# 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 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 21 July – Bangkok | 21 July – Bangkok | | | |
| Iraq | 2 | | | |
| Iraq | 2 | 25 July – Kuala Lumpur | 25 July – Kuala Lumpur | | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 25 July – Kuala Lumpur | 25 July – Kuala Lumpur | |
| Vietnam | 0 | Iraq (p) | 0 (4) | |
| 22 July – Kuala Lumpur | 22 July – Kuala Lumpur | | Iraq (p) | 0 (4) | |
| 22 July – Kuala Lumpur | 22 July – Kuala Lumpur | South Korea | 0 (3) | |
| Iran | 0 (2) | South Korea | 0 (3) | |
| Iran | 0 (2) | | | | 29 July – Jakarta | 29 July – Jakarta |
| South Korea (p) | 0 (4) | | | | 29 July – Jakarta | 29 July – Jakarta |
| South Korea (p) | 0 (4) | | | | Iraq | 1 |
| 21 July – Hanoi | 21 July – Hanoi | | | | | Iraq | 1 |
| 21 July – Hanoi | 21 July – Hanoi | | | | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Japan (p) | 1 (4) | | | | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Japan (p) | 1 (4) | 25 July – Hanoi | 25 July – Hanoi | | | |
| Australia | 1 (3) | 25 July – Hanoi | 25 July – Hanoi | | | |
| Australia | 1 (3) | Japan | 2 | | | |
| 22 July – Jakarta | 22 July – Jakarta | | Japan | 2 | | | |
| 22 July – Jakarta | 22 July – Jakarta | Saudi Arabia | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | | | | 28 July – Palembang | 28 July – Palembang |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | | | | 28 July – Palembang | 28 July – Palembang |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | | | | South Korea (p) | 0 (6) |
| | | | | | Japan | 0 (5) |

## Quarter-finals
### Japan vs Australia

| 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' |
| MF | 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

| 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 | 11 | Phùng Công Minh | 27' | 46' |
| CM | 12 | Nguyễn Minh Phương (c) | | |
| 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

| Iran | South Korea |
| GK | 1 | Hassan Roudbarian | | 120' |
| RB | 12 | Jalal Hosseini | | |
| CB | 5 | Rahman Rezaei | | |
| CB | 6 | Javad Nekounam | | |
| LB | 20 | Mohammad Nosrati | | |
| RM | 2 | Mehdi Mahdavikia (c) | | |
| CM | 4 | Andranik Teymourian | | |
| LM | 11 | Mehrzad Madanchi | 27' | 62' |
| AM | 9 | Vahid Hashemian | | 87' |
| AM | 8 | Ali Karimi | | |
| CF | 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

| Saudi Arabia | Uzbekistan |
| GK | 1 | Yasser Al-Mosailem | | |
| RB | 14 | Saud Kariri | 60' | 89' |
| CB | 3 | Osama Hawsawi | | |
| CB | 19 | Waleed Jahdali | 62' | |
| LB | 16 | Khaled Aziz | | |
| DM | 7 | Kamel Al-Mousa | | |
| RM | 15 | Ahmed Al-Bahri | | |
| CM | 17 | Taisir Al-Jassim | | |
| LM | 18 | Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani | 38' | 63' |
| CF | 9 | Malek Mouath | | |
| CF | 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 | | |
| RB | 17 | Aleksey Nikolayev | | |
| CB | 2 | Hayrulla Karimov | 53' |
| CB | 4 | Aziz Ibrahimov | | |
| LB | 28 | Anvar Gafurov | 35' | 46' |
| CM | 7 | Aziz Haydarov | | 78' |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze | | 57' |
| RW | 19 | Islom Inomov | | |
| AM | 8 | Server Djeparov | | |
| LW | 23 | Vitaliy Denisov | 52' | |
| CF | 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

| Iraq | South Korea |
| GK | 22 | Noor Sabri | | |
| RB | 14 | Haidar Abdul-Amir | | |
| CB | 2 | Jassim Ghulam | | |
| CB | 15 | Ali Rehema | | |
| LB | 3 | Bassim Abbas | 59' | |
| DM | 24 | Qusay Munir | | |
| RM | 18 | Mahdi Karim | | |
| CM | 13 | Karrar Jassim | | 108' |
| CM | 5 | Nashat Akram | 109' | |
| LM | 11 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | | |
| CF | 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 | |
| RM | 10 | Lee Chun-Soo | |
| CM | 14 | Kim Sang-Sik | 58' |
| CM | 20 | Son Dae-Ho | 106' |
| LM | 19 | Yeom Ki-Hun | |
| SS | 9 | Cho Jae-Jin | |
| 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

| 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 | |
| RB | 14 | Saud Kariri | 86' |
| CB | 3 | Osama Hawsawi | |
| CB | 19 | Waleed Jahdali | 77' |
| LB | 16 | Khaled Aziz | |
| DM | 7 | Kamel Al-Mousa | |
| RM | 15 | Ahmed Al-Bahri | |
| CM | 17 | Taisir Al-Jassim | |
| LM | 18 | Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani | 60' |
| CF | 9 | Malek Mouath | |
| CF | 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

| 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 | 8 | Kim Do-Heon | | 65' |
| CM | 27 | Oh Jang-Eun | | 86' |
| RF | 10 | Lee Chun-Soo | | |
| CF | 9 | Cho Jae-Jin | 87' | |
| LF | 19 | Yeom Ki-Hun | | 39' |
| 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) | | |
| CB | 6 | Yuki Abe | | |
| CB | 22 | Yuji Nakazawa | | |
| CB | 13 | Keita Suzuki | | |
| RM | 21 | Akira Kaji | 106' | |
| CM | 14 | Kengo Nakamura | | 72' |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō | | |
| LM | 9 | Satoru Yamagishi | | 78' |
| RF | 3 | Yūichi Komano | | |
| CF | 19 | Naohiro Takahara | | |
| LF | 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura | | |
| 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

| 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 | 14 | Saud Kariri | 15' |
| CB | 3 | Osama Hawsawi |
| CB | 19 | Waleed Jahdali | 38' |
| LB | 16 | Khaled Aziz |
| DM | 7 | Kamel Al-Mousa |
| RM | 15 | Ahmed Al-Bahri | | 84' |
| CM | 17 | Taisir Al-Jassim | | 76' |
| LM | 18 | Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani | | 46' |
| CF | 9 | Malek Mouath |
| CF | 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)