Football Asian Cup 2019

Football Asian Cup 2019
2019 AFC Asian Cup
Number of nations	24  (of 46 applicants)
Asian champion	Qatar (1st title)
venue	Ver. Arab. Emirates
Opening game	5th January 2019
Endgame	1st February 2019
Games	51
Gates	130  (⌀: 2.55 per game)
spectator	644,307  (⌀: 12,633 per game)
Top scorer	Almoez Abdulla  (9 goals)
Best player	Almoez Abdulla
Best goalkeeper	Saad al-Sheeb
yellow cards	189  (⌀: 3.71 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	2  (⌀: 0.04 per game)

The 17th Asian Football Championship (officially: 2019 AFC Asian Cup ) took place in the United Arab Emirates from January 5 to February 1, 2019 . For the first time, 24 instead of 16 teams will take part in the final round, as in 2004 . It was first played in a group stage in six groups of four teams and then in the knockout system .

The winner was Qatar , which beat the record Asian champions Japan 3-1 in the final at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, winning a major international title for the first time. The United Arab Emirates hosted the Asian Football Championship for the second time since 1996 . The defending champion was the Australian national team , but they failed in the quarterfinals due to the hosts .

The top scorer was Qatar Almoez Abdulla , who with his nine goals beat Iranian Ali Daei's 1996 record with one goal. Abdulla was also named the competition's best player .

Award

By March 2013, a total of eleven national football associations had expressed their interest in hosting the final round of the Asian Cup. These were Bahrain , China , Iran , Kuwait , Lebanon , Malaysia , Myanmar , Oman , Saudi Arabia , Thailand and the United Arab Emirates . By the application deadline in May 2014, Iran and the United Arab Emirates remained two candidates. The finals of the Asian Cup took place in Iran in 1968 and 1976 and in the United Arab Emirates in 1996 .

The announcement of the host was postponed several times. It was originally supposed to take place in July and then in November 2014. Finally, on March 9, 2015 , the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) awarded the 2019 Asian Football Championship to the United Arab Emirates.

Venues

Abu Dhabi Dubai al-Ain Sharjah

Venues of the Asian Cup 2019

In January 2016, the AFC provisionally named eight stadiums in the four cities of Abu Dhabi , al-Ain , Dubai and Sharjah as venues. A year later, the smaller Zabeel Stadium in Dubai was replaced with the larger al-Maktoum Stadium . The Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi was already one of the three venues used for the 1996 Asian Cup . This is also where both the opening and the final took place.

Six of the eight stadiums had a capacity of between 10,000 and 26,000 spectators. The largest stadium was the Zayed Sports City Stadium in the capital Abu Dhabi with a capacity of 45,000 spectators, while the two smallest stadiums, the Sharjah Stadium and the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium only had space for 12,000 spectators.

Abu Dhabi			Sharjah
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Capacity: 42,000	al Nahyan Stadium Capacity: 15,000	Zayed Sports City Stadium Capacity: 45,000	Sharjah Stadium Capacity: 12,000
al-Ain		Dubai
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Capacity: 25,500	Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium Capacity: 12,000	al-Rashid Stadium Capacity: 13,000	al-Maktoum Stadium Capacity: 15,500

mode

Tournament form

For the first time since the 2004 Asian Cup , when the field was increased from 12 to 16, there was a new mode. The game was played in six groups of four, with the group first and second and the four best group third qualified for the round of 16 . The four best group thirds played in the round of 16 against the group winners of groups A, B, C and D. The group winners of group E played against group runners-up in group D and the group winners of group F against group runners-up in group E. The group runners-up in group A and C and B and F played against each other.

From the round of 16 onwards, the knockout system was used , in which extra time and a penalty shoot-out were possible. For the first time since the Asian Cup in 1972 (the four finals before that took place in a round-robin tournament), no game for third place was played. The number of games increased from 32 to 51. The final round was therefore extended from three to four weeks.

The group stage took place from January 5th to 17th, 2019, the final round began on January 20th and ended with the final on February 1st, 2019.

Placement rules

If two or more teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

1. Number of points in direct comparison

2. Goal difference in direct comparison

3. Number of goals in direct comparison

4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, there are still several teams in the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied, but only to the matches between the teams in question

If this does not lead to a definitive placement either, criteria 5 to 9 are applied:

5. Goal difference from all group matches

6. Number of goals in all group matches

7. If there are only two teams and these two are on the pitch, there will be a penalty shoot-out between them

8. Lower number of points (fair play points) due to yellow and red cards (yellow card 1 point, yellow-red and red card 3 points, yellow card followed by a direct red card 4 points)

9. Drawing of lots

For the determination of the four best thirds in the group , points 5 and 6 as well as 8 and 9 were used if two or more teams were equal.

Game suspension

If a player received a yellow card for the second time in the course of the tournament , he was suspended for the following game. Individual yellow cards were canceled after the quarter-finals. After receiving a yellow-red card , the player was suspended for the next game. In the event of a red card , the player was also automatically banned from the following game, whereby the disciplinary committee could issue a higher penalty.

Attendees

qualification

Qualified

Not qualified

Not attended / withdrawn

→ Main article : Qualifying for the 2019 Asian Cup

Unlike the previous finals, apart from the host, no other teams were directly qualified for the finals. The qualification took place in four rounds (initially three were planned), of which the first two also represented the first two rounds of the qualification for the 2018 World Cup .

In the first round in March 2015, the twelve weakest teams competed against each other in the knockout system with a return leg . In the second round, from June 2015 to March 2016, the six winners and the remaining 34 higher-placed teams met in eight groups of five in a double round robin format . The eight group winners and the four best runners-up qualified directly for the final round of the 2019 Asian Cup.

The remaining runners-up, the thirds in the group and the four best fourths in the group qualified for the third round . The four worst group fourths as well as the group fifth played eight more places for the third round in two play-off rounds . In the third round, the 24 teams were divided into six groups of four, where they played in a double round robin format for the remaining twelve final round places. The group winners and runners-up qualified for the final round.

draw

The group draw took place on May 4, 2018 in the Armani Hotel of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai . The United Arab Emirates team was automatically set to head Group A as hosts. The other 11 teams that had qualified through the second round were in Pot 1 and 2, the remaining 12 teams in Pot 3 and 4. Within these two groups, the teams were ranked on the basis of their positions in the FIFA world rankings from December 12th. April 2018 distributed.

Pot 1 :  Ver. Arab. Emirates (hosts, 81)  Iran (36)  Australia (40)  Japan (60)  South Korea (61)  Saudi Arabia (70) Pot 2 :  China (73)  Syria (76)  Uzbekistan (88)  Iraq (88)  Qatar (101)  Thailand (122)

Pot 3:  Kyrgyzstan (75)  Lebanon (82)  Palestine (83)  Oman (87)  India (97)  Vietnam (103) Pot 4:  North Korea (112)  Philippines (113)  Bahrain (116)  Jordan (117)  Yemen (125)  Turkmenistan (129)

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F.
Ver. Arab. Emirates	Australia	South Korea	Iran	Saudi Arabia	Japan
Thailand	Syria	China	Iraq	Qatar	Uzbekistan
India	Palestine	Kyrgyzstan	Vietnam	Lebanon	Oman
Bahrain	Jordan	Philippines	Yemen	North Korea	Turkmenistan

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ver. Arab. Emirates	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
2.	Thailand	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
3.	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	India	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	03

January 5, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET ) in Abu Dhabi (Zayed)
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Bahrain	1: 1 (0: 0)
January 6, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Nahyan)
Thailand	-	India	1: 4 (1: 1)
January 10, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Maktoum)
Bahrain	-	Thailand	0: 1 (0: 0)
January 10, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Zayed)
India	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	0: 2 (0: 1)
January 14, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Thailand	1: 1 (1: 1)
January 14, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Sharjah
India	-	Bahrain	0: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Jordan	3	2	1	0	003-000	+3	07th
2.	Australia	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Palestine	3	0	2	1	000: 300	−3	02
4th	Syria	3	0	1	2	002: 500	−3	01

January 6, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET ) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Australia	-	Jordan	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 6, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Sharjah
Syria	-	Palestine	0-0
January 10, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in al-Ain (Khalifa)
Jordan	-	Syria	2: 0 (2: 0)
January 11, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Rashid)
Palestine	-	Australia	0: 3 (0: 2)
January 15, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Al Ain (Khalifa)
Australia	-	Syria	3: 2 (1: 1)
January 15, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Mohammed)
Palestine	-	Jordan	0-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	3	0	0	004-000	+4	09
2.	China	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Philippines	3	0	0	3	001: 700	−6	00

January 7, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET ) in Al Ain (Khalifa)
China	-	Kyrgyzstan	2: 1 (0: 1)
January 7, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Maktoum)
South Korea	-	Philippines	1: 0 (0: 0)
January 11, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Mohammed)
Philippines	-	China	0: 3 (0: 1)
January 11, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Kyrgyzstan	-	South Korea	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 16, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Nahyan)
South Korea	-	China	2: 0 (1: 0)
January 16, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Rashid)
Kyrgyzstan	-	Philippines	3: 1 (1: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iran	3	2	1	0	007-000	+7	07th
2.	Iraq	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
3.	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	004: 500	−1	03
4th	Yemen	3	0	0	3	000:100	−10	00

January 7, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET ) in Abu Dhabi (Mohammed)
Iran	-	Yemen	5: 0 (3: 0)
January 8, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Zayed)
Iraq	-	Vietnam	3: 2 (1: 2)
January 12, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Nahyan)
Vietnam	-	Iran	0: 2 (0: 1)
January 12, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Sharjah
Yemen	-	Iraq	0: 3 (0: 2)
January 16, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Vietnam	-	Yemen	2: 0 (1: 0)
January 16, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Maktoum)
Iran	-	Iraq	0-0

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Qatar	3	3	0	0	010-000	+10	09
2.	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	06th
3.	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	004: 500	−1	03
4th	North Korea	3	0	0	3	001:140	−13	00

January 8, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET ) in Dubai (Rashid)
Saudi Arabia	-	North Korea	4: 0 (2: 0)
January 9, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Qatar	-	Lebanon	2: 0 (0: 0)
January 12, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Maktoum)
Lebanon	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 2 (0: 1)
January 13, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET) in Al Ain (Khalifa)
North Korea	-	Qatar	0: 6 (0: 3)
January 17, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Zayed)
Saudi Arabia	-	Qatar	0: 2 (0: 1)
January 17, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Sharjah
Lebanon	-	North Korea	4: 1 (1: 1)

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	3	0	0	006: 300	+3	09
2.	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Oman	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Turkmenistan	3	0	0	3	003:100	−7	00

January 9, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET ) in Abu Dhabi (Nahyan)
Japan	-	Turkmenistan	3: 2 (0: 1)
January 9, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Sharjah
Uzbekistan	-	Oman	2: 1 (1: 0)
January 13, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Zayed)
Oman	-	Japan	0: 1 (0: 1)
January 13, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Rashid)
Turkmenistan	-	Uzbekistan	0: 4 (0: 4)
January 17, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Mohammed)
Oman	-	Turkmenistan	3: 1 (1: 1)
January 17, 2019, 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET) in Al Ain (Khalifa)
Japan	-	Uzbekistan	2: 1 (1: 1)

Ranking of third party groups

The four best group thirds played in the round of 16 against the group winners of groups A, B, C and D. The exact pairings depended on which groups the third parties qualify from. For each of the fifteen possibilities, a table in the official regulations stipulated the assignment as follows.

options Combinations (3rd from groups) 1st group A plays against 3rd group 1st group B plays against 3rd group 1st group C plays against 3rd group 1st group D plays against 3rd group ABCD C. D. A. B. ABCE C. A. B. E. ABCF C. A. B. F. ABDE D. A. B. E. ABDF D. A. B. F. ABEF E. A. B. F. ACDE C. D. A. E. ACDF C. D. A. F. ACEF C. A. F. E. ADEF D. A. F. E. BCDE C. D. B. E. BCDF C. D. B. F. BCEF E. C. B. F. BDEF E. D. B. F. CDEF C. D. F. E. What happened

table Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points group FP points  1.  Bahrain  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 04th A. 1  2.  Kyrgyzstan  3  1  0  2 004: 400  ± 0 03 C. 5  3.  Oman  3  1  0  2 004: 400  ± 0 03 F. 6th  4th  Vietnam  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 03 D. 5  5.  Lebanon  3  1  0  2 004: 500  −1 03 E. 7th  6th  Palestine  3  0  2  1 000: 300  −3 02 B. 8th

Final round

→ Main article : Soccer Asia Cup 2019 / final round

In the final round, the game was played in a knockout system . If there was a draw after the normal playing time of 90 minutes, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice and possibly (if there was still no winner) a penalty shoot-out . Unlike in the previous tournaments, there was no match for third place.

game schedule

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Thailand	1
	China	2
					China	0
					Iran	3
	Iran	2
	Oman	0
									Iran	0
									Japan	3
	Jordan	1 (2)
	Vietnam	01 (4) 2
					Vietnam	0
					Japan	1
	Japan	1
	Saudi Arabia	0
													Japan	1
													Qatar	3
	South Korea	02 1
	Bahrain	1
					South Korea	0
					Qatar	1
	Qatar	1
	Iraq	0
									Qatar	4th
									Ver. Arab. Emirates	0
	Ver. Arab. Emirates	03 1
	Kyrgyzstan	2
					Ver. Arab. Emirates	1
					Australia	0
	Australia	00 (4) 2
	Uzbekistan	0 (2)

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Round of 16

January 20, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET ) in Dubai (Maktoum)
Jordan	-	Vietnam	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 2: 4 i. E.
January 20, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Thailand	-	China	1: 2 (1: 0)
January 20, 2019, 9:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Mohammed)
Iran	-	Oman	2: 0 (2: 0)
January 21, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET) in Sharjah
Japan	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 21, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET) in Al Ain (Khalifa)
Australia	-	Uzbekistan	0: 0 a.d., 4: 2 i. E.
January 21, 2019, 9:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Zayed)
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Kyrgyzstan	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1)
January 22, 2019, 5:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CET) in Dubai (Rashid)
South Korea	-	Bahrain	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)
January 22, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Nahyan)
Qatar	-	Iraq	1: 0 (0: 0)

Quarter finals

January 24, 2019, 5:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CET ) in Dubai (Maktoum)
Vietnam	-	Japan	0: 1 (0: 0)
January 24, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Mohammed)
China	-	Iran	0: 3 (0: 2)
January 25, 2019, 5:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Zayed)
South Korea	-	Qatar	0: 1 (0: 0)
January 25, 2019, 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Australia	1: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

January 28, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET ) in al-Ain (Hazza)
Iran	-	Japan	0: 3 (0: 0)
January 29, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET) in Abu Dhabi (Mohammed)
Qatar	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	4: 0 (2: 0)

final

Japan		Qatar		Lineup
	final February 1, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET ) in Abu Dhabi ( Zayed Sports City Stadium ) Spectators: 36,776 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov ( Uzbekistan )   Match report
	Shūichi Gonda - Hiroki Sakai , Takehiro Tomiyasu , Maya Yoshida , Yūto Nagatomo - Genki Haraguchi (62nd Yoshinori Mutō ), Gaku Shibasaki , Tsukasa Shiotani (84th Junya Itōashi ), Ritsu Doan - Yūya Ōsako , Takumi Inui (89 ). Trainer: Hajime Moriyasu	Saad al-Sheeb - Ró-Ró , Bassam al-Rawi , Boualem Khoukhi (61st Salem al-Hajri ), Tarek Salman , Abdelkarim Hassan - Hassan al-Haydos (74th Karim Boudiaf ), Abdulaziz Hatem , Assim Madibo - Akram Afif , Almoez Abdulla (90. + 6 ' Ahmed Alaaeldin ) Coach: Félix Sánchez ( Spain )
	1: 2 Minamino (69th)	0: 1 Abdulla (12th) 0: 2 Hatem (27th) 1: 3 Afif (83rd, hand penalty)
	Shibasaki (20th), Yoshida (82nd), Sakai (86th)	Afif (84th), Ró-Ró (90th + 3 ')
	Player of the Match: Akram Afif (Qatar)

Best goal scorers

→ Main article : Complete list of goalscorers on the statistics sub-page

Top scorer with a total of nine goals: Qatar Almoez Abdulla

Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted first according to the number of templates and then according to the game minutes.

rank	Nat	player	Gates	templates	Game minutes
01		Almoez Abdulla	9	1	619
02		Eldor Shomurodov	4th	1	271
03		Yūya Ōsako	4th	1	288
04th		Sardar Azmoun	4th	1	523
05		Ali Mabkhout	4th	1	570
06th		Mehdi Taremi	3	2	342
07th		Vitaly Lux	3	0	319

In addition to these top scorers with at least three goals, there are 19 more with two goals each and 59 others with one goal each. There is also an own goal by the Kyrgyz Pawel Matjasch (China) and the Iraqi Ali Faez (Vietnam).

Awards

The AFC technical observers voted the best player of the tournament Almoez Abdulla from Qatar , who was also the top scorer with nine goals and one assists. They voted Abdulla's compatriot Saad al-Sheeb as the best goalkeeper of the tournament, who remained clean for 609 minutes into the final.

The best goal of the tournament was scored by the Vietnamese Nguyễn Quang Hải in a 2-0 win in the group game against Yemen , according to a fan survey for which the AFC had nominated ten candidates in advance . The Japanese team received the fair play award.

In the AFC's final report, the technical observers put together a “team of the tournament” with 23 players. All players who reached the final round were included. In addition to Abdulla and al-Sheeb, six other Asian champions, five players from the defeated finalists Japan, four Iranians, two Emiratis and one Australian, one Chinese, one South Korean and one Vietnamese team were appointed to the all-star team.

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	attack
Saad al-Sheeb Shuichi Gonda Alireza Beiranvand	Abdelkarim Hassan Boualem Khoukhi Bassam al-Rawi Yūto Nagatomo Maya Yoshida Bandar al-Ahbabi Kim Min-jae	Abdulaziz Hatem Hassan al-Haydos Gaku Shibasaki Ashkan Dejagah Omid Ebrahimi Tom Rogic	Almoez Abdulla Akram Afif Yūya Ōsako Sardar Azmoun Ali Mabkhout Wu Lei Nguyễn Quang Hải

referee

The Uzbek referee Ravshan Ermatov chaired the final

On December 5, 2018, the AFC nominated 30 referees plus 30 assistant referees as well as two substitute referees and two substitute assistants for the tournament. Three referees each came from Qatar, Japan and Uzbekistan, and two each from Australia, China, Iraq, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. Four referees belonged to an association whose team could not qualify for the competition. As part of an existing exchange program with CONCACAF , a Mexican referee and two assistants were also nominated.

In September 2018, the AFC decided that video evidence would be used from the quarterfinals . The referee was supported by a video assistant team, which consisted of a video assistant and two other assistant referees. In the first game it was used twice.

A total of 27 referee teams were used to lead the 51 games. There were 19 referee teams from one country, all other teams were formed from two nations each. Jumpei Iida from Japan, Ahmed al-Ali from Jordan and Khamis al-Kuwari from Qatar, initially nominated as referees, were only used as goal judges . In addition to the Australian Chris Beath, the Dutchman Danny Makkelie and the Italian Paolo Valeri were also used as video assistants .

The opening game and thus his only game was directed by the Jordanian Adham Makhadmeh . Uzbeke Ravshan Ermatov was responsible for the final , who also has the most game directors with five appearances.

referee	country	Assistant 1	Assistant 2	Games
Chris Beath	Australia	Matthew Cream	Anton Shchetinin	03	015th	0	0
Peter Green	Australia	Matthew Cream	Anton Shchetinin	01	005	1	0
Nawaf Shukralla	Bahrain	Mohamed Salman	Yaser Tulefat	02	013	0	0
Fu Ming	China	Cao Yi	Huo Weiming	02	005	0	0
Ma Ning	China	Cao Yi	Huo Weiming	01	002	0	0
Liu Kwok Man	Hong Kong	Cao Yi	Huo Weiming	01	002	0	0
Ali Sabah	Iraq	Abu Bakar al-Amri	Rashid al-Ghaithi	01	005	0	0
Mohanad Qasim Sarray	Iraq	Taleb al-Marri	Saud al-Maqaleh	01	004th	0	0
Alireza Faghani	Iran	Reza Sokhandan	Mohammadreza Mansouri	02	004th	0	0
Hiroyuki Kimura	Japan	Mohd Yusri Muhamad	Jun Mihara	01	003	0	0
Ryūji Satō	Japan	Hiroshi Yamauchi	Jun Mihara	04th	014th	0	0
Adham Makhadmeh	Jordan	Ahmad al-Roalle	Mohammad al-Kalaf	01	002	0	0
Abdulrahman al-Jassim	Qatar	Taleb al-Marri	Saud al-Maqaleh	04th	014th	0	0
Khamis al-Marri	Qatar	Taleb al-Marri	Saud al-Maqaleh	01	002	0	0
Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob	Malaysia	Mohd Yusri Muhamad	Mohamad Zainal Abidin	01	005	0	0
César Arturo Ramos	Mexico	Miguel Hernández	Alberto Morin	04th	010	0	1
Ahmed al-Kaf	Oman	Abu Bakar al-Amri	Rashid al-Ghaithi	02	006th	0	0
Turki al-Khudhayr	Saudi Arabia	Mohammed al-Abakry	Ronnie Koh Min Kiat	01	008th	0	0
Muhammad Taqi	Singapore	Ronnie Koh Min Kiat	Sergei Grishchenko	02	011	0	0
Hettikamkanamge Perera	Sri Lanka	Palitha Hemathunga	Jakhongir Saidov	01	006th	1	0
Kim Dong-jin	South Korea	Yoon Kwang-yeol	Park Sang-jun	02	009	0	0
Ko Hyung-jin	South Korea	Yoon Kwang-yeol	Park Sang-jun	01	002	0	1
Ravshan Ermatov	Uzbekistan	Abdukhamidullo Rasulov	Jakhongir Saidov	05	022nd	1	0
Valentin Kovalenko	Uzbekistan	Abdukhamidullo Rasulov	Jakhongir Saidov	01	003	0	0
Ilgiz Tantashev	Uzbekistan	Abdukhamidullo Rasulov	Sergei Grishchenko	01	002	0	0
Ammar al-Jeneibi	Ver. Arab. Emirates	Mohamed al-Hammadi	Hasan al-Mahri	01	001	0	0
Mohammed Abdullah Hassan Mohammed	Ver. Arab. Emirates	Mohamed al-Hammadi	Hasan al-Mahri	04th	014th	0	0
total				51	189	3	2

Organization and environment

Logo and slogan

The competition logo was launched on January 23, 2017. It shows seven hexagons formed by colored bands surrounded by a circle. While the circle is supposed to symbolize the sport of football through which the Asian continent is growing together at this tournament, each of the seven hexagons represents one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. The design of the interwoven ribbons was inspired by the tradition of weaving in the host country. The entire logo is in the colors of the host's national flag - black, green, red and white.

As a slogan was "Bringing Asia Together" (on 5 January 2018 English for bringing together Asia ) revealed.

Game ball and mascot

Official match ball

The official match ball for the 2019 Asian Cup was produced by the Japanese company Molten Corporation .

The two official mascots , Mansour and Jarrah , were unveiled on May 4, 2018 as part of the final draw. Mansour portrays an Arab boy whose dream it is one day to represent his country at the Asian Cup. Jarrah is an Arabian hawk with the speed of light and pinpoint accuracy who learned his football skills from the greatest players on the continent.

Opening and closing ceremonies

The opening ceremony took place on Saturday, January 5th, 2019, just before the home team's opening game against Bahrain and lasted about half an hour. Seated in the stadium were Salman bin Ibrahim Al Chalifa , President of the AFC , FIFA President Gianni Infantino and the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Dubai , Hamdan bin Muhammad Al Maktum . As part of the opening ceremony, the Emirati singers Hussain al-Jassmi and Eida al-Menhali and the Yemeni singer Balqees Fathi performed.

The closing ceremony took place on Tuesday, February 1, 2019, right after the final between Japan and Qatar. Planned appearances by some regional personalities, such as at the opening ceremony, were canceled at short notice. At the award ceremony, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented the trophy to Qatari team captain Hassan al-Haydos .

Cup and prize money

Design of the new winner's cup

The AFC announced a new trophy for the 2019 Asian Cup, replacing the trophy that had been awarded in Hong Kong since it was first held in 1956 . The 78 cm high and 42 cm wide trophy was designed by the London company Thomas Lyte and made from 15 kilograms of sterling silver in over 450 hours . The trophy is modeled after a lotus flower , a common Asian aquatic plant. The five lotus blossoms symbolize the five regional associations of the AFC.

Prize money totaling $ 14.8 million was awarded. Each participating association received an inaugural award of $ 200,000 in 2019. The two losing semi-finalists each received an additional million, the runner-up an additional three million and the winner an additional five million US dollars.

Sponsors and kit suppliers

In addition to the sponsors beIN Sports , Continental , Emirates , KDDI , Credit Saison , Toyota and UAE Exchange, the tournament was supported by the following seven companies: Asahi Shimbun , Coca-Cola , FamilyMart , Makita , Molten Corporation, Nikon and Sharaf DG.

The jersey suppliers of the 24 teams were: Jako (7 teams: Iraq, Yemen, Oman, Palestine, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Nike (5 teams: Australia, China, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea), Adidas (3 teams : Iran, Japan, United Arab Emirates), Joma (2 teams: Jordan, Kyrgyzstan), Macron (Bahrain), Warrix (Thailand), Capelli Sport (Lebanon), Choeusu (North Korea), Grand Sport Group (Vietnam), LGR Sportswear (Philippines) and Six5Six (India).

Criticism of organization and environment

Problems with fan admission

Before the kick-off for the group game between Australia and Palestine on January 11, 2019, a large crowd, some of them without tickets, gathered in front of the entrance gates to al-Rashid Stadium . The management decided to close some of the entrance gates to the stadium for security reasons. According to their own statements, this prevented several fans from entering the stadium. The organizing committee then apologized and announced an investigation.

Incidents related to the Qatar crisis

In the wake of the diplomatic and economic blockade of Qatar by some Arab states, including the host country of the Asian Cup, which has been going on since 2017 , there were some incidents during the tournament. The entry of Qatari citizens was initially prohibited and then only allowed with prior permission from the authorities. Among other things, this had an impact on the number of visitors to the games with Qatari participation. On January 13, 2019, only 452 viewers watched the group match between North Korea and Qatar.

In the run-up to the semi-finals between the hosts and Qatar, all available tickets were bought by the authorities and distributed free of charge to locals. Expressions of sympathy for Qatar were forbidden during the game, as was generally the case in the Emirates, and were subject to 15 years imprisonment. During the game, which the hosts lost 4-0, bottles and shoes were thrown at the Qatari players. The Qatari national anthem had previously been booed. The AFC said that an investigation into the incident is underway.

After the semi-finals, the United Arab Emirates Football Association appealed to the AFC against the game standings because their opponent Qatar, Almoez Abdulla , who was born in Sudan, and Bassam al-Rawi , who was born in Iraq, used two ineligible players have. The two are said to be violating Article 7 of the FIFA Statutes because they have lived in Qatar less than five years after their 18th birthday. However, both players stated that their mothers were born there. The appeal was denied by the AFC's Discipline and Ethics Committee just hours before the final. After the AFC Appeals Committee also confirmed the decision in May 2019, the Football Association lodged an appeal with the International Court of Justice . After a hearing in March 2020, the objection was dismissed in August 2020 and the AFC's decision was confirmed.

See also

• Soccer Asia Cup 2019 / Statistics

Web links

Commons : Soccer Asia Cup 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Asian Football Championships
• Official channel on Youtube

Individual evidence

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