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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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