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The 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in 2019 , with hosts Qatar the defending champions.
However, in January 2023, ACC confirmed the teams and groups of the tournament, with both India and Pakistan taking part. [32] The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had threatened to boycott the 2023 Cricket World Cup if the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send a team to the 2023 Asia Cup scheduled in Pakistan.
Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded in 1956, India has qualified for five Asian Cups, in 1964, 1984, 2011, 2019 and 2023. [1] The team played their first Asian Cup in 1964. It was India's best finish in the continental competition which came 55 years ago when they finished runners-up.
The 1999 SAFF Cup saw Pakistan finish bottom of their group, and Pakistan also failed to get out of the group stage of the final 1999 South Asian Games to hold full internationals. [27] Pakistan and Sri Lanka during the Third-place match at the 1997 SAFF Gold Cup. Pakistan were unable to win any of their 2000 Asian Cup qualifiers.
This result equalled Australia's second biggest win in their AFC Asian Cup history, all 4–0, which happened against Thailand in 2007, India in 2011 and Oman in 2015. This also secured Australia's ongoing streak of advancing to every quarter-finals of the Asian Cup since their debut in 2007 .
Pakistan men’s football team recorded its first official win over India at the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification in 1959, with Abdullah Rahi netting the winner. [23] In addition, both teams have faced each other two times in unofficial exhibition matches after the finalisation of the 1953 and 1955 Colombo Cup editions, with Pakistan winning ...
Indian football clubs have entered Asian football competitions (AFC Champions League and AFC Cup) since the 1900s. [1] The Asian Champion Club Tournament started in 1967, but there was no Indian representative during that inaugural season. Indian teams have participated every year in Asia, except for the early years between the 1990s and early ...
Group A of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup took place from 5 to 14 January 2019. [1] The group consisted of tournament hosts United Arab Emirates , Thailand , India and Bahrain . [ 2 ] The top two teams, the United Arab Emirates and Thailand, along with third-placed Bahrain (as one of the four best third-placed teams ), advanced to the round of 16.