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	Advance to knockout stage
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

9 January 2011

16:15

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

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 6,255

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Japan

Jordan


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
RB	6	Atsuto Uchida
CB	22	Maya Yoshida
CB	4	Yasuyuki Konno
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
RW	8	Daisuke Matsui	58'
AM	18	Keisuke Honda	90'
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa
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	16	Basem Fat'hi
RM	9	Odai Al-Saify
CM	4	Baha' Abdel-Rahman
CM	15	Shadi Abu Hash'hash
LM	14	Abdallah Deeb		72'
CF	7	Amer Deeb
CF	18	Hassan Abdel-Fattah	54'
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

9 January 2011

19:15

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

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
RM	15	Abdoh Otaif		46'
CM	14	Saud Khariri
CM	6	Ahmed Otaif	15'
LM	8	Manaf Abushgeer		67'
CF	11	Nasser Al-Shamrani		56'
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
CM	7	Abdelrazaq Al Hussain	90'
CM	5	Feras Esmaeel
RW	6	Jehad Al Hussain	21'	77'
AM	19	Sanharib Malki		66'
LW	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

13 January 2011

16:15

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

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	16	Basem Fat'hi	74'
RM	9	Odai Al-Saify	4'
CM	4	Baha' Abdel-Rahman
CM	15	Shadi Abu Hash'hash
LM	14	Abdallah Deeb		69'
CF	7	Amer Deeb	66'	90'
CF	18	Hassan Abdel-Fattah		83'
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
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	7	Kamel Al-Mousa
CB	5	Osama Al-Muwallad	63'
RM	15	Abdoh Otaif		46'
CM	14	Saud Khariri
CM	17	Taisir Al-Jassim
LM	2	Abdullah Shuhail		87'
AM	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub		65'
CF	9	Naif Hazazi
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

13 January 2011

19:15

Syria	1–2	Japan
Al Khatib 76' (pen.)	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Hasebe 35' Honda 82' (pen.)

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'
CM	7	Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
CM	5	Feras Esmaeel
RW	6	Jehad Al Hussain		77'
AM	23	Samer Awad	22'	46'
LW	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'
RB	6	Atsuto Uchida	53'
CB	22	Maya Yoshida	67'
CB	4	Yasuyuki Konno
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
RW	8	Daisuke Matsui	10'	90+2'
AM	18	Keisuke Honda
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa		65'
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

17 January 2011

16:15

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

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	15	Abdoh Otaif		28'
CM	6	Ahmed Otaif
CM	17	Taisir Al-Jassim
LM	2	Abdullah Shuhail
AM	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
CF	9	Naif Hazazi		46'
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
RB	6	Atsuto Uchida	6'	46'
CB	22	Maya Yoshida		63'
CB	4	Yasuyuki Konno
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō		83'
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
RW	9	Shinji Okazaki
AM	16	Yosuke Kashiwagi
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa
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

17 January 2011

16:15

Jordan	2–1	Syria
A. Diab 30' (o.g.) Al-Saify 59'	Report	Al Zeno 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	16	Basem Fat'hi	45+1'
RM	9	Odai Al-Saify		90+2'
CM	4	Baha' Abdel-Rahman
CM	15	Shadi Abu Hash'hash
LM	14	Abdallah Deeb	48'	62'
CF	7	Amer Deeb
CF	18	Hassan Abdel-Fattah		88'
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'
CM	7	Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
CM	5	Feras Esmaeel
RW	6	Jehad Al Hussain
AM	19	Sanharib Malki
LW	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

^ Diab was cautioned after the match.

[1] Diab was cautioned after the match.

[note 1]