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Asian Cup 2015: Qatar to set up base in Canberra [Peninsula, The (Qatar)](Peninsula, The (Qatar) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Australian and Al Gharafa midfielder Mark Bresciano (left), Hani Balan, Qatar Football Association Executive Committee Member and Pablo Kang (right), Australian Ambassador to the UAE and Qatar during Match Australia, an International Sports Business Program organised by Australian Government, Australian Trade Commission and Australia Unlimited, held in Doha on Thursday. The AFC Asian Cup 2015 will be held from January 9 to 31 in Australia. Doha: Qatar football team will set up their base in Canberra ten days before the kickoff of the AFC Asian Cup 2015, an official of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) said here. "We will be based in Canberra and we will go ten days before our first match as we want to get used to the conditions in Qatar," said Mansoor Al Ansari, Director of National Teams Committee of QFA. Qatar will face UAE in their first match of the AFC Asian Cup 2015 to be held in Australia from January 9 to 31. Sixteen teams from Asia have qualified for the tournament. The Peninsula Asian Cup Past Winners Japan: 4 times (1992*, 2000, 2004, 2011) Saudi Arabia: 3 times (1984, 1988, 1996) Iran: 3 times (1968*, 1972, 1976*) South Korea: 2 times (1956, 1960*) Israel: 1 (1964*) Kuwait: 1 (1980*) Iraq: 1 (2007) NB: Israel was expelled from the AFC in the early 1970s and eventually became a member of UEFA 2015 Asian Cup Group Fixtures Group A: Australia, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Oman 09 Jan 2015: Australia vs Kuwait at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 10 Jan 2015: Korea Republic vs Oman at Canberra Stadium 13 Jan 2015: Kuwait vs Korea Republic at Canberra Stadium 13 Jan 2015: Oman vs Australia at Stadium Australia 17 Jan 2015 Australia vs Korea Republic at Brisbane Stadium 17 Jan 2015 Oman vs Kuwait at Newcastle Stadium Group B: Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Korea DPR, China PR 10 Jan 2015: Uzbekistanvs Korea DPR at Stadium Australia 10 Jan 2015: Saudi Arabia vs China PR at Brisbane Stadium 14 Jan 2015: Korea DPR vs Saudi Arabia at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 14 Jan 2015: China PR vs Uzbekistan at Brisbane Stadium 18 Jan 2015: Uzbekistan vs Saudi Arabia at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 18 Jan 2015 China PR vs Korea DPR at Canberra Stadium Group C: UAE, Iran, Bahrain, Qatar 11 Jan 2015: UAE vs Qatar at Canberra Stadium 11 Jan 2015: Iran vs Bahrain at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 15 Jan 2015: Bahrainvs UAE at Canberra Stadium 15 Jan 2015: Qatar vs Iran at Stadium Australia 19 Jan 2015: Iran vs UAE at Brisbane Stadium 19 Jan 2015: Qatar vs Bahrain at Stadium Australia Group D: Japan, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq 12 Jan 2015: Japan vs Palestine at Newcastle Stadium 12 Jan 2015: Jordan vs Iraq at Brisbane Stadium 16 Jan 2015: Palestine vs Jordan at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 16 Jan 2015: Iraq vs Japan at Brisbane Stadium 20 Jan 2015: Japan vs Jordan at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 20 Jan 2015: Iraq vs Palestine at Canberra Stadium (c) 2014 Dar Al Sharq Press, Printing & Distribution. All Rights Reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |