due to the heat in summers of the persian gulf and due to Qatar's participation in the gold cup as a guest, they postponed this asian cup edition to begin next year
participating countries are
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		| Japan Syria
 Qatar
 South Korea
 Australia
 Iran
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 China
 Iraq
 Oman
 Vietnam
 Lebanon
 Palestine
 Uzbekistan
 Thailand
 India
 Hong Kong (for the first time since 1968)
 Tajikistan
 Kyrgyzstan
 Bahrain
 Jordan
 Malaysia (for the first time since 2007)
 Indonesia (for the first time since 2007)
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 Groups
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		| Group A 
 Qatar (hosts)
 China
 Tajikistan
 Lebanon
 
 Group B
 
 Australia
 Uzbekistan
 Syria
 India
 
 Group C
 
 Iran
 United Arab Emirates
 Hong Kong
 Palestine
 
 Group D
 
 Japan
 Indonesia
 Iraq
 Vietnam
 
 Group E
 
 South Korea
 Malaysia
 Jordan
 Bahrain
 
 Group F
 
 Saudi Arabia
 Thailand
 Kyrgyzstan
 Oman
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