2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage explained

See main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The knockout stage of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup started on 21 January and ended on 29 January 2011.^[1] The top two placed teams from each preliminary group advanced to this stage.

Match details

Quarter-finals

Japan vs Qatar

GK 1 Eiji Kawashima RB 2 Masahiko Inoha CB 22 CB 4 Yasuyuki Konno LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo CM 7 CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) RW 9 Shinji Okazaki AM 18 Keisuke Honda LW 10 CF 11 Substitutions: DF 3 DF 20 Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Qasem Burhan RB 8 CB 6 Bilal Mohammed (c) CB 18 LB 13 RM 2 Hamid Ismail CM 4 Lawrence Quaye CM 7 Wesam Rizik LM 16 CF 12 Yusef Ahmed CF 23 Sebastián Soria Substitutions: DF 19 FW 11 FW 9 Manager: Bruno Metsu

Man of the Match: Shinji Kagawa (Japan) Assistant referees Mu Yuxin (China) Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud (Malaysia) Fourth official Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Uzbekistan vs Jordan

width=25 ! width=25 GK 12 CB 3 Shavkat Mullajanov CB 7 Aziz Haydarov CB 6 Sakhob Juraev CM 18 Timur Kapadze CM 9 Odil Ahmedov RW 17 AM 19 LW 8 Server Djeparov (c) CF 2 Ulugbek Bakayev CF 15 Substitutions: DF 14 GK 1 DF 4 Manager: Vadim Abramov

GK 1 RB 3 CB 2 Mohammad Muneer CB 8 Bashar Bani Yaseen (c) LB 5 Mohammad Al-Dmeiri RM 10 CM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman CM 15 LM 21 Ahmad Abdel-Halim CF 7 Amer Deeb CF 18 Hassan Abdel-Fattah Substitutions: FW 14 MF 23 Manager: Adnan Hamad

Man of the Match: Ulugbek Bakayev (Uzbekistan) Assistant referees Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore) Haja Maidin (Singapore) Fourth official Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Australia vs Iraq

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 8 Luke Wilkshire CB 2 Lucas Neill (c) CB 6 Saša Ognenovski LB 3 RM 17 Matt McKay CM 15 CM 16 Carl Valeri LM 14 SS 10 CF 4 Substitutions: FW 9 FW 11 MF 22 Manager: Holger Osieck

GK 12 Mohammed Gassid CB 15 CB 4 Qusay Munir CB 14 RWB 16 Samal Saeed LWB 3 CM 18 CM 5 CM 11 SS 7 Emad Mohammed CF 10 Younis Mahmoud (c) Substitutions: FW 9 DF 21 MF 17 Manager: Wolfgang Sidka

Man of the Match Harry Kewell (Australia) Assistant referees Mohammad Dharman (Qatar) Hassan Al Thawadi (Qatar) Fourth official Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

Iran vs South Korea

GK 1 Mehdi Rahmati RB 20 CB 5 Hadi Aghili CB 4 Jalal Hosseini LB 11 Ehsan Hajsafi CM 18 CM 14 RW 6 Javad Nekounam (c) LW 9 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari CF 7 Gholamreza Rezaei CF 10 Substitutions: DF 2 MF 8 FW 19 Manager:

GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong RB 22 Cha Du-ri CB 3 CB 14 LB 12 Lee Young-pyo CM 16 CM 6 Lee Yong-rae RW 17 AM 7 Park Ji-sung (c) LW 13 CF 10 Ji Dong-won Substitutions: MF 8 DF 15 FW 19 Manager: Cho Kwang-rae

Man of the Match: Lee Yong-rae (South Korea) Assistant referees Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Semi-finals

Japan vs South Korea

GK 1 Eiji Kawashima RB 6 CB 3 CB 4 Yasuyuki Konno LB 5 CM 7 Yasuhito Endō CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) RW 9 Shinji Okazaki AM 18 Keisuke Honda LW 10 CF 11 Substitutions: MF 13 DF 2 MF 15 Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong RB 22 CB 3 CB 4 LB 12 Lee Young-pyo CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng CM 6 Lee Yong-rae RW 17 AM 7 Park Ji-sung (c) LW 13 Koo Ja-cheol CF 10 Substitutions: DF 15 FW 11 FW 20 Manager: Cho Kwang-rae

Man of the Match: Keisuke Honda (Japan) Assistant referees Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Fourth official Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Uzbekistan vs Australia

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Timur Juraev CB 22 CB 4 Anzur Ismailov CB 6 Sakhob Juraev DM 7 CM 18 Timur Kapadze CM 9 Odil Ahmedov RW 19 LW 8 Server Djeparov (c) CF 16 CF 2 Substitutions: FW 11 MF 17 DF 5 Manager: Vadim Abramov

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 8 CB 2 Lucas Neill (c) CB 6 Saša Ognenovski LB 3 RM 14 CM 15 Mile Jedinak CM 16 LM 17 Matt McKay SS 10 CF 4 Substitutions: FW 23 MF 7 MF 22 Manager: Holger Osieck

Man of the Match: Matt McKay (Australia) Assistant referees Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE) Yaser Marad (UAE) Fourth official Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Third place match

GK 12 Ignatiy Nesterov CB 22 CB 3 CB 14 Stanislav Andreev DM 7 Aziz Haydarov CM 18 Timur Kapadze CM 9 Odil Ahmedov RW 17 Sanzhar Tursunov LW 8 Server Djeparov (c) CF 13 CF 15 Substitutions: MF 10 MF 19 Manager: Vadim Abramov

GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong RB 22 Cha Du-ri (c) CB 3 CB 14 LB 12 CM 15 CM 16 RW 17 AM 13 LW 6 Lee Yong-rae CF 10 Ji Dong-won Substitutions: MF 8 FW 11 DF 5 Manager: Cho Kwang-rae

Man of the Match: Ji Dong-won (South Korea) Assistant referees Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore) Haja Maidin (Singapore) Fourth official Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Final

See main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final.

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Mark Schwarzer RB 8 Luke Wilkshire CB 2 Lucas Neill (c) CB 6 Saša Ognenovski LB 3 David Carney RM 14 CM 15 Mile Jedinak CM 16 LM 17 SS 10 CF 4 Substitutions: MF 7 FW 23 MF 22 Manager: Holger Osieck

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Eiji Kawashima RB 6 CB 22 Maya Yoshida CB 4 Yasuyuki Konno LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo CM 7 Yasuhito Endō CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) RW 9 Shinji Okazaki AM 18 Keisuke Honda LW 14 CF 11 Substitutions: DF 3 FW 19 DF 2 Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match: Eiji Kawashima (Japan) Assistant referees Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

External links

• AFC Asian Cup 2011 Official Site

Notes and References

1. http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/comps/ac2k11/start/team_booklet-all.pdf AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011 team booklet