2015 Asian Cup

All games live on Sky Sport. Starts this Friday with Australia opening proceddings.

Tried to download an  Asian Cup ical. Times wrong. Games 4 hours long. Palestine listed as 'qualified team'. Awkward.

The TAB odds for this will be up top on the website (once they release them), so get your bet on everyone.

The top four favourites  are Japan,South Korea, Iran and Australia.

Heart says Aussie, head says Japan or South Korea.

Haven't followed closely but I think Sth Korea have been rather meh in the build up, so maybe it is Japan who are favourites.

Hoping China gets through the group stage but that is being wishful rather than confident.

School hols so the Broadband has been taking a pounding.  

Will have to ration the football streaming over the next two weekends but will try and squeeze in:

Fri 9th, 10 pm: Aus - Kuwait 

Sat 10th, 6 pm: Sth Korea - Oman (?)

Sat 10th, 9 pm: Saudi Arabia - China

(Sun 11th, 6:30 am: Palace - Spurs) 

Wed 14th, 9 pm: China - Uzbek

Sat 17th, 9 pm: Aus - Sth Korea

Sun 18th, 10 pm China - Nth Korea

Each member of the Suckeroos will receive the following depending on how far they progress -

Group stage exit - $63,370

QF - $74, 043

3d/4th - $94,130

r/up - $105,913

Winners - $114, 609

Players will give 10% of their winnings to the PFA. 

Players are also expected to enjoy a bump in merchandising revenue from the tournament.

source - Sydney Morning Herald

Come On You Kuwait! 

Japan must be the favourites again after winning three of the last four tournaments (2000, 2004, 2011)

Japan and the Saudis have won seven of the last eight tournaments.

However you can rule out the Saudis this time as they're in a bit of a decline.

South Korea are the perennial chokers - they haven't won since 1960 but regularly make the semis.

(An incredible stat. for a major Asian team)

Apart from Japan, the Saudis and S. Korea, only four other countries have won the Asian Cup - Iran (three times), Iraq, Kuwait and Israel (and Israel are no longer part of the AFC)

Iran are another perennial choker  - they've won three times but not since 1976  - despite having excellent sides in the 1990's and early 2000's featuring very good Bundesliga players.

I kind of hope South Korea do well and finally break their 54 year duck.

I wouldn't begrudge success to the Aussies either after unluckily losing the last final to Japan in extra time 1-0. 

Also I hope Palestine put up a good show, the real underdogs whose players have been trying to train under Israeli attack and security hassles the last year and whose coach recently quit.

Also FIFA and the AFC are ahead of the UN in giving full country status to Palestine (whose people were the majority inhabitants of the territory now comprising Israel and Palestine for 1300 years before the historically small Jewish minority took over the whole area 1948-68).

Great opening ceremony. Absolutely awful animated eagles and the most truly token nod to Aboriginal culture.

For the good of the game in this part of the world, I'd like Aus to win it ... but my heart might trump my head when I actually watch them play

Anyone found any decent live streams for tonight's Ockeroos game?

Likewise. I'm not unhappy to see them do well but fear the consequences of them winning the thing. Will definitely add unpleasant emphasis to the term 'bragging rights'.

I'm one of those poor buggers who has enough ties to Australia to actually want them to win. C'mon you Suckeroos!

hahahahahaahahah that is all 

lol

http://sportlemontv.eu/?watch=Y52imJmsY6KZq2OdmKqd...

Picture, no sound

Its 1-0 to Kuwait For those not watching

10 mins in

http://www.yopika.tv/20150108/v-haha_sport_1_name-...

belatedly broadcasting now。

Crowd seems fired up!

this seems a very physical game

I'm more fired up than Pat Benetar!!!

C'mon you Roos!!!

Shades of Berisha's flopping fish antics there.

cahill equalizes in 33 minute.. Suprisingly with the right foot

I still hate Kruse

alot of australian flopping for penalties now 

I heart Timmy

Loathsome individual. Bitter pill to swallow if he scores.

That penalty area sure is slippery...

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/world-cup-2010/20...

Same old Aussies

Always che...being chopped down in the penalty area by dodgy Kuwaities!!!

LUONGO! 2-1 on the stroke of half-time.

massimo louongo puts aus 2-1 with a header 

the first was definantly not a foul, the second im not sure

Australia fully deserving their lead from what I have seen.

Bullshark.

ARE YOU WATCHING IN JAPAN???