AFC Asian Cup 2023: Malaysia's fixtures, schedule, squad, telecast and more

Malaysia are playing AFC Asian Cup after 17 years.

The 2023 AFC Asian Cup Qatar, will be the 18th edition of Asia’s biggest and most prestigious football tournament. The tournament involves 24 teams, who have been divided into six groups of four each. 

Malaysia are playing in the AFC Asian Cup after 17 years after co-hosting the flagship tournament in 2007. Also, the ASEAN national has qualified for the tournament on merit after 44 years.

Things are turning out well after their Malaysian FA put serious efforts, especially in the last 4-5 years. The Malays are unbeaten in the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and the recent friendlies they have played of late.

Teams 

Group E

South Korea

Bahrain

Jordan

Malaysia

Format

The 24 participating nations have all been divided into six groups of four teams each, where they will compete in a single round robin format. 

Upon the completion of all group games, the top two teams from the group will make it to the knockouts, whereas the best four among the third-placed teams will qualify for the round of 16. 

Thereon, the teams will play in a series of single-legged knockout games, that will ultimately lead to the showdown for the continent’s most prestigious football title.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they are playing each other in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Venue

The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be played across five different cities, which include a total of nine stadiums, among which there is the Lusail Stadium, which hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup final.

Among the other stadiums, are Al Bayt Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Education City Stadium, Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Khalifa International Stadium, Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium and Al Janoub Stadium.

Telecast 

The AFC Asian Cup matches will be telecast live on Sports18 Network. Live streaming of the AFC Asian Cup will be available on the JioCinema app and website. For worldwide broadcast, click here.

Malaysia’s fixtures at the 2023 Asian Cup

Date	Fixture	Time (IST)
January15	Malaysia 0-4 Jordan – Report	11:00 PM
January 20	Bahrain  1-0  Malaysia – Report	8:00 PM
January 25	South Korea 3-3 Malaysia – Report	5:00 PM

AFC Asian Cup 2023 Malaysia Men’s football team – full squad

Goalkeepers: Azri Ghani, Syihan Hazmi, Sikh Izhan Nazrel

Defenders: Matthew Davies, Shahrul Saad, Daniel Ting, Syahmi Safari, Dominic Tan, Junior Eldsta, Dion Cools, Corbin Ong, Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee

Midfielders:  Stuart Wilkin, Endrick Dos Santos, Syamer Kutty Abba, Brendan Gan, Afiq Fazail, Natxo Insa

Forwards: Faisal Halim, Darren Lok, Safawi Rasid, Arif Aiman Hanapi, Mohamadou Sumareh, Paulo Josue, Akhyar Rashid, Romel Morales

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