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Australia The 2015 Asian Cup could double as Australia's coming-of-age in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), nine years after they joined.

As Iceland and Panama celebrate reaching the World Cup for the first time, we look back at five of the best performances from debutants.

Australia slipped to their first defeat of AFC World Cup qualifying as they were beaten 2-0 by Jordan in Group B on Thursday.

Jang Paek-ho conceded a goal that became a viral sensation, and he has been banned for 12 months for doing so deliberately.

China PR Asian Cup quarter-finalists China conclude their Group B campaign against minnows North Korea in Canberra.

Salem Al Dawsari Hatan Bahbri, Mohammed Al-Fatil, Salem Al Dawsari and Fawad Al Muwallad were on target as Saudi Arabia beat 10-man North Korea 4-0.

Though they came from behind to beat North Korea 4-1, Lebanon exited the Asian Cup in dramatic fashion.

Uli Stielike South Korea will meet North Korea for the first time in over six years, with both alive in the East Asian Cup title race heading to Sunday.

North Korea and Lebanon are both yet to win a point in this season's Asian Cup, but qualification for the last 16 is still up for grabs.

Uzbekistan Mirjalol Kasimov hailed the impact of Igor Sergeev and Ignatiy Nesterov as they guided Uzbekistan to an Asian Cup victory over North Korea.