The 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 will take place at the United Arab Emirate from 5th Jan to 1st Feb.A total of 24 teams will participate in the tournament out of which 5 are from the sub-continent.
Usually only 16 teams participated in the AFC Asian Cup 2019 previously but this time it has been expanded to 23.
UAE automatically qualified for the event while other 45 team has to went through a qualifier to secure their place in AFC Asian Cup. The qualifier took place earlier between march 2015 to march 2018.
The previous AFC Asian Cup was won by the Australian Football Team in 2015. The other 23 teams which qualified for the AFC Asian Cup are: India, Qatar, UAE, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan,Iran, Syria, Iraq, China, Palestine, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkmenistan,Bahrain, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, North Korea, Philippines and Yemen. Philippines,Yemen and Kyrgyzstan will be taking part in the AFC Asian Cup for the first time.
There are six groups and each group have Four teams in them.Group A has UAE, India, Thailand and Bahrain. Group B has Australia, Syria,Palestine and Jordan. Group C has South Korea, China, Philippines and Kyrgyzstan. Group D consists of Iran, Iraq, Vietnam and Yemen. Saudi Arabia,Qatar, Lebanon and North Korea are placed in Group E. Japan, Uzbekistan, Oman and Turkmenistan fill in the last group of AFC Asian Cup.
AFC ASIA CUP 2019 SCHEDULE:
Group A
5 January 2019: UAE vs Bahrain
6 January 2019: India vs Thailand
10 January 2019: Bahrain vs Thailand
10 January 2019: UAE vs India
14 January 2019: UAE vs Thailand
14 January 2019: India vs Bahrain
Group B
6 January 2019: Australia vs Jordan
6 January 2019: Syria vs Palestine
10 January 2019: Jordan vs Syria
11 January 2019: Palestine vs Australia
14 January 2019: Australia vs Syria
14 January 2019: Palestine vs Jordan
Group C
7 January 2019: South Korea vs Philippines
7 January 2019: China vs Kyrgyzstan
11 January 2019: Philippines vs China
11 January 2019: South Korea vs Kyrgyzstan
15 January 2019: South Korea vs China
15 January 2019: Kyrgyzstan vs Philippines
Group D
7 January 2019: Iran vs Yemen
8 January 2019: Iraq vs Vietnam
12 January 2019: Yemen vs Iraq
12 January 2019: Vietnam vs Iran
15 January 2019: Iran vs Iraq
15 January 2019: Vietnam vs Yemen
Group E
8 January 2019: Saudi Arabia vs North Korea
8 January 2019: Qatar vs Lebanon
12 January 2019: North Korea vs Qatar
13 January 2019: Lebanon vs Saudi Arabia
16 January 2019: Saudi Arabia vs Qatar
16 January 2019: Lebanon vs North Korea
Group F
9 January 2019: Japan vs Turkmenistan
9 January 2019: Uzbekistan vs Oman
13 January 2019: Turkmenistan vs Uzbekistan
13 January 2019: Oman vs Japan
16 January 2019: Japan vs Uzbekistan
16 January 2019: Oman vs Turkmenistan
Round of 16
19 January 2019: Group A Runners-up vs Group C Runners-up
19 January 2019: Group D winners vs Group B/E/F 3rd
19 January 2019: Group B Winner vs Group A/C/D 3rd
19 January 2019: Group F Winner vs Group E Runners-up
20 January 2019: Group C Winner vs Group A/B/F 3rd
20 January 2019: Group E Winner vs Group D Runners-up
20 January 2019: Group A Winners vs Group C/D/E 3rd
20 January 2019: Group B Runners-up vs Group F Runners-up
Quarterfinals
23 January 2019: Quarterfinal 1
23 January 2019: Quarterfinal 2
24 January 2019: Quarterfinal 3
24 January 2019: Quarterfinal 4
Semifinals
27 January 2019: Semifinal 1
28 January 2019: Semifinal 2
Final
1 February 2019: Semifinal 1 Winnervs Semifinal 2 Winner Stay tuned to SportsBuzz for latest news for AFC Asian Cup 2019.
