2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Group B was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 9 January and its last matches were played on 17 January. All six group matches were played at venues in Doha and Al Rayyan, Qatar. The group consisted of defending runners-up Saudi Arabia, Japan, Jordan and Syria.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Jordan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
3	Syria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are UTC+3.

Japan vs Jordan

Japan	1–1	Jordan
Yoshida 90+2'	Report	Abdel-Fattah 45'

9 January 2011

16:15

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 6,255

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Japan

Jordan

GK 1 Eiji Kawashima CB 6 Atsuto Uchida CB 22 Maya Yoshida CB 5 Yuto Nagatomo DM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) DM 4 Yasuyuki Konno CM 7 Yasuhito Endō AM 18 Keisuke Honda  90' AM 10 Shinji Kagawa SS 8 Daisuke Matsui  58' CF 11 Ryoichi Maeda  46' Substitutions: FW 19 Tadanari Lee  46' FW 9 Shinji Okazaki  58' MF 14 Jungo Fujimoto  90' Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

GK 1 Amer Shafi RB 3 Suleiman Al-Salman CB 8 Bashar Bani Yaseen CB 17 Hatem Aqel (c)  43'  80' LB 9 Odai Al-Saify DM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman DM 15 Shadi Abu Hash'hash AM 7 Amer Deeb AM 18 Hassan Abdel-Fattah  54' CF 14 Abdallah Deeb  72' CF 16 Basem Fat'hi Substitutions: FW 21 Ahmad Abdel-Halim  72' DF 5 Mohammad Al-Dmeiri  80' Manager: Adnan Hamad

Man of the Match: Amer Shafi (Jordan) Assistant referees: Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore) Haja Maidin (Singapore) Fourth official: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Saudi Arabia vs Syria

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Syria
Al-Jassim 60'	Report	A. Al Hussain 38', 63'

9 January 2011

19:15

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 15,768

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Saudi Arabia

Syria

GK 1 Waleed Abdullah RB 12 Mishaal Al-Saeed  87' CB 3 Osama Hawsawi CB 5 Osama Al-Muwallad LB 2 Abdullah Shuhail CM 14 Saud Kariri CM 6 Ahmed Otaif  15' RW 11 Nasser Al-Shamrani  56' AM 15 Abdoh Otaif  46' LW 8 Manaf Abushgeer  67' CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani (c) Substitutions: MF 17 Taisir Al-Jassim  46' FW 9 Naif Hazazi  56' MF 18 Nawaf Al-Abed  67' Manager: José Peseiro

GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c) RB 2 Belal Abduldaim  86' CB 3 Ali Diab CB 17 Abdulkader Dakka LB 13 Nadim Sabagh DM 5 Feras Esmaeel RM 19 Sanharib Malki  66' CM 6 Jehad Al Hussain  21'  77' CM 7 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain  90' LM 14 Wael Ayan  83' CF 12 Mohamed Al Zeno Substitutions: MF 11 Adel Abdullah  66' MF 9 Qusay Habib  77' MF 23 Samer Awad  83' Manager: Valeriu Tiţa

Man of the Match: Abdelrazaq Al Hussain (Syria) Assistant referees: Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea) Jang Jun-mo (South Korea) Fourth official: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Jordan vs Saudi Arabia

Jordan	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Abdel-Rahman 42'	Report

13 January 2011

16:15

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 17,349

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

GK 1 Amer Shafi RB 3 Suleiman Al-Salman CB 8 Bashar Bani Yaseen (c) CB 2 Mohammad Muneer LB 9 Odai Al-Saify  4' DM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman DM 15 Shadi Abu Hash'hash AM 7 Amer Deeb  66'  90' AM 18 Hassan Abdel-Fattah  83' CF 14 Abdallah Deeb  69' CF 16 Basem Fat'hi  74' Substitutions: MF 10 Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek  85'  69' FW 21 Ahmad Abdel-Halim  83' MF 23 Anas Hijah  90' Manager: Adnan Hamad

GK 1 Waleed Abdullah RB 3 Osama Hawsawi CB 7 Kamel Al-Mousa CB 14 Saud Kariri LB 5 Osama Al-Muwallad  63' RM 9 Naif Hazazi CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim LM 2 Abdullah Shuhail  87' AM 15 Abdoh Otaif  46' AM 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub  65' CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani (c) Substitutions: FW 11 Nasser Al-Shamrani  46' MF 18 Nawaf Al-Abed  65' MF 16 Abdullaziz Al-Dosari  87' Manager: Nasser Al-Johar

Man of the Match: Hassan Abdel Fattah (Jordan) Assistant referees: Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE) Yaser Marad (Kuwait) Fourth official: Ben Williams (Australia)

Syria vs Japan

Syria	1–2	Japan
Al Khatib 76' (pen.)	Report	Hasebe 35' Honda 82' (pen.)

13 January 2011

19:15

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 10,453

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Syria

Japan

GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c) RB 2 Belal Abduldaim CB 3 Ali Diab [note 1] CB 17 Abdulkader Dakka  61' LB 13 Nadim Sabagh  90+4'  90+5' DM 5 Feras Esmaeel RM 23 Samer Awad  22'  46' CM 7 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain CM 6 Jehad Al Hussain  77' LM 14 Wael Ayan CF 12 Mohamed Al Zeno  64' Substitutions: FW 10 Firas Al Khatib  46' FW 19 Sanharib Malki  64' FW 18 Abdul Fattah Al Agha  90'  77' Manager: Valeriu Tiţa

GK 1 Eiji Kawashima  72' CB 6 Atsuto Uchida  53' CB 22 Maya Yoshida  67' CB 5 Yuto Nagatomo DM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) DM 4 Yasuyuki Konno CM 7 Yasuhito Endō AM 18 Keisuke Honda AM 10 Shinji Kagawa  65' SS 8 Daisuke Matsui  10'  90+2' CF 11 Ryoichi Maeda  75' Substitutions: FW 9 Shinji Okazaki  65' GK 21 Shusaku Nishikawa  75' MF 13 Hajime Hosogai  90+2' Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match: Keisuke Honda (Japan) Assistant referees: Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Fourth official: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

Saudi Arabia vs Japan

Saudi Arabia	0–5	Japan
	Report	Okazaki 8', 13', 80' Maeda 19', 51'

17 January 2011

16:15

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 2,022

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Saudi Arabia

Japan

GK 1 Waleed Abdullah CB 3 Osama Hawsawi CB 7 Kamel Al-Mousa  67' CB 5 Osama Al-Muwallad RM 9 Naif Hazazi  46' CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim CM 6 Ahmed Otaif LM 2 Abdullah Shuhail AM 15 Abdoh Otaif  28' AM 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani (c) Substitutions: MF 8 Manaf Abushgeer  28' MF 13 Moataz Al-Musa  69'  46' Manager: Nasser Al-Johar

GK 21 Shusaku Nishikawa CB 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) CB 22 Maya Yoshida  63' CB 4 Yasuyuki Konno RM 6 Atsuto Uchida  6'  46' CM 16 Yosuke Kashiwagi CM 7 Yasuhito Endō  83' LM 5 Yuto Nagatomo AM 10 Shinji Kagawa CF 9 Shinji Okazaki CF 11 Ryoichi Maeda Substitutions: DF 2 Masahiko Inoha  46' DF 3 Daiki Iwamasa  63' MF 15 Takuya Honda  83' Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match: Shinji Okazaki (Japan) Assistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

Jordan vs Syria

Jordan	2–1	Syria
A. Diab 30' (o.g.) Al-Saify 59'	Report	Al Zeno 15'

17 January 2011

16:15

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 9,849

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Jordan

Syria

GK 1 Amer Shafi RB 3 Suleiman Al-Salman CB 8 Bashar Bani Yaseen (c) CB 2 Mohammad Muneer LB 9 Odai Al-Saify  90+2' DM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman DM 15 Shadi Abu Hash'hash AM 7 Amer Deeb AM 18 Hassan Abdel-Fattah  88' CF 14 Abdallah Deeb  48'  62' CF 16 Basem Fat'hi  45+1' Substitutions: MF 10 Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek  62' FW 21 Ahmad Abdel-Halim  88' MF 23 Anas Hijah  90+2' Manager: Adnan Hamad

GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c)  53' RB 2 Belal Abduldaim  47'  78' CB 3 Ali Diab  63' CB 17 Abdulkader Dakka LB 23 Samer Awad  63' DM 5 Feras Esmaeel RM 19 Sanharib Malki CM 7 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain CM 6 Jehad Al Hussain LM 14 Wael Ayan CF 12 Mohamed Al Zeno Substitutions: FW 10 Firas Al Khatib  63' MF 20 Louay Chanko  63' MF 9 Qusay Habib  78' Manager: Valeriu Tiţa

Man of the Match: Odai Al-Saify (Jordan) Assistant referees: Mohammad Darman (Qatar) Hassan Al Thawadi (Qatar) Fourth official: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Notes

1. Diab was cautioned after the match.