Asian Cup Qatar 2011

Introduction

This page provides links to the analysis of performance at the Asian Cup Football Tournament in Qatar 2011. For an analysis of goals scored at the Tournament in the Group Games see the Performance at the 2011 Asian Cup: Group Games post. For an analysis of goals scored at the Tournament in the Knockout Stage see the Performance at the 2011 Asian Cup: Knockout Games post.

Tournament Links

Official Website Home Page

Schedule and Results Page

AFC Rankings December 2010

Match Officials

Qualifying Groups

The Tournament has thirty-games. The first game is played on 7 January and the Final on 29 January.

There are four qualifying groups (current FIFA  December 2010 rankings in brackets).

Group A: China PR (87), Kuwait (102), Qatar (114), Uzbekistan (109)

Group B: Japan (29), Jordan (104), Saudi Arabia (81), Syria (107)

Group C: Australia (26), Bahrain (93), India (142), South Korea (40)

Group D: DPR Korea (108), Iran (66), Iraq (101), United Arab Emirates (105)

Match Officials

There are 12 trios who will officiate the 32 matches with four standby officials. Each trio comprises a referee and two assistant referees

Referee: Benjamin Williams (AUS)
AR1: Benjamin Wilson (AUS)
AR2: Hakan Anaz (AUS)

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (JPN)
AR1: Toru Sagara (JPN)
AR2: Toshiyuki Nagi (JPN)

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (KOR)
AR1: Jeong Hae-sang (KOR)
AR2: Jang Jun-mo (KOR)

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (MAS)
AR1: Mu Yuxin (CHN)
AR2: Mohd Sabri Bin Mat Daud (MAS)

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (OMA)
AR1: Bakhadyr Kochkarov (KGZ)
AR2: Hamed Al Mayahi (OMA)

Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (QAT)
AR1: Mohammad Dharman (QAT)
AR2: Hassan Al Thawadi (QAT)

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (KSA)
AR1: Hassan Kamranifar (IRN)
AR2: Reza Sokhandan (IRN)

Referee: Abdul Malik (SIN)
AR1: Jeffrey Goh (SIN)
AR2: Haja Maidin (SIN)

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (BHR)
AR1: Khaled Al Allan (BHR)
AR2: Mohammed Jawdat Nehlawi (SYR)

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
AR1: Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE)
AR2: Yaser Marad (KUW)

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB)
AR1: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (UZB)
AR2: Rafael Ilyasov (UZB)

Referee: Mohamed Benouza (ALG)
AR1: Mohamed Meknous (ALG)
AR2: Abdelhak Etchiali (ALG)

Standby Referees

Alireza Faghani (IRN)
Mohsen Torki (IRN)
Valentin Kovalenko (UZB)
Abdullah Balideh (QAT)