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QUALIFICATION
Hosts: Australia
Through the 2011 AFC Asian Cup:
Japan (winners),
Korea Republic (3 rd place)
(hosts Australia finished 2 nd )
2012 AFC Challenge Cup winners:
Korea DPR
2014 AFC Challenge Cup winners:
Palestine
AFC ASIAN CUP 2015 QUALIFIERS
February 2013 –March 2014
Top two from each group, plus best
third-placed team (China) qualified
AFC ASIAN CUP AUSTRALIA 2015
In January 2015 Australia will host the 16 th edition of the AFC Asian Cup
Group B
Iran 5–0 Lebanon
Thailand 1–3 Kuwait
Lebanon 5–2 Thailand
Kuwait 1–1 Iran
Lebanon 1–1 Kuwait
Iran 2–1 Thailand
Thailand 0–3 Iran
Kuwait 0–0 Lebanon
Lebanon 1–4 Iran
Kuwait 3–1 Thailand
Iran 3–2 Kuwait
Thailand 2–5 Lebanon
W D L F A Pts
Iran 5 1 0 18 5 16
Kuwait 2 3 1 10 7 9
Lebanon 2 2 2 12 14 8
Thailand 0 0 6 7 21 0
Group D
Yemen 0–2 Bahrain
Qatar 2–0 Malaysia
Malaysia 2–1 Yemen
Bahrain 1–0 Qatar
Qatar 6–0 Yemen
Malaysia 1–1 Bahrain
Yemen 1–4 Qatar
Bahrain 1–0 Malaysia
Malaysia 0–1 Qatar
Bahrain 2–0 Yemen
Yemen 1–2 Malaysia
Qatar 0–0 Bahrain
W D L F A Pts
Bahrain 4 2 0 7 1 14
Qatar 4 1 1 13 2 13
Malaysia 2 1 3 5 7 7
Yemen 0 0 6 3 18 0
Group A
Oman 1–0 Syria
Jordan 4–0 Singapore
Singapore 0–2 Oman
Syria 1–1 Jordan
Singapore 2–1 Syria
Jordan 0–0 Oman
Syria 4–0 Singapore
Syria 0–1 Oman
Oman 0–0 Jordan
Singapore 1–3 Jordan
Oman 3–1 Singapore
Jordan 2–1 Syria
W D L F A Pts
Oman 4 2 0 7 1 14
Jordan 3 3 0 10 3 12
Syria 1 1 4 7 7 4
Singapore 1 0 5 4 17 3
Group C
Iraq 1–0 Indonesia
Saudi Arabia 2–1 China
China 1–0 Iraq
Indonesia 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Indonesia 1–1 China
Iraq 0–2 Saudi Arabia
China 1–0 Indonesia
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Iraq
China 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Indonesia 0–2 Iraq
Iraq 3–1 China
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Indonesia
W D L F A Pts
Saudi Arabia 5 1 0 9 3 16
Iraq 3 0 3 7 6 9
China 2 2 2 5 6 8
Indonesia 0 1 5 2 8 1
Group E
Uzbekistan 0–0 Hong Kong
Vietnam 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong 1–0 Vietnam
United Arab Emirates 2–1 Uzbekistan
Hong Kong 0–4 United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan 3–1 Vietnam
Vietnam 0–3 Uzbekistan
United Arab Emirates 4–0 Hong Kong
Hong Kong 0–2 Uzbekistan
United Arab Emirates 5–0 Vietnam
Uzbekistan 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Vietnam 3–1 Hong Kong
W D L F A Pts
UAE 5 1 0 18 3 16
Uzbekistan 3 2 1 10 4 11
Hong Kong 1 1 4 2 13 4
Vietnam 1 0 5 5 15 3
AFC ASIAN CUP HISTORY
Host
Final
1956 Hong Kong Korea Republic (round-robin)
1960 Korea Republic Korea Republic(round-robin)
1964 Israel Israel (round-robin)
1968 Iran Iran (round-robin)
1972 Thailand Iran 2–1 Korea Republic (AET)
1976 Iran Iran 1–0 Kuwait
1980 Kuwait Kuwait 3–0 South Korea
1984 Singapore Saudi Arabia 2–0 China
1988 Qatar Saudi Arabia 0(4p)–0(3p) Korea Rep (AET)
1992 Japan Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia
1996 UAE Saudi Arabia 0(4p)–0(2p) UAE (AET)
2000 Lebanon Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia
2004 China Japan 3–1 China
2007 Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Thailand, Vietnam
2011 Qatar Japan 1–0 Australia (AET)
2015 AFC ASIAN CUP QUALIFIED TEAMS
Team (Ranking) Previous Asian Cups (1st)
Australia (62) 2 (2007)
Bahrain (110) 4 (1988)
China (103) 10 (1976)
Iran (43) 12 (1968)
Iraq (104) 7 (1972)
Japan (46) 7 (1988)
Jordan (63) 2 (2004)
Korea DPR (146) 3 (1980)
Korea Republic (57) 12 (1956)
Kuwait (115) 9 (1972)
Oman (79) 2 (2004)
Palestine (94) 0 (2015)
Qatar (100) 8 (1980)
Saudi Arabia (90) 8 (1984)
United Arab Emirates (72) 8 (1980)
Uzbekistan (59) 5 (1996)
FIFA ranking as at June 2014
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