# 2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup started on 21 January and ended on 29 January 2011. The top two placed teams from each preliminary group advanced to this stage.

## Qualified teams

| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| A | Uzbekistan | Qatar |
| B | Japan | Jordan |
| C | Australia | South Korea |
| D | Iran | Iraq |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 21 January – Doha | 21 January – Doha | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 25 January – Doha | 25 January – Doha | | |
| Jordan | 1 | 25 January – Doha | 25 January – Doha | |
| Jordan | 1 | Uzbekistan | 0 | |
| 22 January – Doha | 22 January – Doha | | Uzbekistan | 0 | |
| 22 January – Doha | 22 January – Doha | Australia | 6 | |
| Australia (a.e.t.) | 1 | Australia | 6 | |
| Australia (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | 29 January – Doha | 29 January – Doha |
| Iraq | 0 | | | | 29 January – Doha | 29 January – Doha |
| Iraq | 0 | | | | Australia | 0 |
| 21 January – Doha | 21 January – Doha | | | | | Australia | 0 |
| 21 January – Doha | 21 January – Doha | | | | Japan (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | | | | Japan (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 25 January – Doha | 25 January – Doha | | | |
| Qatar | 2 | 25 January – Doha | 25 January – Doha | | | |
| Qatar | 2 | Japan (pen.) | 2 (3) | | | |
| 22 January – Doha | 22 January – Doha | | Japan (pen.) | 2 (3) | | | |
| 22 January – Doha | 22 January – Doha | South Korea | 2 (0) | | Third place | Third place |
| Iran | 0 | South Korea | 2 (0) | | Third place | Third place |
| Iran | 0 | | | | 28 January – Doha | 28 January – Doha |
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | 28 January – Doha | 28 January – Doha |
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | Uzbekistan | 2 |
| | | | | | South Korea | 3 |

## Match details
### Quarter-finals
#### Japan vs Qatar

| Japan | Qatar |
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| CB | 2 | Masahiko Inoha |
| CB | 22 | Maya Yoshida | 46' 61' |
| CB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| DM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) |
| DM | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō | 33' |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| AM | 10 | Shinji Kagawa | | 90+3' |
| CF | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |
| CF | 11 | Ryoichi Maeda | | 64' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Daiki Iwamasa | | 64' |
| DF | 20 | Mitsuru Nagata | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Zaccheroni ||
| GK | 1 | Qasem Burhan |
| CB | 18 | Ibrahim Al-Ghanim | 49' |
| CB | 6 | Bilal Mohammed (c) |
| CB | 13 | Ibrahim Majid | | 14' |
| RM | 8 | Mesaad Al-Hamad | | 90+2' |
| CM | 4 | Lawrence Quaye |
| CM | 7 | Wesam Rizik |
| LM | 16 | Mohamed El-Sayed | | 59' |
| RF | 2 | Hamid Ismail |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria |
| LF | 12 | Yousef Ahmed |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 19 | Khalid Muftah | | 14' |
| MF | 11 | Fábio César | | 59' |
| FW | 9 | Jaralla Al-Marri | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Metsu ||
* Man of the Match:
* Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Mu Yuxin (China)
* Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud (Malaysia)
* Fourth official:
* Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

#### Uzbekistan vs Jordan

| Uzbekistan | Jordan |
| GK | 12 | Ignatiy Nesterov | | 62' |
| CB | 3 | Shavkat Mullajanov |
| CB | 7 | Aziz Haydarov |
| CB | 6 | Sakhob Juraev |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze |
| CM | 9 | Odil Ahmedov |
| RW | 17 | Sanzhar Tursunov | 90+2' |
| AM | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | | 57' |
| LW | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| CF | 2 | Ulugbek Bakayev |
| CF | 15 | Alexander Geynrikh | | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 14 | Stanislav Andreev | | 57' |
| GK | 1 | Timur Juraev | | 62' |
| DF | 4 | Anzur Ismailov | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
| GK | 1 | Amer Shafi |
| RB | 4 | Baha' Abdel-Rahman |
| CB | 8 | Bashar Bani Yaseen (c) |
| CB | 2 | Mohammad Muneer |
| LB | 5 | Mohammad Al-Dmeiri |
| DM | 15 | Shadi Abu Hash'hash | | 64' |
| RM | 7 | Amer Deeb |
| CM | 10 | Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek | | 76' |
| LM | 18 | Hassan Abdel-Fattah |
| CF | 3 | Suleiman Al-Salman | 74' |
| CF | 21 | Ahmad Abdel-Halim |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 14 | Abdallah Deeb | | 64' |
| MF | 23 | Anas Hijah | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Adnan Hamad ||
* Man of the Match:
* Ulugbek Bakayev (Uzbekistan)
* Assistant referees:
* Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore)
* Haja Maidin (Singapore)
* Fourth official:
* Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

#### Australia vs Iraq

| Australia | Iraq |
| GK | 1 | Mark Schwarzer |
| RB | 15 | Mile Jedinak | 68' |
| CB | 2 | Lucas Neill (c) | 115' |
| CB | 6 | Saša Ognenovski |
| LB | 3 | David Carney | 90+1' | 109' |
| RM | 8 | Luke Wilkshire |
| CM | 16 | Carl Valeri |
| CM | 17 | Matt McKay |
| LM | 10 | Harry Kewell | 118' |
| CF | 4 | Tim Cahill | | 90+2' |
| CF | 14 | Brett Holman | | 102' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Scott McDonald | | 90+2' |
| FW | 11 | Nathan Burns | | 102' |
| MF | 22 | Neil Kilkenny | | 109' |
| Manager: ||
| Holger Osieck ||
| GK | 12 | Mohammed Gassid |
| RB | 16 | Samal Saeed |
| CB | 14 | Salam Shakir | | 75' |
| CB | 15 | Ali Rehema | 54' |
| LB | 3 | Bassim Abbas | 84' |
| DM | 4 | Qusay Munir |
| RM | 18 | Mahdi Karim | | 63' |
| LM | 11 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | | 86' |
| AM | 5 | Nashat Akram | 1' |
| CF | 7 | Emad Mohammed |
| CF | 10 | Younis Mahmoud (c) | 43' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Mustafa Karim | | 63' |
| DF | 21 | Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf | | 75' |
| MF | 17 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Wolfgang Sidka ||
* Man of the Match
* Harry Kewell (Australia)
* Assistant referees:
* Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)
* Hassan Al Thawadi (Qatar)
* Fourth official:
* Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

#### Iran vs South Korea

| Iran | South Korea |
| GK | 1 | Mehdi Rahmati |
| CB | 20 | Mohammad Nosrati | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Hadi Aghili |
| CB | 4 | Jalal Hosseini |
| DM | 6 | Javad Nekounam (c) |
| RM | 7 | Gholamreza Rezaei |
| CM | 18 | Pejman Nouri | | 109' |
| CM | 14 | Andranik Teymourian | 27' |
| LM | 11 | Ehsan Hajsafi |
| SS | 9 | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari |
| CF | 10 | Karim Ansarifard | | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Khosro Heydari | | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Masoud Shojaei | 105' | 75' |
| FW | 19 | Mohammad Gholami | | 109' |
| Manager: ||
| Afshin Ghotbi ||
| GK | 1 | Jung Sung-ryong |
| RB | 22 | Cha Du-ri |
| CB | 3 | Hwang Jae-won |
| CB | 14 | Lee Jung-soo | 77' |
| LB | 12 | Lee Young-pyo |
| DM | 16 | Ki Sung-yueng | | 111' |
| CM | 13 | Koo Ja-cheol | | 81' |
| CM | 6 | Lee Yong-rae |
| RF | 17 | Lee Chung-yong | 120+1' |
| CF | 10 | Ji Dong-won |
| LF | 7 | Park Ji-sung (c) | | 117' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Yoon Bit-garam | 116' | 81' |
| DF | 15 | Hong Jeong-ho | | 111' |
| FW | 19 | Yeom Ki-hun | | 117' |
| Manager: ||
| Cho Kwang-rae ||
* Man of the Match:
* Lee Yong-rae (South Korea)
* Assistant referees:
* Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
* Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
* Fourth official:
* Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

### Semi-finals
#### Japan vs South Korea

| Japan | South Korea |
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| CB | 6 | Atsuto Uchida | 53' |
| CB | 3 | Daiki Iwamasa | 85' |
| CB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo | 84' |
| DM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) | | 117' |
| DM | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| AM | 10 | Shinji Kagawa | | 87' |
| CF | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |
| CF | 11 | Ryoichi Maeda | | 105' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 13 | Hajime Hosogai | | 87' |
| DF | 2 | Masahiko Inoha | | 105' |
| MF | 15 | Takuya Honda | | 117' |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Zaccheroni ||
| GK | 1 | Jung Sung-ryong |
| RB | 22 | Cha Du-ri | 102' |
| CB | 3 | Hwang Jae-won |
| CB | 4 | Cho Yong-hyung | 64' | 103' |
| LB | 12 | Lee Young-pyo |
| DM | 16 | Ki Sung-yueng |
| CM | 13 | Koo Ja-cheol |
| CM | 6 | Lee Yong-rae |
| RF | 17 | Lee Chung-yong | | 82' |
| CF | 10 | Ji Dong-won | | 66' |
| LF | 7 | Park Ji-sung (c) | 13' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 15 | Hong Jeong-ho | | 66' |
| FW | 11 | Son Heung-min | | 82' |
| FW | 20 | Kim Shin-wook | | 103' |
| Manager: ||
| Cho Kwang-rae ||
* Man of the Match:
* Keisuke Honda (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)
* Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
* Fourth official:
* Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

#### Uzbekistan vs Australia

| Uzbekistan | Australia |
| GK | 1 | Timur Juraev |
| RB | 22 | Viktor Karpenko | | 71' |
| CB | 4 | Anzur Ismailov |
| CB | 7 | Aziz Haydarov | 67' |
| LB | 6 | Sakhob Juraev |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze |
| CM | 9 | Odil Ahmedov |
| RW | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | | 55' |
| AM | 2 | Ulugbek Bakayev | 56' 67' |
| LW | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| CF | 16 | Maksim Shatskikh | | 59' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Marat Bikmaev | | 55' |
| MF | 17 | Sanzhar Tursunov | | 59' |
| DF | 5 | Aziz Ibrahimov | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
| GK | 1 | Mark Schwarzer |
| RB | 15 | Mile Jedinak |
| CB | 2 | Lucas Neill (c) |
| CB | 6 | Saša Ognenovski |
| LB | 3 | David Carney | 71' |
| RM | 8 | Luke Wilkshire | 15' |
| CM | 16 | Carl Valeri | 38' |
| CM | 17 | Matt McKay |
| LM | 10 | Harry Kewell | | 53' |
| CF | 4 | Tim Cahill | | 71' |
| CF | 14 | Brett Holman | | 61' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 23 | Robbie Kruse | | 53' |
| MF | 7 | Brett Emerton | | 61' |
| MF | 22 | Neil Kilkenny | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Holger Osieck ||
* Man of the Match:
* Matt McKay (Australia)
* Assistant referees:
* Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE)
* Yaser Marad (UAE)
* Fourth official:
* Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

### Third place match

| Uzbekistan | South Korea |
| GK | 12 | Ignatiy Nesterov |
| RB | 22 | Viktor Karpenko | | 87' |
| CB | 3 | Shavkat Mullajanov | 87' |
| CB | 7 | Aziz Haydarov |
| LB | 14 | Stanislav Andreev |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze |
| CM | 9 | Odil Ahmedov |
| RW | 17 | Sanzhar Tursunov |
| AM | 15 | Alexander Geynrikh | 90' |
| LW | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| CF | 13 | Olim Navkarov | | 77' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Shavkat Salomov | 85' | 77' |
| MF | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
| GK | 1 | Jung Sung-ryong |
| RB | 3 | Hwang Jae-won | 44' |
| CB | 15 | Hong Jeong-ho | | 78' |
| CB | 16 | Ki Sung-yueng | 57' |
| LB | 14 | Lee Jung-soo |
| RM | 22 | Cha Du-ri (c) |
| CM | 13 | Koo Ja-cheol | | 53' |
| CM | 6 | Lee Yong-rae |
| LM | 12 | Lee Young-pyo | 90+3' |
| SS | 17 | Lee Chung-yong | | 60' |
| CF | 10 | Ji Dong-won |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Yoon Bit-garam | | 53' |
| FW | 11 | Son Heung-min | | 60' |
| DF | 5 | Kwak Tae-hwi | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Cho Kwang-rae ||
* Man of the Match:
* Ji Dong-won (South Korea)
* Assistant referees:
* Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore)
* Haja Maidin (Singapore)
* Fourth official:
* Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

### Final

| Australia | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Mark Schwarzer |
| RB | 15 | Mile Jedinak |
| CB | 2 | Lucas Neill (c) |
| CB | 6 | Saša Ognenovski |
| LB | 3 | David Carney |
| RM | 8 | Luke Wilkshire |
| CM | 16 | Carl Valeri | 16' |
| CM | 17 | Matt McKay | 112' |
| LM | 10 | Harry Kewell | | 103' |
| CF | 4 | Tim Cahill | | 109' |
| CF | 14 | Brett Holman | 39' | 65' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Brett Emerton | | 65' |
| FW | 23 | Robbie Kruse | | 103' |
| MF | 22 | Neil Kilkenny | | 109' |
| Manager: ||
| Holger Osieck ||
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| CB | 6 | Atsuto Uchida | 120' |
| CB | 22 | Maya Yoshida |
| CB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| DM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) |
| DM | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| AM | 14 | Jungo Fujimoto | 56' |
| CF | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |
| CF | 11 | Ryoichi Maeda | 98' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Daiki Iwamasa | 56' |
| FW | 19 | Tadanari Lee | 98' |
| DF | 2 | Masahiko Inoha | 120' |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Zaccheroni ||
* Man of the Match:
* Eiji Kawashima (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
* Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
* Fourth official:
* Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)