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Karimi takes AFC honour back to Iran
[FRI 10 DEC 2004 – 04:42:47 UTC]
Iran's Ali KARIMI was awarded the AFC's Player of the Year award on T
HU 09 D
EC 2004, becoming the fourth Iranian to win the honour since its inauguration ten years ago. Karimi's accomplishments include a hat trick in a 4-3 win over
Korea Rep in the Asian Cup quarterfinals and a league leading 14 goals for his club, Al Ahli of the
United Arab Emirates. A'ala HUBAIL of
Bahrain and Shunsuke NAKAMURA of
Japan were the other finalists. Awards also given include PARK Chu Young of Korea Rep as best youth player, Japan as the team of the year, and
Iraq's Adnan HAMD as best coach.
AFC matchday 7 recap
[THU 14 OCT 2004 – 05:31:17 UTC]
AFC matchday 6 recap
[WED 15 SEP 2004 – 05:33:01 UTC]
China PR, Japan square off for Asian Cup title
[FRI 06 AUG 2004 – 00:00:00 UTC]
The 2004 AFC Asian Cup final between
China PR and
Japan will cap off a wild tournament that has seen its share of lopsided scorelines as well as hotly contested matches. Surprising results in the group phase included
Uzbekistan's finish as the only team to win all three matches, each by 1-0 margins. In the same group,
Saudi Arabia flamed out with a single point, sacking coach Gerard VAN DER LEM immediately after the last match. In one quarterfinal, China PR dismissed
Iraq 3-0; the next day Ali KARIMI scored a hat trick to lead
Iran to a 4-3 win over
Korea Rep. China PR won the semifinal between the teams on penalties after Yahya GOLMOHAMMADI's attempt was saved easily by Chinese keeper LIU Yunfei. The
Bahrain-Japan semifinal was another thrilling encounter as Japan, down a goal and down a man at halftime, mounted a furious fightback to move in front. After falling behind again with five minutes left, Yuji NAKAZAWA equalised in the 90th minute with a diving header to force overtime. Keiji TAMADA scored three minutes into overtime, and although A'ala HUBAIL had a golden opportunity to tie it yet again, Japan were able to hold on for the memorable 4-3 win. The China PR-Japan final is in Beijing at 12:00 UTC on S
AT 07 A
UG 2004.
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