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Encyclopedia > 2011 AFC Asian Cup
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The Asian Football Confederation's 2011 Asian Cup finals will be the 15th time the tournament to be held. Image File history File links Current_sport. ... Womens Australian rules football is a team sport. ... Womens Australian rules football is a team sport. ... The 46 member Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel but including Australia. ... The Asian Cup is run by the Asian Football Confederation. ...


Countries that lodged interest were Qatar, India and Iran. [1] [2] Qatar officially submitted a bid on June 19, 2007. [3] is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...


India however withdrew their interest in hosting the event, currently leaving Qatar as the only country to have officially launched a bid. [4]


Australia was considering a late bid[5] but an expected rotation rule will result in the 2011 being ear-marked for a west Asian country.[6]


The host nation will be decided on July 28, 2007, during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.[2] is the 209th day of the year (210th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Asian Football Confederations 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals are currently being held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. ... Jakarta (also Djakarta or DKI Jakarta), formerly known as Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta and Batavia is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. ...


The AFC announced that the next host of the Asian Games will be a West Asian nation, then it will be rotated to East Asia for the 2015 Asian Cup.[6]


Qualification

The teams which finish first, second and third in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and the host nation for the 2011 competition, shall receive automatic byes to Finals. The AFC Challenge Cup shall act as the qualification competition for the 17 eligible countries within the emerging and developing category of member associations. The winners of the AFC Challenge Cup competitions in 2008 and 2010 shall qualify automatically to the 2011 AFC Asian Cup Finals. Should the champions of 2008 and 2010 be the same team, then the runners-up from AFC Challenge Cup 2010 shall qualify along with the champion. [7] The Asian Football Confederations 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals are currently being held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. ... The AFC Challenge Cup is a national Football competition for emerging countries (those in the lowest (of three) categories as designed by the AFC president) that are members of the AFC. The first tournament will be held in 2006 in Nepal and Bangladesh. ... The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament will be hosted by Chinese Taipei. ...



Teams that have secured qualification:

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References

  1. ^ "India to challenge Iran for hosting 2011 Asian Cup", Iran Sports Press, 2006-01-19. Retrieved on 2006-10-14. 
  2. ^ a b "Nations make Asian Cup bid", Fox Sports, 2007-02-14. Retrieved on 2007-02-20. 
  3. ^ Qatar formally submits Asian Cup 2011 bid
  4. ^ India withdraw 2011 AFC Asian Cup interest
  5. ^ "Chances to host 2011 Asian Cup fading", Sydney Morning Herald, 2007-02-13. Retrieved on 2007-02-13. 
  6. ^ a b "Australia out of 2011 running", Fox Sports, 2007-02-13. Retrieved on 2007-02-20. 
  7. ^ New changes in AFC Competition rules.
AFC Asian Cup
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FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The International Federation of Football Association (French: ), commonly known by its acronym, FIFA, is the international governing body of association football. ... The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the mens national football teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA... The FIFA Confederations Cup is a football tournament for national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (CAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONCACAF), along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country, to bring... The FIFA U-20 World Cup, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 20 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... The FIFA U-17 World Cup, formerly the FIFA U-17 World Championship and before the FIFA U-16 World Championship, is the world championship of football for male players under the age of 17 and is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Football (soccer) was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. ... The football (soccer) tournament was held at the every edition of All-Africa Games since 1965. ... A mens football (soccer) tournament was held every Pan American Games, womens tournament was only added began 1999. ... Football has been held since 1989 at the Island Games as a mens competition sport. ... The FIFA World Rankings is a ranking system for mens national teams in football (soccer). ... The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... This is a list of the mens national football (soccer) teams in the world. ... FIFA assigns a three-letter code (dubbed FIFA Trigramme) to each of its member and non-member countries. ...

     Asia: AFC – Asian Cup
     Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations
     North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup
     South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América
     Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup
     Europe: UEFA – European Championship
     Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup


 
 

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