2019 AFC Asian Cup

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http://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/1/97/40/67/20160209/ob_ebe50a_afc-asian-cup-uae-2019-1.jpg 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

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Is it on television?

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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 :hee:


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 :clap2: that's 59 years how they kept trying to make it

[Crimson Dynamo]

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 :worship: 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

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


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

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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.:dance:

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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 :clap1:

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team of qatar has landed in UAE for asia cup :dance:

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Australia - Jordan match ended 0-1

:eek: upsetting loss for the aussies


now we got Thailand vs India match

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India winning with 4-1 against Thailand :clap1: :clap1:


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 :flutter: )

also for Kyrgyzstan their first match :hee:

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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 :clap1:

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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)

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#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

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Japan vs Turkmenistan now



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:love: :love:

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Go Ritsu Doan :clap1: :clap1: great talented player

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japan wins against turkmenistan with 3-2

uzbekistan wins against oman with 2-1

qatar wins against lebanon with 2-0

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Jordan qualifies for next round after another win, this time over Syria :clap1:

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Well done to Jordan.

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tickets for palestine - Australia today are sold out


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today's complete list of match fixtures



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#TogetherWeAreOne :clap2: still this fighter motivation even after that shock first match loss against Jordan

well we dutch lost our first group match in 88 euro cup, and we went on to win the whole thing so yeah losing your first group match doesn't mean anything

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Japan will win the Asian Cup, they're animated for it.

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fans guide for yemen vs Iraq

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fans guide for Vietnam vs Iran


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all of yesterday's results here

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so i missed some of the matches but gotta fill in the schedule for the knockout rounds

Thailand vs China

Iran vs Oman

Jordan vs Vietnam

Japan vs Saudi Arabia

South Korea vs Bahrain

Qatar vs Iraq

UAE vs Kyrgyzstan

Australia vs Uzbekistan

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My guesses to win each game are.

1. China
2. Iran
3. Jordan
4. Japan
5. South Korea
6. Iraq
7. UAE
8. Australia

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today we get

Thailand vs China

Iran vs Oman

Jordan vs Vietnam

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So far I've only got one wrong.:dance:

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happy bday to hidetoshi nakata today

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last 2 matches today before quarter finals