HibeeJibee Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) 2023 AFC Asian Cup - Wikipedia Your favourite controversial emirate replaces China to host last year's Asian Cup, delayed to now for heat. Starts on Friday, ends Saturday 10th February. Same venues as WC bar no shipping container ground and these 2 added: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium (15,000) Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium (10,000) Groups: Schedule: note kickoffs are 2 hours ahead of UK time e.g. 7:30pm game there is 5:30pm our time opening match and final are now at Lusail Iconic Stadium Scottish-based: Australia (6) (Celtic) Marco Tilio (Hearts) Nathanial Atkinson, Kye Rowles (Hibs) Martin Boyle, Lewis Miller (St Mirren) Keanu Baccus Japan (2) (Celtic) Reo Hatate, Daizen Maida South Korea (2) (Celtic) Oh Hyeon-gyu, Yang Hyun-jun Edited January 10 by HibeeJibee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Pre-tournament 'friendlies': Friday 29th December China 0-2 Oman Sunday 31st December Qatar 3-0 Cambodia Monday 1st January Japan 5-0 Thailand China 1-2 Hong Kong Hong Kong beat China at football for first time in 29 years | Hong Kong | The Guardian Tuesday 2nd January Indonesia 0-4 Libya Thursday 4th January Saudi Arabia 1-0 Lebanon Friday 5th January Indonesia 1-2 Libya Iran 2-1 Burkina Faso Qatar 1-2 Jordan Saturday 6th January Bahrain 0-2 Australia Iraq 0-1 South Korea Tuesday 9th January Indonesia 0-5 Iran Japan 6-1 Jordan Saudi Arabia 0-0 Palestine Wednesday 10th January Saudi Arabia 2-0 Hong Kong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Isn't it about time that we punted Israel from UEFA and put them where they geographically belong, which is this tournament? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 2 minutes ago, Raidernation said: Isn't it about time that we punted Israel from UEFA and put them where they geographically belong, which is this tournament? AFC kicked them out in the 70s before joining UEFA in the 90s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Has this recently been expanded from 16 to 24 teams? Seems to be a fair few makeweights in the tournament, and it's going to take a wee while to get down to the decent sides remaining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Is there a reason this isn't usually broadcast in the UK and AFCON is?* Perceived quality? Colonial ties? Cameroon 1990? Spoiler *Apologies if this is a Mandela effect on my part 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 (edited) 37 minutes ago, ajwffc said: AFC kicked them out in the 70s before joining UEFA in the 90s 'Oceania' qualifying for WC 1986 included... Israel + Taiwan ! 34 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: Has this recently been expanded from 16 to 24 teams? Seems to be a fair few makeweights in the tournament, and it's going to take a wee while to get down to the decent sides remaining. 2019 18 minutes ago, Autistisches Nilpferd said: Is there a reason this isn't usually broadcast in the UK and AFCON is?* Perceived quality? Colonial ties? Cameroon 1990? BBC3 certainly covered African Nations Cup extensively since 2000s. Far more EPL-based players then... Asian Cup was often July, mid-autumn or December (clashed with other events on TV whereas January is comparatively empty?)... evening KOs... plus Commonwealth ties/diaspora/etc.? Edited January 10 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) This is available here, albeit on a subscription network. FiteTV (TrillerTV+) is about £6.99 a month (depending on dollar exchange). They also do a 7-day free trial if you wanted to strategically wait for the semis/final week. They also have the coverage of the Portuguese League in the UK and the Asian Champions League (though that doesn't recommence 'til mid-Feb) Won't be dabbling myself as not all that interested, might do the free trial if there isn't anything on the box for semi-finals/final week, but in case anyone is interested Edited January 11 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) I went to see a Qatari select play Bayern Munich in the Bin Khalifa place (I think, looks familiar) a few years back, 2015 i think. It was your Goetze's, yer Schweinsteigers, yer Lewandowski's playing against, erm, ex Rangers* starlet, Vladimir Weiss. Anyway the stadium was shite. Effectively a warm Tony Macaroni. Edited January 11 by Melanius Mullarkant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 4 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkant said: I went to see a Qatari select play Bayern Munich in the Bin Khalifa place (I think, looks familiar) a few years back, 2015 i think. It was your Goetze's, yer Schweinsteigers, yer Lewandowski's playing against, erm, ex Rangers* starlet, Vladimir Weiss. Anyway the stadium was shite. Effectively a warm Tony Macaroni. Qatar Stars 1-4 FC Bayern Munich | QSL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 50 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Qatar Stars 1-4 FC Bayern Munich | QSL Thats the one. I forgot it was the bald fraud in charge and didnt realise Laudrup was doing the Qatari side. Still got my rather stylish white silk* scarf that they were handing out for free. *99.99999% polyester. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Looks like it'll be streamed on Bet365 if you have a funded account. Always worth switching on for five minutes when there's a penalty shoot-out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatwad Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 A comfortable, expected win for hosts and holders Qatar over Lebanon in the opening game last night, the highlights can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c21LiQfIZ1c 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Australia vs India today could be brutal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford Bridge Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Australia vs India today could be brutal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Two goals scored in total in today's 3 games. Deary me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 This tournament really does get no press here - I genuinely had no idea this was happening until they'd already kicked off. A real shame, as (like AFCON) this is another cup that features a bunch of sides that people here would realistically never get to see otherwise. Same goes for the Gold Cup. The continental associations really need to get together and decide on a sensible timetable, as it's just daft that the Asian and African continental championships are taking place at the same time. You're going to pick one or the other. Looks like you could squeeze in an early Asian Cup game before the AFCON matches start, but four games a day is pushing it! Apparently you can watch these matches online legitimately via something called TrillerTV? £7.99 for the month, I believe. Try not to be put off by all the wrestling pictures of big muscular angry guys and gals; I'm guessing they must have paid about ten bob for the rights to this, as it doesn't seem like their kind of thing at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 36 minutes ago, BFTD said: This tournament really does get no press here - I genuinely had no idea this was happening until they'd already kicked off It was mentioned quite a lot but mostly in the context of English Premier League teams "losing player X to AFCON and player Y to the Asian Cup". Spurs and Liverpool in particular with Son and Endo were mentioned in the press. Agree it doesn't get as much press as AFCON does though. Probably a combination of former colonial stuff, AFCON being set in this part of the calendar (think the Asian Cup is only being played now because its in Qatar) and until recently English clubs having a lot of African players but few Asian players. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Certainly from the scoreline, Japan v Vietnam seems to be worth watching. 3-2 at half-time. Maybe I made the wrong choice taking out a NowTV subscription to see the AFCON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eindhovendee Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I had no idea there was a country called Kyrgyztan. A country with a bigger population than Scotland and its completely passed me by. I will be supporting them now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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