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AFC Asian Cup Round Of 16 Fixtures And Knockout Bracket Confirmed: South Korea Faced With Tricky Route To Final

Following the conclusion of the group stage, the AFC Asian Cup round of 16 fixture list has now been confirmed, as has the bracket for the entire knockout phase.

Robert Summerscales

AFC Asian Cup Round Of 16 Fixtures And Knockout Bracket Confirmed: South Korea Faced With Tricky Route To Final
AFC Asian Cup Round Of 16 Fixtures And Knockout Bracket Confirmed: South Korea Faced With Tricky Route To Final /

The group stage of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup finished on Thursday and the remaining 16 teams can now begin to plot their route to the final.

The knockout phase will begin on Sunday when Indonesia take on 2015 champions Australia.

The winner of that game will face either South Korea or Saudi Arabia in the quarter-finals.

South Korea's road to the final looks like a tough one.

Should Son Heung-min's side get as far as the semi-finals then their most likely opponents based on form would be Iran - who won all three of their group games.

Japan and Qatar are in the other half of the bracket and will meet in the semi-finals if they both get that far.

AFC Asian Cup Round Of 16 Fixtures

  • Jan 28: Australia vs Indonesia
  • Jan 28: Tajikistan vs UAE
  • Jan 29: Iraq vs Jordan
  • Jan 29: Qatar vs Palestine
  • Jan 30: Uzbekistan vs Thailand
  • Jan 30: Saudi Arabia vs South Korea
  • Jan 31: Bahrain vs Japan
  • Jan 31: Iran vs Syria

Quarter-Finals

  • Feb 2: Tajikistan or UAE vs Iraq or Jordan
  • Feb 2: Australia or Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia or South Korea
  • Feb 3: Iran or Syria vs Bahrain or Japan
  • Feb 3: Qatar or Palestine vs Uzbekistan or Thailand

Semi-Finals

  • Feb 6: Tajikistan/UAE/Iraq/Jordan vs Australia/Indonesia/Saudi Arabia/South Korea
  • Feb 7: Iran/Syria/Bahrain/Japan vs Qatar/Palestine/Uzbekistan/Thailand

Final

  • Feb 10 (Lusail Stadium)
A photo taken during the opening ceremony for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in January 2024
The knockout phase of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup will begin on Sunday :: IMAGO/NurPhoto/Noushad Thekkayil
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ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.

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