[Nicky91]

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

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)

Groups

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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[Nicky91]

i reckon contenders are Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Korea, Australia, i never rule out Iraq either for some reason after that one time of their surprise win


fun to have Hong Kong back in the main tournament too, and for most hong kong citizens it'll be a first time experience of their nation in the asian cup



idk about China, regarding their chances i mean, i never know how good they actually are


Qatar is a dark horse i think

[Nicky91]

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