The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the 14th edition of the men's

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

, a

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international

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tournament organised by the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies 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

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Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

and

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

; 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

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Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

won the continental title for the first time after defeating three-time champion

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1–0 in the final. As the winner, Iraq represented the AFC in the

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. Before 2007, Asia held its continental tournament every four years from 1956 until 2004. With the

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and the

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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.

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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

Since the tournament, the

Shah Alam Stadium The Shah Alam Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium and one of the largest stadiums in the world located in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It was used mostly for Association football, football matches but also had facilities for Sport of athle ...

have been demolished. The

Rajamangala Stadium The Rajamangala National Stadium (; , ) is the national stadium of Thailand national football team. It is part of the Hua Mak Sports Complex, and is located in Hua Mak Subdistrict, Bang Kapi, Bangkok. Its official opening on 6 December 1998 co ...

, the

Mỹ Đình National Stadium The Mỹ Đình National Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi, Vietnam. It has a capacity of 40,192 seats and is the centerpiece of Vietnam's National Sports Complex. It was officially opened in September 2003 ...

, the

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (; literal translation, literally "Bung Karno Sports Arena Main Stadium"), formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Gelora Bung Karno Spor ...

, the

Bukit Jalil National Stadium The Bukit Jalil National Stadium (Malay language, Malay: ''Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil'', Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With a capacity of 87,500, it is the largest stadium in Southea ...

and the

Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, also known as Jakabaring Stadium (; literally "Sriwijaya Sports Arena Stadium"), is a multi-purpose stadium located in Jakabaring Sport City complex in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Holding 23,000 spectators., th ...

have all been moderately or heavily modified. The

Supachalasai Stadium The Suphachalasai Stadium () is a sports stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, part of the National Stadium (Thailand), National Stadium complex. History The stadium construction started in 1937 in the original area of Thai Windsor Palace (Bangkok), ...

and the Army Stadium is the only largely unmodified stadium used for this tournament.

Qualification

The qualification ran from 22 February 2006 to 15 November 2006. For the first time, the defending champions (in this tournament,

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) 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. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² ''Italic'' indicates host

³ Vietnam's debut since the

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in 1976

⁴ As

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Seeds

For the first time, the seeds are based on the October 2006

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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. 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. The draw was held on 19 December 2006 at the

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Officials

16 referees and 24 assistant referees were officially cleared following a fitness test on 2 July in

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. One referee and two assistant referees were also named from the

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. ;Referees *

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* Jasim Karim *

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Masoud Moradi Masoud Moradi (, born August 22, 1965 in Roudsar) is an Iranian retired football referee. Moradi had been a FIFA international referee from 2000 until 2010. Moradi has been an Iran Pro League referee since 1998 and is currently head of Islami ...

Yuichi Nishimura is a Japanese football referee. He has refereed in the Japanese J. League Division 1 since 1999 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2004. He refereed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he was appointed to several prestigio ...

Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli Saad Kameel Al-Fadhli () (born January 6, 1963) is a former Kuwaiti football referee, best known for supervising three matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in Japan and South Korea. He was in charge of the FIFA Youth World Cup final in 1997 i ...

* Talaat Najm *

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* Khalil Al-Ghamdi * Eddy Maillet * Kwon Jong-chul *

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* 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 (†): Replaced

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after he pulled out with injury.

Squads

Tournament summary

The Asian Cup saw many upsets in the early stages of the tournament, with tournament favourites

and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

performing poorly in the group stage. In Group A,

Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...

held the Socceroos to a surprising draw. The Omanis took the lead and would have won, if not for an injury time goal from

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. Next, joint hosts and the lowest-ranked team in the competition,

, shocked the

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with a 2–0 victory. In the same group,

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

held

to a shock 1–1 draw. The result caused Japan's coach

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to fly into a rage in which he branded his players as 'amateurs' and reduced his interpreter to tears. In Group D,

continued the undefeated streak of the hosts by defeating

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2–1.

ended up as the only host country to lose their opening match after a crushing 5–1 defeat to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

recorded just their 2nd win in the Asian Cup finals (their other was in 1972 against

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

), 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

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

, 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

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and

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, 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

. 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

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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. 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

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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

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along with the next hosts Qatar.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

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 *

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Yasser Al-Qahtani Yasser Saeed Mosleh Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani (; born 10 October 1982) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a forward for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabia national team. Club ca ...

;3 goals *

Mark Viduka Mark Antony Viduka ( ; born 9 October 1975) is an Australian former Association football, football player who played as a centre forward. Viduka captained the Australia men's national soccer team, Australia national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup ...

Sebastián Soria Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana (; ; born 8 November 1983) commonly known as Sebastián Soria, is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar SC. Born in Uruguay, he has represented the Qatar national team since 2007. He was ...

Maksim Shatskikh Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh (born 30 August 1978) is an Uzbekistani professional football coach of Pakhtakor Tashkent and a former player. A prolific striker, he is widely regarded as one of the best Uzbekistani player of all time and was ...

;2 goals * Han Peng *

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* Wang Dong *

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Seiichiro Maki is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Japan national team. Club career Maki was a key player for Komazawa University in Tokyo along with Masaki Fukai. After graduating from Komazawa Univers ...

Shunsuke Nakamura is a Japanese former professional footballer. He is currently a first-team coach of Yokohama FC. He is the only person to have been named J.League Most Valuable Player more than once, receiving the award in 2000 and 2013. Renowned as one of ...

* Ahmed Al-Mousa * Malek Mouath *

Taisir Al-Jassim Taiseer Jaber Abdulmohsen Al-Jassim (, can also be spelled as Taisir Al-Jassim, born 25 July 1984) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Ahli Saudi FC and vice-captain of the Sa ...

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* Saeed Al Kass *

Timur Kapadze Timur Kapadze (; ; ka, თემურ კაპაძე) is an Uzbekistani former professional association football, football midfielder. He is currently the head coach of the Uzbekistan national football team who he guided to a historic firs ...

;1 goal *

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* Ismail Abdul-Latif *

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* Sayed Jalal * Mao Jianqing *

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* Budi Sudarsono * Elie Aiboy *

Andranik Teymourian Andranik "Ando" Timotian-Samarani, commonly known as Andranik Teymourian (; , born 6 March 1983) is a former Iranian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is notably the first Christian to captain the Iran national team. From ...

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* Hawar Mulla Mohammed *

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* Yuji Nakazawa *

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Badar Al-Maimani Badar Mubarak Saleh Al-Maimani (; born 16 July 1984), commonly known as Badar Al-Maimani, is an Omani Association football, football manager and a former footballer who is the current second assistant manager of Fanja SC in Oman Professional Le ...

* Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani *

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* Aziz Ibragimov * Pavel Solomin *

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* Huỳnh Quang Thanh *

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;1 own goal *

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(against ''Uzbekistan'') * Keita Suzuki (against ''Vietnam'')

Awards

Most Valuable Player *

Top scorer *

Best Goalkeeper *

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Best Defender *

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Fair Play Award * Most Entertaining Team * Team of the tournament The ''Toshiba All-Star XI'' was voted for by fans on the official Asian Cup website.

Marketing

Official match ball

The Official Match Ball for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was launched by

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on 15 May 2007, making it the first time ever that a ball had been launched specifically for any football competition in Asia. The Nike Mercurial Veloci AC features four blue stripes with gold trim with each host city's name inscribed, as well as the

logo.

Official song

The AFC selected " I Believe", a 2004 single by Thai singer

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as the tournament's official song.

Sponsorships

Official Sponsors *

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Epson Seiko Epson Corporation, commonly known as Epson, is a Japanese multinational electronics company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of printers and information- and imaging-related equipment. Headquartered in Suwa, Nagano, Japan, t ...

ING Group ING Group N.V. () is a Dutch multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Amsterdam. Its primary businesses are retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, whol ...

JCB Co., Ltd. JCB may refer to: People * Jean-Charles Boisset (born 1969), French vinter * Jimmy Carl Black (1938–2008), American musician * Joseph Cyril Bamford (1916–2001), British businessman, founder of JCB heavy equipment company * Seamus Moore (sing ...

Konica Minolta is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. The company manufactures business and industrial imaging products, in ...

Maxell , commonly known as Maxell, is a Japanese company (law), company that manufactures consumer electronics. The company's name is a contraction of "Maximum capacity dry cell". Its main products are Battery (electricity), batteries, wireless chargi ...

Samsung Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational manufacturing Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous a ...

The Asahi Shimbun is a Japanese daily newspaper founded in 1879. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. The ''Asahi Shimbun'' is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan along with the ''Yom ...

Toshiba is a Japanese multinational electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors ...

Yamaha Motor Company is a Japanese mobility manufacturer that produces motorcycles, motorboats, outboard motors, and other motorized products. The company was established in the year 1955 upon separation from Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation) a ...

Official Supporters *

FamilyMart is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain, and a subsidiary of Itochu, a Japanese trading company. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind Seven-Eleven Japan. There are now 24,574 stores worldwide in Malaysia, Taiwa ...

Hyundai Heavy Industries HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; ) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea. History HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division ...

Kirin Company is a Japanese beer and beverage holding company. It is known for brands such as Kirin Beer, Kirin Lemon, Mets, and Gogo no Kōcha. The predecessor of the company, the Japan Brewery Company, was founded in Yokohama in 1885 by William Henry Tal ...

Makita () is a Japanese manufacturer of power tools. Founded on March 21, 1915, it is based in Anjō, Japan and operates factories in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Romania, the United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Indonesia, Mala ...

Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. (stylized as ''NIKE'') is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, ...

Nikon (, ; ) is a Japanese optics and photographic equipment manufacturer. Nikon's products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and equipment related to S ...

References

External links

AFC Asian Cup 2007 Official Site
(Archived)

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