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Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was used for the entire tournament following its implementation from the quarter-final stage onwards in the 2019 edition. [1] The Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT) system, which utilised twelve specialised cameras and artificial intelligence, was also implemented at all 51 matches.
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The 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in 2019 , with hosts Qatar the defending champions.
The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the debut of Australia, which had abandoned the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006 (coincidentally the first team to qualify for the tournament), as well as being the first football competition in the world to be hosted by more than two nations, with four countries in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia ...
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This match was the two teams' first ever Asian Cup encounter in 44 years, with Iran held to a goalless draw in Syria's debut at the 1980 Asian Cup. However, they had met in the recent fixture during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification , which Iran won 4–0 on aggregate.
After the disastrous poor performance in 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Malaysia failed to qualify again for the 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions. After 43 years since the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and for the first time since co-hosting the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Malaysia finally returned and qualified on merit for the 2023 edition that were held in Qatar.