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SATURDAY 31st JANUARY Winner Semi–Final 1 Winner Semi–Final 220:00PM SYDNEY

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GROUP A GROUP C

GROUP B GROUP D

09 JAN 2015Australia KuwaitMelbourne 20:00PM

10 JAN 2015South Korea OmanCanberra 16:00pm

13 JAN 2015Kuwait South KoreaCanberra 18:00pm

13 JAN 2015Oman AustraliaSydney 20:00pm

17 JAN 2015Australia South KoreaBrisbane 19:00pm

17 JAN 2015Oman KuwaitNewcastle 20:00pm

11 JAN 2015United Arab Emirates QatarCanberra 18:00pm

11 JAN 2015Iran BahrainMelbourne 20:00pm

15 JAN 2015Bahrain United Arab EmiratesCanberra 18:00pm

15 JAN 2015Qatar IranSydney 20:00pm

19 JAN 2015Iran United Arab EmiratesBrisbane 19:00pm

19 JAN 2015Qatar BahrainSydney 20:00pm

10 JAN 2015Uzbekistan North KoreaSydney 18:00pm

10 JAN 2015Saudi Arabia China PRBrisbane 19:00pm

14 JAN 2015North Korea Saudi ArabiaMelbourne 18:00pm

14 JAN 2015China PR UzbekistanBrisbane 19:00pm

18 JAN 2015Uzbekistan Saudi ArabiaMelbourne 20:00pm

18 JAN 2015China PR North KoreaCanberra 20:00pm

12 JAN 2015Japan PalestineNewcastle 18:00pm

12 JAN 2015Jordan IraqBrisbane 19:00pm

16 JAN 2015Palestine JordanMelbourne 18:00pm

16 JAN 2015Iraq JapanBrisbane 19:00pm

20 JAN 2015Japan JordanMelbourne 20:00pm

20 JAN 2015Iraq PalestineCanberra 20:00pm

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QUARTER FINAL 3

3RD / 4TH PLAYOFF

QUARTER FINAL 2

MONDAY 26th JANUARY Winner Quarter–Final 1 Winner Quarter–Final 320:00PM SYDNEY

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THURSDAY 22nd JANUARY Winner Group A Runner–Up Group B18:30PM MELBOURNE

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FRIDAY 23rd JANUARY Winner Group C Runner–Up Group D20:30PM BRISBANE

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FRIDAY 30th JANUARY Loser Semi–Final 1 Loser Semi–Final 220:00PM NEWCASTLE

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THURSDAY 22nd JANUARY Winner Group B Runner–Up Group A17:30PM CANBERRA

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FRIDAY 23rd JANUARY Winner Group D Runner–Up Group C20:30PM SYDNEY

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Reza GHOOCHANNEJHAD (Iran)

Ali MABKHOUT (UAE)

Javad NEKOUNAM (Iran)

Younis MAHMOUD (Iraq)

Khalfan IBRAHIM (Qatar)

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HISTORY THE WINNERS HISTORY MOST PREVIOUS TEAM APPEARANCES HISTORY LEADING SCORER HISTORY MOST APPEARANCES QUALIFYING LEADING GOALSCORERSQUALIFYING IN NUMBERS

TUESDAY 27th JANUARY Winner Quarter–Final 2 Winner Quarter–Final 420:00PM NEWCASTLE

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14 Ali DAEI (Iran)

All-time leading scorer who played in three tournaments – he scored 8 in 1996 when Iran came 3rd.

3 Number of individual players

who have played in the most tournaments – 4. Li Ming, China (right), the UAE’s Adnan Al-tayani and Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia.

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QUALIFICATION GAMES PLAYED

258SHOTS ON TARGET

408 SHOTS OFF TARGET

84SAVES

103GOALS

2015 ASIAN CUP FINAL

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