Asian Cup 2019 match schedule For first time, AFC Asian Cup will be contested by 24 teams GROUP A UAE Thailand India Bahrain GROUP B Australia Syria Palestine Jordan GROUP C South Korea China Kyrgyzstan Philippines GROUP D Iraq Vietnam Yemen GROUP E Saudi Arabia Qatar Lebanon North Korea GROUP F Japan Uzbekistan Oman Turkmenistan Iran 5 UAE - Bahrain GROUP STAGE All dates: January 6 Thailand - India Australia - Jordan Syria - Palestine 7 China - Kyrgyzstan S. Korea - Philippines Iran - Yemen 8 Iraq - Vietnam S. Arabia - N. Korea 9 Qatar - Lebanon Japan - Turkmenistan Uzbekistan - Oman 10 Bahrain - Thailand India - UAE Jordan - Syria 11 Palestine - Australia Philippines - China Kyrgyzstan - S. Korea 12 Vietnam - Iran Yemen - Iraq Lebanon - S. Arabia 13 N. Korea - Qatar Oman - Japan Turk’stan - Uzbekistan 14 UAE - Thailand India - Bahrain 15 Australia - Syria Palestine - Jordan 16 S. Korea - China K’stan - Philippines Vietnam - Yemen Iran - Iraq 17 S. Arabia - Qatar Lebanon - N. Korea Oman - Turk’stan Japan - Uzb’stan KNOCKOUT STAGES Round of 16 Round of 16 1 A2 C2 Jan 20 Jan 20 2 D1 B/E/F3 3 B1 A/C/D3 Jan 20 Jan 21 4 F1 E2 5 C1 A/B/F3 Jan 22 6 E1 D2 Jan 22 7 A1 C/D/E3 Jan 21 8 B2 F2 Jan 21 Quarter-finals A Winner 1 Winner 2 Jan 24 B Winner 3 Winner 4 Jan 24 C Winner 5 Winner 6 Jan 25 D Winner 7 Winner 8 Jan 25 Semi-finals 1 Winner A Winner B Jan 28 2 Winner C Winner D Jan 29 Asian Cup final February 1 © GRAPHIC NEWS Source: AFC