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After years of beating the tar out of the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea and Tonga, Australia decided it was time to leave the Oceania Football Confederation and take on more formidable foes. Participation in the 2007 Asian [...]

Sixteen teams will contest the final rounds of the AFC Asian Cup 2007, which will, for the first time, be co-hosted by four nations – Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. To determine the 12 countries that will join the four host nations in the finals in July 2007, a qualification competition is to be held in 2006.
Asian Cup 2007 FINAL ROUNDS
Sixteen teams will qualify for the final rounds – the six winners and runners-up of the qualifying round groups, and the host associations Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The tournament from July 7 to 29, 2007 will be split into two stages with a round-robin group stage and a knockout stage.

Asian Cup GROUP STAGE
The 16 finalists will be seeded and divided into four groups of four teams each during the final round draw. Each team plays each of the other teams in the same group according to a league system (three points for a win, one point for a draw, no points for a defeat). The winners and runners-up in each group will advance to the quarter-finals.