AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023

AFC Asian Cup 2023™ will see the best teams from the continent compete across nine stadiums in Qatar. An updated match schedule sees both the opening and final matches taking place at the magnificent Lusail Stadium. The 88,000-seat stadium which famously hosted the final match of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ will host the opening match.

Six other Qatar 2022 stadiums – Al Bayt, Al Janoub, Al Thumama, Ahmad bin Ali, Education City and Khalifa International – will host matches during the tournament. The venues will be joined by Jassim bin Hamad and Abdulla bin Khalifa, homes to Qatar Stars League sides Al Sadd SC and Al Duhail SC respectively.

Twenty-four teams will make up six groups, with as many as three matches per day taking place during the group stage. Qatar’s compact nature will mean that fans will be able to attend more than one match during a day, giving visiting spectators the ability to stay in one place of accommodation throughout the tournament.

Group A:

A1 Qatar (QAT)
A2 China (CHN)
A3 Tajikistan (TJK)
A4 Lebanon (LBN)

Group B:

B1 Australia (AUS)
B2 Uzbekistan (UZB)
B3 Syria (SYR)
B4 India (IND)

Group C:

C1 Islamic Republic of Iran (IRN)
C2 United Arab Emirates (UAE)
C3 Hongkong China (HKG)
C4 Palestine (PLE)

Group D:

D1 Japan (JPN)
D2 Indonesia (IDN)
D3 Iraq (IRQ)
D4 Vietnam (VIE)

Group E:

E1 Korean Republic (KOR)
E2 Malaysia (MAS)
E3 Jordan (JOR)
E4 Bahrain (BHR)

Group F:

F1 Saudi Arabia (KSA)
F2 Thailand (THA)
F3 Kyrgyz Republic (KGZ)
F4 Oman (OMA)

MATCHES: DAY 1

Friday, January 12: 7 PM QAT vs LBN Lusail Stadium Saturday, January 13: 2:30 PM AUS vs IND AUS vs IND

8:30 PM

UZB vs SYR Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

5:30 PM

CHN vs TJK Abdulla bin Khalifa Sunday, January 14: 5:30 PM UAE vs HKG Khalifa International Stadium 8:30 PM IRN vs PLE Education City Stadium 2:30 PM JPN vs VIE Al Thumama Stadium Monday, January 15: 5:30 PM IDN vs IRQ Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 8:30 PM MAS vs JOR Al Janoub Stadium 2:30 PM KOR vs BHR Jassim bin Hamad Tuesday, January 16: 8:30 PM KSA vs OMA Khalifa International Stadium 5:30 PM THA vs KGZ Abdulla bin Khalifa Stadium

MATCHES: DAY 2

Wednesday, January 17: 5:30 PM TJK vs QAT Al Bayt Stadium 2:30 PM LBN vs CHN Al Thumama Stadium Thursday, January 18: 5:30 PM IND vs UZB Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 8:30 PM PLE vs UAE Al Janoub Stadium 2:30 PM SYR vs AUS Jassim bin Hamad Friday, January 19: 8:30 PM HKG vs IRN Khalifa International Stadium 2:30 PM IRQ vs JPN Education City 5:30 PM VIE vs IDN Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Saturday, January 20: 5:30 PM

BHR vs MAS

Jassim bin Hamad
  2:30 PM JOR vs KOR

Al Thumama Stadium

Sunday, January 21: 830 pm KGZ vs KSA Ahmad bin Ali 5:30 pm OMA vs THA Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

MATCHES: DAY 3

Monday, January 22: 6 PM QAT vs CHN
  Khalifa International Stadium 6 PM TJK vs LBN Jassim bin Hamad Tuesday, January 23: 2:30 PM AUS vs UZB Al Janoub Stadium 2:30 PM SYR vs IND Al Bayt Stadium 6 PM IRN vs UAE Education City 6 PM HKG vs PLE Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Wednesday, January 24: 2:30 PM IRQ vs VIE Jassim bin Hamad 2:30 PM JPN vs IDN Al Thumama Stadium Thursday, January 25: 2:30 PM JOR vs BHR Khalifa International Stadium 2:30 PM KOR vs MAS Al Janoub Stadium 6 PM KSA vs THA Education City 6 PM KGZ vs OMA Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

REST DAY: January 26 to 27

MATCHES: ROUND OF 16

Sunday, January 28: 7 PM

2A vs 2C

Ahmad bin Ali

2:30 PM 1B vs 3A CD Jassim Bin Hamad Monday, January 29: 2:30 PM 1D vs 3BEF Khalifa International Stadium 7 PM 1A vs 3CDE Al Bayt Stadium Tuesday, January 30: 2:30 PM 2B vs 2F Al Janoub Stadium 7 PM 1F vs 2E Education City Stadium Wednesday, January 31: 2:30 PM

1E vs 2D

Al Thumama Stadium

7 PM 1C vs 3ABF

Abdullah bin Khalifa

REST DAY: Thursday, February 1

MATCHES: QUARTERFINALS

Friday, February 2: 2:30 PM W38 vs W39 Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium 6:30 PM W37 vs W42

Al Janoub Stadium

Saturday, February 3: 6:30 PM W40 vs W41 Al Bayt Stadium 2:30 PM

W44 vs W43

Education City Stadium

REST DAY: February 4 - 5

MATCHES: SEMIFINALS

Tuesday, February 6: 6 PM

W45 vs W46

Ahmad bin Ali

Wednesday, February 7: 6 PM W47 vs W48

Al Thumama Stadium

REST DAY: February 8 - 9

MATCHES: FINALS

Saturday, February 10: 6 PM

TBA

Lusail Stadium