The 2023 AFC Asian Cup final was a football match which determined the winner of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation. The match was held at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 10 February 2024 between first-time finalists Jordan and the host country and defending champions Qatar.
Qatar successfully defended the title after a 3–1 victory against Jordan, who were playing in their first major tournament final. Akram Afif earned a hat trick by scoring three penalties to make Qatar the first team to retain the Asian Cup since Japan in 2004.
Venue The final was originally set to be played at the Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor. However it was moved to the higher-capacity Lusail Stadium, Lusail on 21 August 2023. This was the second match of the tournament played at the stadium, following the opening match on 12 January 2024.
Route to the final
Jordan RoundQatar Opponents Result Group stage Opponents Result 4–0Match 1 3–0 2–2Match 2 1–0 0–1Match 3 1–0Group E third placeFinal standingsGroup A winners Opponents Result Knockout stage Opponents Result 3–2Round of 16 2–1 1–0Quarter-finals 1–1 2–0Semi-finals 3–2
Match Summary Details
GK 1 Yazeed Abulaila CB 3 Abdallah NasibCB 5 Yazan Al-ArabCB 17Salem Al-Ajalin RM 23Ihsan Haddad (c)CM 21Nizar Al-RashdanCM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh LM 13Mahmoud Al-Mardi RF 10Musa Al-TaamariCF 11Yazan Al-Naimat LF 9 Ali Olwan Substitutions:MF 18Saleh Rateb MF 25Anas Al-Awadat Manager: Hussein Ammouta GK 22Meshaal Barsham CB 5 Tarek SalmanCB 3 Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar CB 12Lucas MendesRM 9 Yusuf Abdurisag CM 24Jassem Gaber CM 20Ahmed FatehiCM 10Hassan Al-Haydos (c) LM 4 Mohammed WaadCF 19Almoez AliCF 11Akram AfifSubstitutions:MF 8 Ali Assadalla MF 6 Abdulaziz Hatem FW 17Ismaeel Mohammad DF 16Boualem Khoukhi Manager: Tintín Márquez
Man of the Match: Akram Afif (Qatar)
Assistant referees: Zhou Fei (China) Zhang Cheng (China) Fourth official: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) Reserve assistant referee: Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan) Video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China) Assistant video assistant referees: Jumpei Iida (Japan) |}Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
See also List of AFC Asian Cup finals 2022 FIFA World Cup final – held in the same venue more than a year ago contested between Argentina and France 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final 2024 Copa América final UEFA Euro 2024 final
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