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The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, an international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFC Asian Cup 2015 venues and schedule unveiled )〕 The tournament was won by Australia after defeating South Korea 2–1 in extra time in the final, thereby earning the right to participate in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which is to be hosted by Russia. It will be Australia's 4th appearance at the FIFA Confederations Cup. Previously they participated in 1997, 2001 & 2005 tournaments respectively. They finished Runners-up at the 1997 tournament and finished 3rd at the 2001 tournament. The win was Australia's first Asian title since their move from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. It was also the first time a team has become champions of two confederations, following Australia's four OFC Nations Cup titles: 1980, 1996, 2000 and 2004. Australia was chosen as the host on 5 January 2011, after being the sole bidder for the right to host the 2015 tournament. The matches were played in five different stadiums across five cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle. It was the first time that Australia had hosted the tournament, and it was also the first time the Asian Cup had been held outside the continent of Asia. As hosts, Australia automatically qualified for the final tournament, while the remaining 15 finalists (with the exception of Japan and South Korea who qualified via their top three position in the previous Asian Cup) were decided through a qualification process, featuring 44 teams, from February 2013 to March 2014. The final tournament was played in two stages: the group stage and the knockout stage. In the group stage each team played three games in a group of four, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage. In the knockout stage the eight teams competed in single-elimination matches, beginning with the quarter-finals and ending with the final match of the tournament. A third-place match was also played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals (Iraq and the United Arab Emirates). Japan were the defending champions going into the tournament, having won the previous competition in 2011. They recorded their worst finish in the Asian Cup since the 1996 edition in the United Arab Emirates, being knocked out in the quarter-finals by that team in a penalty shoot-out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=UAE out title defender Japan to enter in asian cup semi-final 2015 )〕 ==Host selection== Australia initially put forward its bid to host the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/australias-bid-to-host-2015-afc-asian-cup/1dycpy337r16q1oop27e6qcu55 )〕 As the sole bidder for the hosting rights, Australia was officially named host on 5 January 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/135/950/4/index.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2015 AFC Asian Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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