2023 AFC Asian Cup

The draw was held in Katara Opera House in Doha on 11 May 2023 at 14:00 AST (UTC+3).[17]

From the April 2023 FIFA World Rankings[18]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Qatar (61) (hosts)  Japan (20)  Iran (24)  South Korea (27)  Australia (29)  Saudi Arabia (54)	Iraq (67)  United Arab Emirates (72)  Oman (73)  Uzbekistan (74)  China (81)  Jordan (84)	Bahrain (85)  Syria (90)  Palestine (93)  Vietnam (95)  Kyrgyzstan (96)  Lebanon (99)	India (101)  Tajikistan (109)  Thailand (114)  Malaysia (138)  Hong Kong (147)  Indonesia (149)

Teams were drawn consecutively into Group A to F. For the first time in AFC Asian Cup history, the teams from lowest pots were drawn first but not assigned to the positions of their groups following by number orders of group stage as happened in previous editions. Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups, while next the positions of all other teams were drawn separately from Pot 4 to 2 (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Pos Team A1  Qatar A2  China A3  Tajikistan A4  Lebanon

Group B Pos Team B1  Australia B2  Uzbekistan B3  Syria B4  India

Group C Pos Team C1  Iran C2  United Arab Emirates C3  Hong Kong C4  Palestine

Group D Pos Team D1  Japan D2  Indonesia D3  Iraq D4  Vietnam

Group E Pos Team E1  South Korea E2  Malaysia E3  Jordan E4  Bahrain

Group F Pos Team F1  Saudi Arabia F2  Thailand F3  Kyrgyzstan F4  Oman

Each team had to register a squad with a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom must be goalkeepers.[19]

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[1]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they are playing each other in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2	B	Syria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	D	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	E	Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	F	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

The official logo of the tournament was launched during the final draw on 11 May 2023. The logo features a silhouette of the AFC Asian Cup trophy, with the trophy lines inspired from feathers of a falcon and petals of the lotus flower. The top of the logo is colored in Qatar's national color, maroon, while the logo's tail features an Arabic nuqta.[22]

The tournament's slogan, "Hayya Asia", translating to "Let's go Asia!", was revealed on 5 October 2023 in an event to mark 100 days until the tournament.[23]

The official match ball, the VORTEXAC23, was made by Kelme and unveiled on 10 August 2023.[24]

Official Global Partners

• Continental AG[25]
• Credit Saison[26]
• Neom[27]
• Visit Saudi[28]
• Yili Group[29]

Official Global Supporters

• Kelme[30]
• Konami (EFootball)[31]