2023 AFC Asian Cup final

The 2023 AFC Asian Cup final was a football match which determined the winner of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation. The match was held at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on 10 February 2024 between first-time finalists Jordan and the host country and defending champions Qatar.^[2][3]

2023 AFC Asian Cup final

Lusail Stadium hosted the final.
Event	2023 AFC Asian Cup
Jordan Qatar 1 3
Date	10 February 2024 (2024-02-10)
Venue	Lusail Stadium, Lusail
Man of the Match	Akram Afif (Qatar)
Referee	Ma Ning (China)[1]
Attendance	86,492
Weather	Clear 20 °C (68 °F) 60% humidity
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Qatar successfully defended the title after a 3–1 victory against Jordan, who were playing in their first major tournament final. Akram Afif earned a hat trick by scoring three penalties to make Qatar the first team to retain the Asian Cup since Japan in 2004.^[4]

Venue

The final was originally set to be played at the Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor. However it was moved to the higher-capacity Lusail Stadium, Lusail on 21 August 2023. This was the second match of the tournament played at the stadium, following the opening match on 12 January 2024.^[5]

Route to the final

Further information: 2023 AFC Asian Cup

Jordan		Round	Qatar
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Malaysia	4–0	Match 1	Lebanon	3–0
South Korea	2–2	Match 2	Tajikistan	1–0
Bahrain	0–1	Match 3	China	1–0
Group E third place Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Bahrain 3 6 2  South Korea 3 5 3  Jordan 3 4 4  Malaysia 3 1 Source: AFC		Final standings	Group A winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Qatar (H) 3 9 2  Tajikistan 3 4 3  China 3 2 4  Lebanon 3 1 Source: AFC (H) Hosts
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Iraq	3–2	Round of 16	Palestine	2–1
Tajikistan	1–0	Quarter-finals	Uzbekistan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)
South Korea	2–0	Semi-finals	Iran	3–2

Match

Summary

Details

Jordan	1–3	Qatar
Al-Naimat 67'	Report	Afif 22' (pen.), 73' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.)

10 February 2024 (2024-02-10)

18:00

Lusail Stadium, Lusail

Attendance: 86,492

Referee: Ma Ning (China)^[1]

Jordan

Qatar

GK 1 Yazeed Abulaila  90+4' CB 3 Abdallah Nasib CB 5 Yazan Al-Arab CB 17 Salem Al-Ajalin  45+7' RM 23 Ihsan Haddad (c) CM 21 Nizar Al-Rashdan CM 8 Noor Al-Rawabdeh LM 13 Mahmoud Al-Mardi  80' RF 10 Musa Al-Taamari CF 11 Yazan Al-Naimat  86' LF 9 Ali Olwan  18'  90+5' Substitutions: MF 18 Saleh Rateb  80' MF 25 Anas Al-Awadat  90+5' Manager: Hussein Ammouta

GK 22 Meshaal Barsham  90+16' CB 5 Tarek Salman CB 3 Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar  81' CB 12 Lucas Mendes RM 9 Yusuf Abdurisag  63' CM 24 Jassem Gaber  53' CM 20 Ahmed Fatehi CM 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)  53' LM 4 Mohammed Waad CF 19 Almoez Ali CF 11 Akram Afif Substitutions: MF 8 Ali Assadalla  90+9'  53' MF 6 Abdulaziz Hatem  53' FW 17 Ismaeel Mohammad  63' DF 16 Boualem Khoukhi  81' Manager: Tintín Márquez

Man of the Match: Akram Afif (Qatar) Assistant referees:[1] Zhou Fei (China) Zhang Cheng (China) Fourth official: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) Reserve assistant referee: Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan) Video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China) Assistant video assistant referees: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Match rules[6] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

See also

• List of AFC Asian Cup finals
• 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup final
• 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final
• 2024 Copa América final
• UEFA Euro 2024 final