Afc Cup 2015 Final

Afc Cup 2015 Final. The 2015 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2015 AFC Cup the 12th edition of the AFC Cup a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from &#39developing countries&#39 in Asia according to the Vision Asia plan The final was contested as a single match between Tajikistani team Istiklol and Malaysian Attendance 18000Man of the Match Date 31 October 2015Venue .

The AFC Cup Final 20132015 Kuala Lumpur West Asian triumphs have dominated AFC Cup history over the years with only Uzbekistan&#39s Nasaf taking the trophy outside the region in the years between 2004 and 2014 Soas theAFCcom reviews the finals between 2013 and 2015 it is hardly surprising we see the first threetime champion comes from the West.

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BackgroundRoute to The FinalPreMatchMatchNotable Guests and Television ViewersPrior to the tournament the two finalists had previously met each other 26 times with South Korea winning nine games and Australia ten The two sides first met on 14 November 1967 in the final of the 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup held in South Vietnam Australia won the match 3–2 and secured the nation&#39s first honour in international football The last meeting between the two teams a 0–0 draw took place on 20 July 2013 at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in South Korea Australia who began the 2015 Asian Cup as one of the favourites was ranked 100 in the FIFA World Rankingsand tenth among AFC teams while South Korea was ranked 69 overall and third among AFC teams South Korea entered the 2015 Asian Cup as twotime Asian champions having won the first two instalments of the tournament However the 2015 final was South Korea&#39s first appearance in the final in 26 years and only their third appearance in the final since a knockout system was introduced South Korea was first crowned champ Both South Korea and Australia were drawn into Group A of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup along with lower ranked sides Oman and Kuwait After wining all three group matches South Korea finished first in the group Host nation Australia finished second in the group to progress to the knockout stageof the tournament South Korea&#39s first match against Oman was played at Canberra Stadium A single goal by Cho Youngcheol in the 46th minute during injury time was enough for the South Korean&#39s to take all three points South Korea played their second match against Kuwait in Canberra A goal by Nam Taehee saw the game end 1–0 In their final group match South Korea played Australia at a sold out Brisbane Stadium The match would decide the final standings of the group with South Korea needing a win to finish top in the group A goal from striker Lee Junghyup in the 33rd minute gave South Korea their third 0–1 win in the tournament South Korea progressed to the quarterfinal stage to face Gro Individual match tickets for the final were sold directly by the AFC via its website from 3 June 2014 The final was also included the Sydney “Venue Pack” which gave access to every match of the tournament played in Sydney 76000 seats were made available for the final clash with roughly 7000 seats kept by the AFC to accommodate media and other parties Prices varied from $39 to $150 66000 tickets had been sold for the final prior to Australia&#39s semifinal match in 27 minutes with more than 10000 additional tickets sold within 14 minutes of the win for Australia Iranian Alireza Faghani was named as the referee of the final together with fellow countrymen Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Reza Abolfazli as the assistant referees The trio had officiated in four 2015 Asian Cup matches including group matches between Saudi Arabia and China PR Kuwait and South Korea and Iraq and Japan and the quarterfinal match between Japan and United Arab Emirates Faghani had previously tak Summary James Troisi scored at the end of the first period of extra time to give Australia their firstever senior Asian men’s title with a dramatic 1–2 victory over South Korea in the final of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup at Stadium Australia Troisi’s goal in the 105th minute earned Australia the title after Massimo Luongo had put the Socceroos in front in the 44th minute only for winger Son Heungmin to take the game into extratime with a stoppagetime equaliser Played in front of a crowd of 76385 t Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was invited to attend but did not due to vote counting for the 2015 Queensland state election taking place at the same time Abbott had already attended the opening match of the tournament between Australia and Kuwait in Melbourne Other invited guests present for the final include FIFA President Sepp Blatter AFC President Salman AlKhalifa and Chairman of Football Federation Australia Frank Lowy Blatter and AlKhalifa delivered the trophy to the champions in the awards ceremony The match was broadcast live in Australia by the ABC and Fox Sports The ABC’s coverage of the match averaged 18 million viewers nationally for the entire match with a total reach of 53 million Australians overall The ABC’ peak audience was 3 million viewers watching at 2227 AEDT in the final minute of extra time The game also averaged 416000 for Fox Sports’ coverage.

2015 AFC Cup Wikipedia

2015 AFC Asian Cup Tournament details Host country Australia Dates 9–31 January Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities) Final positions Champions Australia (1st title) Runnersup South Korea Third place United Arab Emirates Fourth place Iraq Tournament statistics Matches played 32 Goals scored 85 (266 per match) Attendance Attendance 705705 (22053 per match)Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)Dates 9–31 JanuaryChampions (1st title).

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AFC Cup 2015 The Road to the Final FC Istiklol AFC Cup 2015 The Road to the Final Johor Darul Ta&#39zim Hosts Istiklol have already won an Asian club title winning the 2012 AFC President’s Cup but few would have expected the 2014 Tajik double winners to make such a dramatic impact on their first appearance in the AFC Cup.