The fixtures of football competition AFC Asian Cup 2015 is available in Australian time. Host nation have selected 5 cities to host this tournament. Australia will play the opening game against Kuwait on 9th of January 2015. Total of 16 teams have qualified for this competition across Asia. The winner of 2015 AFC Asian cup will automatically qualify for the Confederation Cup which will be held in 2017 in Russia. Given below is the schedule of Asian cup in ACT.
AFC Asian Cup 2015 Schedule in Australian Time
Match | Date | Time |
Australia vs Kuwait | 09 Jan | 8:00pm |
Korea Republic vs Oman | 10 Jan | 4:00pm |
Kuwait vs Korea Republic | 13 Jan | 6:00pm |
Oman vs Australia | 13 Jan | 8:00pm |
Australia vs Korea Republic | 17 Jan | 7:00pm |
Oman vs Kuwait | 17 Jan | 8:00pm |
GROUP B | ||
Uzbekistan vs DPR Korea | 10 Jan | 6:00pm |
Saudi Arabia vs China PR | 10 Jan | 7:00pm |
DPR Korea vs Saudi Arabia | 14 Jan | 6:00pm |
China PR vs Uzbekistan | 14 Jan | 7:00pm |
Uzbekistan vs Saudi Arabia | 18 Jan | 8:00pm |
China PR vs DPR Korea | 18 Jan | 8:00pm |
GROUP C | ||
UAE vs Qatar | 11 Jan | 6:00pm |
Iran vs Bahrain | 11 Jan | 8:00pm |
Bahrain vs UAE | 15 Jan | 6:00pm |
Qatar vs Iran | 15 Jan | 8:00pm |
Iran vs UAE | 19 Jan | 7:00pm |
Qatar vs Bahrain | 19 Jan | 8:00pm |
GROUP D | ||
Japan vs Palestine | 12 Jan | 6:00pm |
Jordan vs Iraq | 12 Jan | 7:00pm |
Palestine vs Jordan | 16Jan | 6:00pm |
Iraq vs Japan | 16 Jan | 7:00pm |
Japan vs Jordan | 20 Jan | 8:00pm |
Iraq vs Palestine | 20 Jan | 8:00pm |
There will be an opening ceremony on 9th January at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium after which match between Australia vs Kuwait will be played. The opening ceremony will be produced by a consortium of sport event specialists Twenty3 Sports + Entertainment and creative technology firm Spinifex Group.
The group stage games will be played from 9 January to 20 January. There will be one day of rest and quarter finals will be played form 22 Jan.
Quarter finals: 22 to 23 Jan
Semi finals: 26 and 27 Jan
Match for third place: 30 Jan
The final match of 2015 AFC Asian Cup will be played on 31st Jan at Stadium Australia.