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from 5th January till 1st February 2019

Group A

UAE (united arab emirates)
Thailand
India
Bahrein

Group B

Australia
Syria
Palestine
Jordan

Group C

South Korea
China
Kyrgyzstan
Phillippines

Group D

Iran
Iraq
Vietnam
Yemen

Group E

Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
Qatar
North Korea

Group F

Japan
Uzbekistan
Oman
Turkmenistan



we've got 3 debuting countries at this 2019 asian cup, that are Kyrgyzstan, Phillippines, Yemen

most appearances from any of our current participants

South Korea's 14th appearance at asia cup

China's return (last time was 2004) marks their 12th appearance at the asia cup

UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia all their 10th appearance at asia cup

North Korea's return (last time was 1980)

Vietnam's comeback (now as Vietnam, earlier at asia cup as South Vietnam is 1956, 1960)

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venues locations are in

Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Al Ain
Sharjah

[themiz]

Is it on television?

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Originally Posted by themiz

Is it on television?

eurosport probably, they have rights for the Asia Cup


i was for example happy when Iraq won the trophy recently for first time, also nice to see the iraqi's cheering on the Streets in their country, some positive attention for them, football is very much alive again there


Vietnam's first match will be emotional for them i think, after last time they were in asia cup as south Vietnam in 1960 and now finally back to the main event in 2019 that's 59 years how they kept trying to make it

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keep it

[Mystic Mock]

Japan and Australia are my two teams that I'm supporting.

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China with Marcello LippiGOD as coach the man who became world champions of 2006 with Italy


i'm gonna root for Iraq, China, South Korea, Vietnam myself

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this is our first pre-match press conference this asia cup from teamUAE

''we are now ready'' said the organising committee of the AFC Asian Cup

Sharjah stadium ready for it's first match which is Syria vs Palestine

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Youtube video

this is the asian cup theme song, used by them now for the last couple of editions

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I've got a bet on Australia starting in a few hours.

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UAE - Bahrain ended in 1-1 yesterday


Australia's now against Jordan, their probably on paper weakest opponent in the group


while you got 2 outsiders Syria and Palestine who are not bad teams (Palestine was called most promising AFC team couple years back for example) and Syria we all know how close they came for an qualifier shocker for the world cup

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congrats for UAE's goalscorer Ahmed Khalil his 100th international for them

team of qatar has landed in UAE for asia cup

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Australia - Jordan match ended 0-1

upsetting loss for the aussies


now we got Thailand vs India match

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India winning with 4-1 against Thailand


Syria and Palestine 0-0 draw

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today's match schedule

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iran v yemen

literally on the edge of my seat

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for me Korea vs Phillippines (Phillippines their first ever match at asian cup main tournament )

also for Kyrgyzstan their first match

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first match ended

China wins with 2-1 against Kyrgyzstan

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Japan, Australia and South Korea to win.

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South Korea won narrowly against phillippines 1-0


Iran slayed against Yemen with 5-0

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excited for Iraq vs Vietnam (rooting for both basically for different reasons, Iraq because i find them having really talented players and Vietnam first match at asia cup since 1960)

#bringingasiatogether

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Iraq wins against Vietnam with 3-2

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Saudi Arabia had won with 4-0 against north korea