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2015 AFC Asian Cup
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Host selection
Australia initially put forward its bid to host the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in 2010.WEB, Australia's bid to host 2015 AFC Asian Cup,weblink footballaustralia.com.au, 2 January 2015, As the sole bidder for the hosting rights, Australia was officially named host on 5 January 2011.WEB, Australia to host 2015 AFC Asian Cup,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140925003757weblink">weblink dead, 25 September 2014, FIFA, 2 January 2015, {{blockquote|Considering the efforts of the Football Federation Australia in developing the game on their territory and considering also all the achievements that have been made towards the development of football in Australia and to encourage Australia to take steps towards developing the game, I am happy and honoured to announce that the executive committee of the Asian Football Confederation has approved Australia as the host nation of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.|AFC President, Mohammed Bin HammamNEWS,weblink Australia to host 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Asian Football Confederation, 5 January 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141023004129weblink">weblink 23 October 2014, }}Teams
Qualification
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification process determined the 16 participating teams for the tournament. In the initial scheme, ten places were determined by qualification matches, while six places were reserved for the 2015 host nation, top three finishers in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, and the two winners of the AFC Challenge Cup. Though, as the host nation Australia also finished as runners-up in the 2011 Asian Cup, the initial six automatic qualification spots were reduced to five, with a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members competed.WEB,weblink Automatic bye to 2015 Finals for top-three, the-afc.com, 24 January 2011, There were two main competitive paths to the 2015 Asian Cup. The AFC Challenge Cup acted as a qualification competition for eligible countries within the emerging and developing category of member associations. The winners of the AFC Challenge Cup competitions in 2012 and 2014 qualified automatically for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup finals.WEB,weblink AFC Competitions Committee, Asian Football Confederation, 23 November 2010, 24 January 2011, The remaining spots were available for the teams competing in the main Asian Cup preliminaries. The AFC decided that the 20 teams involved in the qualifiers would be split into five groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group and one best third-placed team from among all the groups would qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.WEB,weblink AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 preliminary draw results, the-afc.com, 9 October 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141023000743weblink">weblink 23 October 2014,Qualified teams
Out of the sixteen teams that qualified, fourteen had participated in the 2011 tournament. Oman qualified for the first time since 2007. Palestine, winners of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, were the only team making their first appearance in the tournament. India and Syria are the only two teams from the 2011 tournament who failed to qualify for the subsequent edition. Excluding hosts Australia, none of the other 11 members of the ASEAN Football Federation qualified, nor did any of the South Asian national teams.(File:2015 AFC Asian Cup Qualification.png|thumb|200px|{{legend|#0000cc|Qualified for Asian Cup}} {{legend|#cc0000|Failed to qualify}}{{legend|black|Did not enter}} {{legend|#9b9b9b|Not an AFC member}}){| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"Draw
File:Sydney Opera House, botanic gardens 1.jpg|thumb|right|The Sydney Opera HouseSydney Opera HouseThe draw for the final tournament occurred at the Sydney Opera House on 26 March 2014.WEB,weblink AFC Asian Cup draw set for March 26 at Sydney Opera House, AFC, 6 December 2013, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141023004244weblink">weblink 23 October 2014, The draw procedure involved the 16 participating teams drawn at random into the four groups of the group stage.WEB,weblink AFC Asian Cup Groups Decided, Asian Football Confederation, 26 March 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140328212924weblink">weblink 28 March 2014, In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots based on a seeding which used the March 2014 FIFA World Rankings (rankings beside the qualified teams). The draw and seeding ensured a fair distribution of teams in the groups, with each of the four groups in the group stage made up of one team from each pot. The host nation (Australia) was automatically placed into Pot 1, with the team having been predetermined to be in Group A.WEB,weblink Asian Cup 2015 draw mechanism revealed, AFC, 17 March 2014, In addition, at the time of the draw, the identity of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup winners (Palestine) was not known yet, and they were automatically placed into Pot 4.{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"Venues
Stadiums
The five host cities for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle, were announced on 27 March 2013, with a total five stadiums to be used.WEB, Venues and Match Schedule,weblink footballaustralia.com.au, 27 March 2013, {{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Clear}}{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"Ticketing
Tickets for the venues were sold directly by AFC via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 16 finalists. 500,000 tickets were available for the 31 tournament matches.WEB, Publicity blitz set to boost Asian Cup attendances,weblink theworldgame.sbs.com.au, 8 December 2014, Over 45,000 international visitors were forecast to visit Australia during the tournament.WEB, Qualifying for AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 begins,weblink footballaustralia.com.au, 8 December 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141214072904weblink">weblink 14 December 2014, dead, dmy-all, Prices varied from $10 (for a seat behind the goals at a group match) to $150 (for a seat in the main stand at the final). In addition to individual match tickets, fans could buy packages to see all matches played at one specific venue.WEB, Tickets,weblink afcasiancup.com, 18 November 2014, 12 January 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150112021828weblink">weblink dead,Team base camps
Each team had a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. From an initial list of 27 potential locations, the national associations chose their locations in 2014.WEB, 27 more cities keen to join Asian Cup party,weblink footballaustralia.com.au, 18 November 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141129061217weblink">weblink 29 November 2014, dead, dmy-all, The teams trained and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases.WEB, 2015 Asian Cup,weblink nswtaxi.org.au, 25 November 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150930080823weblink">weblink 30 September 2015, dead, dmy-all, {| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center; border-right:none; border-bottom:none;"Match ball
The Nike Ordem 2 was announced as the official 2015 Asian Cup match ball on 1 October 2014. The ball features the traditional colors of the tournament. The mainly white ball has a distinctive design with a mainly red graphic pattern and yellow details for better visibility. It shows the official 2015 AFC Asian Cup logo as well as a black Swoosh. The ball provided a design for real flight, accuracy and control, and features Nike Aerowtrac grooves and a micro-textured casing. Nike RaDaR (Rapid Decision and Response) technology with a unique graphic upper is also utilised in the design to see the ball faster while the three-layer synthetic upper made for optimal touch.WEB, Nike 2015 AFC Asian Cup Ball Unveiled,weblink footyheadlines.com, 23 November 2014, Ordem 2 was the Asian Cup's last match ball provided by Nike.Match officials
On 1 January 2015, the AFC named 47 match officials for the tournament, including referees, assistant referees, fourth officials, and reserve assistant referees. Each main refereeing team (of which there were eleven) consisted of three match officials from the same country: one referee and two assistant referees.WEB, 2015 AFC Asian Cup (Australia) - selected officials, January 2015,weblink refereesfifa.com.au, 2 January 2015, The AFC decided three match officials from New Zealand would take part in the tournament, despite the country being in the Oceania Football Confederation. Match officials based together in Sydney, during the Asian Cup, where they trained together, had technical meetings, conduct match reviews and previews, and only split when attending appointments at the five Asian Cup stadiums in Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne.WEB, Asian Cup 2015: A-League could have full-time match officials as early as 2017,weblink foxsports.com.au, 23 January 2015, Australian referee Chris Beath, who was a fourth official before the start of the tournament, was promoted for one match when Uzbek referee Valentin Kovalenko had to withdraw due to illness.{| class="wikitable"Squads
As with the 2011 tournament, each team's squad consisted of 23 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers). Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than ten days before the start of the tournament.WEB,weblink Competition Regulations – AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140527214302weblink">weblink 27 May 2014, Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 6 hours before their first game. During a match, all remaining squad members not named in the starting team were available to be one of the three permitted substitutions (provided the player was not serving a suspension).Group stage
The group stage of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup took place from 9–20 January 2015: each team played three games, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage. The group stage was notable for finishing without a draw. In doing so, it became the first major international football tournament since the 1930 FIFA World Cup to record a result for every group stage match. Additionally, it surpassed the record of consecutive results at a tournament – 18 – also set at the 1930 World Cup.WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150121025642weblink">weblink dead, 21 January 2015, Wins, losses but no draws as Asian Cup hits record, FIFA, WEB, 2015-01-20, Wins, losses but no draws as Asian Cup hits record,weblink 2023-02-27, Daily Sabah, en-US, WEB, Davies, Will, Asian Cup Breaks Record for Most Matches Without a Draw,weblink 2023-02-27, WSJ, en-US, {{anchor|Tiebreakers}}{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference in all the group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved, and they are both on the field of play
- Lower score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots
Group A
File:2015 AFC Asian Cup opening match Australia Kuwait, 9 January 2015 (6).jpg|thumb|Opening match, Australia vs Kuwait ]]{{:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}{{Football box|date=9 January 2015- Cho Young-cheol {{goal|45+1}}|goals2=|stadium=Canberra Stadium, Canberra|attendance=12,552
{{Football box|date=13 January 2015
- Nam Tae-hee {{goal|36}}|stadium=Canberra Stadium, Canberra|attendance=8,795
{{Football box|date=17 January 2015
- Lee Jung-hyup {{goal|33}}
- Al-Muqbali {{goal|69}}|goals2=
Group B
{{:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}{{Football box| date = 10 January 2015- Sergeev {{goal|62}}| goals2 = | stadium = Stadium Australia, Sydney| attendance = 12,078
- Yu Hai {{goal|81}}
{{Football box| date = 14 January 2015
- Ryang Yong-gi {{goal|12}}| goals2 =
- Hazazi {{goal|37}}
- Al-Sahlawi {{goal|52||54}}
- Al Abed {{goal|76}}| stadium = Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne| attendance = 12,349
{{Football box| date = 18 January 2015
- Rashidov {{goal|2||78}}
- Shodiev {{goal|71}}| goals2 =
- Al-Sahlawi {{goal|60|pen.}}| stadium = Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne| attendance = 10,871
- Sun Ke {{goal|1||42}}| goals2 =
- Gao Lin {{goal|57|o.g.}}| stadium = Canberra Stadium, Canberra| attendance = 18,457
Group C
File:AAMI Park 2015 AFC Asian Cup Iran v Bahrain.jpg|thumb|Melbourne Rectangular Stadium during the Iran vs Bahrain match]]{{:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}{{Football box| date = 11 January 2015- Khalil {{goal|37||52}}
- Mabkhout {{goal|56||90}}| goals2 =
- Ibrahim {{goal|23}}| stadium = Canberra Stadium, Canberra| attendance = 5,513
- Hajsafi {{goal|45+1}}
- Shojaei {{goal|71}}| goals2 = | stadium = Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne| attendance = 17,712
{{Football box| date = 15 January 2015
- Okwunwanne {{goal|26}}| goals2 =
- Mabkhout {{goal|1}}
- Husain {{goal|74|o.g.}}| stadium = Canberra Stadium, Canberra| attendance = 7,925
- Azmoun {{goal|52}}| stadium = Stadium Australia, Sydney| attendance = 22,672
{{Football box| date = 19 January 2015
- Ghoochannejhad {{goal|90+1}}| goals2 =
- Al-Haydos {{goal|68}}| goals2 =
- Saeed {{goal|34}}
- Ahmed {{goal|82}}| stadium = Stadium Australia, Sydney| attendance = 4,841
Group D
{{:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group D|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}{{Football box| date = 12 January 2015{{Football box| date = 16 January 2015
- Ihbeisheh {{goal|84}}| goals2 =
- Al-Rawashdeh {{goal|32}}
- Al-Dardour {{goal|34||45+2||75||79}}| stadium = Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne| attendance = 10,808
- Honda {{goal|23|pen.}}
{{Football box| date = 20 January 2015
- Honda {{goal|24}}
- Kagawa {{goal|82}}| goals2 = | stadium = Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne| attendance = 25,016
- Mahmoud {{goal|48}}
- Yasin {{goal|88}}| goals2 = | stadium = Canberra Stadium, Canberra| attendance = 10,235
Knockout stage
File:Hunter Stadium Day.JPG|thumb|right|Newcastle Stadium during the semi-final between Australia and the UAE.]]In all matches in the knockout stage, if the score were level at the end of 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time would take place. If the score were still level after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.Scores after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.), and penalty shoot-out are indicated by (pen.).{{#invoke:RoundN |main |columns=3Quarter-finals
With a 2–0 victory over Uzbekistan in extra time, South Korea set a tournament record for appearing in ten semi-finals. The host country, Australia, reached the final four for the second consecutive time after overcoming China PR by the same score. Iran were eliminated for the third consecutive time in an Asian Cup quarter-final after Iraq defeated Iran in a penalty shootout. The match had ended 3–3 after extra time, not before a sending off which reduced the Iranians to 10 men late in the first half. The United Arab Emirates eliminated reigning champions Japan through a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time, marking Japan's worst finish since 1996.{{Football box|date=22 January 2015{{Football box|date=22 January 2015
{{Football box|date=23 January 2015
{{Football box|date=23 January 2015
Semi-finals
South Korea reached their first final since 1988, after overcoming Iraq 2–0. With a 2–0 victory against the United Arab Emirates, Australia qualified for their second consecutive final out of only three appearances in the Asian Cup since moving to the Asian Football Confederation from the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006.{{Football box|date=26 January 2015{{Football box|date=27 January 2015
Third place match
This was both Iraq's and the United Arab Emirates' second appearances in a third place playoff at the AFC Asian Cup, with the teams contesting in 1976 and 1992 respectively. The United Arab Emirates won the match 3–2 and finished in third-place for the first time.{{Football box|date=30 January 2015Final
South Korea entered the match looking for their third Asian Cup title, whereas Australia attempted to win their first. After a late goal by Australia in the first half and another late goal by South Korea in the second half, the match was taken into extra time. Australia eventually won the match 2–1.{{Football box|date=31 January 2015Statistics
{{See also|AFC Asian Cup records and statistics}}Goalscorers
Ali Mabkhout of the United Arab Emirates received the Golden Boot award for scoring five goals. In total, 85 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.- 5 goals
- {{flagicon|UAE}} Ali Mabkhout
- 4 goals
- {{flagicon|JOR}} Hamza Al-Dardour
- {{flagicon|UAE}} Ahmed Khalil
- 3 goals
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Cahill
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Ke
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Keisuke Honda
- {{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Son Heung-min
- 2 goals
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Massimo Luongo
- {{flagicon|AUS}} James Troisi
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Sardar Azmoun
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Reza Ghoochannejhad
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Younis Mahmoud
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Ahmed Yasin
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Jung-hyup
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Sardor Rashidov
- 1 goal
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Davidson
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Mile Jedinak
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Tomi Juric
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Robbie Kruse
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Matt McKay
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Milligan
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Trent Sainsbury
- {{flagicon|BHR}} Sayed Jaafar Ahmed
- {{flagicon|BHR}} Jaycee John Okwunwanne
- {{flagicon|BHR}} Sayed Saeed
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Xi
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Hai
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Ehsan Hajsafi
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Morteza Pouraliganji
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Masoud Shojaei
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Dhurgham Ismail
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Amjad Kalaf
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Yaser Kasim
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Waleed Salem
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yasuhito EndÅ
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Kagawa
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Okazaki
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Gaku Shibasaki
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Maya Yoshida
- {{flagicon|JOR}} Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
- {{flagicon|KUW}} Hussain Fadhel
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Ryang Yong-gi
- {{flagicon|OMN}} Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
- {{flagicon|PLE}} Jaka Ihbeisheh
- {{flagicon|QAT}} Hassan Al-Haydos
- {{flagicon|QAT}} Khalfan Ibrahim
- {{flagicon|KSA}} Nawaf Al Abed
- {{flagicon|KSA}} Naif Hazazi
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Young-cheol
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Young-gwon
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Nam Tae-hee
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Odil Ahmedov
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Igor Sergeev
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Vokhid Shodiev
- 1 own goal
- {{flagicon|BHR}} Mohamed Husain (against United Arab Emirates)
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Lin (against North Korea)
Assists
- 4 assists
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Massimo Luongo
- {{flagicon|UAE}} Omar Abdulrahman
- 3 assists
- {{flagicon|BHN}} Faouzi Aaish
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Andranik Teymourian
- 2 assists
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Ivan Franjic
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Alaa Abdul-Zahra
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Kagawa
- {{flagicon|JOR}} Abdallah Deeb
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Cha Du-ri
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Jin-su
- {{flagicon|UAE}} Amer Abdulrahman
- 1 assist
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Davidson
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Leckie
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Trent Sainsbury
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Tomi Juric
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Gao Lin
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Zhi
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Jiang Zhipeng
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Ashkan Dejagah
- {{flagicon|IRN}} Vouria Ghafouri
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Ali Adnan
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Dhurgham Ismail
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Amjad Kalaf
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Waleed Salem
- {{flagicon|IRQ}} Ahmed Yasin
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Keisuke Honda
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Takashi Inui
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshinori Muto
- {{flagicon|JOR}} Hamza Al-Dardour
- {{flagicon|JOR}} Saeed Murjan
- {{flagicon|JOR}} Oday Zahran
- {{flagicon|KUW}} Abdulaziz Al Misha'an
- {{flagicon|OMA}} Mohammed Al-Siyabi
- {{flagicon|KSA}} Nawaf Al Abed
- {{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Zori
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Ki Sung-yueng
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Jung-hyup
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Keun-ho
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Server Djeparov
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Jasur Hasanov
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Timur Kapadze
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Shavkat Mullajanov
Discipline
In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. The match review panel has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g. for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions were erased at the conclusion of the quarter-finals, and were not carried over to the semi-finals (so that a player could only be suspended for the final by getting a red card in the semi-final). The following players were or are suspended during the final tournament – for one or more games – as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:{| class="wikitable"Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Massimo Luongo
- Top Goalscorer
- {{flagicon|UAE}} Ali Mabkhout
- Best Goalkeeper
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Mathew Ryan
- Fair Play Award
- {{fb|AUS}}
- Team of the tournament
Final standings
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The 2015 Asian Cup achieved 26 consecutive matches without a draw, the most of any major football tournament, breaking the previous record of 18 set at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay.NEWS,weblink Asian Cup smashes football tournament world record, The World Game, 19 January 2015, 19 January 2015, Ali Mabkhout broke the record for fastest goal at the AFC Asian Cup, scoring after just 14 seconds for the United Arab Emirates against Bahrain in their group stage match.NEWS, UAE records second straight Asian Cup win with 2-1 defeat of Bahrain, ABC News, 15 January 2015,weblink abc.net.au, 25 January 2015, Palestine made its first ever appearance in the Asian Cup, and Jaka Ihbeisheh scored the nation's first ever goal in an Asian Cup in their second group match against Jordan. This goal also marked for the first time a Slovene scored in an Asian Cup game, as Jaka's being Slovenian descent.With the title, Australia became the first men's national team to win titles in two different confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times before moving to the AFC.WEB,weblink Socceroos lift Asian Cup after dramatic extra-time win over South Korea, The Guardian, 31 January 2015, Tim Cahill and Mark Bresciano became the first men's players to win two different confederation titles, having previously won the 2004 OFC Nations Cup.WEB,weblink FIFA.com @ Twitter, Twitter, 31 January 2015, By winning the Asian Cup, Australia also became the first country to simultaneously hold the AFC Asian Cup and AFC Champions League titles, following the triumph of Western Sydney Wanderers in the 2014 AFC Champions League.WEB,weblink Australia down South Korea, win Asian Cup, wwos, 1 February 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150203033142weblink">weblink 3 February 2015, dead, dmy-all, WEB,weblink Socceroos crowned kings of Asia in extra-time final thriller, news,Marketing
Trophy tour
File:AFC Asian Cup at Fed Square.jpg|thumb|The Asian Cup on tour at Federation SquareFederation SquareThe Trophy Tour commenced in China in September 2014, it then travelled to Qatar, United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Japan before arriving in Australia in December, where the trophy made it to all five 2015 AFC Asian Cup host cities.WEB, AFC Asian Cup trophy set for host city tour, 13 November 2014,weblink socceroos.com.au, 13 November 2014,Opening ceremony
(File:AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015.jpg|thumb|Asian Cup opening ceremony)The opening ceremony of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup took place on 9 January, at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, before the opening match of the tournament between hosts Australia and Kuwait.WEB, Victoria to open Australia's biggest ever international football event,weblink premier.vic.gov.au, 23 November 2014, 23 November 2014,weblink" title="archive.today/20141123100212weblink">weblink dead, The ceremony was produced by a consortium of sport event specialists Twenty3 Sports + Entertainment and creative technology firm Spinifex Group. The consortium has worked on the main international sporting events including the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.WEB, Consortium appointed to create Asian Cup opening ceremony, July 2014,weblink mumbrella.com.au, 23 November 2014, The opening ceremony for the Asian Cup directed by Peter Nielson with Musical Direction by Chong Lim, and featured performances by Australian DJ, singer and dancer Havana Brown, Australian indie pop band Sheppard, Indigenous Australian musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, and Australian hip-hop artists L-Fresh The Lion, Joelistics and Mistress of Ceremony.WEB, Sukhdeep Singh L- Fresh The Lion will perform at the Opening Ceremony The 2015 AFC Asian Cup,weblink sbs.com.au, 3 January 2015, 3 January 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150103042450weblink">weblink dead, WEB, Asian Cup opening ceremony,weblink l-fresh.com, 3 January 2015,weblink" title="archive.today/20150103043949weblink">weblink 3 January 2015, dead, dmy-all, It also featured 80 children from local junior football clubs and a performing cast of more than 120 Australian dancers, acrobats, Indigenous performers and football freestylers.WEB, Asian Cup to kick-start Melbourne sporting feast,weblink heraldsun.com.au, 23 December 2014,Logo and mascot
File:Nutmeg the Mascot.JPG|thumbnail|Nutmeg the Wombat, mascot of the cup at Federation SquareFederation SquareThe official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event in Melbourne, in October 2012. Designed by Sydney agency, WiteKite.WEB, 2015 AFC Asian Cup logo,weblink designstation.com.au, 23 November 2014, The logo depicts a stylised player, kicking a football from the east coast of Australia across country towards Asia. The ball also represents the Australian summer sun arcing west from Australia to Asia. The four golden bands forming the map of Australia represent the four host cities. The design is embraced by the AFC holding device.WEB, AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 Preliminary Draw Conducted and Competition Logo Launched,weblink footballnsw.com.au, 23 November 2014, The mascot of the tournament, "Nutmeg the Wombat", was unveiled at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo, on 11 November 2014.WEB,weblink Nutmeg the Wombat named Cup mascot, AFC Asian Cup, 11 November 2014, 18 November 2014, 18 January 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150118033709weblink">weblink dead, The mascot, a wombat native to Australia, wore the colours of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, red and yellow. It was named after the football trick where a player dribbles the ball through an opponent's legs, known as a nutmeg.Song
Theme song was Warrior by Havana Brown.Sponsorship
AFC announced ten official sponsors and six official supporters as shown below.WEB, About Asian Cup,weblink afcasiancup.com, 14 January 2015, 20 January 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150120062637weblink">weblink dead, {| class="wikitable"Broadcasting
The tournament was broadcast live by around 80 TV channels covering the whole world.WEB, Official broadcasters,weblink afcasiancup.com, 1 December 2014, 5 December 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141205180634weblink">weblink dead, 800 million people were expected to watch matches, with the tournament reaching a potential TV audience of more than 2.5 billion people.WEB, Sydney and Newcastle to host 10 countries in AFC Asian Cup pool matches,weblink destinationnsw.com.au, 8 December 2014, Below is the list of confirmed broadcasting right holders for 2015 AFC Asian Cup.{|class="wikitable"Controversies
Due to a hostage taking in Sydney in December 2014, security was increased for all team bases and stadiums, in addition to police escorts for all official activities.NEWS, Asian Cup: Hosts Australia asked to strengthen security,weblink 18 January 2015, BBC Sport, 16 December 2014, During a doping test, Jordan's Ahmad Hayel was required to drink so much water to produce a urine sample, that he developed hypothermia and was rendered unconscious.NEWS, Asian Cup: Doping test 'makes Jordan player sick',weblink 14 January 2015, BBC Sport, 14 January 2015, Jordan coach Ray Wilkins was infuriated at Asian Cup officials over the procedure.WEB,weblink Jordan coach Ray Wilkins hopping mad over doping fiasco, Zee News, On 24 January 2015, following the country's elimination from the tournament, it was revealed that the Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) had lodged a formal complaint to FIFA against their quarter-final opponent. The complaint was regarding the eligibility of Iraqi midfielder Alaa Abdul-Zahra, with the FFIRI arguing that the player should not have been allowed to play due to him submitting a positive doping test while playing for an Iranian club side in 2014. According to documents seen by Agence France-Presse, the 27-year-old tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexanamine, in results that were verified by a WADA-approved laboratory in Cologne.WEB,weblink Iran's protest over Iraqi player rejected, 25 January 2015, Yahoo Sports, 14 January 2017, 21 July 2017,weblink dead, In an email exchange dated September 2014, FIFA promised to take action, but there is no record of a suspension for Abdul-Zahra. The Iranian national team remained in Australia whilst awaiting a response from FIFA and a final decision by the AFC disciplinary committee.WEB, Iraq's quarter-final win thrown into question after Iran claims ineligible player,weblink theworldgame.sbs.com.au, 25 January 2015, On 25 January, the AFC disciplinary committee decided that the FFIRI protest was unfounded, and, therefore, dismissed the case, with Iraq, cleared to take its place in their semi-final match against South Korea the following day.NEWS, Asian Cup: Iran appeal against Iraq over ineligible player dismissed after quarter-final loss, ABC News, 25 January 2015,weblink abc.net.au, 25 January 2015, On 29 January 2015, after the defeat of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, West Asian Football Federation members reportedly sought to remove Australia from the AFC primarily due to "Australia benefiting hugely from Asian involvement without giving much in return", the resentment grew in the aftermath of Australia's conquest of the tournament.WEB,weblink Angry Gulf nations leading charge to kick Australia out of Asian Football Confederation, 29 January 2015,Notes
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