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The 2031 AFC Asian Cup will be the 20th edition and mark the 75th anniversary of the AFC Asian Cup, started in 1956, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The Asian Cup was held once every four years from the 1956 AFC Asian Cup in Hong Kong until the 2004 tournament in China. However, since the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship were also scheduled in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC decided to move their championship to a less crowded cycle.
First four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group. Since 1972, the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage.Since 2019, no third place play-off has been played; from 2023, losing semi-finalists are ranked by the AFC based on goal difference in the semi-finals.
The Asian Cup final is the last match of the competition and the result determines which country's team is declared Asian champion. As of the 2023 tournament, if after 90 minutes of regular play the score is a draw , an additional 30-minute period of play, called extra time, is added.
The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualified for the AFC Asian Cup finals. The next 16 highest ranked teams (the remaining four group runners-up, the eight third-placed teams and the four best group fourth-placed teams) advanced directly to the third ...
The country has hosted various men's youth competitions, such as the 2008 and 2010 AFC U-16 Championships, the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup and the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. On 23 February 2024, Uzbekistan also withdrew their bid. [7] The AFC ultimately awarded Uzbekistan the 2029 Women's Asian Cup hosting rights also on 15 May as the only bidder. [1]
Tajikistan has played in one edition of the AFC Asian Cup, ... 2012 AFC Challenge Cup / 2014 AFC Challenge Cup: 2019: 16: 5: 3: 8: 25: 29 2023: Quarter-finals 8th 5 1 ...
This was the fifth Asian Cup meeting between Iran and Japan, two Asian football powerhouses, with their most recent Asian Cup meeting occurring in the previous edition's semi-final, where Japan won 3–0. Iran had never managed to defeat nor even score a goal against Japan in all of four Asian Cup meetings (two draws, two losses).