The four quarterfinals of the Qatar Asian Cup are all over, and the top 4 are all here: South Korea, Jordan, Iran, and Qatar. Japan, the biggest favourites and No. 1 team in Asia, has gone home, which is a bit of a mess. In addition, hosts Qatar advanced through a penalty shootout, while Jordan made history by advancing to the last four for the first time.
In the first half, Nijmat fell to the ground in the penalty area, but referee Fu Ming did not award a penalty. Jordan broke the deadlock in the second half when Nasib's header resulted in an own goal, the only goal of the game. This is the first time in Jordan's history that Jordan has reached the semi-finals of the Asian Cup. Prior to that, their best results in the Asian Cup were the quarter-finals, in 2004 and 2011.
South Korea and Australia played an up-and-down match, with Goodwin opening the scoring in the first half, and in second-half stoppage time, Son Heung-min converted a penalty and Hwang Hee-chan converted it to make it 1-1. In extra time, Son Heung-min stepped up and scored from a free kick to help South Korea defeat Australia 2-1 and take the bus to the top four.
In the first half, Hidemasa Morita took the lead for Japan, and in the second half, Mohebi scored an equalizer, and in stoppage time, Japan sent a penalty and Jahanbakhsh scored a penalty to beat Japan 2-1.
Hosts Qatar faced Uzbekistan in the first half, with Haydos' pass causing the goalkeeper to set up an own goal, and in the second half, Hamrobekov scored the equaliser. The score of extra time did not change, and in the penalty shootout, Qatar took the last train to the top four with a score of 3-2 and an aggregate score of 4-3.