{"id":58766,"date":"2024-02-11T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T08:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/afc-asian-cup-final-afif-hat-trick-seals-second-consecutive-title-for-qatar\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T08:13:07","slug":"afc-asian-cup-final-afif-hat-trick-seals-second-consecutive-title-for-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/afc-asian-cup-final-afif-hat-trick-seals-second-consecutive-title-for-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Asian Cup final: Afif hat-trick seals second consecutive title for Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Qatar won the AFC Asian Cup 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Qatar defeated Jordan 3-1.<\/li>\n<li>Afif finishes the tournament as the top scorer with 8 goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final, Qatar triumphed over Jordan with a score of 3-1 at Lusail Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The star of the match was Akram Afif, who scored the tournament\u2019s only hat-trick, leading Qatar to an impressive win. All three of Afif\u2019s goals were penalties, with the final one in the 95th minute securing the victory for Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>This win marked Qatar as the fifth team to win the tournament twice in a row, following South Korea (1956, 1960), Iran (1968, 1972), Saudi Arabia (1984, 1988), and Japan (2000, 2004).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Asian Cup Stay\u2019s At Doha\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\uddf6\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlAnnabi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AlAnnabi<\/a> Secures the title for the second consecutive time\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WinAsOne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WinAsOne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsianCupFinal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsianCupFinal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsianCup2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsianCup2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GjvUvFH8tI\">pic.twitter.com\/GjvUvFH8tI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Qatar Football Association (@QFA_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QFA_EN\/status\/1756366334282129508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan, playing their first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/fifa-rankings-announced-after-latest-afc-asian-cup-afcon-matches\/\">Asian Cup<\/a> final in front of a crowd of 86,492, experienced the most significant match in their history. The game was a display of skill and tenacity from both teams, resulting in a thrilling atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Afif opened the scoring with a penalty in the 22nd minute. Jordan\u2019s best opportunity came during the first half\u2019s injury time when Mousa Al-Tamari\u2019s shot was blocked by Mohammed Waad.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan managed to level the score in the second half when Yazan Al Naimat scored in the 67th minute, heightening the contest for the cup. The match reached a climactic end when Qatar was awarded another penalty in the 72nd minute, which Afif successfully converted.<\/p>\n<p>Afif rounded off his hat trick with a third penalty in the 95th minute, making him the top scorer of the tournament with eight goals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsianCup2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsianCup2023<\/a> TOP GOAL SCORER<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HayyaAsia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HayyaAsia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W3DOCVLFP7\">pic.twitter.com\/W3DOCVLFP7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 (@Qatar2023en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Qatar2023en\/status\/1756369905387995297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that Qatar had replaced their former manager, Carlos Queiroz of Real Madrid, with Tintin Marquez, a Spaniard, just a month before the Asian Cup. This managerial change, made just 30 days before the tournament, was seen as a significant risk, but it ultimately proved successful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">First-ever win: Palestine clinches Asian Cup knockout berth<\/h5>\n<p>Palestine wins first-ever Asian Cup match,\u00a03-0 vs.\u00a0Hong Kong Oday Dabbagh scores 2&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/first-ever-win-palestine-clinches-asian-cup-knockout-berth\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qatar won the AFC Asian Cup 2023. Qatar defeated Jordan 3-1. Afif finishes the tournament as the top scorer with 8 goals. In the 2023 AFC Asian Cup final, Qatar triumphed over Jordan with a score of 3-1 at Lusail Stadium on Saturday. The star of the match was Akram Afif, who scored the tournament\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FotoJet-29-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}