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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 9 – 31 January |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 61 (2.54 per match) |
Attendance | 395,896 (16,496 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
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Champion Runner-up | Third place Fourth place | Quarter-finals Group stage |
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup is the 16th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, an international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is currently being held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015.[1] The winner of the tournament will earn the right to participate in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which is to be hosted by Russia.
Australia was chosen as the host on 5 January 2011, after being the sole bidder for the right to host the 2015 tournament. The matches are being played in five different stadiums across five cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle. It is the first time that Australia has hosted the tournament, and it is also the first time the Asian Cup has been held outside the continent of Asia. As hosts, Australia automatically qualified for the final tournament, while the remaining 15 finalists (with the exception of Japan and South Korea who qualified via their position in the previous Asian Cup) were decided through a qualification process, featuring 44 teams, from February 2013 to March 2014.
Host selection
Australia initially put forward its bid to host the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in 2010.[2] As the sole bidder for the hosting rights, Australia was officially named host on 5 January 2011.[3]
Considering the efforts of the Football Federation Australia in developing the game on their territory and considering also all the achievements that have been made towards the development of football in Australia and to encourage Australia to take steps towards developing the game, I am happy and honoured to announce that the executive committee of the Asian Football Confederation has approved Australia as the host nation of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
Qualification
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The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification process determined the 16 participating teams for the tournament. In the initial scheme, ten places were determined by qualification matches, while six places were reserved for the 2015 host nation, top three finishers in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, and the two winners of the AFC Challenge Cup. Though, as the host nation Australia also finished as runners-up in the 2011 Asian Cup, the initial six automatic qualification spots were reduced to five, with a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members competed.[5]
There were two main competitive paths to the 2015 Asian Cup. The AFC Challenge Cup acted as a qualification competition for eligible countries within the emerging and developing category of member associations. The winners of the AFC Challenge Cup competitions in 2012 and 2014 qualified automatically to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup finals.[6] The remaining spots were available for the teams competing in the main Asian Cup preliminaries. The AFC decided that the 20 teams involved in the qualifiers would be drawn into five groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group and one best third-placed team from among all the groups would qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.[7]
Qualified teams
The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament.
Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance in tournament1 |
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Hosts | 5 January 2011 | 2 (2007, 2011) |
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2011 AFC Asian Cup winners | 25 January 2011 | 7 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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2011 AFC Asian Cup 3rd place | 28 January 2011 | 12 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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2012 Challenge Cup winners | 19 March 2012 | 3 (1980, 1992, 2011) |
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Group D winners | 15 November 2013 | 4 (1988, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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Group E winners | 15 November 2013 | 8 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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Group C winners | 15 November 2013 | 8 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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Group A winners | 19 November 2013 | 2 (2004, 2007) |
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Group E runners-up | 19 November 2013 | 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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Group D runners-up | 19 November 2013 | 8 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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Group B winners | 19 November 2013 | 12 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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Group B runners-up | 19 November 2013 | 9 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2011) |
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Group A runners-up | 4 February 2014 | 2 (2004, 2011) |
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Group C runners-up | 5 March 2014 | 7 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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Best third-placed team | 5 March 2014 | 10 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011) |
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2014 Challenge Cup winners | 30 May 2014 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year.
Final draw
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The draw for the final tournament was held at the Sydney Opera House on 26 March 2014.[8] The 16 participating teams were drawn into the four groups of the group stage.[9] In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots using the March 2014 FIFA World Rankings (rankings beside the qualified teams), with the host nation Australia automatically occupying the A1 position of Pot 1.[10] At the time of the draw, the identity of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup winners was not known yet, and they were automatically placed into Pot 4.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Venues
Following a hostage taking in Sydney in December 2014, security was increased for all team bases and stadiums, in addition to police escorts for all official activities.[11]
Stadiums
The five host cities for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle, were announced on 27 March 2013, with a total five stadia to be used.[12]
Sydney | Newcastle | Brisbane |
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Stadium Australia | Newcastle Stadium | Brisbane Stadium |
Capacity: 84,000 | Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 52,500 |
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Canberra | ||
Canberra Stadium | ||
Capacity: 25,011 | ||
Melbourne | ||
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | ||
Capacity: 30,050 | ||
Ticketing
Tickets for the venues were sold directly by AFC via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 16 finalists. 500,000 tickets were available for the 31 tournament matches.[13] Over 45,000 international visitors were forecast to visit Australia during the tournament.[14] Prices varied from $15 (for a seat behind the goals at a group match) to $150 (for a seat in the main stand at the final). In addition to individual match tickets, fans could buy packages to see all matches played at one specific venue.[15]
Team base camps
Each team had a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. From an initial list of 27 potential locations, the national associations chose their locations in 2014.[16] The teams will train and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases.[17]
Team | Arrival | Last match | Base camp | Group stage venues | QF venues | SF venues | Final venue |
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29 December | Melbourne | Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane | Brisbane | |||
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22 December | 19 January | Ballarat | Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney | — | — | — |
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29 December | Sydney | Brisbane & Canberra | Brisbane | |||
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31 December | Sydney | Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane | Canberra | |||
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1 January | Canberra | Brisbane & Canberra | Canberra | |||
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3 January | Cessnock | Newcastle, Brisbane & Melbourne | Sydney | |||
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23 December | 20 January | Melbourne | Brisbane & Melbourne | — | — | — |
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18 December | 17 January | Queanbeyan | Melbourne, Canberra & Newcastle | — | — | — |
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15 December | 18 January | Canberra | Sydney, Melbourne & Canberra | — | — | — |
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28 December | 17 January | Sydney | Canberra, Sydney & Newcastle | — | — | — |
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2 January | 20 January | Brisbane | Newcastle, Melbourne & Canberra | — | — | — |
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28 December | 19 January | Canberra | Canberra & Sydney | — | — | — |
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26 December | 18 January | Brisbane | Brisbane & Melbourne | — | — | — |
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27 December | Brisbane | Canberra & Brisbane | Melbourne | |||
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26 December | Gold Coast | Canberra & Brisbane | Sydney | |||
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3 January | Melbourne | Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne | Melbourne |
Broadcasting
The tournament is broadcast live by around 80 TV channels covering the whole world.[18] 800 million people were expected to watch matches,[13] with the tournament reaching a potential TV audience of more than 2.5 billion people.[19] Below is the list of confirmed broadcasting right holders for 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
Match ball
The Nike Ordem 2 was announced as the official 2015 Asian Cup match ball on 1 October 2014. The ball features the traditional colors of the tournament. The mainly white ball has a distinctive design with a mainly red graphic pattern and yellow details for better visibility. It shows the official 2015 AFC Asian Cup logo as well as a black Swoosh. The ball was designed for true flight, accuracy and control, and features Nike Aerowtrac grooves and a micro-textured casing. Nike RaDaR (Rapid Decision and Response) technology with a unique graphic upper is also utilised in its design to see the ball faster, while the three layer synthetic upper is made for optimal touch.[22]
Match officials
On 1 January 2015, AFC named 43 referees to be used in the tournament, including assistant referees, three reserve referees, and four reserve assistant referees. Each refereeing team (of which there are eleven) consisted of three match officials from the same country: one main referee and two assistant referees.[23] Three match officials from New Zealand took part in the tournament, despite that country being in the Oceania Confederation; all three regularly officiate in Australia's A-League (which also includes one New Zealand team).
Reserve refereeing teams were also kept as standby.[23]
Country | Reserve referee | Reserve assistant referees |
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Najah Raham Rashid | |
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Yudai Yamamoto | Akane Yagi |
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Mohd Amirul Izwan | Mohd Yusri Muhamad Azman Ismail |
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Muhammad Taqi Al-Jaafari | Jeffrey Goh |
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Hettikamkanamge Perera | Palitha Hemathunga |
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Ammar Al-Jeneibi |
Squads
Each country have a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) which submitted before the deadline of 30 December 2014.[24]
Group stage
The match schedule was announced on 27 March 2013.[12][25]
The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage.
As a remarkable fact all 24 games of the group stage ended with a win of a team. Moreover, in each group the first placed team won all its matches whereas the last places team always lost.
- Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[24]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference in all the group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
- Lower score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots
Group A
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Australia ![]() |
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Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
10 January 2015 | |||
South Korea ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
13 January 2015 | |||
Kuwait ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
Oman ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
Stadium Australia, Sydney |
17 January 2015 | |||
Australia ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane |
Oman ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle |
Group B
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10 January 2015 | |||
Uzbekistan ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Stadium Australia, Sydney |
Saudi Arabia ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane |
14 January 2015 | |||
North Korea ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
China ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane |
18 January 2015 | |||
Uzbekistan ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
China ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
Group C
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United Arab Emirates ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
Iran ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
15 January 2015 | |||
Bahrain ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
Qatar ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Stadium Australia, Sydney |
19 January 2015 | |||
Iran ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane |
Qatar ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
Stadium Australia, Sydney |
Group D
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12 January 2015 | |||
Japan ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle |
Jordan ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane |
16 January 2015 | |||
Palestine ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
Iraq ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane |
20 January 2015 | |||
Japan ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |
Iraq ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[24]
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26 January – Sydney | ||||||||||
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23 January – Canberra | ||||||||||
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31 January – Sydney | ||||||||||
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22 January – Brisbane | ||||||||||
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23 January – Sydney | ||||||||||
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30 January – Newcastle | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Tim Cahill
Mile Jedinak
Tomi Juric
Robbie Kruse
Massimo Luongo
Matt McKay
Mark Milligan
James Troisi
Sayed Jaafar Ahmed
Jaycee John Okwunwanne
Sayed Saeed
Wu Xi
Yu Hai
Sardar Azmoun
Reza Ghoochannejhad
Ehsan Hajsafi
Masoud Shojaei
Yaser Kasim
Younis Mahmoud
Ahmed Yasin Ghani
Yasuhito Endō
Shinji Kagawa
Shinji Okazaki
Maya Yoshida
Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
Hussain Fadhel
Ryang Yong-gi
Jaka Ihbeisheh
Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
Hassan Al Haidos
Khalfan Ibrahim
Nawaf Al Abed
Naif Hazazi
Cho Young-cheol
Lee Jung-hyup
Nam Tae-hee
Odil Ahmedov
Igor Sergeev
Vokhid Shodiev
- 1 own goal
Mohamed Husain (against United Arab Emirates)
Gao Lin (against North Korea)
Assists
- 3 assists
- 2 assists
- 1 assist
Ivan Franjic
Matthew Leckie
Trent Sainsbury
Gao Lin
Zheng Zhi
Jiang Zhipeng
Ashkan Dejagah
Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Takashi Inui
Shinji Kagawa
Masato Morishige
Hamza Al-Dardour
Saeed Murjan
Oday Zahran
Abdulaziz Al Misha'an
Mohammed Al-Siyabi
Nawaf Al Abed
Abdullah Al-Zori
Cha Du-ri
Lee Keun-ho
Server Djeparov
Jasur Hasanov
Timur Kapadze
Shavkat Mullajanov
Discipline
In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. The match review panel has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g. for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions were erased at the conclusion of the quarter-finals, and were not carried over to the semi-finals (so that a player could only be suspended for the final by getting a red card in the semi-final). The following players were or are suspended during the final tournament – for one or more games – as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:
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Group A vs Australia[26] |
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Group B vs North Korea[27] |
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Unsporting conduct towards a match official[a] | Group B vs Uzbekistan Group B vs Saudi Arabia Group B vs China PR[28] |
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Group B vs China PR[29] |
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Group B vs Saudi Arabia[29] |
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Group D vs Jordan |
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Group D vs Palestine |
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Group B vs China PR |
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Group B vs North Korea |
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Group D vs Palestine |
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Quarter-final vs China PR |
Records
The Asian Cup achieved 24 consecutive matches without a draw, the most of any major football tournament, breaking the previous record of 18 set at the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay.[30] Ali Mabkhout broke the record for fastest goal at the AFC Asian Cup, scoring after just 14 seconds for the United Arab Emirates against Bahrain.
Palestine made its first ever appearance in the Asian Cup, and scored their first ever goal at an Asian Cup in their second group match against Jordan.
Marketing
Trophy tour
The Trophy Tour commenced in China in September 2014, it then travelled to Qatar, United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Japan before arriving in Australia in December, where it was taken to all five 2015 AFC Asian Cup host cities.[31]
Opening ceremony
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The opening ceremony of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup took place on 9 January, at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, before the opening match of the tournament between hosts Australia and Kuwait.[32] The ceremony was produced by a consortium of sport event specialists Twenty3 Sports + Entertainment and creative technology firm Spinifex Group. The consortium has worked on major international sporting events including the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[33] The opening ceremony for the Asian Cup directed by Chong Lim, and featured performances by Australian DJ, singer and dancer Havana Brown, Australian indie pop band Sheppard, Indigenous Australian musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, and Australian hip-hop artists L-Fresh The Lion, Joelistics and Mistress of Ceremony.[34][35] It also featured 80 children from local junior football clubs and a performing cast of more than 120 Australian dancers, acrobats, Indigenous performers and football freestylers.[36]
Logo and mascot
The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event in Melbourne, in October 2012. Designed by Sydney agency, WiteKite.[37] The logo depicts a stylised player, kicking a football from the east coast of Australia across country towards Asia. The ball also represents the Australian summer sun arcing west from Australia to Asia. The four golden bands forming the map of Australia represent the four host cities. The design is embraced by the AFC holding device.[38]
The mascot of the tournament, "Nutmeg the Wombat", was unveiled at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo, on 11 November 2014.[39] The mascot, a wombat native to Australia, wore the colours of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, red and yellow. It was named after the football trick where a player dribbles the ball through an opponent's legs, know as a nutmeg.
Sponsorship
AFC announced ten official sponsors and six official supporters as shown below.[40]
Official sponsors | Official supporters |
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Notes
- ^ Offence committed in 2012 Summer Olympics second round qualification vs United Arab Emirates
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