Schedule of AFC Asia Cup 2011, Doha Qatar

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
Group A

#	Date (Local Time)	Match	Venue
1	07 January 2011 19:15	QATAR vs UZBEKISTAN	Khalifa Stadium
2	08 January 2011 16:15	KUWAIT-CHINA P.R.	Al Gharafa Stadium
9	12 January 2011 16:15	UZBEKISTAN-KUWAIT	Al Gharafa Stadium
10	12 January 2011 19:15	CHINA P.R.-QATAR	Khalifa Stadium
17	16 January 2011 19:15	QATAR-KUWAIT	Khalifa Stadium
18	16 January 2011 19:15	CHIN AP.R.-UZBEKISTAN	Al Gharafa Stadium

Group B

#	Date	Match	Venue
3	09 January 2011 16:15	JAPAN-JORDAN	Qatar Sports Club Stadium
4	09 January 2011 19:15	SAUDI ARABIA-SYRIA	Al Rayyan Stadium
11	13 January 2011 16:15	JORDAN-SAUDI ARABIA	Al Rayyan Stadium
12	13 January 2011 19:15	SYRIA-JAPAN	Qatar Sports Club Stadium
19	17 January 2011 16:15	SAUDI ARABIA-JAPAN	Al Rayyan Stadium
20	17 January 2011 16:15	JORDAN-SYRIA	Qatar Sports Club Stadium

Group C

#	Date	Match	Venue
5	10 January 2011 16:15	INDIA-AUSTRALIA	Al Sadd Stadium
6	10 January 2011 19:15	KOREA REPUBLIC-BAHRAIN	Al Gharafa Stadium
13	14 January 2011 16:15	AUSTRALIA-KOREA REPUBLIC	Al Gharafa Stadium
14	14 January 2011 19:15	BAHRAIN-INDIA	Al Sadd Stadium
21	18 January 2011 16:15	KOREA REPUBLIC-INDIA	Al Gharafa Stadium
22	18 January 2011 16:15	AUSTRALIA-BAHRAIN	Al Sadd Stadium

Group D

#	Date	Match	Venue
7	11 January 2011 16:15	DPR KOREA-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	Qatar Sports Club Stadium
8	11 January 2011 19:15	IRAQ-I.R. IRAN	Al Rayyan Stadium
15	15 January 2011 16:15	I.R. IRAN-DPR KOREA	Qatar Sports Club Stadium
16	15 January 2011 19:15	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-IRAQ	Al Rayyan Stadium
23	19 January 2011 19:15	IRAQ-DPR KOREA	Al Rayyan Stadium
24	19 January 2011 19:15	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-I.R. IRAN	Qatar Sports Club Stadium

Quarter-Finals

#	Date	Match	Venue
25	21 January 2011 16:25	Winner Group B-Runner Up Group A	Al Gharafa Stadium
26	21 January 2011 19:25	Winner Group A-Runner Up Group B	Khalifa Stadium
27	22 January 2011 16:25	Winner Group C-Runner Up Group D	Al Sadd Stadium
28	22 January 2011 19:25	Winner Group D-Runner Up Group C	Qatar Sports Club Stadium

Semi-Finals

#	Date	Match	Venue
29	25 January 2011 16:25	Winner QF2-Winner QF4	Al Gharafa Stadium
30	25 January 2011 19:25	Winner QF1-Winner QF3	Khalifa Stadium

Third Place

#	Date	Match	Venue
31	28 January 2011 18:00	Loser SF1-Loser SF2	Al Sadd Stadium

Final

#	Date	Match	Venue
32	29 January 2011 18:00	Winner SF1-Winner SF2	Khalifa Stadium

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

Ganesh Thapa, a Football legendry from Nepal Elected as a Regional VIce president of AFC

Ganesh Thapa in informal dress

 Ganesh Thapa a football  legendry of Nepal and also a president of ANFA (All Nepal football association) has been elected as a vice president of AFC(Asian football Confederation)). On the election held on 6th of January 2011during during the AFC Congress 2011 in Doha, Qatar. Mr Ganesh Thapa defeated the only opponent of Iran´s Ali Saeed Loo by 25-20 in the South & Central Asian Zone election. Malaysia’s HRH Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, and Zhang Jilong, of China, were elected as vice-president unopposed. Abdullah was unopposed in the ASEAN vote while Zhang saw all his opponents withdraw on the day in the East Asian Zone while Yousuf Yaqoob Al Serkal (United Arab Emirates) was only candidate from west zone.

Ganesh Thapa

Mohamed Bin Hammam

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) also elected Mohamed Bin Hammam the only candidate as the president of AFC. , the 61 year-old Qatari will be given a third and final four-year term as head of the Asian football governing body. Similarly Jordan's Prince Ali bin Al Hussein stunned powerful South Korean Chung Mong-Joon by unseating him as a FIFA vice-president.

Manilal Fernando, of Sri Lanka, and Thailand’s Worawi Makudi have won seats on the FIFA Executive Committee as AFC representatives after voting on Thursday at the 24th AFC Congress.There were two seats up for elections with four candidates. Also in the frame were Japan’s Kohzo Tashima and China’s Zhang Jilong.

Fernando picked up 23 of the 45 eligible votes while Worawi gained 24 votes to retain his seat on FIFA's decision-making body. Victory was by a simple majority.

AFC’s four representatives on the FIFA Executive Committee are as follows:

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (FIFA Vice President, Jordan)
Mohamed Bin Hammam (Qatar)
Vernan Manilal Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Worawi Makudi (Thailand)

Ganesh thapa, previous national player who had already played for the national team of Nepal and have given Nepalese football lots of pleasure in international arena and he also played his professional football from Bangladeshi club. The win for the thapa was only possible after the the candidate from India mr praful patel and other south asian contender has  withdrawn their candidacy in support of Ganesh thapa.