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Football tournament
The
AFC eAsian Cup
is an
esports
competition contested by members of the
Asian Football Confederation
(AFC). The inaugural edition of the tournament was held on 1?5 February 2024, featuring teams that participated in the
2023 AFC Asian Cup
. Indonesia are the inaugural champions.
History
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The AFC announced on 8 December 2023 that an esports tournament will be held from 1 to 5 February 2024, in conjunction with the 2023 edition of the Asian Cup. The participants of the said competition were initially 20 out of the 24 teams that qualified for the concurrent tournament.
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However, Hong Kong withdrew.
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It was held at the Virtuocity eSports Arena in
Doha
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and played on
Konami
's football video game
eFootball2024
.
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Indonesia became the first champion after beating Japan by two games to none.
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Format
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The tournament starts with the group stage in which each team plays each other twice. The top two teams per group, in addition to the four best third-placers, qualify for the knockout stage. From there, winners of each round will be determined in a
best-of-three
format including the final.
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Results
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Year
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Hosts
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Final
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Semi-finalists
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Number of teams
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Champions
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Result
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Runners-up
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1
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2023
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Qatar
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Indonesia
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2?0
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Japan
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Thailand and
Saudi Arabia
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19
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Summary
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Bold text
denotes team was host country.
Team
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Champions
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Runners-up
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Indonesia
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1 (
2023
)
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?
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Japan
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?
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1 (
2023
)
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References
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External links
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