# 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group A

Group A was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first matches began on 7 January 2011 and its last matches were played on 16 January 2011. All six group matches were played at venues in Doha, Qatar. The group consisted of hosts Qatar, China PR, Kuwait and Uzbekistan.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |
All times are UTC+3.

## Qatar vs Uzbekistan

| Qatar | Uzbekistan |
| GK | 1 | Qasem Burhan |
| CB | 18 | Ibrahim Al-Ghanim |
| CB | 6 | Bilal Mohammed (c) |
| CB | 13 | Ibrahim Majid |
| RM | 2 | Hamid Ismail |
| CM | 4 | Lawrence Quaye |
| CM | 7 | Wesam Rizik | 64' |
| LM | 11 | Fábio César | | 80' |
| AM | 10 | Hussein Yasser | | 61' |
| CF | 9 | Jaralla Al-Marri | | 62' |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Khalfan Ibrahim | | 61' |
| FW | 16 | Mohamed El-Sayed | | 62' |
| FW | 12 | Yousef Ahmed | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Metsu ||
| GK | 12 | Ignatiy Nesterov |
| RB | 22 | Viktor Karpenko |
| CB | 4 | Anzur Ismailov |
| CB | 7 | Aziz Haydarov |
| LB | 6 | Sakhob Juraev | 53' |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze |
| CM | 9 | Odil Ahmedov |
| RW | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | 66' |
| AM | 15 | Alexander Geynrikh | 89' |
| LW | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| CF | 16 | Maksim Shatskikh |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 14 | Stanislav Andreev | 53' |
| MF | 17 | Sanzhar Tursunov | 66' |
| FW | 13 | Olim Navkarov | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
* Man of the Match:
* Server Djeparov (Uzbekistan)
* Assistant referees:
* Toru Sagara (Japan)
* Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
* Fourth official:
* Mohsen Torky (Iran)

## Kuwait vs China PR

| Kuwait | China PR |
| GK | 22 | Nawaf Al Khaldi (c) |
| RB | 2 | Yaqoub Al Taher | 11' |
| CB | 4 | Hussain Fadhel |
| CB | 13 | Musaed Neda | 36' |
| LB | 15 | Waleed Ali | | 71' |
| RM | 6 | Amer Al Fadhel |
| CM | 18 | Jarah Al Ateeqi | 66' |
| CM | 14 | Talal Al Amer |
| LM | 7 | Fahad Al Enezi | | 84' |
| CF | 20 | Yousef Nasser | | 38' |
| CF | 17 | Bader Al Mutawa |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Fahad Awadh | | 38' |
| MF | 21 | Aziz Mashaan | | 71' |
| FW | 16 | Hamad Al Enezi | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Goran Tufegdžić ||
| GK | 1 | Yang Zhi |
| RB | 17 | Zhang Linpeng |
| CB | 5 | Du Wei (c) |
| CB | 4 | Zhao Peng | | 58' |
| LB | 20 | Rong Hao |
| CM | 7 | Zhao Xuri | | 77' |
| CM | 19 | Yang Hao |
| RW | 11 | Qu Bo | 33' | 46' |
| AM | 10 | Deng Zhuoxiang |
| LW | 21 | Yu Hai |
| CF | 9 | Yang Xu |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Hao Junmin | | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Liu Jianye | | 58' |
| MF | 15 | Yu Tao | | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Gao Hongbo ||
* Man of the Match:
* Deng Zhuoxiang (China PR)
* Assistant referees:
* Ben Wilson (Australia)
* Hakan Anaz (Australia)
* Fourth official:
* Alireza Faghani (Iran)

## Uzbekistan vs Kuwait

| Uzbekistan | Kuwait |
| GK | 12 | Ignatiy Nesterov |
| RB | 22 | Viktor Karpenko |
| CB | 4 | Anzur Ismailov |
| CB | 7 | Aziz Haydarov |
| LB | 14 | Stanislav Andreev |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze |
| CM | 9 | Odil Ahmedov |
| RW | 17 | Sanzhar Tursunov | | 90' |
| AM | 15 | Alexander Geynrikh | 62' | 74' |
| LW | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| CF | 16 | Maksim Shatskikh | | 54' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | 88' | 54' |
| FW | 13 | Olim Navkarov | | 74' |
| MF | 23 | Vagiz Galiullin | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
| GK | 22 | Nawaf Al Khaldi (c) |
| RB | 2 | Yaqoub Al Taher |
| CB | 4 | Hussain Fadhel | 40' |
| CB | 14 | Talal Al Amer |
| LB | 15 | Waleed Ali | | 71' |
| CM | 6 | Amer Al Fadhel |
| CM | 18 | Jarah Al Ateeqi | | 46' |
| CM | 3 | Fahad Awadh | | 80' |
| AM | 20 | Yousef Nasser |
| CF | 17 | Bader Al-Mutwa |
| CF | 7 | Fahad Al Enezi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Hamad Al Enezi | | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Aziz Mashaan | | 71' |
| FW | 5 | Ahmad Ajab | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Goran Tufegdžić ||
* Man of the Match:
* Server Djeparov (Uzbekistan)
* Assistant referees:
* Khaled Al Allan (Bahrain)
* Mohammed Jawdat Nehlawi (Syria)
* Fourth official:
* Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

## China PR vs Qatar

| China PR | Qatar |
| GK | 22 | Zeng Cheng |
| RB | 17 | Zhang Linpeng | 53' |
| CB | 5 | Du Wei (c) |
| CB | 4 | Zhao Peng |
| LB | 20 | Rong Hao |
| CM | 15 | Yu Tao | | 59' |
| CM | 19 | Yang Hao | 17' |
| RW | 11 | Qu Bo | 38' |
| AM | 10 | Deng Zhuoxiang |
| LW | 21 | Yu Hai | | 46' |
| CF | 18 | Gao Lin | | 42' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Yang Xu | | 42' |
| MF | 8 | Hao Junmin | | 46' |
| MF | 6 | Zhou Haibin | | 59' |
| Manager: ||
| Gao Hongbo ||
| GK | 1 | Qasem Burhan |
| CB | 18 | Ibrahim Al-Ghanim |
| CB | 6 | Bilal Mohammed (c) | 17' |
| CB | 13 | Ibrahim Majid |
| RM | 2 | Hamid Ismail | | 90' |
| CM | 4 | Lawrence Quaye |
| CM | 3 | Mohammed Kasola | 45' | 61' |
| CM | 7 | Wesam Rizik |
| LM | 16 | Mohamed El-Sayed |
| SS | 12 | Yousef Ahmed | | 64' |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 8 | Mesaad Al-Hamad | | 61' |
| FW | 9 | Jaralla Al-Marri | | 64' |
| DF | 20 | Ali Afif | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Metsu ||
* Man of the Match:
* Yousef Ahmed (Qatar)
* Assistant referees:
* Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea)
* Jang Jun-mo (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Alireza Faghani (Iran)

## Qatar vs Kuwait

| Qatar | Kuwait |
| GK | 1 | Qasem Burhan |
| CB | 18 | Ibrahim Al-Ghanim |
| CB | 6 | Bilal Mohammed (c) |
| CB | 13 | Ibrahim Majid |
| RM | 2 | Hamid Ismail | 30' |
| CM | 4 | Lawrence Quaye |
| CM | 3 | Mohammed Kasola | 38' | 88' |
| CM | 7 | Wesam Rizik |
| LM | 16 | Mohamed El-Sayed | | 80' |
| SS | 12 | Yousef Ahmed | 27' | 72' |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Fábio César | | 72' |
| DF | 20 | Ali Afif | 86' | 80' |
| DF | 8 | Mesaad Al-Hamad | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Metsu ||
| GK | 22 | Nawaf Al Khaldi (c) |
| RB | 2 | Yaqoub Al Taher | | 46' |
| CB | 4 | Hussain Fadhel | 77' |
| CB | 19 | Ahmed Al Rashidi | 16' |
| LB | 15 | Waleed Ali | 84' |
| DM | 14 | Talal Al Amer | 84' |
| RM | 6 | Amer Al Fadhel | 42' |
| LM | 7 | Fahad Al Enezi |
| AM | 16 | Hamad Al Enezi | | 79' |
| CF | 8 | Saleh Al Sheikh | 61' | 62' |
| CF | 17 | Bader Al Mutawa |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 5 | Ahmad Ajab | | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Aziz Mashaan | | 62' |
| FW | 10 | Khaled Khalaf | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Goran Tufegdžić ||
* Man of the Match:
* Bilal Mohammed (Qatar)
* Assistant referees:
* Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore)
* Haja Maidin (Singapore)
* Fourth official:
* Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

## China PR vs Uzbekistan

| China PR | Uzbekistan |
| GK | 1 | Yang Zhi |
| RB | 7 | Zhao Xuri | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Du Wei (c) |
| CB | 19 | Yang Hao | | 73' |
| LB | 2 | Li Xuepeng |
| CM | 17 | Zhang Linpeng | 90+2' |
| CM | 8 | Hao Junmin | 78' |
| CM | 20 | Rong Hao |
| AM | 18 | Gao Lin |
| CF | 14 | Wang Song |
| CF | 21 | Yu Hai | | 60' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 13 | Liu Jianye | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Yang Xu | | 60' |
| MF | 10 | Deng Zhuoxiang | | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Gao Hongbo ||
| GK | 12 | Ignatiy Nesterov |
| RB | 22 | Viktor Karpenko | | 74' |
| CB | 4 | Anzur Ismailov | 55' |
| CB | 7 | Aziz Haydarov | 26' |
| LB | 14 | Stanislav Andreev |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze | 67' |
| CM | 9 | Odil Ahmedov |
| RW | 13 | Olim Navkarov | | 62' |
| AM | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) | | 85' |
| LW | 15 | Alexander Geynrikh |
| CF | 16 | Maksim Shatskikh |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Sanzhar Tursunov | | 62' |
| DF | 3 | Shavkat Mullajanov | | 74' |
| MF | 10 | Shavkat Salomov | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
* Man of the Match:
* Server Djeparov (Uzbekistan)
* Assistant referees:
* Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
* Hamed Al Mayahi (Oman)
* Fourth official:
* Alireza Faghani (Iran)