Thailand and Indonesia teams won tickets to the round of 16 best teams of Asian Cup 2023

The 2023 Asian Cup Round of 16 has officially determined the 16 best teams participating after the final round of matches in Group F ended.

Đội tuyển Thái Lan và Indonesia giành vé vào vòng 16 đội Asian Cup 2023

A match of the Thai team at the 2023 Asian Cup. (Source: Xinhua)

Determine the 16 teams in the round of 16

Indonesia became the last team to advance from the group stage after Oman dropped a regrettable victory against Kyrgyzstan in a "life-or-death" match.

Oman had a big advantage to go through thanks to Muhsen Al Ghassani's goal in the 8th minute but let Joel Kojo score to seal the result 1-1 for Kyrgyzstan at the end of the match.

The result was enough for Oman and Kyrgyzstan to see Indonesia become the last team to advance straight to the knockout round as one of the four best third-placed teams.

This is also the first time in history that Indonesia has participated in the knockout round after 4 times participating and stopping in the group stage.

Thus, Indonesia and Thailand are the two Southeast Asian representatives participating in the knockout round of the 2023 Asian Cup, while Malaysia and Vietnam are eliminated.

The Vietnamese team is one of three teams that did not win any points at the tournament in Qatar, along with India and Hong Kong (China).

Before Indonesia, Bahrain also won the 15th ticket after a 1-0 victory over Jordan in the final match of Group E thanks to a goal by Abdulla Yusuf.

The win even pushed Bahrain to the top spot on a day when neither South Korea nor Jordan seemed to want the spot.

South Korea drew 3-3 with Malaysia and won second place in the group, while Jordan fell from the leading position to third place in Group F.

Thus, the 16 teams participating in the round of 16 include Qatar, Tajikistan (group A), Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria (group B), Iran, UAE, Palestine (group C), Iraq, Japan, Indonesia (group D), Bahrain, South Korea, Jordan (group E), Saudi Arabia and Thailand (group F).

Determine the matches of the 1/8 round of Asian Cup 2023

With the participation of most of the strong teams, the 1/8 round of the 2023 Asian Cup promises to be very attractive and dramatic because for the teams, each match can be considered a "final".

This round will start on January 28 and end on January 31.

The highlight of the first knockout round is the high-profile match between Saudi Arabia and South Korea - two big teams in Asian football.

The match between Saudi Arabia and South Korea will take place at 11pm on January 30 at Education City Stadium.

Another notable match is the confrontation between Iraq and Jordan. After "avoiding" the top spot, Jordan became the team that won the wild card to meet Iraq in this round at 6:30 p.m. on January 29.

Meanwhile, two Southeast Asian teams, Indonesia and Thailand, will have to face teams that are rated higher.

The Indonesian team will compete with Australia at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium at 6:30 p.m. on January 28. This is also the opening match of the round of 16.

Meanwhile, the Thai team will meet Uzbekistan at 6:30 p.m. at Al Janoub Stadium on January 30.

In addition to the above matches, the round of 16 has many other exciting matches that are highly anticipated.

Host Qatar will continue their journey to defend their title by facing the underdog Palestine.

Qatar is also one of the bright candidates for this year's championship, especially after what they showed in the group stage, to be the two teams with all wins, along with Iraq.

The defending champions put their best foot forward with a 3-0 win over Lebanon on the opening day, before beating Tajikistan and China 1-0.

Asia's number 1 team, Japan, surprisingly had an easy time when their opponent was only Bahrain, the team that beat Jordan and South Korea to take the top spot in Group E.

The Iranian team is also expected not to face too many difficulties when the opponent is only Syria. The remaining match will be a competition between UAE and Tajikistan.