2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Last updated November 19, 2025

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.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Uzbekistan	Qatar
B	Japan	Jordan
C	Australia	South Korea
D	Iran	Iraq

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 January – Doha

Uzbekistan	2
		25 January – Doha
Jordan	1
		Uzbekistan	0
22 January – Doha
		Australia	6
Australia (a.e.t.)	1
				29 January – Doha
Iraq	0
				Australia	0
21 January – Doha
				Japan (a.e.t.)	1
Japan	3
		25 January – Doha
Qatar	2
		Japan (pen.)	2 (3)
22 January – Doha
		South Korea	2 (0)	Third place
Iran	0
				28 January – Doha
South Korea (a.e.t.)	1
				Uzbekistan	2

				South Korea	3

Match details

Quarter-finals

Japan vs Qatar

21 January 2011

16:25 UTC+3

Japan	3–2	Qatar
Kagawa 29', 71' Inoha 89'	Report	Soria 13' Fábio César 63'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 19,479

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Japan

Qatar


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
RB	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
CB	22	Maya Yoshida	46' 61'
CB	2	Masahiko Inoha
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
DM	4	Yasuyuki Konno
RM	18	Keisuke Honda
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō	33'
LM	10	Shinji Kagawa		90+3'
CF	9	Shinji Okazaki
CF	11	Ryoichi Maeda		64'
Substitutions:
DF	3	Daiki Iwamasa		64'
DF	20	Mitsuru Nagata		90+3'
Manager:
Alberto Zaccheroni


GK	1	Qasem Burhan
CB	18	Ibrahim Al-Ghanim	49'
CB	6	Bilal Mohammed (c)
CB	13	Ibrahim Majid		14'
RM	8	Mesaad Al-Hamad		90+2'
CM	4	Lawrence Quaye
CM	7	Wesam Rizik
LM	16	Mohamed El-Sayed		59'
RF	2	Hamid Ismail
CF	23	Sebastián Soria
LF	12	Yousef Ahmed
Substitutions:
DF	19	Khalid Muftah		14'
MF	11	Fábio César		59'
FW	9	Jaralla Al-Marri		90+2'
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

21 January 2011

19:25 UTC+3

Uzbekistan	2–1	Jordan
Bakayev 47', 49'	Report	B. Bani Yaseen 58'

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 16,073

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Uzbekistan

Jordan


GK	12	Ignatiy Nesterov		62'
CB	3	Shavkat Mullajanov
CB	7	Aziz Haydarov
CB	6	Sakhob Juraev
CM	18	Timur Kapadze
CM	9	Odil Ahmedov
RW	17	Sanzhar Tursunov	90+2'
AM	19	Jasur Hasanov		57'
LW	8	Server Djeparov (c)
CF	2	Ulugbek Bakayev
CF	15	Alexander Geynrikh		70'
Substitutions:
DF	14	Stanislav Andreev		57'
GK	1	Timur Juraev		62'
DF	4	Anzur Ismailov		70'
Manager:
Vadim Abramov


GK	1	Amer Shafi
RB	4	Baha' Abdel-Rahman
CB	8	Bashar Bani Yaseen (c)
CB	2	Mohammad Muneer
LB	5	Mohammad Al-Dmeiri
DM	15	Shadi Abu Hash'hash		64'
RM	7	Amer Deeb
CM	10	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek		76'
LM	18	Hassan Abdel-Fattah
CF	3	Suleiman Al-Salman	74'
CF	21	Ahmad Abdel-Halim
Substitutions:
FW	14	Abdallah Deeb		64'
MF	23	Anas Hijah		76'
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

22 January 2011

16:25 UTC+3

Australia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Kewell 118'	Report

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,889

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Australia

Iraq


GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	15	Mile Jedinak	68'
CB	2	Lucas Neill (c)	115'
CB	6	Saša Ognenovski
LB	3	David Carney	90+1'	109'
RM	8	Luke Wilkshire
CM	16	Carl Valeri
CM	17	Matt McKay
LM	10	Harry Kewell	118'
CF	4	Tim Cahill		90+2'
CF	14	Brett Holman		102'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Scott McDonald		90+2'
FW	11	Nathan Burns		102'
MF	22	Neil Kilkenny		109'
Manager:
Holger Osieck


GK	12	Mohammed Gassid
RB	16	Samal Saeed
CB	14	Salam Shakir		75'
CB	15	Ali Rehema	54'
LB	3	Bassim Abbas	84'
DM	4	Qusay Munir
RM	18	Mahdi Karim		63'
LM	11	Hawar Mulla Mohammed		86'
AM	5	Nashat Akram	1'
CF	7	Emad Mohammed
CF	10	Younis Mahmoud (c)	43'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Mustafa Karim		63'
DF	21	Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf		75'
MF	17	Alaa Abdul-Zahra		86'
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

22 January 2011

19:25 UTC+3

Iran	0–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report	Yoon Bit-garam 105'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,111

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Iran

South Korea


GK	1	Mehdi Rahmati
CB	4	Jalal Hosseini
CB	5	Hadi Aghili
CB	20	Mohammad Nosrati		46'
DM	6	Javad Nekounam (c)
RM	7	Gholamreza Rezaei
CM	18	Pejman Nouri		109'
CM	14	Andranik Teymourian	27'
LM	11	Ehsan Hajsafi
SS	9	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
CF	10	Karim Ansarifard		75'
Substitutions:
DF	2	Khosro Heydari		46'
MF	8	Masoud Shojaei	105'	75'
FW	19	Mohammad Gholami		109'
Manager:
Afshin Ghotbi


GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	22	Cha Du-ri
CB	3	Hwang Jae-won
CB	14	Lee Jung-soo	77'
LB	12	Lee Young-pyo
DM	16	Ki Sung-yueng		111'
CM	13	Koo Ja-cheol		81'
CM	6	Lee Yong-rae
RF	17	Lee Chung-yong	120+1'
CF	10	Ji Dong-won
LF	7	Park Ji-sung (c)		117'
Substitutions:
MF	8	Yoon Bit-garam	116'	81'
DF	15	Hong Jeong-ho		111'
FW	19	Yeom Ki-hun		117'
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

25 January 2011

16:25 UTC+3

Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Maeda 36' Hosogai 97'	Report	Ki Sung-yueng 23' (pen.) Hwang Jae-won 120'
Penalties
K. Honda Okazaki Nagatomo Konno	3–0	Koo Ja-cheol Lee Yong-rae Hong Jeong-ho

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 16,171

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Japan

South Korea


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
CB	6	Atsuto Uchida	53'
CB	3	Daiki Iwamasa	85'
CB	5	Yuto Nagatomo	84'
DM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)		117'
DM	4	Yasuyuki Konno
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
AM	18	Keisuke Honda
AM	10	Shinji Kagawa		87'
CF	9	Shinji Okazaki
CF	11	Ryoichi Maeda		105'
Substitutions:
MF	13	Hajime Hosogai		87'
DF	2	Masahiko Inoha		105'
MF	15	Takuya Honda		117'
Manager:
Alberto Zaccheroni


GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	22	Cha Du-ri	102'
CB	3	Hwang Jae-won
CB	4	Cho Yong-hyung	64'	103'
LB	12	Lee Young-pyo
DM	16	Ki Sung-yueng
CM	13	Koo Ja-cheol
CM	6	Lee Yong-rae
RF	17	Lee Chung-yong		82'
CF	10	Ji Dong-won		66'
LF	7	Park Ji-sung (c)	13'
Substitutions:
DF	15	Hong Jeong-ho		66'
FW	11	Son Heung-min		82'
FW	20	Kim Shin-wook		103'
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

25 January 2011

19:25 UTC+3

Uzbekistan	0–6	Australia
	Report	Kewell 5' Ognenovski 35' Carney 65' Emerton 73' Valeri 82' Kruse 83'

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 24,826

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Uzbekistan

Australia


GK	1	Timur Juraev
RB	22	Viktor Karpenko		71'
CB	4	Anzur Ismailov
CB	7	Aziz Haydarov	67'
LB	6	Sakhob Juraev
CM	18	Timur Kapadze
CM	9	Odil Ahmedov
RW	19	Jasur Hasanov		55'
AM	2	Ulugbek Bakayev	56' 67'
LW	8	Server Djeparov (c)
CF	16	Maksim Shatskikh		59'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Marat Bikmaev		55'
MF	17	Sanzhar Tursunov		59'
DF	5	Aziz Ibrahimov		71'
Manager:
Vadim Abramov


GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	15	Mile Jedinak
CB	2	Lucas Neill (c)
CB	6	Saša Ognenovski
LB	3	David Carney	71'
RM	8	Luke Wilkshire	15'
CM	16	Carl Valeri	38'
CM	17	Matt McKay
LM	10	Harry Kewell		53'
CF	4	Tim Cahill		71'
CF	14	Brett Holman		61'
Substitutions:
FW	23	Robbie Kruse		53'
MF	7	Brett Emerton		61'
MF	22	Neil Kilkenny		71'
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

28 January 2011

18:00 UTC+3

Uzbekistan	2–3	South Korea
Geynrikh 45' (pen.), 53'	Report	Koo Ja-cheol 18' Ji Dong-won 28', 39'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 8,199

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Uzbekistan

South Korea


GK	12	Ignatiy Nesterov
RB	22	Viktor Karpenko		87'
CB	3	Shavkat Mullajanov	87'
CB	7	Aziz Haydarov
LB	14	Stanislav Andreev
CM	18	Timur Kapadze
CM	9	Odil Ahmedov
RW	17	Sanzhar Tursunov
AM	15	Alexander Geynrikh	90'
LW	8	Server Djeparov (c)
CF	13	Olim Navkarov		77'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Shavkat Salomov	85'	77'
MF	19	Jasur Hasanov		87'
Manager:
Vadim Abramov


GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	3	Hwang Jae-won	44'
CB	15	Hong Jeong-ho		78'
CB	16	Ki Sung-yueng	57'
LB	14	Lee Jung-soo
RM	22	Cha Du-ri (c)
CM	13	Koo Ja-cheol		53'
CM	6	Lee Yong-rae
LM	12	Lee Young-pyo	90+3'
SS	17	Lee Chung-yong		60'
CF	10	Ji Dong-won
Substitutions:
MF	8	Yoon Bit-garam		53'
FW	11	Son Heung-min		60'
DF	5	Kwak Tae-hwi		78'
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

29 January 2011

18:00 UTC+3

Australia	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Japan
	Report	Lee 109'

Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 37,174

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Australia

Japan


GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	15	Mile Jedinak
CB	2	Lucas Neill (c)
CB	6	Saša Ognenovski
LB	3	David Carney
RM	8	Luke Wilkshire
CM	16	Carl Valeri	16'
CM	17	Matt McKay	112'
LM	10	Harry Kewell		103'
CF	4	Tim Cahill		109'
CF	14	Brett Holman	39'	65'
Substitutions:
MF	7	Brett Emerton		65'
FW	23	Robbie Kruse		103'
MF	22	Neil Kilkenny		109'
Manager:
Holger Osieck


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
CB	6	Atsuto Uchida	120'
CB	22	Maya Yoshida
CB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
DM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
DM	4	Yasuyuki Konno
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
AM	18	Keisuke Honda
AM	14	Jungo Fujimoto	56'
CF	9	Shinji Okazaki
CF	11	Ryoichi Maeda	98'
Substitutions:
DF	3	Daiki Iwamasa	56'
FW	19	Tadanari Lee	98'
DF	2	Masahiko Inoha	120'
Manager:
Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match:
Eiji Kawashima (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

References

↑ AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011 team booklet Archived 2011-01-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

AFC Asian Cup 2011 Official Site

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[1] AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011 team booklet Archived 2011-01-24 at the Wayback Machine

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Stages	Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Final
General information	Squads Qualification

2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Contents

Qualified teams

Bracket

Match details

Quarter-finals

Japan vs Qatar

Uzbekistan vs Jordan

Australia vs Iraq

Iran vs South Korea

Semi-finals

Japan vs South Korea

Uzbekistan vs Australia

Third place match

Final

References

External links