2019 AFC Asian Cup Group E

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Group E of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup took place from 8 to 17 January 2019. [1] The group consisted of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon and North Korea. [2] The top two teams, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, advanced to the round of 16. [3] However, third-placed Lebanon missed out qualification to the knockout stage by fair play points to Vietnam.

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Saudi Arabia were the only former champions in the group, having won three Asian Cup titles in 1984, 1988 and 1996.

Teams

Draw positionTeamZoneMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
April 2018 [nb 1] December 2018
E1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia WAFF Second round group A winners24 March 201610th 2015 (group stage)Winners (1984, 1988, 1996)7069
E2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar WAFF Second round group C winners17 November 201510th 2015 (group stage)Quarter-finals (2000, 2011)10193
E3Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon WAFF Third Round Group B winners10 November 20172nd 2000 (group stage)Group stage (2000)8281
E4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea EAFF Third Round Group B runners-up27 March 20185th 2015 (group stage)Fourth place (1980)112109
Notes
  1. The rankings of April 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3300100+109Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 320162+46
3Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 31024513
4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 3003114130
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

Matches

All times listed are GST (UTC+4).

Saudi Arabia vs North Korea

The first chance of the game came in the 13th minute through Abdulaziz Al-Bishi’s left-footed strike which just missed the target. In the 28th minute, Hattan Bahebri dribbled past Ri Il-jin and sent a curler from the left to give Saudi Arabia the lead. Housain Al-Mogahwi’s free kick from just outside the box sailed into the box and Mohammed Al-Fatil diverted it into the net with a back-heel to double Saudi Arabia’s advantage. Just a minute before the break, Han Kwang-song received a second yellow card for a tackle on Al-Mogahwi. North Korea were reduced to 10 men but they came close to scoring in the 64th minute through captain Jong Il-gwan. However, the Saudi defenders regrouped to deny him. Moments later, Saudi Arabia had a missed opportunity, when Fahad Al-Muwallad side-stepped defender Kim Chol-bom and goalkeeper Ri Myong-guk but his shot flew wide. In the 70th minute, Salem Al-Dawsari was left unmarked and the Saudi captain made no mistake from the centre of the box to make it 3–0. In the 87th minute, defender Kim Song-gi failed to clear Hamdan Al-Shamrani’s cross into the box and Al-Muwallad slammed the ball into the back of the net to seal Saudi Arabia’s first opening AFC Asian Cup match win since they emerged champions in 1996. [4]

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg4–0Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
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Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 5,075
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
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GK21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB2 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB4 Ali Al-Bulaihi
CB23 Mohammed Al-Fatil
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DM14 Abdullah Otayf
CM16 Housain Al-Mogahwi
CM20 Abdulaziz Al-Bishi Sub off.svg 71'
RW11 Hattan Bahebri Sub off.svg 78'
LW10 Salem Al-Dawsari (c)Yellow card.svg 45+1'
CF19 Fahad Al-Muwallad
Substitutions:
MF18 Abdulrahman Ghareeb Sub on.svg 71'
FW9 Mohammed Al-Saiari Sub on.svg 78'
DF12 Hamdan Al-Shamrani Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio Pizzi
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GK1 Ri Myong-guk
RB5An Song-ilSub off.svg 46'
CB4Kim Song-gi
CB16 Ri Yong-jik Sub off.svg 90+1'
LB3 Jang Kuk-chol Sub off.svg 56'
RM23 Ri Il-jin Yellow card.svg 53'
CM15 Ri Un-chol
LM2 Kim Chol-bom Yellow card.svg 32'
AM7 Han Kwang-song Yellow card.svg 36' Yellow-red card.svg 44'
AM11 Jong Il-gwan (c)Yellow card.svg 90'
CF10 Pak Kwang-ryong
Substitutions:
MF12Kim Kyong-hunSub on.svg 46'
DF17 Ri Chang-ho Sub on.svg 56'
FW19 Rim Kwang-hyok Sub on.svg 90+1'
Manager:
Kim Yong-jun

Man of the Match:
Salem Al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)
Fourth official:
Sergei Grishchenko (Kyrgyzstan)
Additional assistant referees:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Chris Beath (Australia)

Qatar vs Lebanon

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Lebanon's Felix Michel Melki vies for the ball with Qatari forward Akram Afif.

In the 37th minute, Ali Hamam raced off to celebrate with his teammates after slotting Hassan Maatouk's corner into the Qatari goal, only for the referee to controversially blow the whistle for a foul on Tarek Salman. Maatouk pulled the trigger on an effort of his own just before half-time, but his scissor kick flew high over the bar. Two minutes after the hour mark, 2018 AFC Player of the Year Abdelkarim Hassan was introduced from the bench for Abdulkarim Al-Ali and within three minutes, the Qataris took the lead from Bassam Al-Rawi's strike from a free kick. The defender sent a dipping, curling right-footed effort over the wall and beyond the outstretched hand of Mehdi Khalil. Qatar added a second with 11 minutes remaining. Hassan's driving run created space for Akram Afif and, when the winger received the ball, his centre found Abdulaziz Hatem, whose shot was saved by Khalil. But Almoez Ali was on hand to roll the ball into the empty net to ensure a winning start to the campaign for Qatar. [5]

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Attendance: 7,847
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
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Lebanon
GK1 Saad Al-Sheeb
CB2 Ró-Ró
CB4 Tarek Salman
CB15 Bassam Al-Rawi
RM23 Assim Madibo
CM16 Boualem Khoukhi
CM12 Karim Boudiaf Sub off.svg 56'
LM18 Abdulkarim Al-Ali Sub off.svg 62'
RF10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)Sub off.svg 85'
CF19 Almoez Ali
LF11 Akram Afif
Substitutions:
MF6 Abdulaziz Hatem Sub on.svg 56'
DF3 Abdelkarim Hassan Sub on.svg 62'
FW7 Ahmed Alaaeldin Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Félix Sánchez
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GK1 Mehdi Khalil
RB11 Alexander Michel Melki Yellow card.svg 24'Sub off.svg 72'
CB3 Mootaz Jounaidi Sub off.svg 84'
CB6 Joan Oumari
LB13 Felix Michel Melki Sub off.svg 77'
DM15 Haytham Faour
RM19 Ali Hamam
LM18 Walid Ismail
AM22 Bassel Jradi
CF9 Hilal El-Helwe
CF7 Hassan Maatouk (c)Yellow card.svg 64'
Substitutions:
MF14 Nader Matar Sub on.svg 72'
MF5 Samir Ayass Sub on.svg 77'
MF10 Mohamad Haidar Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Flag of Montenegro.svg Miodrag Radulović

Man of the Match:
Assim Madibo (Qatar)

Assistant referees:
Huo Weiming (China PR)
Cao Yi (China PR)
Fourth official:
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Additional assistant referees:
Fu Ming (China PR)
Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Lebanon vs Saudi Arabia

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Lebanon fans during the match against Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia found their breakthrough in the 12th minute when they latched onto a defensive mistake. Lebanon’s Joan Oumari’s back pass deflected off teammate Alexander Michel Melki’s left boot. The ball landed near Saudi Arabia’s Fahad Al-Muwallad, who half-volleyed home from close range. Oumari failed to keep his header down in the 16th minute, while Felix Michel Melki just missed Hassan Maatouk’s free kick eight minutes later. After the break, Hattan Bahebri took a chance from almost 30 yards out which forced a save from goalkeeper Mehdi Khalil. Bahebri made an assist in the 67th minute, when his cross into the box found Housain Al-Mogahwi, who made it 2–0. [6] This win earned Saudi Arabia a ticket to the round of sixteen for the first time since the 2007 edition, in which Saudi Arabia finished runners-up.

Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg0–2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
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Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 13,792
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
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Saudi Arabia
GK1 Mehdi Khalil
RB11 Alexander Michel Melki
CB2 Kassem El Zein
CB3 Mootaz Jounaidi
CB6 Joan Oumari
LB13 Felix Michel Melki Yellow card.svg 70'
DM15 Haytham Faour Sub off.svg 73'
RM19 Ali Hamam
LM7 Hassan Maatouk (c)Sub off.svg 76'
AM10 Mohamad Haidar Yellow card.svg 82'Sub off.svg 86'
CF9 Hilal El-Helwe Yellow card.svg 89'
Substitutions:
FW20 Rabih Ataya Sub on.svg 73'
MF14 Nader Matar Sub on.svg 76'
DF17 Mohamed Zein Tahan Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Flag of Montenegro.svg Miodrag Radulović
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GK21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB2 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB23 Mohammed Al-Fatil
CB4 Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB12 Hamdan Al-Shamrani
DM14 Abdullah Otayf Sub off.svg 84'
CM20 Abdulaziz Al-Bishi Yellow card.svg 41'Sub off.svg 79'
CM16 Housain Al-Mogahwi
RW11 Hattan Bahebri
LW10 Salem Al-Dawsari (c)Yellow card.svg 90+2'
CF19 Fahad Al-Muwallad Sub off.svg 73'
Substitutions:
MF8 Yahya Al-Shehri Sub on.svg 73'
MF18 Abdulrahman Ghareeb Sub on.svg 79'
MF15 Ibrahim Ghaleb Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio Pizzi

Man of the Match:
Hattan Bahebri (Saudi Arabia)

Assistant referees: [7]
Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman)
Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman)
Fourth official:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Additional assistant referees:
Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)
Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

North Korea vs Qatar

Qatar were in front in the ninth minute when Akram Afif glided past Sim Hyon-jin before delivering a low cross to Almoez Ali, who struck past Ri Myong-guk. Qatar doubled their lead two minutes later, when Abdelkarim Hassan’s ball found Hassan Al-Haydos, whose low centre was struck in the goal from close range by Ali. Ri Un-chol tried from outside the area, but his drive narrowly failed to find the top corner. With just two minutes remaining in the first half, Afif lifted the ball high over the advancing Myong-guk and Boualem Khoukhi headed in from close range. Ali completed his hat-trick 10 minutes into the second half with a finish from Afif’s through ball. Five minutes later, Afif led a counter-attack before rolling the ball through to Ali, who smashed his shot across Myong-guk and inside the far post. Ali turned provider in the 68th minute when his pass allowed Hassan to storm through the North Korean defence and slot home Qatar’s sixth. The East Asian side’s misery was compounded in the last minute when Jong Il-gwan was shown a second yellow card. [8]

It was North Korea’s heaviest ever defeat at the Asian Cup, surpassing their previous 0–4 defeat to Saudi Arabia in their opening 2019 Asian Cup match. Qatar’s win enabled them to progress to the knockout stages for the first time since the 2011 edition that they hosted. Controversy rose around the almost empty stadium as very few fans were allowed to enter. [9]

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg0–6Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
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Qatar
GK1 Ri Myong-guk
CB13 Sim Hyon-jin
CB4Kim Song-giSub off.svg 77'
CB2 Kim Chol-bom
RM23 Ri Il-jin Yellow card.svg 17'
CM15 Ri Un-chol Yellow card.svg 13'
LM12Kim Kyong-hun
RW9 Kim Yong-il Yellow card.svg 39'Sub off.svg 43'
AM11 Jong Il-gwan (c)Yellow card.svg 17' Yellow-red card.svg 90'
LW19 Rim Kwang-hyok Sub off.svg 63'
CF10 Pak Kwang-ryong Yellow card.svg 54'
Substitutions:
MF8Ri Hyok-cholSub on.svg 43'
MF16 Ri Yong-jik Sub on.svg 63'
DF6 Ri Thong-il Sub on.svg 77'
Manager:
Kim Yong-jun
PRK-QAT 2019-01-13.svg
GK1 Saad Al-Sheeb
RB2 Ró-Ró Sub off.svg 74'
CB15 Bassam Al-Rawi
CB4 Tarek Salman
LB3 Abdelkarim Hassan Yellow card.svg 7'Sub off.svg 80'
CM23 Assim Madibo Sub off.svg 71'
CM6 Abdulaziz Hatem
RW10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
AM16 Boualem Khoukhi
LW11 Akram Afif
CF19 Almoez Ali
Substitutions:
MF5 Ahmed Fatehi Sub on.svg 71'
DF8 Hamid Ismail Sub on.svg 74'
MF20 Ali Afif Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match:
Almoez Ali (Qatar)

Assistant referees: [10]
Palitha Hemathunga (Sri Lanka)
Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Additional assistant referees:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Saudi Arabia vs Qatar

Mohammed Al-Owais parried away Boualem Khoukhi's drive on 16 minutes in the first genuine threat to either goal. Housain Al-Mogahwi shot over the bar for Saudi Arabia following Yahya Al-Shehri's probing run and cross, before Fahad Al-Muwallad struck an upright with Qatar goalkeeper Saad Al-Sheeb beaten. Hassan Al-Haydos' 42nd minute penalty was saved by Al-Owais. However, minutes later, Abdulaziz Hatem's through ball found Almoez Ali who converted to open the scoring on the stroke of half-time. Within five minutes of the restart Hattan Bahebri forced Al-Sheeb into a save. Bahebri's effort from 15 yards fizzed narrowly over the bar on 73 minutes. Qatar extended their lead with 10 minutes remaining, when Ali leaped to thump home a header from Hatem's corner. It proved to be the final genuine goalmouth action as Qatar held on to seal another three points. [11]

The match was dubbed the "Blockade Derby", in reference to the diplomatic disputes between the two nations. [12] However, there was no on-field incidents and the match ended in a friendly atmosphere. [13]

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg0–2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
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GK21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB2 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB4 Ali Al-Bulaihi Yellow card.svg 41'
CB23 Mohammed Al-Fatil
LB12 Hamdan Al-Shamrani
DM14 Abdullah Otayf Sub off.svg 78'
CM8 Yahya Al-Shehri (c)
CM16 Housain Al-Mogahwi
RW11 Hattan Bahebri
LW19 Fahad Al-Muwallad Sub off.svg 75'
CF18 Abdulrahman Ghareeb Sub off.svg 61'
Substitutions:
FW9 Mohammed Al-Saiari Yellow card.svg 82'Sub on.svg 61'
MF6 Ayman Al-Khulaif Sub on.svg 75'
MF7 Nooh Al-Mousa Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Antonio Pizzi
KSA-QAT 2019-01-17.svg
GK1 Saad Al-Sheeb
RB2 Ró-Ró
CB15 Bassam Al-Rawi
CB4 Tarek Salman
LB3 Abdelkarim Hassan
CM6 Abdulaziz Hatem Yellow card.svg 58'
CM23 Assim Madibo Yellow card.svg 7'Sub off.svg 69'
CM16 Boualem Khoukhi
RF10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)Sub off.svg 73'
CF19 Almoez Ali Yellow card.svg 45+1'Sub off.svg 83'
LF11 Akram Afif
Substitutions:
MF14 Salem Al-Hajri Sub on.svg 69'
MF12 Karim Boudiaf Sub on.svg 73'
FW7 Ahmed Alaaeldin Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match:
Almoez Ali (Qatar)

Assistant referees: [14]
Yoon Kwang-yeol (South Korea)
Park Sang-jun (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Cao Yi (China PR)
Additional assistant referees:
Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Fu Ming (China PR)

Lebanon vs North Korea

Pak Kwang-ryong converted his free kick in the ninth minute to give North Korea an early advantage. However, Lebanon levelled the score just before the half hour mark when Hassan Maatouk dribbled down the left before laying off for Felix Michel Melki, who smashed the ball into the back of the net. Hilal El-Helwe’s effort was cleared off the line in the 32nd minute. Felix came close to scoring his second in the 57th minute but angled his header across the bar. In the 65th minute, Mohamad Haidar’s cross found El-Helwe who turned to score from close range. North Korea conceded a penalty after Rabih Ataya was brought down in the danger area. Maatouk converted the spot-kick in the 80th minute, sending goalkeeper Ri Myong-guk the wrong way, with a fourth coming in the eighth minute of added time through El-Helwe as Lebanon won their first ever Asian Cup match. However, they were edged by Vietnam in the third-place ranking on fair-play points due to receiving more yellow cards and were eliminated from the tournament. [15] This loss extended North Korea's winless streak, with their last win dating back to their fourth place finish in the 1980 edition. [16]

Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg4–1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
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Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 4,332
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
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GK1 Mehdi Khalil
RB11 Alexander Michel Melki Yellow card.svg 30'
CB4 Nour Mansour Sub off.svg 81'
CB6 Joan Oumari
LB13 Felix Michel Melki
CM5 Samir Ayass Sub off.svg 77'
CM14 Nader Matar Sub off.svg 53'
RW7 Hassan Maatouk (c)
AM10 Mohamad Haidar Yellow card.svg 90+9'
LW18 Walid Ismail
CF9 Hilal El-Helwe
Substitutions:
FW20 Rabih Ataya Sub on.svg 53'
MF12 Adnan Haidar Sub on.svg 77'
FW8 Hassan "Moni" Chaito Sub on.svg 81'
Manager:
Flag of Montenegro.svg Miodrag Radulović
LBN-PRK 2019-01-17.svg
GK1 Ri Myong-guk
CB5An Song-ilYellow card.svg 11'
CB16 Ri Yong-jik
CB3 Jang Kuk-chol (c)
RWB13 Sim Hyon-jin
LWB2 Kim Chol-bom Yellow card.svg 61'Sub off.svg 61'
CM9 Kim Yong-il Yellow card.svg 85'
CM15 Ri Un-chol
CM12Kim Kyong-hunSub off.svg 29'
CF7 Han Kwang-song
CF10 Pak Kwang-ryong
Substitutions:
MF14Kang Kuk-cholSub on.svg 29'Sub off.svg 75'
MF8Ri Hyok-cholYellow card.svg 72'Sub on.svg 61'
MF20 Choe Song-hyok Sub on.svg 75'
Manager:
Kim Yong-jun

Man of the Match:
Felix Michel Melki (Lebanon)

Assistant referees: [14]
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)
Fourth official:
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Additional assistant referees:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Discipline

Fair play points were used as tiebreakers if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [3] [17]

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
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Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 13−4
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 122−5
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 232−7
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 31414−17

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The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021.

This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Lebanon national football team. The page shows the records as of 11 June 2024.

Group A of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup took place from 12 to 22 January 2024. The group consisted of hosts and defending champions Qatar, China, tournament debutants Tajikistan, and Lebanon. The top two teams, Qatar and Tajikistan, advanced to the round of 16.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Qatar v United Arab Emirates (2019 AFC Asian Cup)</span> 2019 association football match between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

An AFC Asian Cup match between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates occurred on 29 January 2019, as part of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It was held at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. The match is referred as the Blockade Derby, due to the then-ongoing Qatar diplomatic crisis and deterioration of Qatar–United Arab Emirates relations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup</span> International football competition

The 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held from 15 April to 3 May 2024.

The second round of 2026 FIFA World Cup AFC qualification, which also served as the second round of 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification, began on 16 November 2023 and was completed on 11 June 2024.

The knockout stage of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 28 January with the round of 16 and ended on 10 February with the final match, held at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail. A total of 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament.

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