Asia's biggest football tournament will cick off in Doha Qatar 2011 today!!!

Muscat of AFC CUP 2011

The 15^th AFC asian cup final will be held on Qatar from 7^th to 29^th January 2011 and this is the second time Qatar is hosting the tournament as it hosted the tournament in 1988. Qatar along with India and iran were willing to host the tournament  but later India withdrew and iran failed to submit proper documentation in time. Qatar who is also hosting the FIFA  world cup 2022 was announced as a host  of 15th AFC cup in 29^th July 2007 AFC ASIAN CUP in Jakarta.

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium 

  President Mohamed Bin Hammam said he was confident the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011™ finals will be the best ever in the tournament’s history.

Speaking to members of the AFC Executive Committee here on Wednesday, Bin Hammam said the January 7-29 tournament will set new standards of excellence.

“The AFC Asian Cup is kicking off soon and I hope we call will be able to witness it,” said Bin Hammam, a Qatari.



The 2011 tournament features 16 of the top teams in Asia divided into four groups of four with the top two in each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

The Qatar Local Organising Committee has gone to great lengths to ensure a smooth tournament and create a unique festival atmosphere.

They have already unveiled a five-strong family of Jerboas (desert rodents) as mascots while the 16 buses ferrying the teams will carry slogans written by fans.

 The tournament will officially start after the host nation Qatar and Uzbekistan at Khalifa International stadium  having capacity of fifty thousand spectators on 19:15 local time. Grouping of participating team is as follows.

Khalifa International stadium where opening match going to start

Group A: China, Kuwait, Qatar, Uzbekistan
Group B: Japan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Group C: Australia, Bahrain, India, South Korea
Group D: Iran, Iraq, North Korea. United Arab Emirates