World Cup, participated only in the second round to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup (which they were later selected as hosts for after China withdrew its hosting rights).
Of the 24 teams appearing, 20 teams were returning after appearing in the2019 edition.
Tajikistan were the only debutant in the competition, whileHong Kong marked their return for the first time in 56 years.Indonesia andMalaysia both qualified for the first time since hosting the2007 AFC Asian Cup.
Four nations from the previousedition failed to qualify (North Korea,Turkmenistan,Yemen, and thePhilippines).India was the onlySAFF representative in this edition, while it was the first time that five teams from theAFF managed to reach the finals (Australia,Indonesia,Malaysia,Thailand, andVietnam). Only two teams fromWAFF failed to qualify for this tournament (Yemen andKuwait).Iran meanwhile extended their qualification record; this was their fifteenth straight appearance in the tournament, having qualified for every edition since1968.
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China | Original hosts andsecond round Group A runners-up | 4 June 2019[a] | 13th | 2019 | Runners-up (1984,2004) |
 Japan | Second round Group F winners | 28 May 2021 | 10th | 2019 | Winners (1992,2000,2004,2011) |
 Syria | Second round Group A winners | 7 June 2021 | 7th | 2019 | Group stage (1980,1984,1988,1996,2011,2019) |
| Qatar | Second round Group E winners, later appointed hosts | 7 June 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Winners (2019) |
 South Korea | Second round Group H winners | 9 June 2021 | 15th | 2019 | Winners (1956,1960) |
 Australia | Second round Group B winners | 11 June 2021 | 5th | 2019 | Winners (2015) |
 Iran | Second round Group C winners | 15 June 2021 | 15th | 2019 | Winners (1968,1972,1976) |
 Saudi Arabia | Second round Group D winners | 15 June 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Winners (1984,1988,1996) |
 United Arab Emirates | Second round Group G winners | 15 June 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Runners-up (1996) |
 Iraq | Second round Group C runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 10th | 2019 | Winners (2007) |
 Oman | Second round Group E runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 5th | 2019 | Round of 16 (2019) |
 Vietnam | Second round Group G runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 5th | 2019 | Fourth place (1956,[b]1960[b]) |
 Lebanon | Second round Group H runners-up | 15 June 2021 | 3rd | 2019 | Group stage (2000,2019) |
 Palestine | Third round Group B winners | 14 June 2022 | 3rd | 2019 | Group stage (2015,2019) |
 Uzbekistan | Third round Group C winners | 14 June 2022 | 8th | 2019 | Fourth place (2011) |
 Thailand | Third round Group C runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 8th | 2019 | Third place (1972) |
 India | Third round Group D winners | 14 June 2022 | 5th | 2019 | Runners-up (1964) |
 Hong Kong | Third round Group D runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 4th | 1968 | Third place (1956) |
 Tajikistan | Third round Group F winners | 14 June 2022 | 1st | Debut | None |
 Kyrgyzstan | Third round Group F runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 2nd | 2019 | Round of 16 (2019) |
 Bahrain | Third round Group E winners | 14 June 2022 | 7th | 2019 | Fourth place (2004) |
 Malaysia | Third round Group E runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 4th | 2007 | Group stage (1976,1980,2007) |
| Jordan | Third round Group A winners | 14 June 2022 | 5th | 2019 | Quarter-finals (2004,2011) |
 Indonesia | Third round Group A runners-up | 14 June 2022 | 5th | 2007 | Group stage (1996,2000,2004,2007) |
The draw was held at theKatara Opera House inDoha on 11 May 2023.[21]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar (61)(hosts) Japan (20) Iran (24) South Korea (27) Australia (29) Saudi Arabia (54) | Iraq (67) United Arab Emirates (72) Oman (73) Uzbekistan (74) China (81) Jordan (84) | Bahrain (85) Syria (90) Palestine (93) Vietnam (95) Kyrgyzstan (96) Lebanon (99) | India (101) Tajikistan (109) Thailand (114) Malaysia (138) Hong Kong (147) Indonesia (149) |
Teams were drawn into Groups A to F. For the first time in AFC Asian Cup history, the teams from lowest pots were drawn first but not assigned to the positions of their groups, following by number orders of the group stage, as in previous editions. Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups, while next the positions of all other teams were drawn separately from Pot 4 to 2 (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).
The groups were confirmed following the draw:
| Pos | Team |
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| A1 | Qatar |
| A2 | China |
| A3 | Tajikistan |
| A4 | Lebanon |
| Pos | Team |
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| B1 | Australia |
| B2 | Uzbekistan |
| B3 | Syria |
| B4 | India |
| Pos | Team |
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| C1 | Iran |
| C2 | United Arab Emirates |
| C3 | Hong Kong |
| C4 | Palestine |
| Pos | Team |
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| D1 | Japan |
| D2 | Indonesia |
| D3 | Iraq |
| D4 | Vietnam |
| Pos | Team |
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| E1 | South Korea |
| E2 | Malaysia |
| E3 | Jordan |
| E4 | Bahrain |
| Pos | Team |
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| F1 | Saudi Arabia |
| F2 | Thailand |
| F3 | Kyrgyzstan |
| F4 | Oman |
Each team was required to registered a squad with a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom had to be goalkeepers.[23] In December 2023, the maximum was increased to 26 players.[24]
On 14 September 2023, the AFC announced the list of 33 referees, 37 assistant referees, two stand-by referees and eight stand-by assistant referees for the tournament, including two female referees and three female assistant referees.Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was used for the entire tournament following its implementation from the quarter-final stage onwards in the 2019 edition.[25][26] The Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT) system, which utilized twelve specialized cameras and artificial intelligence, was also implemented at all 51 matches. This marked the first time that SAOT was in place at an AFC competition and made the AFC the first confederation to apply the system at the continental men's national team level.[27]
Shaun EvansAlireza FaghaniKate JacewiczFu MingMa NingMooud BonyadifardMohanad Qasim SarrayYusuke ArakiJumpei IidaHiroyuki KimuraYoshimi YamashitaAdham Makhadmeh
Ahmad Al-AliAbdullah JamaliNazmi NasaruddinAhmed Al-KafAbdulrahman Al-JassimAbdulla Al-MarriKhamis Al-MarriSalman Ahmad FalahiMohammed Al HoishKhalid Al-Turais
Muhammad TaqiKim Hee-gonKim Jong-hyeokKo Hyung-jinHanna HattabSadullo GulmurodiSivakorn Pu-udomOmar Al-AliAdel Al-NaqbiMohammed Abdulla Hassan MohamedAkhrol RiskullaevIlgiz Tantashev Ashley Beecham Anton Shchetinin Zhang Cheng Zhou Fei Alireza Ildorom Saeid Ghasemi Ahmed Al-Baghdadi Watheq Al-Swaiedi Makoto Bozono Jun Mihara Takumi Takagi Naomi Teshirogi Mohammad Al-Kalaf Ahmad Al-Roalle Ahmad Abbas Abdulhadi Al-Anezi Mohd Arif Shamil Bin Abd Rasid Mohamad Zairul Bin Khalil Tan Abu Bakar Al-Amri Rashid Al-Ghaithi Saoud Al-Maqaleh Taleb Al-Marri Zaid Al-Shammari Yasir Al-Sultan Abdul Hannan Bin Abdul Hasim Ronnie Koh Min Kiat Kim Kyoung-min Park Sang-jun Yoon Jae-yeol Ali Ahmad Mohamad Kazzaz Tanate Chuchuen Rawut Nakarit Mohamed Al-Hammadi Hasan Al-Mahri Timur Gaynullin Andrey Tsapenko Cao Yi Cheung Yim Yau Ismail Al-Hafi Saad Al-Fadhli Abdulrahman Hussein Mohammed Al-Abakry John Chia Eng Wah Farkhad AbdullaevThe opening ceremony, named "The Lost Chapter ofKelileh o Demneh" took place at Lusail Stadium, before the opening game between Qatar and Lebanon on 12 January 2024.[28][29]
Winner Runner-up | Semi-finals Quarter-finals | Round of 16 Group stage |
Teams were ranked according topoints (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[23]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Qatar(H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 2–1 | Lebanon |
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| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
| India | 0–3 | Uzbekistan |
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| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Palestine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3–1 | Hong Kong |
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| Iran | 4–1 | Palestine |
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| Iran | 2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iraq | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| South Korea | 3–1 | Bahrain |
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| South Korea | 3–3 | Malaysia |
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| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Thailand | 2–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Oman |
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The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advanced to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | E | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | C | Palestine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | B | Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | D | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | F | Oman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 6 | A | China | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
In the knockout stage,extra time and apenalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 28 January –Al Rayyan (ABAS) | ||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan(p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 2 February –Al Rayyan (ABAS) | ||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 29 January –Al Rayyan (KIS) | ||||||||||||||
| Jordan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Iraq | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 6 February –Al Rayyan (ABAS) | ||||||||||||||
| Jordan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jordan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 28 January –Al Rayyan (JBHS) | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 February –Al Wakrah | ||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 30 January –Al Rayyan (ECS) | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea(a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
| 10 February –Lusail | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea(p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Jordan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 31 January –Doha (ABKS) | ||||||||||||||
| Qatar | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Iran(p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
| 3 February –Al Rayyan (ECS) | ||||||||||||||
| Syria | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Iran | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 31 January –Doha (ATS) | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Bahrain | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 7 February –Doha (ATS) | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Iran | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 29 January –Al Khor | ||||||||||||||
| Qatar | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Qatar | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 February –Al Khor | ||||||||||||||
| Palestine | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Qatar(p) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 30 January –Al Wakrah | ||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Thailand | 1 | |||||||||||||
All times are local,AST (UTC+3).
| Tajikistan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | United Arab Emirates |
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| Uzbekistan | 2–1 | Thailand |
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| Saudi Arabia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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| Australia | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
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| Qatar | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Uzbekistan |
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| Jordan | 2–0 | South Korea |
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There were 132 goals scored in 51 matches, for an average of 2.59 goals per match.
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Jordan BosHarry SouttarAbdullah Al-HashashAbdulla Yusuf HelalAli MadanChan Siu KwanMarselino FerdinanAsnawi MangkualamSandy WalshKarim AnsarifardShojae KhalilzadehMohammad MohebiMohanad AliSaad NatiqOsama RashidRebin SulakaRitsu DōanWataru EndōTakefusa KuboHidemasa MoritaKeito NakamuraYazan Al-ArabNizar Al-RashdanJoel KojoBassel JradiArif AimanFaisal HalimRomel MoralesMuhsen Al-GhassaniSalaah Al-YahyaeiZaid QunbarTamer SeyamJassem GaberAli Al-BulaihiFaisal Al-GhamdiAbdulrahman GhareebMohamed KannoAbdullah RadifCho Gue-sungHwang Hee-chanHwang In-beomJeong Woo-yeongVahdat HanonovNuriddin KhamrokulovParvizdzhon UmarbayevSupachok SarachatKhalifa Al HammadiZayed SultanOdiljon HamrobekovSherzod NasrullaevIgor SergeevBùi Hoàng Việt AnhNguyễn Đình BắcNguyễn Quang HảiPhạm Tuấn Hải1 own goal
Elkan Baggott (against Australia)Justin Hubner (against Japan)Ayase Ueda (against Bahrain)Yazan Al-Arab (against South Korea)Park Yong-woo (against Jordan)Vahdat Hanonov (against Jordan)Bader Nasser (against Palestine)Source:AFC
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[23][32]
The following suspensions occurred during the tournament:
| Player(s)/Official(s) | Offence(s) | Suspension(s)[33] |
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| Hazza Ali | Positive doping sample afterGroup E match vsSouth Korea (matchday 1; 15 January 2024)[a] | Group E vsJordan (matchday 3; 25 January 2024)[35] |
| Amadoni Kamolov |  inGroup A vsQatar (matchday 2; 17 January 2024) | Group A vsLebanon (matchday 3; 22 January 2024) Round of 16 vsUnited Arab Emirates (28 January 2024) Quarter-final vsJordan (2 February 2024) |
| Pedro Miguel |  inGroup A vsLebanon (matchday 1; 12 January 2024) inGroup A vsTajikistan (matchday 2; 17 January 2024) | Group A vsChina (matchday 3; 22 January 2024) |
| Khalifa Al Hammadi | inGroup C vsPalestine (matchday 2; 18 January 2024) | Group C vsIran (matchday 3; 23 January 2024) |
| Paulo Bento(manager) |  inGroup C vsPalestine (matchday 2; 18 January 2024)[34] | |
| Lê Phạm Thành Long | inGroup D vsIndonesia (matchday 2; 19 January 2024) | Group D vsIraq (matchday 3; 24 January 2024) |
| Theerathon Bunmathan | inGroup F vsKyrgyzstan (matchday 1; 16 January 2024) inGroup F vsOman (matchday 2; 21 January 2024) | Group F vsSaudi Arabia (matchday 3; 25 January 2024) |
| Ayzar AkmatovKimi Merk | inGroup F vsSaudi Arabia (matchday 2; 21 January 2024) | Group F vsOman (matchday 3; 25 January 2024) |
| Kassem El Zein | inGroup A vsTajikistan (matchday 3; 22 January 2024) | Suspension served outside the tournament |
| Hossein Kanaanizadegan | inGroup C vsPalestine (matchday 1; 14 January 2024) inGroup C vsUAE (matchday 3; 23 January 2024) | Round of 16 vsSyria (31 January 2024) |
| Khuất Văn Khang | inGroup D vsIraq (matchday 3; 24 January 2024) | Suspension served outside the tournament |
| Aymen Hussein | inRound of 16 vsJordan (29 January 2024) | |
| Hamza Al-Dardour | inRound of 16 vsIraq (29 January 2024) | Quarter-final vsTajikistan (2 February 2024) |
| Nizar Al-Rashdan | inGroup E vsMalaysia (matchday 1; 15 January 2024) inRound of 16 vsIraq (29 January 2024) | |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | inGroup B vsSyria (matchday 1; 13 January 2024) inRound of 16 vsThailand (30 January 2024) | Quarter-final vsQatar (3 February 2024) |
| Mehdi Taremi | inRound of 16 vsSyria (31 January 2024) | Quarter-final vsJapan (3 February 2024) |
| Salem Al-AjalinAli Olwan | inGroup E vsBahrain (matchday 3; 25 January 2024) inQuarter-final vsTajikistan (2 February 2024) | Semi-final vsSouth Korea (6 February 2024) |
| Kim Min-jae | inGroup E vsBahrain (matchday 1; 15 January 2024) inQuarter-final vsAustralia (2 February 2024) | Semi-final vsJordan (6 February 2024) |
| Aiden O'Neill | inQuarter-final vsSouth Korea (2 February 2024) | Suspension served outside the tournament |
| Khalid Muneer | inGroup A vsChina (matchday 3; 22 January 2024) inQuarter-final vsUzbekistan (3 February 2024) | Semi-final vsIran (7 February 2024) |
| Shojae Khalilzadeh | inSemi-final vsQatar (7 February 2024) | Suspension served outside the tournament |
Akram Afif (8 goals)[1]| Ranking criteria |
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For teams eliminated in the same knockout round, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:[39]
For teams eliminated in the group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the final rankings:[39]
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| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 | Qatar | A | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | +9 |
| 2 | Jordan | E | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | +5 |
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| 3 | Iran | C | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 7 | +5 |
| 4 | South Korea | E | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 10 | +1 |
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| 5 | Uzbekistan | B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
| 6 | Australia | B | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | +6 |
| 7 | Japan | D | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
| 8 | Tajikistan | A | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | F | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| 11 | Syria | B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Iraq | D | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | +3 |
| 13 | Thailand | F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| 14 | Palestine | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | −1 |
| 15 | Bahrain | E | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| 16 | Indonesia | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 17 | Oman | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
| 18 | China | A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| 19 | Lebanon | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
| 21 | Malaysia | E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 |
| 22 | Vietnam | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | −4 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
| 24 | India | B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −6 |
Source: AFC[40]
The official logo and TV opening of the tournament were launched during the final draw on 11 May 2023. The logo featured a silhouette of the AFC Asian Cup trophy, with the trophy lines inspired from feathers of afalcon and petals of thelotus flower. The top of the logo was colored in Qatar's national color, maroon, while the logo's tail featured an Arabicnuqta.[41]
The tournament's slogan, "Hayya Asia", translating to "Let's go Asia!", was revealed on 5 October 2023 in an event to mark 100 days until the tournament.[42]
The official match ball, the VORTEXAC23 made byKelme, was unveiled on 10 August 2023. The ball's design "incorporates Qatar’s maroon colours, echoing the nation’s identity, and mirrors the championship’s emblem at its centre." Technical assessments rigorously tested the ball's performance, ensuring its durability, quality, and readiness.[43]
On 20 December 2023, the official match ball of thefinal, the VORTEXAC23+, was revealed. The ball built on the design of the VORTEXAC23 and used a predominantly gold and maroon colour scheme "to reflect the prestige of competing for the AFC Asian Cup title."[44]
The official song of the tournament, "Hadaf" byHumood AlKhudher andFahad Al Hajjaji, was released on 1 January 2024.[45][46]
On 2 December 2023, the tournament's official mascots were unveiled at Barahat Msheireb, Doha, through an anime-inspired animation produced by Katara Studios. The mascots were a family of fivejerboas named Saboog, Tmbki, Freha, Zkriti and Traeneh, who were also the mascots of the2011 edition when Qatar last hosted the tournament. The mascots were created by Qatari artist Ahmed Al Maadheed, with the animation directed byFahad Al Kuwari and the song performed by Qatari artist Dana Al Meer and singer/composerTarek Al Arabi Tourgane. Four of the five mascots were named after locations in Qatar, while Saboog was derived from the term used to refer to a jerboa in Qatar. The mascots were each created with different characteristics, akin to the different roles players undertake during a football match, and made to resemble a traditional household in Qatar.[47][48]
On 11 January 2024, Konami released a short trailer of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup game mode, and announced that it would be added to the latest release of its football video game series,eFootball 2024, in the upcoming updates. This mode features fully licensed tournament teams, licensed trophy and visuals.[49]
On 8 December 2023, the AFC announced that it would unveil the inaugural edition ofAFC eAsian Cup, which was held from 1 to 5 February 2024. ThiseSports tournament was played onKonami's football video game -eFootball 2024. It marked the confederation's first foray into the world of eSports. Taking place at the Virtuocity eSports Arena in Doha, the event featured participants from twenty AFC member associations, who were competing in the Asian Cup.[50][51][52]
On 6 February 2024, Indonesia won the first ever AFC eAsian Cup, winning 2–0 against Japan in the final.[53]
The first batch of tickets for the tournament, with more than 150,000 tickets, were sold out in just a week, since sales began on 10 October 2023.[54] Another 90,000 tickets of the second batch were sold within the first 24 hours of being released on 19 November 2023. Fans from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Indonesia and India bought the majority of tickets offered. In addition to theopening match between Qatar and Lebanon, thematch between Saudi Arabia and Oman also led ticket sales.[55]
Prices for match tickets started from as low asQAR 25 (approximately US$6.8) to enable greater access for the millions of fans.[56]
On 20 November 2023, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the tournament announced that it would donate revenue from ticket sales to support emergency relief for Palestine, amidst the ongoingIsrael–Hamas war.[57][58]
On 10 January 2024, the LOC announced that nearly one million tickets had been sold for the tournament.[59]
Ahead of thesemi-final clash between Qatar and Iran, the Iranian federation complained of only 4 percent of the seats having been allocated to Iranian supporters, even though AFC regulations stated 8 percent needed to be allocated.[60]
Total prize money pool for the tournament was US$14,800,000, the same as it was in the2019 edition. The champions received US$5 million, the runners-up received US$3 million, and the losing semi-finalists received US$1 million each. All 24 teams also received US$200,000 for their participation in the tournament.[61][62]
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