2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup started on 21 July and ended on 29 July 2007. The top two teams from each preliminary group advanced to this stage.[1]

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up
A  Iraq  Australia
B  Japan  Vietnam
C  Iran  Uzbekistan
D  Saudi Arabia  South Korea

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 July – Bangkok
 
 
 Iraq2
 
25 July – Kuala Lumpur
 
 Vietnam0
 
 Iraq (p)0 (4)
 
22 July – Kuala Lumpur
 
 South Korea0 (3)
 
 Iran0 (2)
 
29 July – Jakarta
 
 South Korea (p)0 (4)
 
 Iraq1
 
21 July – Hanoi
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 Japan (p)1 (4)
 
25 July – Hanoi
 
 Australia1 (3)
 
 Japan2
 
22 July – Jakarta
 
 Saudi Arabia3 Third place
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
28 July – Palembang
 
 Uzbekistan1
 
 South Korea (p)0 (6)
 
 
 Japan0 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

Japan vs Australia

Japan 1–1 (a.e.t.) Australia
Takahara 72' Report Aloisi 70'
Penalties
S. Nakamura
Endō
Komano
Takahara
Nakazawa 		4–3 Kewell
Neill
Cahill
Carle
Carney
Attendance: 25,000
Japan
Australia
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
CB 6 Yuki Abe  95'
CB 22 Yuji Nakazawa
CB 13 Keita Suzuki
RM 21 Akira Kaji  88'
CM 14 Kengo Nakamura  115'
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō
LM 3 Yūichi Komano
AM 10 Shunsuke Nakamura
CF 19 Naohiro Takahara
CF 12 Seiichiro Maki  102'
Substitutions:
MF 2 Yasuyuki Konno  88'
FW 11 Hisato Satō  102'
FW 20 Kisho Yano  115'
Manager:
Ivica Osim
GK 1 Mark Schwarzer
CB 2 Lucas Neill
CB 22 Mark Milligan
CB 6 Michael Beauchamp
RM 7 Brett Emerton
CM 23 Mark Bresciano  71'
CM 13 Vince Grella  75'
CM 5 Jason Culina
LM 20 David Carney  81'
SS 15 John Aloisi  33'  82'
CF 9 Mark Viduka (c)  61'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Harry Kewell  65'  61'
MF 4 Tim Cahill  71'
MF 19 Nick Carle  82'
Manager:
Graham Arnold

Man of the Match
Naohiro Takahara (Japan)

Association referees:
Abdullah Salim Al-Amouri (Oman)
Kadom Mohammad (Iraq)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Iraq vs Vietnam

Iraq 2–0 Vietnam
Mahmoud 2', 65' Report
Attendance: 9,720
Iraq
Vietnam
GK 22 Noor Sabri
RB 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir  84'
CB 2 Jassim Ghulam
CB 15 Ali Rehema
LB 3 Bassim Abbas
DM 19 Haitham Kadhim  32'
RM 18 Mahdi Karim
CM 5 Nashat Akram
CM 13 Karrar Jassim  66'
LM 11 Hawar Mulla Mohammed
CF 10 Younis Mahmoud (c)
Substitutions:
MF 8 Ahmad Abid Ali  32'
FW 9 Nasser Shakroun  66'
MF 4 Khaldoun Ibrahim  84'
Manager:
Jorvan Vieira
GK 22 Dương Hồng Sơn
RB 16 Huỳnh Quang Thanh
CB 3 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng  83'
CB 7 Vũ Như Thành
LB 29 Châu Phong Hòa
CM 12 Nguyễn Minh Phương (c)
CM 11 Phùng Công Minh  27'  46'
CM 14 Lê Tấn Tài
AM 17 Nguyễn Vũ Phong
CF 21 Nguyễn Anh Đức  70'
CF 9 Lê Công Vinh
Substitutions:
MF 15 Nguyễn Minh Chuyên  46'
FW 18 Phan Thanh Bình  70'
DF 6 Phạm Hùng Dũng  83'
Manager:
Alfred Riedl

Man of the Match
Younis Mahmoud (Iraq)

Association referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)
Fourth official:
Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

Iran vs South Korea

Iran
South Korea
GK 1 Hassan Roudbarian  120'
RB 12 Jalal Hosseini
CB 5 Rahman Rezaei
CB 6 Javad Nekounam
LB 20 Mohammad Nosrati
CM 2 Mehdi Mahdavikia (c)
CM 4 Andranik Teymourian
CM 11 Mehrzad Madanchi  27'  62'
AM 8 Ali Karimi
CF 9 Vahid Hashemian  87'
CF 10 Rasoul Khatibi
Substitutions:
MF 7 Ferydoon Zandi  62'
FW 16 Reza Enayati  87'
GK 22 Vahid Talebloo  120'
Manager:
Amir Ghalenoei
GK 1 Lee Woon-Jae (c)
RB 16 Oh Beom-Seok  67'
CB 3 Kim Jin-Kyu
CB 22 Kang Min-Soo
LB 15 Kim Chi-Woo
DM 14 Kim Sang-Sik
DM 20 Son Dae-Ho  106'
CM 17 Kim Jung-Woo
RF 10 Lee Chun-Soo
CF 12 Lee Dong-Gook  46'
LF 19 Yeom Ki-Hun  78'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Cho Jae-Jin  46'
FW 7 Choi Sung-Kuk  78'
MF 8 Kim Do-Heon  106'
Manager:
Pim Verbeek

Man of the Match
Ferydoon Zandi (Iran)

Association referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Fourth official:
Mark Shield (Australia)

Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan

Saudi Arabia
Uzbekistan
GK 1 Yasser Al-Mosailem
RB 14 Saud Kariri  60'  89'
CB 3 Osama Hawsawi
CB 19 Waleed Jahdali  62'
LB 16 Khaled Aziz
DM 7 Kamel Al-Mousa
RM 15 Ahmed Al-Bahri
CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim
LM 18 Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani  38'  63'
CF 9 Malek Mouath
CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)  44'  90'
Substitutions:
MF 30 Ahmed Al-Mousa  63'
MF 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi  89'
FW 11 Saad Al-Harthi  90'
Manager:
Hélio dos Anjos
GK 12 Ignatiy Nesterov
RB 17 Aleksey Nikolayev
CB 4 Aziz Ibrahimov
CB 2 Hayrulla Karimov  53'
LB 28 Anvar Gafurov  35'  46'
CM 7 Aziz Haydarov  78'
CM 18 Timur Kapadze  57'
RW 19 Islom Inomov
AM 8 Server Djeparov
LW 23 Vitaliy Denisov  52'
CF 16 Maksim Shatskikh (c)  53'
Substitutes:
FW 15 Aleksandr Geynrikh  46'
MF 26 Victor Karpenko  57'
FW 9 Pavel Solomin  78'
Manager:
Rauf Inileev

Man of the Match
Ahmed Al-Mousa (Saudi Arabia)

Association referees:
Jeong Hae-Sang (South Korea)
Tang Yew Mun (Singapore)
Fourth official:
Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)

Semi-finals

Iraq vs South Korea

Iraq
South Korea
GK 22 Noor Sabri
RB 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir
CB 2 Jassim Ghulam
CB 15 Ali Rehema
LB 3 Bassim Abbas  59'
DM 24 Qusay Munir
RM 18 Mahdi Karim
CM 5 Nashat Akram  109'
CM 13 Karrar Jassim  108'
LM 11 Hawar Mulla Mohammed
CF 10 Younis Mahmoud (c)
Substitutions:
FW 16 Ahmad Mnajed  108'
Manager:
Jorvan Vieira
GK 1 Lee Woon-Jae (c)
RB 16 Oh Beom-Seok
CB 3 Kim Jin-Kyu
CB 22 Kang Min-Soo
LB 15 Kim Chi-Woo
RM 10 Lee Chun-Soo
CM 14 Kim Sang-Sik  58'
CM 20 Son Dae-Ho  106'
LM 19 Yeom Ki-Hun
SS 9 Cho Jae-Jin
CF 7 Choi Sung-Kuk  87'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Kim Jung-Woo  58'
FW 12 Lee Dong-Gook  87'
MF 27 Oh Jang-Eun  106'
Manager:
Pim Verbeek

Man of the Match
Lee Chun-Soo (South Korea)

Association referees:
Saleh Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Poon Ming Fai (Hong Kong)
Fourth official:
Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

Japan vs Saudi Arabia

Japan 2–3 Saudi Arabia
Nakazawa 37'
Abe 53'		 Report Y. Al-Qahtani 35'
Mouath 47', 57'
Attendance: 10,000
Japan
Saudi Arabia
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
CB 6 Yuki Abe
CB 22 Yuji Nakazawa
CB 13 Keita Suzuki
RM 21 Akira Kaji
CM 14 Kengo Nakamura  87'
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō  75'
LM 3 Yūichi Komano
AM 10 Shunsuke Nakamura
CF 19 Naohiro Takahara  69'
CF 12 Seiichiro Maki  68'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Hisato Satō  68'
MF 8 Naotake Hanyu  75'
FW 20 Kisho Yano  87'
Manager:
Ivica Osim
GK 1 Yasser Al-Mosailem
RB 14 Saud Kariri  86'
CB 3 Osama Hawsawi
CB 19 Waleed Jahdali  77'
LB 16 Khaled Aziz
DM 7 Kamel Al-Mousa
RM 15 Ahmed Al-Bahri
CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim
LM 18 Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani  60'
CF 9 Malek Mouath
CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutions:
MF 30 Ahmed Al-Mousa  60'
DF 25 Redha Tukar  77'
MF 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi  86'
Manager:
Hélio dos Anjos

Man of the Match
Malek Mouath (Saudi Arabia)

Association referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Third place play-off

South Korea
Japan
GK 1 Lee Woon-Jae (c)
RB 16 Oh Beom-Seok
CB 3 Kim Jin-Kyu  36'
CB 22 Kang Min-Soo  9'  56'
LB 15 Kim Chi-Woo
CM 17 Kim Jung-Woo
CM 8 Kim Do-Heon  65'
CM 27 Oh Jang-Eun  86'
RF 10 Lee Chun-Soo
CF 9 Cho Jae-Jin  87'
LF 19 Yeom Ki-Hun  39'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Lee Keun-Ho  39'
DF 13 Kim Chi-Gon  65'
MF 6 Lee Ho  86'
Manager:
Pim Verbeek
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
CB 6 Yuki Abe
CB 22 Yuji Nakazawa
CB 13 Keita Suzuki
RM 21 Akira Kaji  106'
CM 14 Kengo Nakamura  72'
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō
LM 9 Satoru Yamagishi  78'
RF 3 Yūichi Komano
CF 19 Naohiro Takahara
LF 10 Shunsuke Nakamura
Substitutions:
MF 8 Naotake Hanyu  72'
FW 11 Hisato Satō  78'
Manager:
Ivica Osim

Man of the Match
Cho Jae-Jin (South Korea)

Assistant referees:
Saleh Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)
Abdullah Al Amouri (Oman)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Final

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Iraq 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Mahmoud 73' Report
Attendance: 60,000
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
GK 22 Noor Sabri
RB 14 Haidar Abdul-Amir
CB 2 Jassim Ghulam
CB 15 Ali Rehema  75'
LB 3 Bassim Abbas  89'
DM 24 Qusay Munir  9'
RM 18 Mahdi Karim  90'
CM 5 Nashat Akram
CM 13 Karrar Jassim  24'  83'
LM 11 Hawar Mulla Mohammed
CF 10 Younis Mahmoud (c)  38'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Ahmad Mnajed  83'
FW 7 Ali Abbas  89'
MF 8 Ahmad Abid Ali  90'
Manager:
Jorvan Vieira
GK 1 Yasser Al-Mosailem
RB 14 Saud Kariri  15'
CB 3 Osama Hawsawi
CB 19 Waleed Jahdali  38'
LB 16 Khaled Aziz
DM 7 Kamel Al-Mousa
RM 15 Ahmed Al-Bahri  84'
CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim  76'
LM 18 Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani  46'
CF 9 Malek Mouath
CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutions:
MF 30 Ahmed Al-Mousa  46'
MF 28 Abdoh Otaif  76'
FW 11 Saad Al-Harthi  84'
Manager:
Hélio dos Anjos

Man of the Match:
Nashat Akram (Iraq)

Assistant referees:
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Fourth official:
Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

References

  1. ^ "Asian Nations Cup 2007". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
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