2011 Asian Cup (live scores and updates including qualifers)

[devilsadvocate]

Bloody hell. How we cannot have already qualified is a joke.

[Dogwatcher]

Sure is - last night was very disappointing.

I dozed through a bit of it.

But our defence allowed them to move the ball too quickly up the pitch. It was a reasonable game to watch - because the ball was moving back and forth rapidly, but....

I would have preferred to see Djite start too (although, Thompson did an ok job).

[RoosterMarty]

Colosimo is so damn crap.

Pim bags the A-League, gets criticised by a lot of people, but then gets proven to be correct. The standard here is a disgrace.

Wilkshire is turning into a fine player though, I was one of his his biggest critics a few years back but he is quality now.

Djite should have started and Archie could come off the bench, he looks good in the a league but he is really an ordinary player. Just too good for the A League. His finishing and first touch are abysmal.

[Dogwatcher]

Djite should have started and Archie could come off the bench, he looks good in the a league but he is really an ordinary player. Just too good for the A League. His finishing and first touch are abysmal.

Totally agree.

[whufc]

Colosimo is so damn crap.

Pim bags the A-League, gets criticised by a lot of people, but then gets proven to be correct. The standard here is a disgrace.

Wilkshire is turning into a fine player though, I was one of his his biggest critics a few years back but he is quality now.

Djite should have started and Archie could come off the bench, he looks good in the a league but he is really an ordinary player. Just too good for the A League. His finishing and first touch are abysmal.

100% totally agree, the fact that players such as Corica, Colosimo, Harnwell, Ifill and the Central Coast striker who has nearly player for every NSL club can still dominate the competition when they are almost 30 or older is a joke

[Thiele]

Australia 1
Indonesia 0

[Thiele]

Australia 1
Indonesia 0

Half Time

[Thiele]

Australia 1
Indonesia 0

Half Time

Full Time

[Dirko]

And Asia here we come......

[Il Duce]

Just to let you know the 8 teams in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup are

India
Korea DPR
Tajikistan
Myanmar
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

So one those teams will qualify for the Asian Cup, seeing as they just Qualifed for the World cup Korea DPR (North Korea) should win this and qualify. Tournament is to be played in Sri Lanka between Feb 3rd-14th 2010

Result from the final which was played on 27th of Feb 2010

Turkmenistan 1 – 1 Korea DPR (4 – 5 on penalties) winner and qualifyer for the 2011 Asian Cup Korea DPR, am I good or am I good .

[devilsadvocate]

Did anyone mention that Tommy oar could be the next Harry kewell?

No pressure or anything

[CUTTERMAN]

Heard that too DA but I think that banter started when they were comparing the ages that Oar and Kewell both had their first game for Australia. He, like Leckie both look to have good futures playing for Australia no matter how far they take their games.

[devilsadvocate]

Heard that too DA but I think that banter started when they were comparing the ages that Oar and Kewell both had their first game for Australia. He, like Leckie both look to have good futures playing for Australia no matter how far they take their games.

Yeah, they sort of dug themselves deeper into it, to the point where it became tedious.

Agree though, very bright futures for Oar and Leckie. Hopefully they go to good clubs overseas and continue their development with better quality around them.

[Il Duce]

So results from the final games from all groups and the offical list of all 16 teams to qualify.

Group A

Japan 2 – 0 Bahrain
Hong Kong 0 – 0 Yemen

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Japan 6 5 0 1 17 4 +13 15 (Q)
Bahrain 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 12 (Q)
Yemen 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7
Hong Kong 6 0 1 5 1 18 −17 1

Group B

Australia 1 – 0 Indonesia
Oman 0 – 0 Kuwait

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 (Q)
Kuwait 6 2 3 1 6 5 +1 9 (Q)
Oman 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8
Indonesia 6 0 3 3 3 6 −3 3

Group C

Uzbekistan 0 – 1 United Arab Emirates

Following their victory in the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, India was given a bye to the final tournament and removed from this group prior to the first match. They were not replaced.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 1 7 1 +6 9 (Q)
Uzbekistan 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9 (Q)
Malaysia 4 0 0 4 2 12 −10 0

Group D

Syria 4 – 0 Lebanon

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 (Q)
China PR 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 (Q)
Vietnam 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5
Lebanon 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1

Group E

Iran 1 – 0 Thailand
Jordan 2 – 1 Singapore

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 13 (Q)
Jordan 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8 (Q)
Thailand 6 1 3 2 3 3 0 6
Singapore 6 2 0 4 6 15 −9 6

[Il Duce]

Teams Qualifyed

1. Qatar
2. Iraq
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Korea Republic
5. India
6. Uzbekistan
7. Syria
8. Iran
9. Japan
10. China PR
11. Bahrain
12. United Arab Emirates
13. Korea DPR
14. Australia
15. Kuwait
16. Jordan

The draw for the AFC Asian Cup 2011 will be held on 23 April 2010 in Doha, Qatar. Qatar are to be seeded among the top group.

[devilsadvocate]

I really, REALLY want us to win this comp. It's a big ask, but not beyond us.

Personally, I hope Pim stays on, but by all accounts, he's finished in July.

[Il Duce]

I actually think it's a pretty even tourny and besides a couple of teams any of the other 14 teams could win it. guess it depends on the draw and some of those teams that might be shite when they travel from the middle east wouldnt have that problem cause its been played in Qatar so that gives them a chance.

Australia will have a great chance to win it as long as someone like Graham Arnold isnt in charge, so the question is if Pim isnt gonna be there after the WC and they ar apprently in talks have the FFA already got someone lined up to replace him, surely they cant leave it like last time where it took 18 months to hire Pim.

[Swooper16]

I really, REALLY want us to win this comp. It's a big ask, but not beyond us.

Personally, I hope Pim stays on, but by all accounts, he's finished in July.

Out of curiosity what have you seen in Pims coaching that makes you want him to remain DA?

I will certainly be waiting until June / July before forming an opinion either way on whether i would like to see him stay or go.

[devilsadvocate]

I'd like to see another Dutchman (The Dutch have the best manager training programs in the world by an absolute mile). I'd LOVE to Martin Jol in charge.

Either that or a hard nosed Italian in the mould of Capello or Trapattoni.

[Il Duce]

Walter Zenga, Arrigo Sacchi, Dino Zoff also isnt Mark Hughes out of a job