2015 AFC Asian Cup Final
The 2015 final in Stadium Australia
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| Event | 2015 AFC Asian Cup | ||||||
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| After extra time | |||||||
| Date | 31 January 2015 | ||||||
| Venue | Stadium Australia, Sydney | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Trent Sainsbury (Australia) | ||||||
| Referee | Alireza Faghani (Iran) | ||||||
| Attendance | 76,385 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 63% humidity |
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The 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final was a football match which took place on 31 January 2015 at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, to determine the winner of 2015 AFC Asian Cup. It was played between South Korea and host nation Australia. Australia won the match 2–1 in extra time. Australia, being the winner of the cup final, gained entry in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which is to be hosted by Russia.
Before the match, South Korea had reached the AFC Asian Cup final three times (1972, 1980 and 1988), finishing runners-up in all attempts since a knockout system was introduced. However, prior to such a system, South Korea had won the tournament twice (1956 and 1960). Australia had reached one final (2011) since moving to the Asian Football Confederation from the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006.
Prior to the tournament, the two finalists had previously met each other 26 times, with South Korea winning nine games and Australia ten. The two sides first met on 14 November 1967 in the final of the 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup, held in South Vietnam. Australia won the match 3–2 and secured the nation's first honour in international football. The last meeting between the two teams, a 0–0 draw, took place on 20 July 2013, at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in South Korea. Australia, who began the 2015 Asian Cup as one of the favourites, was ranked 100 in the FIFA World Rankings and tenth among AFC teams, while South Korea was ranked 69 overall, and third among AFC teams.
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