2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup started on 21 July and ended on 29 July 2007. The top two teams from each preliminary group advanced to this stage.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Iraq	Australia
B	Japan	Vietnam
C	Iran	Uzbekistan
D	Saudi Arabia	South Korea

Bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final



Group A-1st place

Group B-2nd place
	Winner of QF-1

	Winner of QF-2
Group A-2nd place

Group B-1st place
		Winner of SF-1

		Winner of SF-2
Group C-1st place

Group D-2nd place
	Winner of QF-3

	Winner of QF-4	Third place
Group C-2nd place

Group D-1st place
		Looser of SF-1

		Looser of SF-2

Quarter-finals

Japan vs Australia

21 July 2007

17:20 UTC+7

Japan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Australia
Takahara 72'	Report	Aloisi 70'
Penalties
S. Nakamura Endō Komano Takahara Nakazawa	4–3	Kewell Neill Cahill Carle Carney

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Japan

Australia


GK	1	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
CB	6	Yuki Abe	95'
CB	22	Yuji Nakazawa
CB	13	Keita Suzuki
RM	21	Akira Kaji		88'
CM	14	Kengo Nakamura		115'
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
LM	3	Yūichi Komano
AM	10	Shunsuke Nakamura
CF	19	Naohiro Takahara
CF	12	Seiichiro Maki		102'
Substitutions:
MF	2	Yasuyuki Konno		88'
FW	11	Hisato Satō		102'
FW	20	Kisho Yano		115'
Manager:
Ivica Osim


GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
CB	2	Lucas Neill
CB	22	Mark Milligan
CB	6	Michael Beauchamp
RM	7	Brett Emerton
CM	23	Mark Bresciano		71'
CM	13	Vince Grella	75'
CM	5	Jason Culina
LM	20	David Carney	81'
SS	15	John Aloisi	33'	82'
CF	9	Mark Viduka (c)		61'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Harry Kewell	65'	61'
FW	4	Tim Cahill		71'
MF	19	Nick Carle		82'
Manager:
Graham Arnold

Man of the Match
Naohiro Takahara (Japan)

Association referees:
Abdullah Salim Al-Amouri (Oman)
Kadom Mohammad (Iraq)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Iraq vs Vietnam

21 July 2007

20:20 UTC+7

Iraq	2–0	Vietnam
Mahmoud 2', 65'	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 9,720

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Iraq

Vietnam


GK	22	Noor Sabri
RB	14	Haidar Abdul-Amir	84'
CB	2	Jassim Ghulam
CB	15	Ali Rehema
LB	3	Bassim Abbas
DM	19	Haitham Kadhim	32'
RM	18	Mahdi Karim
CM	13	Karrar Jassim	66'
CM	5	Nashat Akram
LM	11	Hawar Mulla Mohammed
CF	10	Younis Mahmoud (c)
Substitutions:
MF	8	Ahmad Abid Ali	32'
FW	9	Nasser Shakroun	66'
DF	4	Khaldoun Ibrahim	84'
Manager:
Jorvan Vieira


GK	22	Dương Hồng Sơn
RB	16	Huỳnh Quang Thanh
CB	3	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng		83'
CB	7	Vũ Như Thành
LB	29	Châu Phong Hòa
CM	12	Nguyễn Minh Phương (c)
CM	11	Phùng Công Minh	27'	46'
CM	14	Lê Tấn Tài
AM	17	Nguyễn Vũ Phong
CF	21	Nguyễn Anh Đức		70'
CF	9	Lê Công Vinh
Substitutions:
MF	15	Nguyễn Minh Chuyên		46'
FW	18	Phan Thanh Bình		70'
DF	6	Phạm Hùng Dũng		83'
Manager:
Alfred Riedl

Man of the Match
Younis Mahmoud (Iraq)

Association referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)
Fourth official:
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Iran vs South Korea

22 July 2007

18:20 UTC+8

Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Zandi Mahdavikia Enayati Khatibi	2–4	Lee Chun-Soo Kim Sang-Sik Kim Do-Heon Cho Jae-Jin Kim Jung-Woo

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 8,629

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

Iran

South Korea


GK	1	Hassan Roudbarian		120'
DF	5	Rahman Rezaei
DF	12	Jalal Hosseini
DF	20	Mohammad Nosrati
MF	2	Mehdi Mahdavikia (c)
MF	4	Andranik Teymourian
MF	6	Javad Nekounam
MF	8	Ali Karimi
MF	11	Mehrzad Madanchi	27'	62'
FW	9	Vahid Hashemian		87'
FW	10	Rasoul Khatibi
Substitutions:
MF	7	Ferydoon Zandi		62'
FW	16	Reza Enayati		87'
GK	22	Vahid Talebloo		120'
Manager:
Amir Ghalenoei


GK	1	Lee Woon-Jae (c)
RB	16	Oh Beom-Seok	67'
CB	3	Kim Jin-Kyu
CB	22	Kang Min-Soo
LB	15	Kim Chi-Woo
DM	14	Kim Sang-Sik
DM	20	Son Dae-Ho		106'
CM	17	Kim Jung-Woo
RF	10	Lee Chun-Soo
CF	12	Lee Dong-Gook		46'
LF	19	Yeom Ki-Hun		78'
Substitutions:
FW	9	Cho Jae-Jin		46'
FW	7	Choi Sung-Kuk		78'
MF	8	Kim Do-Heon		106'
Manager:
Pim Verbeek

Man of the Match
Ferydoon Zandi (Iran)

Association referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Fourth official:
Mark Shield (Australia)

Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan

22 July 2007

20:20 UTC+8

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Uzbekistan
Y. Al-Qahtani 3' A. Al-Mousa 75'	Report	Solomin 82'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)

Saudi Arabia

Uzbekistan


GK	1	Yasser Al-Mosailem
DF	3	Osama Hawsawi
DF	7	Kamel Al-Mousa
DF	15	Ahmed Al-Bahri
DF	19	Waleed Jahdali	62'
MF	14	Saud Khariri	60'	89'
MF	16	Khaled Aziz
MF	17	Taisir Al-Jassim
FW	9	Malek Mouath
FW	18	Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani	38'	63'
FW	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)	44'	90'
Substitutions:
MF	30	Ahmed Al-Mousa		63'
MF	6	Omar Al-Ghamdi		89'
FW	11	Saad Al-Harthi		90'
Manager:
Hélio dos Anjos


GK	12	Ignatiy Nesterov
DF	2	Hayrulla Karimov	53'
DF	4	Aziz Ibrahimov
DF	17	Aleksey Nikolayev
DF	23	Vitaliy Denisov	52'
DF	28	Anvar Gafurov	35'	46'
MF	7	Aziz Haydarov		78'
MF	8	Server Djeparov
MF	18	Timur Kapadze		57'
MF	19	Islom Inomov
FW	16	Maksim Shatskikh (c)	53'
Substitutes:
FW	15	Aleksandr Geynrikh		46'
MF	26	Victor Karpenko		57'
FW	9	Pavel Solomin		78'
Manager:
Rauf Inileev

Man of the Match
Ahmed Al-Mousa (Saudi Arabia)

Association referees:
Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)
Tang Yew Mun (Singapore)
Fourth official:
Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)

Semi-finals

Iraq vs South Korea

25 July 2007

18:20 UTC+8

Iraq	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
H.M. Mohammed Munir Abdul-Amir Mnajed	4–3	Lee Chun-Soo Lee Dong-Gook Cho Jae-Jin Yeom Ki-Hun Kim Jung-Woo

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Iraq

South Korea


GK	22	Noor Sabri
DF	2	Jassim Ghulam
DF	3	Bassim Abbas	59'
DF	14	Haidar Abdul-Amir
DF	15	Ali Rehema
MF	5	Nashat Akram	109'
MF	11	Hawar Mulla Mohammed
MF	13	Karrar Jassim		108'
MF	18	Mahdi Karim
MF	24	Qusay Munir
FW	10	Younis Mahmoud (c)
Substitutions:
FW	16	Ahmad Mnajed		108'
Manager:
Jorvan Vieira


GK	1	Lee Woon-Jae (c)
RB	16	Oh Beom-Seok
CB	3	Kim Jin-Kyu
CB	22	Kang Min-Soo
LB	15	Kim Chi-Woo
CM	14	Kim Sang-Sik	58'
CM	20	Son Dae-Ho	106'
RW	10	Lee Chun-Soo
AM	9	Cho Jae-Jin
LW	19	Yeom Ki-Hun
CF	7	Choi Sung-Kuk	87'
Substitutions:
MF	17	Kim Jung-Woo	58'
FW	12	Lee Dong-Gook	87'
MF	27	Oh Jang-Eun	106'
Manager:
Pim Verbeek

Man of the Match
Lee Chun-Soo (South Korea)

Association referees:
Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Poon Ming Fai (Hong Kong)
Fourth official:
Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

Japan vs Saudi Arabia

25 July 2007

20:20 UTC+7

Japan	2–3	Saudi Arabia
Nakazawa 37' Abe 53'	Report	Y. Al-Qahtani 35' Mouath 47', 57'

Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Japan

Saudi Arabia


GK	1	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
CB	6	Yuki Abe
CB	22	Yuji Nakazawa
CB	13	Keita Suzuki
RM	21	Akira Kaji
CM	14	Kengo Nakamura		87'
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō		75'
LM	3	Yūichi Komano
AM	10	Shunsuke Nakamura
CF	19	Naohiro Takahara	69'
CF	12	Seiichiro Maki		68'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Hisato Satō		68'
MF	8	Naotake Hanyu		75'
FW	20	Kisho Yano		87'
Manager:
Ivica Osim


GK	1	Yasser Al-Mosailem
DF	3	Osama Hawsawi
DF	7	Kamel Al-Mousa
DF	15	Ahmed Al-Bahri
DF	19	Waleed Jahdali	77'
MF	14	Saud Kariri	86'
MF	16	Khaled Aziz
MF	17	Taisir Al-Jassim
FW	9	Malek Mouath
FW	18	Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani	60'
FW	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutions:
MF	30	Ahmed Al-Mousa	60'
DF	25	Redha Tukar	77'
MF	6	Omar Al-Ghamdi	86'
Manager:
Hélio dos Anjos

Man of the Match
Malek Mouath (Saudi Arabia)

Association referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Third place play-off

28 July 2007

19:35 UTC+7

South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Japan
	Report
Penalties
Cho Jae-Jin Oh Beom-Seok Lee Chun-Soo Lee Ho Kim Jin-Kyu Kim Chi-Woo	6–5	S. Nakamura Endō Abe Komano Nakazawa Hanyu

Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

South Korea

Japan


GK	1	Lee Woon-Jae (c)
RB	16	Oh Beom-Seok
CB	3	Kim Jin-Kyu	36'
CB	22	Kang Min-Soo	9' 56'
LB	15	Kim Chi-Woo
CM	17	Kim Jung-Woo
CM	27	Oh Jang-Eun		86'
RW	10	Lee Chun-Soo
AM	8	Kim Do-Heon		65'
LW	19	Yeom Ki-Hun		39'
CF	9	Cho Jae-Jin	87'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Lee Keun-Ho		39'
DF	13	Kim Chi-Gon		65'
MF	6	Lee Ho		86'
Manager:
Pim Verbeek


GK	1	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
RB	6	Yuki Abe
CB	3	Yūichi Komano
CB	22	Yuji Nakazawa
LB	13	Keita Suzuki
RM	21	Akira Kaji	106'
CM	14	Kengo Nakamura		72'
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
LM	9	Satoru Yamagishi		78'
AM	10	Shunsuke Nakamura
CF	19	Naohiro Takahara
Substitutions:
MF	8	Naotake Hanyu		72'
FW	11	Hisato Satō		78'
Manager:
Ivica Osim

Man of the Match
Cho Jae-Jin (South Korea)

Assistant referees:
Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Abdullah Al Amouri (Oman)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Final

29 July 2007

19:35

Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud 73'	Report

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Iraq

Saudi Arabia


GK	22	Noor Sabri
RB	14	Haidar Abdul-Amir
CB	2	Jassim Ghulam
CB	15	Ali Rehema	75'
LB	3	Bassim Abbas		89'
DM	24	Qusay Munir	9'
RM	18	Mahdi Karim		90'
CM	13	Karrar Jassim	24'	83'
CM	5	Nashat Akram
LM	11	Hawar Mulla Mohammed
CF	10	Younis Mahmoud (c)	38'
Substitutions:
FW	16	Ahmad Mnajed		83'
MF	7	Ali Abbas		89'
MF	8	Ahmad Abid Ali		90'
Manager:
Jorvan Vieira


GK	1	Yasser Al-Mosailem
RB	15	Ahmed Al-Bahri		84'
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	19	Waleed Jahdali	38'
LB	7	Kamel Al-Mousa
CM	14	Saud Kariri	15'
CM	16	Khaled Aziz
CM	17	Taisir Al-Jassim		76'
RF	18	Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani		46'
CF	9	Malek Mouath
LF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutions:
MF	30	Ahmed Al-Mousa		46'
MF	28	Abdoh Otaif		76'
FW	11	Saad Al-Harthi		84'
Manager:
Hélio dos Anjos

Man of the Match:
Nashat Akram (Iraq)

Assistant referees:
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Fourth official:
Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

References

External links

v t e 2007 AFC Asian Cup
Stages	Group A Group B Vietnam v UAE Group C Group D Knockout stage Final
General information	Squads Qualification
Official symbols	"I Believe" (song)