2019 AFC Asian Cup (The Southeast Asian Way)

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup is the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is being held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 February 2019. It is the second time that the United Arab Emirates hosts the tournament. The tournament was won for the first time by Qatar, who defeated Iran 3–1 in the final. This was also Qatar's first ever top 4 finish in the competition. Korea, the defending champions, were eliminated at the quarter-final stages.

For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament is contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015. Under this new format, the finalists will contest a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage of 16 teams.

Teams

 * Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg UAE (hosts)
 * Flag_of_Bahrain.svg Bahrain
 * Flag_of_Thailand.svg Siam
 * Flag_of_India.svg India
 * Flag_of_Syria.svg Syria
 * Flag_of_Palestine.svg Palestine
 * Flag_of_Jordan.svg Jordan
 * Flag_of_North Korea.svg Korea
 * Flag_of_the Republic of China.svg China
 * Flag_of_the Philippines.svg Philippines
 * Flag_of_Iran.svg Iran
 * Flag_of_Iraq.svg Iraq
 * Early Nguyen Dynasty Flag.svg Dai Viet
 * Flag_of_Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
 * Flag_of_Qatar.svg Qatar
 * Flag_of_Lebanon.svg Lebanon
 * Flag_of_Oman.svg Oman
 * Flag of the Japanese Communist Party.png Japan
 * National flag of the Konbaung dynasty.svg Burma
 * Flag_of_Malaysia.svg Malaysia
 * Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg Afghanistan
 * Flag_of_Kuwait.svg Kuwait
 * Flag_of_Indonesia.svg Indonesia
 * Flag_of_Yemen.svg Yemen

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of third-placed teams

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Awards

 * Golden Ball: Flag of Qatar.svg Akram Afif
 * Golden Boot: Flag of Qatar.svg Almoez Ali (8 goals)
 * Golden Glove: Flag of Qatar.svg Sadd Al Sheeb
 * Fair-Play Award: Flag_of_Iran.svg Iran
 * Goal of the Tournament:
 * Dream Team: