2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Group B was one of four groups of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 8 July and its last matches were played on 16 July. All matches were played in Vietnam, with five of them played at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi. The group consisted of hosts Vietnam, Japan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Vietnam (H) 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

All times are UTC+7.

Vietnam vs United Arab Emirates

Main article: Vietnam v United Arab Emirates (2007 AFC Asian Cup)
Vietnam 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Huỳnh Quang Thanh 64'
Lê Công Vinh 73'		 Report
Attendance: 39,450
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
Vietnam
United Arab Emirates
GK 22 Dương Hồng Sơn
RB 16 Huỳnh Quang Thanh Yellow card 58'
CB 3 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Yellow card 78'
CB 7 Vũ Như Thành Yellow card 33'
LB 2 Phùng Văn Nhiên
CM 12 Nguyễn Minh Phương (c) downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 19 Phan Văn Tài Em Yellow card 25'
CM 14 Lê Tấn Tài
AM 17 Nguyễn Vũ Phong Yellow card 88'
CF 18 Phan Thanh Bình downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 9 Lê Công Vinh downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Nguyễn Minh Chuyên upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 21 Nguyễn Anh Đức upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 10 Huỳnh Phúc Hiệp upward-facing green arrow 90+5'
Manager:
Austria Alfred Riedl
GK 1 Majed Nasser Yellow card 63'
RB 17 Yousif Jaber
CB 6 Rashid Abdulrahman
CB 8 Haider Alo Ali Yellow card 45+1'
LB 14 Basheer Saeed Yellow card 90+3'
CM 2 Abdulrahim Jumaa (c) Yellow card 59'
CM 20 Hilal Saeed downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 13 Ahmed Dada downward-facing red arrow 70'
RF 15 Mohamed Al-Shehhi
CF 11 Faisal Khalil
LF 10 Ismail Matar
Substitutions:
MF 7 Khalid Darwish upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 18 Amer Mubarak upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
France Bruno Metsu

Man of the Match
Nguyễn Minh Phương (Vietnam)

Assistant referees:
Mustafa Taleb (Lebanon)
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Fourth official:
Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Japan vs Qatar

Japan 1–1 Qatar
Takahara 61' Report Soria 88'
Attendance: 5,000
Japan
Qatar
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
RB 6 Yuki Abe Yellow card 87'
CB 22 Yuji Nakazawa
CB 2 Yasuyuki Konno
LB 13 Keita Suzuki
RM 21 Akira Kaji
CM 14 Kengo Nakamura downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō
LM 9 Satoru Yamagishi downward-facing red arrow 74'
AM 10 Shunsuke Nakamura
CF 19 Naohiro Takahara
Substitutions:
MF 8 Naotake Hanyu upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 24 Hideo Hashimoto upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Osim
GK 1 Mohamed Saqr
RB 8 Saad Al-Shammari (c) Yellow card 49'
CB 21 Abdulla Koni
CB 13 Mustafa Abdi
LB 6 Meshal Mubarak
DM 2 Mesaad Al-Hamad Yellow card 20' downward-facing red arrow 46'
DM 17 Wesam Rizik downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 15 Talal Al-Bloushi
RF 18 Waleed Jassem downward-facing red arrow 66'
CF 23 Sebastián Soria
LF 10 Hussein Yasser Red card 90+2'
Substitutions:
MF 5 Majdi Siddiq upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 20 Adel Lamy upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 12 Magid Mohamed upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović

Man of the Match
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud (Malaysia)
Fourth official:
Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)

Qatar vs Vietnam

Qatar 1–1 Vietnam
Soria 79' Report Phan Thanh Bình 32'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Qatar
Vietnam
GK 1 Mohamed Saqr
RB 8 Saad Al-Shammari (c)
CB 21 Abdulla Koni Yellow card 77'
CB 13 Mustafa Abdi
LB 6 Meshal Mubarak
CM 17 Wesam Rizik
CM 15 Talal Al-Bloushi Yellow card 22'
RW 18 Waleed Jassem downward-facing red arrow 58'
AM 20 Adel Lamy downward-facing red arrow 73'
LW 12 Magid Mohamed downward-facing red arrow 78'
CF 23 Sebastián Soria
Substitutions:
FW 9 Sayyed Ali Bechir upward-facing green arrow 58'
DF 11 Ali Afif upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 5 Majdi Siddiq upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović
GK 22 Dương Hồng Sơn Yellow card 42'
RB 16 Huỳnh Quang Thanh
CB 3 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
CB 7 Vũ Như Thành downward-facing red arrow 55'
LB 2 Phùng Văn Nhiên
CM 12 Nguyễn Minh Phương (c)
CM 19 Phan Văn Tài Em downward-facing red arrow 82'
CM 14 Lê Tấn Tài
AM 17 Nguyễn Vũ Phong
CF 18 Phan Thanh Bình downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
CF 9 Lê Công Vinh
Substitutions:
DF 6 Phạm Hùng Dũng upward-facing green arrow 55'
MF 15 Nguyễn Minh Chuyên Yellow card 90+3' upward-facing green arrow 82'
FW 21 Nguyễn Anh Đức upward-facing green arrow 90+4'
Manager:
Austria Alfred Riedl

Man of the Match
Phan Thanh Bình (Vietnam)

Assistant referees:
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Viktor Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

United Arab Emirates vs Japan

United Arab Emirates 1–3 Japan
Al-Kass 66' Report Takahara 22', 27'
S. Nakamura 42' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)
United Arab Emirates
Japan
GK 1 Majed Nasser Yellow card 40'
RB 21 Humaid Fakher
CB 6 Rashid Abdulrahman
CB 8 Haider Alo Ali Yellow card 52'
LB 14 Basheer Saeed Red card 53'
CM 2 Abdulrahim Jumaa (c)
CM 20 Hilal Saeed
CM 5 Issa Ali Yellow card 34' downward-facing red arrow 46'
AM 7 Khalid Darwish downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 15 Mohamed Al-Shehhi downward-facing red arrow 56'
CF 10 Ismail Matar
Substitutions:
MF 13 Ahmed Dada upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 19 Saeed Al Kass Yellow card 79' upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 22 Mohammed Qassim upward-facing green arrow 56'
Manager:
France Bruno Metsu
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c) Yellow card 83'
CB 6 Yuki Abe
CB 22 Yuji Nakazawa
CB 13 Keita Suzuki downward-facing red arrow 77'
RM 21 Akira Kaji
CM 14 Kengo Nakamura
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō
LM 3 Yūichi Komano
AM 10 Shunsuke Nakamura Yellow card 42' downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF 19 Naohiro Takahara downward-facing red arrow 66'
CF 12 Seiichiro Maki
Substitutions:
MF 8 Naotake Hanyu upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 15 Koki Mizuno upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF 2 Yasuyuki Konno upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Osim

Man of the Match
Naohiro Takahara (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Fourth official:
Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Vietnam vs Japan

Vietnam 1–4 Japan
Suzuki 7' (o.g.) Report Maki 12', 59'
Endō 31'
S. Nakamura 53'
Attendance: 40,000
Vietnam
Japan
GK 22 Dương Hồng Sơn
RB 16 Huỳnh Quang Thanh
CB 3 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
CB 7 Vũ Như Thành
LB 2 Phùng Văn Nhiên
RM 15 Nguyễn Minh Chuyên
CM 12 Nguyễn Minh Phương (c) downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 14 Lê Tấn Tài downward-facing red arrow 74'
LM 19 Phan Văn Tài Em downward-facing red arrow 65'
AM 17 Nguyễn Vũ Phong
CF 9 Lê Công Vinh Yellow card 87'
Substitutions:
MF 11 Phùng Công Minh Yellow card 83' upward-facing green arrow 65'
DF 4 Đoàn Việt Cường upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 18 Phan Thanh Bình upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Austria Alfred Riedl
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c)
CB 6 Yuki Abe
CB 22 Yuji Nakazawa
CB 13 Keita Suzuki
RM 21 Akira Kaji
CM 14 Kengo Nakamura
CM 7 Yasuhito Endō downward-facing red arrow 68'
LM 3 Yūichi Komano
AM 10 Shunsuke Nakamura downward-facing red arrow 61'
CF 19 Naohiro Takahara
CF 12 Seiichiro Maki downward-facing red arrow 68'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Naotake Hanyu Yellow card 89' upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 15 Koki Mizuno upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 11 Hisato Satō upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivica Osim

Man of the Match
Seiichiro Maki (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Saeed (Maldives)
Begench Allaberdiyev (Turkmenistan)
Fourth official:
Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

Qatar vs United Arab Emirates

Qatar 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Soria 42' (pen.) Report Al-Kass 60'
Khalil 90+4'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
GK 1 Mohamed Saqr
CB 21 Abdulla Koni (c) Yellow card 46'
CB 3 Bilal Mohammed
CB 13 Mustafa Abdi Yellow card 69' downward-facing red arrow 72'
RWB 11 Ali Afif downward-facing red arrow 69'
LWB 6 Meshal Mubarak Yellow card 64'
CM 17 Wesam Rizik downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 15 Talal Al-Bloushi
CM 5 Majdi Siddiq Yellow card 45+3'
AM 10 Hussein Yasser
CF 23 Sebastián Soria Yellow card 33'
Substitutions:
MF 12 Magid Mohamed Yellow card 89' upward-facing green arrow 69'
DF 2 Mesaad Al-Hamad upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 20 Adel Lamy upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović
GK 12 Waleed Salem
RB 17 Yousif Jaber
CB 6 Rashid Abdulrahman Yellow card 40'
CB 22 Mohammed Qassim
LB 4 Ali Msarri
RM 2 Abdulrahim Jumaa (c)
CM 9 Nawaf Mubarak downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 18 Amer Mubarak Yellow card 77' downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
LM 13 Ahmed Dada
SS 10 Ismail Matar Yellow card 90+2'
CF 19 Saeed Al Kass downward-facing red arrow 78'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Faisal Khalil upward-facing green arrow 78'
FW 15 Mohamed Al-Shehhi upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 20 Hilal Saeed upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
Manager:
France Bruno Metsu

Man of the Match
Saeed Al Kass (United Arab Emirates)

Assistant referees:
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Viktor Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Satop Tongkhan (Thailand)