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Tournament details
Host countries| Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
Dates| 7–29 July
Teams| 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 8 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up|  Saudi Arabia
Third place|  South Korea
Fourth place|  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 32
Goals scored| 84 (2.63 per match)
Attendance| 724,222 (22,632 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Younis Mahmoud
Naohiro Takahara
Yasser Al-Qahtani
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)|  Younis Mahmoud[1]
Best goalkeeper|  Noor Sabri[1]
Fair play award|  Japan[1]

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International football competition

The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four countries in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam; it was the first time in football history that more than two countries joined as hosts of a major continental competition and the only one to have ever taken place until UEFA Euro 2020.

Iraq won the continental title for the first time after defeating three-time champion Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final. As the winner, Iraq represented the AFC in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Before 2007, Asia held its continental tournament every four years from 1956 until 2004. With the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship also held in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC changed their tradition. From 2007, AFC decided to hold its continental tournament a year earlier, and every four years henceforth from that date.

An estimated worldwide television audience of 650 million people tuned in to watch the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.[2]

Australia participated for the first time since moving to the AFC from the OFC. Australia also happened to be the tournament's first nation aside from the co-hosts to qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup.

## Venues

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1100km
684miles

Location of the host cities of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Jakarta

Palembang

Kuala Lumpur

Shah Alam

Bangkok

Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh City

Since the tournament, the Shah Alam Stadium have been demolished. The Rajamangala Stadium, the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, the Bukit Jalil National Stadium and the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium have all been moderately or heavily modified. The Supachalasai Stadium and the Army Stadium is the only largely unmodified stadium used for this tournament.

City  | Stadium  | Capacity

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Bangkok | Rajamangala Stadium | 49,722
Supachalasai Stadium | 19,793
Hanoi | Mỹ Đình National Stadium | 40,192
Ho Chi Minh City | Army Stadium | 25,000
Jakarta | Gelora Bung Karno Stadium | 88,083
Kuala Lumpur | Bukit Jalil National Stadium | 87,411
Palembang | Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium | 30,000
Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372

## Qualification

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification ran from 22 February 2006 to 15 November 2006. For the first time, the defending champions (in this tournament, Japan) did not get automatic qualification. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam automatically qualified as co-hosts. Twenty-four teams were split into six groups of four to compete for the 12 remaining spots in the final tournament.

Team | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament1, 2

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Indonesia | 00Co-hosts | 7 August 2004 | 3 (1996, 2000, 2004)
Malaysia | 2 (1976, 1980)
Thailand | 5 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Vietnam3 | 2 (19564, 19604)
Australia | Group D winner | 16 August 2006 | 0 (debut)
Qatar | Group F winner | 6 September 2006 | 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004)
Japan | Group A winner | 5 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Saudi Arabia | Group A runner-up | 6 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Iran | Group B winner | 11 October 2006 | 10 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
South Korea | Group B runner-up | 10 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
United Arab Emirates | Group C winner | 6 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)
Oman | Group C runner-up | 1 (2004)
Iraq | Group E winner | 5 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004)
China | Group E runner-up | 8 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Bahrain | Group D runner-up | 15 November 2006 | 2 (1988, 2004)
Uzbekistan | Group F runner-up | 3 (1996, 2000, 2004)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year

2 Italic indicates host

3 Vietnam's debut since the reunification of Vietnam in 1976

4 As South Vietnam

## Seeds

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For the first time, the seeds are based on the October 2006 FIFA World Rankings instead of the basis of the performance from the previous AFC Asian Cup competition. This was to ensure that the same number of strong teams do not meet in the early stage.[3]

The four seeded teams were announced on 19 December 2006. The seeds comprised Pot 4 in the draw. Pot 1 consists of the teams from all co-hosts.

Pot 1  | Pot 2  | Pot 3  | Pot 4

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Indonesia (153)
Malaysia (152)
Thailand (137)
Vietnam (172)  |  China (84)
Iraq (83)
United Arab Emirates (87)
Bahrain (97)  |  Qatar (58)
Uzbekistan (45)
Saudi Arabia (64)
Oman (72)  |  Australia (39)
Iran (38)
Japan (47)
South Korea (51)

The draw was held on 19 December 2006 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

## Officials

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16 referees and 24 assistant referees were officially cleared following a fitness test on 2 July in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One referee and two assistant referees were also named from the CAF.[4]

Referees

* Matthew Breeze
* Mark Shield
* Jasim Karim
* Sun Baojie
* Masoud Moradi
* Yuichi Nishimura
* Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli
* Talaat Najm
* Abdulrahman Abdou
* Khalil Al-Ghamdi
* Eddy Maillet
* Kwon Jong-chul
* Lee Gi-young
* Muhsen Basma
* Satop Tongkhan (†)
* Ali Al-Badwawi

Assistant Referees

* Mohd. Shahidul Islam
* Liu Tiejun
* Evarist Menkouande
* Poon Ming Fai
* Benjamin Silva
* Reza Sokhandan
* Mohammad Kadom Arab
* Awni Hassouneh
* Toru Sagara
* Jeong Hae-sang
* Mohammed Al-Ghamdi
* Yaser Ahmad Marad
* Mustafa Taleb
* Mohd. Sabri bin Mat Daud
* Win U Kyaw
* Mohamed Saeed
* Abdullah Al-Amouri
* Ibrahim Ali Mohammed
* Célestin Ntagungira
* Yew Mun Tang
* Hamdi Al-Kadri
* Begench Allaberdiyev
* Saleh Al-Marzouqi
* Viktor Serazitdinov

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(†): Replaced  Shamsul Maidin after he pulled out with injury.[5]

## Squads

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Further information: 2007 AFC Asian Cup squads

## Tournament summary

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Participating countries. Results of the participating teams

The Asian Cup saw many upsets in the early stages of the tournament, with tournament favourites Australia and South Korea performing poorly in the group stage.

In Group A, Oman held the Socceroos to a surprising draw. The Omanis took the lead and would have won, if not for an injury time goal from Tim Cahill. Next, joint hosts and the lowest-ranked team in the competition, Vietnam, shocked the UAE with a 2–0 victory. In the same group, Qatar held Japan to a shock 1–1 draw. The result caused Japan's coach Ivica Osim to fly into a rage in which he branded his players as 'amateurs' and reduced his interpreter to tears.[6] In Group D, Indonesia continued the undefeated streak of the hosts by defeating Bahrain 2–1. Malaysia ended up as the only host country to lose their opening match after a crushing 5–1 defeat to China. Thailand recorded just their 2nd win in the Asian Cup finals (their other was in 1972 against Cambodia), and its first ever win in regulation, when they beat Oman 2–0 on 12 July. Meanwhile, Australia was upset by a 3–1 defeat to Iraq the following day, leaving them floundering in third place in their group despite high expectations. However, Australia's 4–0 demolition of Thailand at the last match day saw them move on to the quarter-finals, as Oman was unable to overcome Iraq in a goalless draw.

Vietnam continued to stun all predictions when they drew 1–1 with 2006 ASIAD champions Qatar, while Japan finally got their first win when they thrashed the UAE 3–1. Although Vietnam lost 1–4 to Japan, the UAE's 2–1 comeback win over Qatar resulted in Vietnam's first ever qualification into the next round. They became the only host to progress through despite being in a group with three different champions. On the other hand, Malaysia continued its poor form with 0–5 and 0–2 losses to Uzbekistan and Iran, exiting the tournament without a single point. China's shocking elimination occurred when they were hammered 0–3 by the Uzbeks, despite having drawn 2–2 with Iran and was expected to qualify from group stage with an easy win.

Bahrain shocked the whole tournament by defeating South Korea 2–1 in Group D, leaving the Koreans on the verge of elimination when Indonesia was beaten 1–2 by Saudi Arabia. However, South Korea secured a 1–0 win over hosts Indonesia and with Saudi Arabia destroying Bahrain 4–0, it was enough for the Koreans to qualify to the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, Iraq defeated Vietnam 2–0, while South Korea needed a penalty shootout to eliminate Iran 4–2. Japan also needed a penalty shootout to defeat Australia 4–3 (this was the first time Australia's goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer had ever come out on the losing end of a penalty shoot-out), and Saudi Arabia won over Uzbekistan 2–1. Iraq upset the Koreans in the semi-finals by winning 4–3 on penalties, resulting in thousands of Iraqis celebrating in the streets of Baghdad. Over 50 Iraqis were killed by terrorist bombs targeting these crowds.[7] In the other semi-finals, Saudi Arabia eliminated defending champions Japan after a 3–2 win to make the final match an all-Arab affair.

Iraq went on to defeat the Saudis 1–0, taking the Asian Cup title. Iraqi forward and captain Younis Mahmoud was given the title of Most Valuable Player. South Korea took third place, narrowly beating Japan 6–5 on penalties. It was the third consecutive match in the tournament that South Korea drew 0–0 before a penalty shootout. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, as the top three teams in the tournament, all received automatic berths to the 2011 Asian Cup along with the next hosts Qatar.[8]

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Iraq | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 5  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Australia | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 4
3  |  Thailand (H) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 5  | −2  | 4  |
4  |  Oman | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 3  | −2  | 2

Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

7 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Thailand | 1–1|  Iraq

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Sutee 6' (pen.) | Report | Mahmoud 32'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

8 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Australia | 1–1|  Oman

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Cahill 90+2' | Report | Al-Maimani 32'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

* * *

12 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Oman | 0–2|  Thailand

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| Report | Pipat 70', 78'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)

13 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Iraq | 3–1|  Australia

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Akram 22'
H. Mohammed 60'
Jassim 86' | Report | Viduka 47'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 7,884

Referee: Jasim Karim (Bahrain)

* * *

16 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Thailand | 0–4|  Australia

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| Report | Beauchamp 21'
Viduka 80', 83'
Kewell 90'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

16 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Oman | 0–0|  Iraq

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| Report |

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 500

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

### Group B

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Japan | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 8  | 3  | +5  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Vietnam (H) | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 4
3  |  United Arab Emirates | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 3  |
4  |  Qatar | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 2

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

8 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Vietnam | 2–0|  United Arab Emirates

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Huỳnh Quang Thanh 64'
Lê Công Vinh 73' | Report |

Mỹ Đình Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 39,450

Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

9 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Japan | 1–1|  Qatar

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Takahara 61' | Report | Soria 88'

Mỹ Đình Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

* * *

12 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Qatar | 1–1|  Vietnam

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Soria 79' | Report | Phan Thanh Bình 32'

Mỹ Đình Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

13 July 2007

20:30 UTC+7

United Arab Emirates | 1–3|  Japan

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Al-Kass 66' | Report | Takahara 22', 27'
S. Nakamura 42' (pen.)

Mỹ Đình Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

* * *

16 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Vietnam | 1–4|  Japan

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Suzuki 8' (o.g.) | Report | Maki 12', 59'
Endō 31'
S. Nakamura 53'

Mỹ Đình Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

16 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Qatar | 1–2|  United Arab Emirates

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Soria 42' (pen.) | Report | Al-Kass 60'
Khalil 90+4'

Army Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

### Group C

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Iran | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 3  | +3  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Uzbekistan | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 2  | +7  | 6
3  |  China | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 4  |
4  |  Malaysia (H) | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 12  | −11  | 0

Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 July 2007

20:30 UTC+8

Malaysia | 1–5|  China

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Indra Putra 74' | Report | Han Peng 15', 55'
Shao Jiayi 36'
Wang Dong 51', 90+3'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 21,155

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

11 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

Iran | 2–1|  Uzbekistan

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Hosseini 55'
Kazemian 78' | Report | Rezaei 16' (o.g.)

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 1,863

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

* * *

14 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

Uzbekistan | 5–0|  Malaysia

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Shatskikh 10', 89'
Kapadze 30'
Bakayev 45+2' (pen.)
Ibrahimov 85' | Report |

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 7,137

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

15 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

China | 2–2|  Iran

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Shao Jiayi 7'
Mao Jianqing 33' | Report | Zandi 45+1'
Nekounam 74'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 5,938

Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

* * *

18 July 2007

20:30 UTC+8

Malaysia | 0–2|  Iran

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| Report | Nekounam 29' (pen.)
Teymourian 77'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 4,520

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

18 July 2007

20:30 UTC+8

Uzbekistan | 3–0|  China

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Shatskikh 72'
Kapadze 86'
Geynrikh 90+4' | Report |

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

### Group D

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D

Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Saudi Arabia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 2  | +5  | 7  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  South Korea | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 4
3  |  Indonesia (H) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 3  |
4  |  Bahrain | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 3

Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Indonesia | 2–1|  Bahrain

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Budi 14'
Bambang 64' | Report | Jalal 27'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

11 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

South Korea | 1–1|  Saudi Arabia

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Choi Sung-kuk 66' | Report | Y. Al-Qahtani 77' (pen.)

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

* * *

14 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Saudi Arabia | 2–1|  Indonesia

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Y. Al-Qahtani 12'
Al-Harthi 90' | Report | Elie 17'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 87,000

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

15 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Bahrain | 2–1|  South Korea

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Isa 43'
Abdullatif 85' | Report | Kim Do-heon 4'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

* * *

18 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Indonesia | 0–1|  South Korea

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| Report | Kim Jung-woo 34'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 88,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

18 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Saudi Arabia | 4–0|  Bahrain

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Al-Mousa 18'
A. Al-Qahtani 45'
Al-Jassim 68', 79' | Report |

Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang

Attendance: 500

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

## Knockout stage

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 21 July – Bangkok| | | | |

|  Iraq| 2

| 25 July – Kuala Lumpur

|  Vietnam| 0 |

|  Iraq (pen.)| 0 (4)

| 22 July – Kuala Lumpur

| |  South Korea| 0 (3) |

|  Iran| 0 (2)

| | 29 July – Jakarta

|  South Korea (pen.)| 0 (4) |

|  Iraq| 1

| 21 July – Hanoi

| |  Saudi Arabia| 0

|  Japan (pen.)| 1 (4)

| 25 July – Hanoi|

|  Australia| 1 (3) |

|  Japan| 2

| 22 July – Jakarta

| |  Saudi Arabia| 3 | | Third place

|  Saudi Arabia| 2

| | 28 July – Palembang

|  Uzbekistan| 1 |

|  South Korea (pen.)| 0 (6)

|  Japan| 0 (5)

### Quarter-finals

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21 July 2007

17:15 UTC+7

Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Australia

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Takahara 72' | Report | Aloisi 70'
Penalties
Nakamura
Endō
Komano
Takahara
Nakazawa | 4–3 |  Kewell
Neill
Cahill
Carle
Carney

Mỹ Đình Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

* * *

21 July 2007

20:15 UTC+7

Iraq | 2–0|  Vietnam

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Mahmoud 2', 65' | Report |

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 9,720

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

* * *

22 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

Iran | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  South Korea

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| Report |
Penalties
Zandi
Mahdavikia
Enayati
Khatibi | 2–4 |  Lee Chun-soo
Kim Sang-sik
Kim Do-heon
Cho Jae-jin
Kim Jung-woo

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 8,629

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

* * *

22 July 2007

20:15 UTC+7

Saudi Arabia | 2–1|  Uzbekistan

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Y. Al-Qahtani 3'
Al-Mousa 75' | Report | Solomin 82'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

### Semi-finals

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25 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

Iraq | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  South Korea

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| Report |
Penalties
H. Mohammed
Munir
Abdul-Amir
Mnajed | 4–3 |  Lee Chun-soo
Lee Dong-gook
Cho Jae-jin
Yeom Ki-hun
Kim Jung-woo

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

* * *

25 July 2007

20:15 UTC+7

Japan | 2–3|  Saudi Arabia

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Nakazawa 37'
Abe 53' | Report | Y. Al-Qahtani 35'
Mouath 47', 57'

Mỹ Đình Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

### Third place play-off

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28 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

South Korea | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Japan

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| Report |
Penalties
Cho Jae-jin
Oh Beom-seok
Lee Chun-soo
Lee Ho
Kim Jin-kyu
Kim Chi-woo | 6–5 |  S. Nakamura
Endō
Abe
Komano
Nakazawa
Hanyu

Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

### Final

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Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup final

29 July 2007

19:30 UTC+7

Iraq | 1–0|  Saudi Arabia

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Mahmoud 72' | Report |

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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With four goals, Younis Mahmoud, Naohiro Takahara and Yasser Al-Qahtani are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

4 goals

* Younis Mahmoud
* Naohiro Takahara
* Yasser Al-Qahtani

3 goals

* Mark Viduka
* Sebastián Soria
* Maksim Shatskikh

2 goals

* Han Peng
* Shao Jiayi
* Wang Dong
* Javad Nekounam
* Seiichiro Maki
* Shunsuke Nakamura
* Ahmed Al-Mousa
* Malek Mouath
* Taisir Al-Jassim
* Pipat Thonkanya
* Saeed Al Kass
* Timur Kapadze

1 goal

* Harry Kewell
* John Aloisi
* Michael Beauchamp
* Tim Cahill
* Ismail Abdul-Latif
* Salman Isa
* Sayed Jalal
* Mao Jianqing
* Bambang Pamungkas
* Budi Sudarsono
* Elie Aiboy
* Andranik Teymourian
* Ferydoon Zandi
* Jalal Hosseini
* Javad Kazemian
* Hawar Mulla Mohammed
* Karrar Jassim
* Nashat Akram
* Yasuhito Endō
* Yuji Nakazawa
* Yuki Abe
* Indra Putra
* Badar Al-Maimani
* Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani
* Saad Al-Harthi
* Choi Sung-kuk
* Kim Do-heon
* Kim Jung-woo
* Sutee Suksomkit
* Faisal Khalil
* Alexander Geynrikh
* Aziz Ibragimov
* Pavel Solomin
* Ulugbek Bakayev
* Huỳnh Quang Thanh
* Lê Công Vinh
* Phan Thanh Bình

1 own goal

* Rahman Rezaei (against Uzbekistan)
* Keita Suzuki (against Vietnam)

### Awards

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Most Valuable Player[1]

* Younis Mahmoud

Top scorer

* Younis Mahmoud
* Yasser Al-Qahtani
* Naohiro Takahara

Best Goalkeeper[1]

* Noor Sabri

Best Defender[1]

* Bassim Abbas

Fair Play Award[1]

*  Japan

Most Entertaining Team[1]

*  Iraq

Team of the tournament

The Toshiba All-Star XI was voted for by fans on the official Asian Cup website.[9][10]

Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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|
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Lee Woon-jae

Bassim Abbas
Yuji Nakazawa
Rahman Rezaei
Lucas Neill

Shunsuke Nakamura
Harry Kewell
Lee Chun-soo
Nashat Akram

Naohiro Takahara
Yasser Al-Qahtani

## Marketing

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### Official match ball

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The Official Match Ball for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was launched by Nike on 15 May 2007, making it the first time ever that a ball had been launched specifically for any football competition in Asia.[11] The Nike Mercurial Veloci AC features four blue stripes with gold trim with each host city's name inscribed, as well as the AFC Asian Cup logo.[12]

### Official song

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The AFC selected "I Believe", a 2004 single by Thai singer Tata Young as the tournament's official song.[13]

### Sponsorships

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Official Sponsors

* Emirates
* Epson[14]
* ING Group[15]
* JCB Co., Ltd.
* Konica Minolta
* Maxell
* Samsung
* The Asahi Shimbun
* Toshiba[16]
* Yamaha Motor Company[17]

Official Supporters

* FamilyMart
* Hyundai Heavy Industries
* Kirin Company
* Makita
* Nike, Inc.
* Nikon

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Special AFC Awards for 2007 Asian Cup" (in Arabic). Kooora. 29 July 2007.
2. ^ "Cities fight for Asian Cup motza". Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
3. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2007 Organising Committee approves team classification for Final Draw". AFC. 19 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
4. ^ "Officials announced for Asian Cup". AFC. 21 June 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007.
5. ^ "Referee Maidin ruled out through injury". AFC. 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007.
6. ^ "AFC Asian Cup – ESPN Soccernet". Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
7. ^ "Iraq bombs strike football fans". BBC News. 25 July 2007.
8. ^ The Times of India Sports: Extensive sports coverage, key statistics and free downloads
9. ^ "Toshiba All Star XI Contest". AFC Asian Cup. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
10. ^ "Official All-Star XI". BigSoccer Forum. 18 August 2007.
11. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2007 Official Match Ball launched". AFC. 26 June 2006. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007.
12. ^ "Exclusive Pictures: Asian Cup Match Ball". 442 Magazine Australia. 14 May 2007. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2007.
13. ^ "SI believe⬝ - bài hát chính thức của Asian cup 2007" (in Vietnamese). Vietnam Football Federation. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
14. ^ Long, Michael (1 June 2012). "AFC announces further sponsorship renewals". SportsPro. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
15. ^ "[AsiaNet] ING To Sponsor AFC Asian Cup 2007". 매일경제 (in Korean). 5 September 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
16. ^ "Toshiba Asia Pacific". Toshiba Asia Pacific. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
17. ^ "YMC Becomes Official Asian Football Confederation Sponsor" (PDF).

## External links

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