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2011 AFC Asian Cup

international football competition

Key facts

Host country: Qatar
Dates: 7–29 January
Teams: 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue: 5 (in 2 host cities)
Champions: Japan (4th title)
Runners up: Australia
Third place: South Korea
Fourth place: Uzbekistan
Goals scored: 90 (2.81 per match)
Attendance: 405,361 (12,668 per match)
Top scorer: Koo Ja-cheol (5 goals)
Best player: Keisuke Honda
Fair play award

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Results of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar from 7 to 29 January 2011. It was the second time that the tournament was hosted by Qatar, the previous occasion being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. Japan won the cup for the record-breaking fourth time after a 1–0 win against Australia, and earned the right to compete in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from AFC.

A television viewing audience of 484 million in 80 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America and North Africa witnessed Japan defeat Australia 1–0 in the final.