# 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Group B was one of four groups of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 8 July and its last matches were played on 16 July. All matches were played in Vietnam, with five of them played at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi. The group consisted of hosts Vietnam, Japan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Vietnam (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
All times are UTC+7.

## Vietnam vs United Arab Emirates

| Vietnam | United Arab Emirates |
| GK | 22 | Dương Hồng Sơn | | |
| RB | 16 | Huỳnh Quang Thanh | 58' | |
| CB | 3 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | 78' | |
| CB | 7 | Vũ Như Thành | 33' | |
| LB | 2 | Phùng Văn Nhiên | | |
| CM | 19 | Phan Văn Tài Em | 25' | |
| CM | 12 | Nguyễn Minh Phương (c) | | 77' |
| CM | 14 | Lê Tấn Tài | | |
| AM | 17 | Nguyễn Vũ Phong | 88' | |
| CF | 18 | Phan Thanh Bình | | 84' |
| CF | 9 | Lê Công Vinh | | 90+5' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 15 | Nguyễn Minh Chuyên | | 77' |
| FW | 21 | Nguyễn Anh Đức | | 84' |
| FW | 10 | Huỳnh Phúc Hiệp | | 90+5' |
| Manager: ||
| Alfred Riedl ||
| GK | 1 | Majed Naser | 63' |
| RB | 8 | Haider Alo Ali | 45+1' |
| CB | 6 | Rashid Abdulrahman |
| CB | 14 | Basheer Saeed | 90+3' |
| LB | 17 | Yousif Jaber |
| RM | 13 | Ahmed Dada | | 70' |
| CM | 2 | Abdulrahim Jumaa (c) | 59' |
| CM | 20 | Hilal Saeed | | 80' |
| LM | 10 | Ismail Matar |
| SS | 15 | Mohamed Al-Shehhi |
| CF | 11 | Faisal Khalil |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Khalid Darwish | | 70' |
| MF | 18 | Amer Mubarak | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Metsu ||
* Man of the Match:
* Nguyễn Minh Phương (Vietnam)
* Assistant referees:
* Mustafa Taleb (Lebanon)
* Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
* Fourth official:
* Masoud Moradi (Iran)

## Japan vs Qatar

| Japan | Qatar |
| GK | 1 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c) |
| CB | 6 | Yuki Abe | 87' |
| CB | 22 | Yuji Nakazawa |
| CB | 13 | Keita Suzuki |
| DM | 2 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| CM | 14 | Kengo Nakamura | | 81' |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| RW | 21 | Akira Kaji |
| AM | 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura |
| LW | 9 | Satoru Yamagishi | | 74' |
| CF | 19 | Naohiro Takahara |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Naotake Hanyu | | 74' |
| MF | 24 | Hideo Hashimoto | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Ivica Osim ||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed Saqr |
| RB | 2 | Mesaad Al-Hamad | 20' | 46' |
| CB | 21 | Abdulla Koni |
| CB | 13 | Mustafa Abdi |
| LB | 6 | Meshal Mubarak |
| DM | 15 | Talal Al-Bloushi |
| DM | 17 | Wesam Rizik | | 75' |
| AM | 18 | Waleed Jassem | | 66' |
| AM | 10 | Hussein Yasser | 90+2' |
| SS | 8 | Saad Al-Shammari (c) | 49' |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 5 | Majdi Siddiq | | 46' |
| DF | 20 | Adel Lamy | | 66' |
| FW | 12 | Magid Mohamed | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Džemaludin Mušović ||
* Man of the Match
* Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
* Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud (Malaysia)
* Fourth official:
* Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

## Qatar vs Vietnam

| Qatar | Vietnam |
| GK | 1 | Mohamed Saqr |
| RB | 20 | Adel Lamy | | 73' |
| CB | 21 | Abdulla Koni | 77' |
| CB | 13 | Mustafa Abdi |
| LB | 6 | Meshal Mubarak |
| CM | 15 | Talal Al-Bloushi | 22' |
| CM | 17 | Wesam Rizik |
| RW | 8 | Saad Al-Shammari (c) |
| AM | 18 | Waleed Jassem | | 58' |
| LW | 12 | Magid Mohamed | | 78' |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Sayyed Ali Bechir | | 58' |
| DF | 11 | Ali Afif | | 73' |
| MF | 5 | Majdi Siddiq | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Džemaludin Mušović ||
| GK | 22 | Dương Hồng Sơn | 42' |
| RB | 16 | Huỳnh Quang Thanh |
| CB | 3 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng |
| CB | 7 | Vũ Như Thành | | 55' |
| LB | 2 | Phùng Văn Nhiên |
| CM | 19 | Phan Văn Tài Em | | 82' |
| CM | 12 | Nguyễn Minh Phương (c) |
| CM | 14 | Lê Tấn Tài |
| AM | 17 | Nguyễn Vũ Phong |
| CF | 18 | Phan Thanh Bình | | 90+4' |
| CF | 9 | Lê Công Vinh |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 6 | Phạm Hùng Dũng | | 55' |
| MF | 15 | Nguyễn Minh Chuyên | 90+3' | 82' |
| FW | 21 | Nguyễn Anh Đức | | 90+4' |
| Manager: ||
| Alfred Riedl ||
* Man of the Match
* Phan Thanh Bình (Vietnam)
* Assistant referees:
* Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
* Viktor Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan)
* Fourth official:
* Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

## United Arab Emirates vs Japan

| United Arab Emirates | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Majed Naser | 40' |
| RB | 8 | Haider Alo Ali | 52' |
| CB | 6 | Rashid Abdulrahman |
| CB | 14 | Basheer Saeed | 53' |
| LB | 21 | Humaid Fakher |
| CM | 2 | Abdulrahim Jumaa (c) |
| CM | 5 | Issa Ali | 34' | 46' |
| CM | 20 | Hilal Saeed |
| RF | 7 | Khalid Darwish | | 46' |
| CF | 15 | Mohamed Al-Shehhi | | 56' |
| LF | 10 | Ismail Matar |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 13 | Ahmed Dada | | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Saeed Al Kass | 79' | 46' |
| DF | 22 | Mohammed Qassim | | 56' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Metsu ||
| GK | 1 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c) | 83' |
| CB | 6 | Yuki Abe |
| CB | 22 | Yuji Nakazawa |
| CB | 13 | Keita Suzuki | | 77' |
| RM | 21 | Akira Kaji |
| CM | 14 | Kengo Nakamura |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| LM | 3 | Yūichi Komano |
| AM | 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 42' | 71' |
| CF | 19 | Naohiro Takahara | | 66' |
| CF | 12 | Seiichiro Maki |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Naotake Hanyu | | 66' |
| MF | 15 | Koki Mizuno | | 71' |
| MF | 2 | Yasuyuki Konno | | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Ivica Osim ||
* Man of the Match
* Naohiro Takahara (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
* Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
* Fourth official:
* Matthew Breeze (Australia)

## Vietnam vs Japan

| Vietnam | Japan |
| GK | 22 | Dương Hồng Sơn |
| RB | 16 | Huỳnh Quang Thanh |
| CB | 3 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng |
| CB | 7 | Vũ Như Thành |
| LB | 2 | Phùng Văn Nhiên |
| RM | 19 | Phan Văn Tài Em | | 65' |
| CM | 12 | Nguyễn Minh Phương (c) | | 80' |
| CM | 15 | Nguyễn Minh Chuyên |
| LM | 14 | Lê Tấn Tài | | 74' |
| AM | 17 | Nguyễn Vũ Phong |
| CF | 9 | Lê Công Vinh | 87' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Phùng Công Minh | 83' | 65' |
| DF | 4 | Đoàn Việt Cường | | 74' |
| FW | 18 | Phan Thanh Bình | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Alfred Riedl ||
| 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 |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō | | 68' |
| LM | 3 | Yūichi Komano |
| AM | 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura | | 61' |
| CF | 19 | Naohiro Takahara |
| CF | 12 | Seiichiro Maki | | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Naotake Hanyu | 89' | 61' |
| MF | 15 | Koki Mizuno | | 68' |
| FW | 11 | Hisato Satō | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Ivica Osim ||
* Man of the Match
* Seiichiro Maki (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
* Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
* Fourth official:
* Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

## Qatar vs United Arab Emirates

| Qatar | United Arab Emirates |
| GK | 1 | Mohamed Saqr |
| CB | 21 | Abdulla Koni (c) | 46' |
| CB | 3 | Bilal Mohammed |
| CB | 13 | Mustafa Abdi | 69' | 72' |
| CM | 17 | Wesam Rizik | | 79' |
| CM | 15 | Talal Al-Bloushi |
| CM | 5 | Majdi Siddiq | 45+3' |
| RW | 11 | Ali Afif | | 69' |
| AM | 10 | Hussein Yasser |
| LW | 6 | Meshal Mubarak | 64' |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria | 33' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 12 | Magid Mohamed | 89' | 69' |
| DF | 2 | Mesaad Al-Hamad | | 72' |
| DF | 20 | Adel Lamy | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Džemaludin Mušović ||
| GK | 12 | Waleed Salem |
| RB | 2 | Abdulrahim Jumaa (c) |
| CB | 6 | Rashid Abdulrahman | 40' |
| CB | 22 | Mohammed Qassim |
| LB | 17 | Yousif Jaber |
| RM | 13 | Ahmed Dada |
| CM | 9 | Nawaf Mubarak | | 81' |
| CM | 18 | Amer Mubarak | 77' | 90+1' |
| LM | 4 | Ali Msarri |
| SS | 10 | Ismail Matar | 90+2' |
| CF | 19 | Saeed Al Kass | | 78' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Faisal Khalil | | 78' |
| FW | 15 | Mohamed Al-Shehhi | | 81' |
| MF | 20 | Hilal Saeed | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Metsu ||
* Man of the Match
* Saeed Al Kass (United Arab Emirates)
* Assistant referees:
* Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
* Viktor Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan)
* Fourth official:
* Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)