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The qualification process involved four rounds, where the first two rounds doubled as the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asian teams. Only the first round acted as qualifiers for the cancelled 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup as the six teams which were eliminated from the first round of the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup joint qualifiers. The ...
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.
A total of four teams (the four lowest fifth-placed teams of the Asian Cup qualifying second round) competed in the play-off round.The two play-off winners joined the 22 teams which advanced directly from the Asian Cup qualifying second round to the third round, to compete for the final 11 slots in the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
Iran remains as the only national team in Asia to have won three consecutive Asian Cups. The 1972 final was notable as it was the first Asian Cup to use the group stage-knockout phase format, which was followed in the subsequent tournaments with some alternation. [6] Israel was expelled from the AFC in 1972 due to the Arab–Israeli conflict. [7]
Group A of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup took place from 12 to 22 January 2024. [1] The group consisted of hosts, defending and eventual champions Qatar, China, tournament debutants Tajikistan, and Lebanon. [2] The top two teams, Qatar and Tajikistan, advanced to the round of 16.
The two teams met each other for the first time in the AFC Asian Cup since the 2004 semi-final, when Japan won in a thrilling encounter. In terms of other competitive fixtures, this was the first time since the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification that they met each other, with each claiming one win.
Group C of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup took place from 14 to 23 January 2024. [1] The group consisted of Iran , United Arab Emirates , Hong Kong and Palestine . [ 2 ] The top two teams, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, along with third-placed Palestine (as one of the four best third-placed teams ), advanced to the round of 16.
Group E of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup took place from 15 to 25 January 2024. [1] The group consisted of South Korea , Malaysia , Jordan and Bahrain . [ 2 ] The top two teams, Bahrain and South Korea, along with third-placed Jordan (as one of the four best third-placed teams ), advanced to the round of 16.