Asian Cup 2023 Prediction and Discussion

[TopT3ns]

I don't usually watch Asian teams besides World cups although World cups clearly shows Japan and South Korea are the strongest teams in Asia. They have many familiar players from European leagues in general. On the other hand Australia (ever since they joined Asia instead of Oceania) can also be competitive in this tournament. Iran may also achieve good positions.
It is sad that China is not doing good in football yet still with a billion population.

Japan and Korea are not the best of the football teams when you compare them with the Europeans and south Americans teams. Also China, India, Iran, Saudi Arab hasn't make any impact. I wonder why the Asian teams are not so strong as compare to the rest of the world?

Maybe the hot weather in Asia is not suitable for the football game or there can be any other reason? Lack of interest in this sport 

I think we are currently talking about Asian football and not European or South American football and I think that if you don't support football matches being held in Asia then you can go to another thread that fits what you are saying and needs to be addressed. note that last season the points earned by Japan were in second place so this shows that Japan cannot be underestimated.

[mia_houston]

I don't usually watch Asian teams besides World cups although World cups clearly shows Japan and South Korea are the strongest teams in Asia. They have many familiar players from European leagues in general. On the other hand Australia (ever since they joined Asia instead of Oceania) can also be competitive in this tournament. Iran may also achieve good positions.
It is sad that China is not doing good in football yet still with a billion population.

Japan and Korea are not the best of the football teams when you compare them with the Europeans and south Americans teams. Also China, India, Iran, Saudi Arab hasn't make any impact. I wonder why the Asian teams are not so strong as compare to the rest of the world?

Maybe the hot weather in Asia is not suitable for the football game or there can be any other reason? Lack of interest in this sport 

I agree if you compare that Japan and Korea are not as good as European teams, but aren't we here discussing the Asian Cup and not the World Cup?
So it's unethical to compare the continents of asia and europe unless you are in the world cup thread, if you follow the 2002 world cup for sure you will find how japan was able to advance to the round of 16 at that time and while korea make surprised for everyone by being in the semifinals, in my opinion There are a lot of great Asian players nowadays who are able to compete with European players so you shouldn't say that Asia is long lagging behind in terms of football, besides if you say Asian people have no interest in football, you should do your research again before you say it.

[aylabadia05]

I don't usually watch Asian teams besides World cups although World cups clearly shows Japan and South Korea are the strongest teams in Asia. They have many familiar players from European leagues in general. On the other hand Australia (ever since they joined Asia instead of Oceania) can also be competitive in this tournament. Iran may also achieve good positions.
It is sad that China is not doing good in football yet still with a billion population.

Japan and Korea are not the best of the football teams when you compare them with the Europeans and south Americans teams. Also China, India, Iran, Saudi Arab hasn't make any impact. I wonder why the Asian teams are not so strong as compare to the rest of the world?

Maybe the hot weather in Asia is not suitable for the football game or there can be any other reason? Lack of interest in this sport 

Not justifying him and not blaming you either.
What Pierre 2 means in my opinion are Asian players from Japan, South Korea, many who play in Europe who can have a positive impact on their country's football, especially in the AFC Asia Cup tournament.
Then, he also does not compare Asian football with European or American football.

If you compare Asian football with European or American football, of course they are superior. However, football teams from Asia can make it difficult for European or American teams and they admit that they are overwhelmed against some teams from Asia.
This has happened in the biggest football tournaments held by FIFA such as the World Cup.

[S A KHAIR]

I don't usually watch Asian teams besides World cups although World cups clearly shows Japan and South Korea are the strongest teams in Asia. They have many familiar players from European leagues in general. On the other hand Australia (ever since they joined Asia instead of Oceania) can also be competitive in this tournament. Iran may also achieve good positions.
It is sad that China is not doing good in football yet still with a billion population.

Japan and Korea are not the best of the football teams when you compare them with the Europeans and south Americans teams. Also China, India, Iran, Saudi Arab hasn't make any impact. I wonder why the Asian teams are not so strong as compare to the rest of the world?
Maybe the hot weather in Asia is not suitable for the football game or there can be any other reason? Lack of interest in this sport 

I think we are currently talking about Asian football and not European or South American football and I think that if you don't support football matches being held in Asia then you can go to another thread that fits what you are saying and needs to be addressed. note that last season the points earned by Japan were in second place so this shows that Japan cannot be underestimated.

I really don't think China is that much interested in football. Otherwise, I think they should have done a lot better compared to what they are doing right now. and I also agree that Japan and South Korea are the strongest teams in Asia. I don't think these teams are going to be beaten by any other teams. I am actually hopeful about Iran also. maybe Saudi Arabia can also bring in some surprises this time.

[DU18]

Japan and Korea are not the best of the football teams when you compare them with the Europeans and south Americans teams. Also China, India, Iran, Saudi Arab hasn't make any impact. I wonder why the Asian teams are not so strong as compare to the rest of the world?

Maybe the hot weather in Asia is not suitable for the football game or there can be any other reason? Lack of interest in this sport 

I agree if you compare that Japan and Korea are not as good as European teams, but aren't we here discussing the Asian Cup and not the World Cup?
So it's unethical to compare the continents of asia and europe unless you are in the world cup thread, if you follow the 2002 world cup for sure you will find how japan was able to advance to the round of 16 at that time and while korea make surprised for everyone by being in the semifinals, in my opinion There are a lot of great Asian players nowadays who are able to compete with European players so you shouldn't say that Asia is long lagging behind in terms of football, besides if you say Asian people have no interest in football, you should do your research again before you say it.

I agree with what you say, due to the fact that while Asian football right now to develop and we can say that Asia is the largest football fan base besides Europe, the development of Asian football has shown a significant increase after the 2002 world cup and the evidence is that today many players from Asian who got a pretty good career at clubs from Europe.

[noormcs5]

I don't usually watch Asian teams besides World cups although World cups clearly shows Japan and South Korea are the strongest teams in Asia. They have many familiar players from European leagues in general. On the other hand Australia (ever since they joined Asia instead of Oceania) can also be competitive in this tournament. Iran may also achieve good positions.
It is sad that China is not doing good in football yet still with a billion population.

Japan and Korea are not the best of the football teams when you compare them with the Europeans and south Americans teams. Also China, India, Iran, Saudi Arab hasn't make any impact. I wonder why the Asian teams are not so strong as compare to the rest of the world?

Maybe the hot weather in Asia is not suitable for the football game or there can be any other reason? Lack of interest in this sport 

I agree if you compare that Japan and Korea are not as good as European teams, but aren't we here discussing the Asian Cup and not the World Cup?
So it's unethical to compare the continents of asia and europe unless you are in the world cup thread, if you follow the 2002 world cup for sure you will find how japan was able to advance to the round of 16 at that time and while korea make surprised for everyone by being in the semifinals, in my opinion There are a lot of great Asian players nowadays who are able to compete with European players so you shouldn't say that Asia is long lagging behind in terms of football, besides if you say Asian people have no interest in football, you should do your research again before you say it.

If there was no interest and craze for football in Asia, we would never be having the Asian cup.  Tournaments like these will give a lot of boost to the Asian teams and in the coming years, we may see the Asian teams giving tough competition to the European and the American teams.

Yeah, i also remember the 2002 world cup and it was one of the best world cup for the Asians. Thoroughly enjoyed the performance of the host nations Japan & Korea in that world cup.

[Ludmilla_rose1995]

I don't usually watch Asian teams besides World cups although World cups clearly shows Japan and South Korea are the strongest teams in Asia. They have many familiar players from European leagues in general. On the other hand Australia (ever since they joined Asia instead of Oceania) can also be competitive in this tournament. Iran may also achieve good positions.
It is sad that China is not doing good in football yet still with a billion population.

Japan and Korea are not the best of the football teams when you compare them with the Europeans and south Americans teams. Also China, India, Iran, Saudi Arab hasn't make any impact. I wonder why the Asian teams are not so strong as compare to the rest of the world?

Maybe the hot weather in Asia is not suitable for the football game or there can be any other reason? Lack of interest in this sport 

why do you compare Asian countries that have low-quality football compared to countries in America and Europe?  each country has a sport that they dominate, for example, Indonesia which has the world's best badminton, or India which has the world's best cricket team. so stop comparing things that don't need to compare.

[Jody.Drummer]

Asian Cup 2023 and we are still in 2022. It would be ideal if at the end of the year this thread appeared. However, there is nothing wrong with discussing about the national team of Asian countries which is also interesting, especially since some of us are from Asia, so we are very enthusiastic to support the national team. Some information about the 2023 Asian Cup from each country is still very minimal and will usually start to be informed 2 to 3 months before the match.

[Hamza2424]

It's really sad to see that Pakistan is not able to play this Asian cup 2023 even though we are one of the prominent country in this region. It's not that we were not able to qualify, but actually, FIFA has banned Pakistan from playing football.
The Pakistan Football Federation has been banned by FIFA for more than a year for some unknown reasons and we are not sure when this ban will be lifted. It's a sad moment for me   

Pakistan is banned for the FiFA 23 hope so fpr the next season Pakistan will be Eligible now i am hoping for the Pakistan to be in the White list of FATF first then may be there will be some chance's.

The internall political situation is not under control that is the Primary reason that People are not much interested in Soccer

[TopT3ns]

Asian Cup 2023 and we are still in 2022. It would be ideal if at the end of the year this thread appeared. However, there is nothing wrong with discussing about the national team of Asian countries which is also interesting, especially since some of us are from Asia, so we are very enthusiastic to support the national team. Some information about the 2023 Asian Cup from each country is still very minimal and will usually start to be informed 2 to 3 months before the match.

Although it still has a very long time and will happen next year, at least we can know who will play and predict which club will be the champion because we all know that Asian players are starting to be seen because they are often done and provide interesting matches. I think the Asia 2023 match field is also still being considered and hopefully the hosts of this prestigious cup can provide the best and orderly support without any kind of chaos.

[muratsink]

Asian Cup 2023 and we are still in 2022. It would be ideal if at the end of the year this thread appeared. However, there is nothing wrong with discussing about the national team of Asian countries which is also interesting, especially since some of us are from Asia, so we are very enthusiastic to support the national team. Some information about the 2023 Asian Cup from each country is still very minimal and will usually start to be informed 2 to 3 months before the match.

Even though the Asian Cup will only start in June 2023, with the graduation of the Indonesian National Team, it will be very interesting to discuss because the last time the Indonesian National Team qualified as host was in 2007 where in 2023 they were only able to participate in the Asian Cup again, how about our National Team? have the opportunity to compete against teams like South Korea, Saudi Arabia and also Iran, considering that the national team qualified for the best Arab princes.it is possible to get a hell group, but we also hope that before the host shows that Indonesia can again become the organizer of the 2023 Asian cup next year, after China withdrew as host due to covid 19 reasons

[LUCKMCFLY]

The duration of the 2023 Asian Cup is still quite long, namely 2023 and it is not the right time to discuss it at the present time. Maybe the op can lock this thread and re-open this topic when it's early 2023. My prediction is that several countries that will be able to reach the semifinals will probably be Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. These four countries have great players who in my opinion will be able to bring their countries to beat their opponents in the Asian Cup later.

Yes, there is 1 year left, but I know that it can be followed up on, I would particularly like to see this championship, seeing these styles of play in football attracts me, fortunately in the world we will see Australia that must have good football, although the truth when he played with Peru did not seem so relevant to me (I did not see it live and direct) but I did see it because I want to see the skills of the oceanic players, I think they should prepare even more because the level that the World Cup has is very high The European teams have a high level and Brazil and Argentina too, this World Cup will be very interesting, I want to see the Qatar team do a good job.

[rahmad2nd]

The duration of the 2023 Asian Cup is still quite long, namely 2023 and it is not the right time to discuss it at the present time. Maybe the op can lock this thread and re-open this topic when it's early 2023. My prediction is that several countries that will be able to reach the semifinals will probably be Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. These four countries have great players who in my opinion will be able to bring their countries to beat their opponents in the Asian Cup later.

Yes, there is 1 year left, but I know that it can be followed up on, I would particularly like to see this championship, seeing these styles of play in football attracts me, fortunately in the world we will see Australia that must have good football, although the truth when he played with Peru did not seem so relevant to me (I did not see it live and direct) but I did see it because I want to see the skills of the oceanic players, I think they should prepare even more because the level that the World Cup has is very high The European teams have a high level and Brazil and Argentina too, this World Cup will be very interesting, I want to see the Qatar team do a good job.

although it's still 1 year we have to wait for this Asian cup to be held at least we can poll and exchange ideas about football problems in Asia. Speaking for the Australian team, I think Australia will be very calculated by other Asian country teams, I don't really follow the development of the Australian team inside or outside but I really like two Australian legend players like Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka was a great striker in his era. and let's stay tuned for world cup and asia cup.

[noormcs5]

It's really sad to see that Pakistan is not able to play this Asian cup 2023 even though we are one of the prominent country in this region. It's not that we were not able to qualify, but actually, FIFA has banned Pakistan from playing football.
The Pakistan Football Federation has been banned by FIFA for more than a year for some unknown reasons and we are not sure when this ban will be lifted. It's a sad moment for me   

Look like Fifa has listened to you and has finally lifted the ban on Pakistan.  I just saw this news that FIFA Lifts Ban On Pakistan Football Federation. Don't know if they can now play the 2023 Asian cup but even if they are not able to play it, this news should serve as a positive sentiment and the nation can prepare themselves for the next edition of the Asian Cup.

"The decision was taken after FIFA received confirmation that the normalisation committee of the PFF had regained full control of the PFF's premises and was in a position to manage its finances," FIFA said in a statement.

[Ratash]

So far, many people have given support to countries that have won the cup more, because they are more prepared and have much greater opportunities than countries that are only dark horses, the average player they have is playing in European leagues, experience, skills are definitely above average, even though they can't underestimate other Asian players, because the trophy is the greatest prestige for each country that plays

Of course people will leverage the teams with the best players and with the performance that can allow them to win such a trophy i ve seen in the poll that 5 people had voted for indonesia even though they did not stand out from other teams and we don't see them on advanced rounds so i find it odd that people would predict them to win, true we might see an unexpected champion which will be really surprising.

[aylabadia05]

The duration of the 2023 Asian Cup is still quite long, namely 2023 and it is not the right time to discuss it at the present time. Maybe the op can lock this thread and re-open this topic when it's early 2023. My prediction is that several countries that will be able to reach the semifinals will probably be Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. These four countries have great players who in my opinion will be able to bring their countries to beat their opponents in the Asian Cup later.

Yes, there is 1 year left, but I know that it can be followed up on, I would particularly like to see this championship, seeing these styles of play in football attracts me, fortunately in the world we will see Australia that must have good football, although the truth when he played with Peru did not seem so relevant to me (I did not see it live and direct) but I did see it because I want to see the skills of the oceanic players, I think they should prepare even more because the level that the World Cup has is very high The European teams have a high level and Brazil and Argentina too, this World Cup will be very interesting, I want to see the Qatar team do a good job.

although it's still 1 year we have to wait for this Asian cup to be held at least we can poll and exchange ideas about football problems in Asia. Speaking for the Australian team, I think Australia will be very calculated by other Asian country teams, I don't really follow the development of the Australian team inside or outside but I really like two Australian legend players like Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka was a great striker in his era. and let's stay tuned for world cup and asia cup.

Many of Asia's top players are currently playing at the level of big European clubs such as Harry Kewel, Mark Viduka and Tim Cahill.
North Korea has Son Heung-min who became the Premier League's top scorer last season with Tottenham Hotspur.

Takumi Minamino who became Liverpool's top scorer in the FA Cup and Carabao Cup. There are also players like Azmoun from Iran who are successful in Europe including Takehiro Tomiyasu and wonderkid from Japan who is labeled as Messi Japan, Takefusa Kubo.
Very interesting.

[hyudien]

Many Asian countries are on my radar when they play. All of them are entered into this competition, and it will be interesting to wait for Asian to be the match they are looking forward to the most. Honestly, I want to see the growth of Asian countries can increase from year to year. The presence of newcomers and young players will certainly provide a different atmosphere.

[Jody.Drummer]

Even though the Asian Cup will only start in June 2023, with the graduation of the Indonesian National Team, it will be very interesting to discuss because the last time the Indonesian National Team qualified as host was in 2007 where in 2023 they were only able to participate in the Asian Cup again, how about our National Team? have the opportunity to compete against teams like South Korea, Saudi Arabia and also Iran, considering that the national team qualified for the best Arab princes.it is possible to get a hell group, but we also hope that before the host shows that Indonesia can again become the organizer of the 2023 Asian cup next year, after China withdrew as host due to covid 19 reasons

As supporters of the country of birth, we will definitely want the best for the Indonesian national team. After all, we have many achievements to be proud of, the opponent is indeed quite strong and it is not an easy start to reach the highest point. At least Indonesia can show that they can still play very well. Preparations have definitely been going on, for now it has not been fully exposed to the public.

[MAAManda]

I just discovered this interesting topic, and it became more interesting to me after seeing the voting results which showed that the majority of people chose Indonesia as a candidate for the AFC Cup champion, ROTFL . Tbh, Indonesia is a country where the majority of the population likes football, but talking about AFC cup champion, of course it is very impossible for Indonesia. Entering the AFC Cup alone has become a pride for me and my country (Indonesia). In my opinion, the teams that might win this AFC cup are Australia, Japan, South Korea and also Qatar. What do you think?

[wiss19]

It's really sad to see that Pakistan is not able to play this Asian cup 2023 even though we are one of the prominent country in this region. It's not that we were not able to qualify, but actually, FIFA has banned Pakistan from playing football.
The Pakistan Football Federation has been banned by FIFA for more than a year for some unknown reasons and we are not sure when this ban will be lifted. It's a sad moment for me   

Look like Fifa has listened to you and has finally lifted the ban on Pakistan.  I just saw this news that FIFA Lifts Ban On Pakistan Football Federation. Don't know if they can now play the 2023 Asian cup but even if they are not able to play it, this news should serve as a positive sentiment and the nation can prepare themselves for the next edition of the Asian Cup.

Yes, at least good news for Pakistan and their soccer fans they lift ban after having all things clear which create feud in this federation but sadly now they can't participate into this Asia cup because it's need qualification round which is already ended, and their quality is also not good enough that Asian soccer confederation give them any advantage.

But now it's time for them to have some good preparation and future and settle their inner issues which are having bad impact on this all and try to arrange League which allow players for having some good practice and experience for future games. Most chances they needed nearly one or two years for participation into Asian level games because right now we have nothing good coming for them in near future.