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

9 January 2011

16:15

Japan	1–1	Jordan
Yoshida File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Report	Abdel-Fattah File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 6,255

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Japan

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg 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 downward-facing red arrow 58' AM 18 Keisuke Honda downward-facing red arrow 90' LW 10 Shinji Kagawa CF 11 Ryoichi Maeda downward-facing red arrow 46' Substitutions: FW 19 Tadanari Lee upward-facing green arrow 46' FW 9 Shinji Okazaki upward-facing green arrow 58' MF 14 Jungo Fujimoto upward-facing green arrow 90' Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni

File:JPN-JOR 2011-01-08.svg

GK 1 Amer Shafi RB 3 Suleiman Al-Salman CB 8 Bashar Bani Yaseen CB 17 Hatem Aqel (c) Yellow card 43' downward-facing red arrow 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 downward-facing red arrow 72' CF 7 Amer Deeb CF 18 Hassan Abdel-Fattah Yellow card 54' Substitutions: FW 21 Ahmad Abdel-Halim upward-facing green arrow 72' DF 5 Mohammad Al-Dmeiri upward-facing green arrow 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Report	A. Al Hussain File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', 63'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 15,768

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Saudi Arabia

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Syria

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

File:KSA-SYR-2011-01-08.svg

GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c) RB 2 Belal Abduldaim Yellow card 86' CB 3 Ali Diab CB 17 Abdulkader Dakka LB 13 Nadim Sabagh CM 7 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain Yellow card 90' CM 5 Feras Esmaeel RW 6 Jehad Al Hussain Yellow card 21' downward-facing red arrow 77' AM 19 Sanharib Malki downward-facing red arrow 66' LW 14 Wael Ayan downward-facing red arrow 83' CF 12 Mohamed Al Zeno Substitutions: MF 11 Adel Abdullah upward-facing green arrow 66' MF 9 Qusay Habib upward-facing green arrow 77' MF 23 Samer Awad upward-facing green arrow 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 17,349

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Jordan

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg 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 Yellow card 74' RM 9 Odai Al-Saify Yellow card 4' CM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman CM 15 Shadi Abu Hash'hash LM 14 Abdallah Deeb downward-facing red arrow 69' CF 7 Amer Deeb Yellow card 66' downward-facing red arrow 90' CF 18 Hassan Abdel-Fattah downward-facing red arrow 83' Substitutions: MF 10 Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek Yellow card 85' upward-facing green arrow 69' FW 21 Ahmad Abdel-Halim upward-facing green arrow 83' MF 23 Anas Hijah upward-facing green arrow 90' Manager: Adnan Hamad

File:JOR-KSA 2011-01-13.svg

GK 1 Waleed Abdullah CB 3 Osama Hawsawi CB 7 Kamel Al-Mousa CB 5 Osama Al-Muwallad Yellow card 63' RM 15 Abdoh Otaif downward-facing red arrow 46' CM 14 Saud Khariri CM 17 Taisir Al-Jassim LM 2 Abdullah Shuhail downward-facing red arrow 87' AM 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub downward-facing red arrow 65' CF 9 Naif Hazazi CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani (c) Substitutions: FW 11 Nasser Al-Shamrani upward-facing green arrow 46' MF 18 Nawaf Al-Abed upward-facing green arrow 65' MF 16 Abdullaziz Al-Dosari upward-facing green arrow 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' (pen.)	Report	Hasebe File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Honda File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' (pen.)

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 10,453

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Syria

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Japan

GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c) RB 2 Belal Abduldaim CB 3 Ali Diab Yellow card CB 17 Abdulkader Dakka Yellow card 61' LB 13 Nadim Sabagh Yellow card 90+4' Yellow-red card 90+5' CM 7 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain CM 5 Feras Esmaeel RW 6 Jehad Al Hussain downward-facing red arrow 77' AM 23 Samer Awad Yellow card 22' downward-facing red arrow 46' LW 14 Wael Ayan CF 12 Mohamed Al Zeno downward-facing red arrow 64' Substitutions: FW 10 Firas Al Khatib upward-facing green arrow 46' FW 19 Sanharib Malki upward-facing green arrow 64' FW 18 Abdul Fattah Al Agha Yellow card 90' upward-facing green arrow 77' Manager: Valeriu Tiţa

File:SYR-JPN 2011-01-13.svg

GK 1 Eiji Kawashima Red card 72' RB 6 Atsuto Uchida Yellow card 53' CB 22 Maya Yoshida Yellow card 67' CB 4 Yasuyuki Konno LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo CM 7 Yasuhito Endō CM 17 Makoto Hasebe (c) RW 8 Daisuke Matsui Yellow card 10' downward-facing red arrow 90+2' AM 18 Keisuke Honda LW 10 Shinji Kagawa downward-facing red arrow 65' CF 11 Ryoichi Maeda downward-facing red arrow 75' Substitutions: FW 9 Shinji Okazaki upward-facing green arrow 65' GK 21 Shusaku Nishikawa upward-facing green arrow 75' MF 13 Hajime Hosogai upward-facing green arrow 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 13', 80' Maeda File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 51'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 2,022

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Saudi Arabia

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Japan

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

File:KSA-JPN 2011-01-17.svg

GK 21 Shusaku Nishikawa RB 6 Atsuto Uchida Yellow card 6' downward-facing red arrow 46' CB 22 Maya Yoshida downward-facing red arrow 63' CB 4 Yasuyuki Konno LB 5 Yuto Nagatomo CM 7 Yasuhito Endō downward-facing red arrow 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 upward-facing green arrow 46' DF 3 Daiki Iwamasa upward-facing green arrow 63' MF 15 Takuya Honda upward-facing green arrow 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (o.g.) Al-Saify File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report	Al Zeno File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 9,849

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Jordan

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg 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 Yellow card 45+1' RM 9 Odai Al-Saify downward-facing red arrow 90+2' CM 4 Baha' Abdel-Rahman CM 15 Shadi Abu Hash'hash LM 14 Abdallah Deeb Yellow card 48' downward-facing red arrow 62' CF 7 Amer Deeb CF 18 Hassan Abdel-Fattah downward-facing red arrow 88' Substitutions: MF 10 Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek upward-facing green arrow 62' FW 21 Ahmad Abdel-Halim upward-facing green arrow 88' MF 23 Anas Hijah upward-facing green arrow 90+2' Manager: Adnan Hamad

File:JOR-SYR 2011-01-17.svg

GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c) Yellow card 53' RB 2 Belal Abduldaim Yellow card 47' downward-facing red arrow 78' CB 3 Ali Diab downward-facing red arrow 63' CB 17 Abdulkader Dakka LB 23 Samer Awad downward-facing red arrow 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 upward-facing green arrow 63' MF 20 Louay Chanko upward-facing green arrow 63' MF 9 Qusay Habib upward-facing green arrow 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)