2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage
# 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 |
| RB | 2 | Masahiko Inoha |
| CB | 22 | Maya Yoshida | 46' 61' |
| CB | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| LB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō | 33' |
| CM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) |
| RW | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| LW | 10 | Shinji Kagawa | | 90+3' |
| CF | 11 | Ryoichi Maeda | | 64' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 3 | Daiki Iwamasa | | 64' |
| DF | 20 | Mitsuru Nagata | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Zaccheroni ||
| GK | 1 | Qasem Burhan |
| RB | 8 | Mesaad Al-Hamad | | 90+2' |
| CB | 6 | Bilal Mohammed (c) |
| CB | 18 | Ibrahim Al-Ghanim | 49' |
| LB | 13 | Ibrahim Majid | | 14' |
| RM | 2 | Hamid Ismail |
| CM | 4 | Lawrence Quaye |
| CM | 7 | Wesam Rizik |
| LM | 16 | Mohamed El-Sayed | | 59' |
| CF | 12 | Yusef Ahmed |
| CF | 23 | Sebastián Soria |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 19 | Khalid Muftah | | 14' |
| FW | 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 | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| LW | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | | 57' |
| CF | 2 | Ulugbek Bakayev |
| CF | 15 | Alexander Geynrikh | | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Stanislav Andreev | | 57' |
| GK | 1 | Timur Juraev | | 62' |
| DF | 4 | Anzur Ismailov | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
| GK | 1 | Amer Shafi |
| RB | 3 | Suleiman Al-Salman | 74' |
| CB | 2 | Mohammad Muneer |
| CB | 8 | Bashar Bani Yaseen (c) |
| LB | 5 | Mohammad Al-Dmeiri |
| DM | 4 | Baha'a Abdul-Rahman |
| DM | 15 | Shadi Abu Hash'hash | | 64' |
| CM | 7 | Amer Deeb |
| AM | 18 | Hassan Abdel Fattah |
| AM | 21 | Ahmed Abdul-Haleem |
| CF | 10 | Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek | | 76' |
| 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 | 8 | Luke Wilkshire |
| CB | 2 | Lucas Neill (c) | 115' |
| CB | 6 | Saša Ognenovski |
| LB | 3 | David Carney | 90+1' | 109' |
| RM | 17 | Matt McKay |
| CM | 15 | Mile Jedinak | 68' |
| CM | 16 | Carl Valeri |
| LM | 14 | Brett Holman | | 102' |
| SS | 10 | Harry Kewell | 118' |
| CF | 4 | Tim Cahill | | 90+2' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Scott McDonald | | 90+2' |
| FW | 11 | Nathan Burns | | 102' |
| MF | 22 | Neil Kilkenny | | 109' |
| Manager: ||
| Holger Osieck ||
| GK | 12 | Mohammed Gassid |
| CB | 15 | Ali Rehema | 54' |
| CB | 4 | Qusay Munir |
| CB | 14 | Salam Shakir | | 75' |
| RWB | 16 | Samal Saeed |
| LWB | 3 | Bassim Abbas | 84' |
| CM | 18 | Mahdi Karim | | 63' |
| CM | 5 | Nashat Akram | 1' |
| CM | 11 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | | 86' |
| SS | 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 |
| RB | 20 | Mohammad Nosrati | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Hadi Aghili |
| CB | 4 | Jalal Hosseini |
| LB | 11 | Ehsan Hajsafi |
| CM | 18 | Pejman Nouri | | 109' |
| CM | 14 | Andranik Teymourian | 27' |
| RW | 6 | Javad Nekounam (c) |
| LW | 9 | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari |
| CF | 7 | Gholamreza Rezaei |
| 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 |
| CM | 16 | Ki Sung-yueng | | 111' |
| CM | 6 | Lee Yong-rae |
| RW | 17 | Lee Chung-yong | 120+1' |
| AM | 7 | Park Ji-sung (c) | | 117' |
| LW | 13 | Koo Ja-cheol | | 81' |
| CF | 10 | Ji Dong-won |
| 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 |
| RB | 6 | Atsuto Uchida | 53' |
| CB | 3 | Daiki Iwamasa | 85' |
| CB | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| LB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo | 84' |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| CM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) | | 117' |
| RW | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| LW | 10 | Shinji Kagawa | | 87' |
| 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 |
| CM | 16 | Ki Sung-yueng |
| CM | 6 | Lee Yong-rae |
| RW | 17 | Lee Chung-yong | | 82' |
| AM | 7 | Park Ji-sung (c) | 13' |
| LW | 13 | Koo Ja-cheol |
| CF | 10 | Ji Dong-won | | 66' |
| 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 |
| CB | 22 | Viktor Karpenko | | 71' |
| CB | 4 | Anzur Ismailov |
| CB | 6 | Sakhob Juraev |
| DM | 7 | Aziz Haydarov |
| CM | 18 | Timur Kapadze |
| CM | 9 | Odil Ahmedov |
| RW | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | | 55' |
| LW | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| CF | 16 | Maksim Shatskikh | | 59' |
| CF | 2 | Ulugbek Bakayev | 56' 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Marat Bikmaev | | 55' |
| MF | 17 | Sanzhar Tursunov | | 59' |
| DF | 5 | Aziz Ibrahimov | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
| GK | 1 | Mark Schwarzer |
| RB | 8 | Luke Wilkshire | 15' |
| CB | 2 | Lucas Neill (c) |
| CB | 6 | Saša Ognenovski |
| LB | 3 | David Carney | 71' |
| RM | 14 | Brett Holman | | 61' |
| CM | 15 | Mile Jedinak |
| CM | 16 | Carl Valeri | 38' |
| LM | 17 | Matt McKay |
| SS | 10 | Harry Kewell | | 53' |
| CF | 4 | Tim Cahill | | 71' |
| 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 | 13 | Olim Navkarov | | 77' |
| LW | 8 | Server Djeparov (c) |
| CF | 15 | Alexander Geynrikh | 90' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Shavkat Salomov | 85' | 77' |
| MF | 19 | Jasur Hasanov | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Vadim Abramov ||
| GK | 1 | Jung Sung-ryong |
| RB | 22 | Cha Du-ri (c) |
| CB | 3 | Hwang Jae-won | 44' |
| CB | 14 | Lee Jung-soo |
| LB | 12 | Lee Young-pyo | 90+3' |
| CM | 15 | Hong Jeong-ho | | 78' |
| CM | 16 | Ki Sung-yueng | 57' |
| RW | 17 | Lee Chung-yong | | 60' |
| AM | 13 | Koo Ja-cheol | | 53' |
| LW | 6 | Lee Yong-rae |
| 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 | 8 | Luke Wilkshire |
| CB | 2 | Lucas Neill (c) |
| CB | 6 | Saša Ognenovski |
| LB | 3 | David Carney |
| RM | 14 | Brett Holman | 39' | 65' |
| CM | 15 | Mile Jedinak |
| CM | 16 | Carl Valeri | 16' |
| LM | 17 | Matt McKay | 112' |
| SS | 10 | Harry Kewell | | 103' |
| CF | 4 | Tim Cahill | | 109' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Brett Emerton | | 65' |
| FW | 23 | Robbie Kruse | | 103' |
| MF | 22 | Neil Kilkenny | | 109' |
| Manager: ||
| Holger Osieck ||
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| RB | 6 | Atsuto Uchida | 120' |
| CB | 22 | Maya Yoshida |
| CB | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| LB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| CM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) |
| RW | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| LW | 14 | Jungo Fujimoto | 56' |
| 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)
