Football Asian Cup 2015 / final round

The final round of the 2015 Asian Football Championship started on January 22nd and ended with the final on January 31st, 2015. The respective group winners and runners-up took part in the final round.

Overview

Qualified teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
1. South Korea	1. China	1. Iran	1. Japan
2. Australia	2. Uzbekistan	2. Ver. Arab. Emirates	2. Iraq

game schedule

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	South Korea	02 1
	Uzbekistan	0
					South Korea	2
					Iraq	0
	Iran	3 (6)
	Iraq	03 (7) 2
									South Korea	1
									Australia	02 1
	China	0
	Australia	2
					Australia	2			Game for third place
					Ver. Arab. Emirates	0
	Japan	1 (4)							Iraq	2
	Ver. Arab. Emirates	01 (5) 2							Ver. Arab. Emirates	3

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Quarter finals

South Korea - Uzbekistan 2-0 aet

South Korea		Uzbekistan		Lineup
	1st quarter finals January 22, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CET ) in Melbourne ( Melbourne Rectangular Stadium ) Spectators: 23,381 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi ( Saudi Arabia )   Match report
	Kim Jin-hyeon - Kim Chang-soo (70th Cha Du-ri ), Kwak Tae-hwi , Kim Young-gwon , Kim Jin-su - Park Joo-ho , Ki Sung-yong - Lee Keun-ho (111. Jang Hyun-soo ), Nam Tae-hee , Son Heung-min - Lee Jung-hyup (82nd Han Kook-young ) Trainer: Uli Stielike ( Germany )	Ignatij Nesterow - Shukhrat Mukhammadiev , Shavkat Mullajanov , Anzur Ismailov , Vitaliy Denisov - Azizbek Haydarov , Odil Ahmedov (30th Timur Kapadze ) - Sanjar Tursunov (105th + 1 ' Igor Sergeev ), Lutfulla Turaev (85th Jamshid Iskanderov ), Sardor Rashid Iskanderov ) - Bahodir Nasimov Coach: Mirjalol Qosimov
	1: 0 Son Heung-min (104.) 2: 0 Son Heung-min (119.)
	Kwak Tae-hwi (56th), Ki Sung-yong (116th)	Vitaliy Denisov (57.), Anzur Ismailov (86.)
	Player of the Match: Kwak Tae-hwi (South Korea)

China - Australia 0: 2 (0: 0)

China		Australia		Lineup
	2nd quarter finals January 22, 2015 at 8:30 pm (11:30 am CET ) in Brisbane ( Suncorp Stadium ) Spectators: 46,067 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok ( South Korea )   Match report
	Wang Dalei - Zhang Chengdong , Zhang Linpeng , Mei Fang (46th Jiang Zhipeng ), Ren Hang - Wu Xi (83rd Yang Xu ), Cai Huikang - Zheng Zhi , Sun Ke (72nd Yu Hai ), Ji Xiang - Wu Lei Coach: Alain Perrin ( France )	Mathew Ryan - Ivan Franjic , Trent Sainsbury , Alex Wilkinson , Jason Davidson - Mile Jedinak - Robbie Kruse , Mark Bresciano (60th James Troisi ), Massimo Luongo , Mathew Leckie (69th Nathan Burns ) - Tim Cahill (80th Mark Milligan ) Trainer: Ange Postecoglou
		0: 1 Tim Cahill (49.) 0: 2 Tim Cahill (65.)
	Zhang Linpeng (54th)	Mile Jedinak (20th)
	Player of the Match: Tim Cahill (Australia)

Iran - Iraq 3: 3 a.d. (2: 2, 1: 1), 6: 7 i. E.

Iran		Iraq		Lineup
	3rd quarter finals January 23, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m. CET ) in Canberra ( Canberra Stadium ) Spectators: 18,921 Referee: Ben Williams ( Australia )   Match report
	Alireza Haghighi - Vouria Ghafouri , Jalal Hosseini , Morteza Pouraliganji , Mehrdad Pooladi - Andranik Teymourian , Javad Nekounam - Ashkan Dejagah (84. Reza Ghoochannejhad ), Masoud Shojaei (46. Vahid Amiri ), Ehsan Hajsafi - Sardar Azmoun (63. Alireza Jahanbakhsh ) Coach: Carlos Queiroz ( Portugal )	Jalal Hasan - Waleed Salem , Ahmad Ibrahim , Salam Shaker , Dhurgham Ismail - Saad Abdul-Amir , Yaser Kasim - Ahmed Yasin Ghani (105th Amjad Kalaf ), Justin Meram (46th Marwan Hussein ), Alaa Abdul-Zahra (65th Ali Adnan ) - Yunis Mahmud Trainer: Radhi Shenaishil
	1-0 Sardar Azmoun (24th) 2-2 Morteza Pouraliganji (103rd) 3: 3 Reza Ghoochannejhad (119th)	1: 1 Ahmed Yasin Ghani (56.) 1: 2 Yunis Mahmud (93.) 2: 3 Dhurgham Ismail (116., penalty kick)
	penalties shoot
	Ehsan Hajsafi 1-0 Morteza Pouraliganji 2-1 Javad Nekounam 3-2 Jalal Hosseini 4-3 Vouria Ghafouri 5-4 Alireza Jahanbakhsh 6-5 Andranik Teymourian Vahid Amiri	Saad Abdul-Amir 1: 1 Waleed Salem 2: 2 Dhurgham Ismail 3: 3 Ali Adnan 4: 4 Yunis Mahmud 5: 5 Yaser Kasim 6: 6 Marwan Hussein 6: 7 Salam Shaker
	Mehrdad Pooladi (22nd), Andranik Teymourian (90th + 5 '), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (120th)	Ahmad Ibrahim (2nd), Yaser Kasim (68th), Waleed Salem (90th + 3 '), Ali Adnan (95th), Yunis Mahmud (100th), Saad Abdul-Amir (102nd), Marwan Hussein ( 120th + 1 ')
	Mehrdad Pooladi (43rd)
	Player of the Match: Dhurgham Ismail (Iraq)

Japan - Ver. Arab. Emirates 1: 1 aet (1: 1, 0: 1), 4: 5 p. E.

Japan		Ver. Arab. Emirates		Lineup
	4th quarter finals January 23, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. CET ) in Sydney ( ANZ Stadium ) Spectators: 19,094 Referee: Alireza Faghani ( Iran )   Match report
	Eiji Kawashima - Gōtoku Sakai , Maya Yoshida , Masato Morishige , Yūto Nagatomo - Makoto Hasebe - Keisuke Honda , Yasuhito Endō (54th Gaku Shibasaki ), Shinji Kagawa , Takashi Inui (46th Yoshinori Mutō ) - Shinji Okazaki (65th Yōhei Toyoda ) Coach: Javier Aguirre ( Mexico )	Majed Naser - Abdulaziz Hussain (76th Ismail Ahmed ), Mohamed Ahmed , Mohanad Salem , Abdelaziz Sanqour - Omar Abdulrahman , Amer Abdulrahman (54th Majed Hassan ), Khamis Esmaeel , Ismail Al Hammadi - Ali Mabkhout , Ahmed Khalil (58th Habib Fardan ) Trainer: Mahdi Ali
	1: 1 Gaku Shibasaki (81st)	0: 1 Ali Mabkhout (7th)
	penalties shoot
	Keisuke Honda 1: 1 Makoto Hasebe 2: 2 Gaku Shibasaki 3: 2 Yōhei Toyoda 4: 3 Masato Morishige Shinji Kagawa	0: 1 Omar Abdulrahman 1: 2 Ali Mabkhout Khamis Esmaeel 3: 3 Majed Hassan 4: 4 Habib Fardan 4: 5 Ismail Ahmed
		Ismail Al Hammadi (26th), Khamis Esmaeel (45th + 2 '), Ismail Ahmed (116th), Omar Abdulrahman (119th)
	Player of the Match: Mohanad Salem (United Arab Emirates)

Semifinals

South Korea - Iraq 2: 0 (1: 0)

South Korea		Iraq		Lineup
	1st semifinals January 26, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Sydney ( ANZ Stadium ) Spectators: 36,053 Referee: Ryūji Satō ( Japan )   Match report
	Kim Jin-hyeon - Cha Du-ri , Kwak Tae-hwi , Kim Young-gwon , Kim Jin-su - Park Joo-ho , Ki Sung-yong (90th + 3 ' Han Kook-young ) - Son Heung-min , Nam Tae-hee (81st Jang Hyun-soo ), Han Kyo-won (46th Lee Keun-ho ) - Lee Jung-hyup Trainer: Uli Stielike ( Germany )	Jalal Hasan - Waleed Salem , Ahmad Ibrahim , Salam Shaker , Dhurgham Ismail - Saad Abdul-Amir , Osama Rashid (64th Mahdi Kamil ) - Amjad Kalaf , Alaa Abdul-Zahra (77th Marwan Hussein ), Ahmed Yasin Ghani (63rd Ali Adnan ) - Yunis Mahmud Trainer: Radhi Shenaishil
	1-0 Lee Jung-hyup (20th) 2-0 Kim Young-gwon (50th)
	Ki Sung-yong (7th), Park Joo-ho (40th), Kim Jin-su (56th)
	Player of the Match: Nam Tae-hee (South Korea)

Australia - Ver. Arab. Emirates 2: 0 (2: 0)

Australia		Ver. Arab. Emirates		Lineup
	2nd semifinals January 27, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Newcastle ( Newcastle Stadium ) Spectators: 21,079 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov ( Uzbekistan )   Match report
	Mathew Ryan - Ivan Franjic , Trent Sainsbury , Matthew Spiranovic , Jason Davidson - Mark Milligan (59th Matt McKay ), Mile Jedinak , Massimo Luongo - Robbie Kruse (82nd James Troisi ), Mathew Leckie - Tim Cahill (67th Tomi Juric ) Trainer: Ange Postecoglou	Majed Naser - Abdelaziz Sanqour , Mohamed Ahmed , Mohanad Salem , Walid Abbas (78th Haboush Saleh ) - Khamis Esmaeel , Amer Abdulrahman - Omar Abdulrahman , Mohamed Abdulrahman (46th Ismail Al Hammadi ), Ali Mabkhout - Ahmed Khalil (66th Saeed Al -Kathiri ) Trainer: Mahdi Ali
	1-0 Trent Sainsbury (3rd) 2-0 Jason Davidson (14th)
	Mathew Leckie (42nd), Mile Jedinak (64th)
	Player of the Match: Massimo Luongo (Australia)

3rd place match

Iraq - Ver. Arab. Emirates 2: 3 (2: 1)

Iraq		Ver. Arab. Emirates		Lineup
	3rd place match January 30, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Newcastle ( Newcastle Stadium ) Spectators: 12,829 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla ( Bahrain )   Match report
	Mohammed Hameed - Waleed Salem , Ahmad Ibrahim , Salam Shaker , Dhurgham Ismail - Saad Abdul-Amir , Yaser Kasim - Amjad Kalaf (86th Justin Meram ), Mahdi Kamel (62nd Ali Bahjat ), Ahmed Yasin Ghani (80th Ali Adnan ) - Yunis Mahmud Trainer: Radhi Shenaishil	Khalid Eisa - Abdulaziz Hussain , Mohamed Ahmed , Mohanad Salem , Abdelaziz Sanqour (68th Walid Abbas ) - Majed Hassan , Khamis Esmaeel , Habib Fardan (54th Ismail Al Hammadi ) - Omar Abdulrahman , Ahmed Khalil (76th Amer Abdulrahman ), Ali Mabkhout Trainer: Mahdi Ali
	1: 1 Waleed Salem (28th) 2: 1 Amjad Kalaf (42nd)	0: 1 Ahmed Khalil (28th) 2: 2 Ahmed Khalil (51st) 2: 3 Ali Mabkhout (57th, penalty kick)
	Dhurgham Ismail (37th), Waleed Salem (90th + 4 ')	Omar Abdulrahman (41.), Abdulaziz Hussain (79.)
	Ahmad Ibrahim (55.)
	Player of the Match: Ahmed Khalil (United Arab Emirates)

final

South Korea - Australia 1: 2 aet (1: 1, 0: 1)

South Korea		Australia		Lineup
	final January 31, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Sydney ( ANZ Stadium ) Spectators: 76,385 Referee: Alireza Faghani ( Iran )   Match report
	Kim Jin-hyeon - Cha Du-ri , Kwak Tae-hwi , Kim Young-gwon , Kim Jin-su - Park Joo-ho (71st Han Kook-young ), Jang Hyun-soo - Nam Tae-hee (64. Lee Keun-ho ), Ki Sung-yong , Son Heung-min - Lee Jung-hyup (88th Kim Ju-young ) Trainer: Uli Stielike ( Germany )	Mathew Ryan - Ivan Franjic (75th Matt McKay ), Trent Sainsbury , Matthew Spiranovic , Jason Davidson - Mark Milligan , Mile Jedinak , Massimo Luongo - Robbie Kruse (71st James Troisi ), Mathew Leckie - Tim Cahill (64th Tomi Juric ) Trainer: Ange Postecoglou
	1: 1 Son Heung-min (90. + 1 ')	0: 1 Massimo Luongo (45.) 1: 2 James Troisi (105.)
		Ivan Franjic (6th), Jason Davidson (41st), Matthew Spiranovic (59th), Mile Jedinak (66th), Robbie Kruse (68th)
	Player of the Match: Trent Sainsbury (Australia)

Web links

• official website of the Asian Football Championships