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SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 Winner semi–final 1 Winner semi–final 28PM SYDNEY

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GROUP B GROUP D

JANUARY 9Australia KuwaitMelbourne 8PM

JANUARY 10South Korea OmanCanberra 4pm

JANUARY 13Kuwait South KoreaCanberra 6pm

JANUARY 13Oman AustraliaSydney 8pm

JANUARY 17Australia South KoreaBrisbane 8pm

JANUARY 17Oman KuwaitNewcastle 8pm

JANUARY 11 United Arab Emirates QatarCanberra 6pm

JANUARY 11Iran BahrainMelbourne 8pm

JANUARY 15Bahrain United Arab EmiratesCanberra 6pm

15 JAN 2015Qatar IranSydney 8pm

JANUARY 19Iran United Arab EmiratesBrisbane 8pm

JANUARY 19Qatar BahrainSydney 8pm

JANUARY 10Uzbekistan North KoreaSydney 6pm

JANUARY 10Saudi Arabia China Brisbane 8pm

JANUARY 14North Korea Saudi ArabiaMelbourne 6pm

JANUARY 14China UzbekistanBrisbane 8pm

JANUARY 18Uzbekistan Saudi ArabiaMelbourne 8pm

JANUARY 18China North KoreaCanberra 8pm

JANUARY 12Japan PalestineNewcastle 6pm

JANUARY 12Jordan IraqBrisbane 8pm

JANUARY 16Palestine JordanMelbourne 6pm

JANUARY 16Iraq JapanBrisbane 8pm

JANUARY 20Japan JordanMelbourne 8pm

JANUARY 20Iraq PalestineCanberra 8pm

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MONDAY, JANUARY 26 Winner quarter–final 1 Winner quarter–final 38PM SYDNEY

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 Winner Group A Runner–up Group B6:30PM MELBOURNE

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 Loser semi–final 1 Loser semi–final 28PM NEWCASTLE

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 Winner Group D Runner–up Group C8:30PM SYDNEY

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QUARTER–FINAL 2

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 Winner Group B Runner–up Group A9PM BRISBANE

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QUARTER–FINAL 3

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 Winner Group C Runner–up Group D5:30PM CANBERRA

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Reza GHOOCHANNEJHAD (Iran)

Ali MABKHOUT (UAE)

Javad NEKOUNAM (Iran)

Younis MAHMOUD (Iraq)

Khalfan IBRAHIM (Qatar)

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27 Winner quarter–final 2 Winner quarter–final 48PM NEWCASTLE

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14 Ali DAEI (Iran)

All-time leading scorer who played in three tournaments – he scored 8 in 1996 when Iran came 3rd.

3 Number of individual players

who have played in the most tournaments – 4. Li Ming, China (right), the UAE’s Adnan Al-tayani and Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavikia.

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QUALIFICATION GAMES PLAYED

258SHOTS ON TARGET

408 SHOTS OFF TARGET

84SAVES

103 GOALS

2015 ASIAN CUP FINAL

SEMI–FINAL 2SEMI–FINAL 1

QUARTER–FINAL 1 QUARTER–FINAL 4

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