 The Qatar team celebrating with the Asian Cup trophy after winning the final | |||||||
| Event | 2019 AFC Asian Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 1 February 2019 | ||||||
| Venue | Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Akram Afif (Qatar)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 36,776[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Clear 24 °C (75 °F) 53% humidity[4] | ||||||
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup final was a football match which determined the winner of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation. The match was held at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on 1 February 2019 and was contested by Japan and Qatar.
Japan had won in each of its four previous AFC Asian Cup finals, while Qatar were playing in their first, which they managed to reach without conceding a goal in the prior six matches. Qatar won the final 3–1 for their first AFC Asian Cup title, scoring twice in the first half and earning a late penalty in the second half. For Japan, this was their first defeat in an Asian Cup final. Qatari fans were largely unable to attend the tournament due to the Qatar diplomatic crisis.
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