AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027

AFC Asian Cup 2027: groups, schedule and the road to the round of 16

24 teams, six groups, 51 matches in Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar. Standings and qualification calls are computed from results with the official AFC tiebreakers — no odds, no predictions.

Before kick-off

No match has been played yet. Until the first result, this page shows the draw, the schedule and the rules — standings, qualification calls and bracket projections start after games are played.

Opening match Thu, Jan 7: Saudi Arabia vs Palestine

South Korea — Group E

Group page →

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0

South Korea's group matches

Match 9· Sun, Jan 10· Kick-off TBA
South Korea
vs
Yemen
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium · Jeddah
Match 22· Fri, Jan 15· Kick-off TBA
Vietnam
vs
South Korea
Kingdom Arena · Riyadh
Match 33· Wed, Jan 20· Kick-off TBA
South Korea
vs
United Arab Emirates
King Saud University Stadium · Riyadh

Times in Saudi time (UTC+3). Where the AFC has not announced the kick-off time yet, only the local date is shown.

Format

24 teams in six groups of four; each team plays the other three once (win 3 points, draw 1). The top two of every group (12 teams) and the four best third-placed teams out of six reach the round of 16. From there it is single elimination — extra time and penalties if level.

All six groups

Group A

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#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

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#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

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#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Syria	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	China	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D

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#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group E

Group page →

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group F

Group page →

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0

Full schedule →Third-place race →Knockout bracket →How it is calculated →

Schedule: AFC · Results: ESPN