Kuwait vs China PR: Asian Cup Live Stream on January 8, 2011 at Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar. The game will start exactly 16:15 UTC+3.
Kuwait's 20-0 win over Bhutan in 2000 was at the time the biggest ever win in international football. It was surpassed in 2001, when Australia beat Tonga 22-0. Also in 2000, Kuwait took part at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Kuwait, who last qualified for the FIFA World Cup in 1982, were drawn with Iran, Syria and the United Arab Emirates in Group Five. Kuwait ended up last in the group and ended its campaign with a 2-0 defeat in Tehran against Iran.
China have been runners-up at the Asian Cup twice: in 1984 and 2004. Although China failed to score a goal in their maiden World Cup appearance in the 2002 World Cup, losing all their matches, just qualifying for the tournament has been considered the greatest accomplishment in their football history.
As football is widely followed in China, national team success is considered to be a source of national pride. Around 300 million people tuned in to broadcasts of China's 2002 World Cup matches with a staggering 170 million new television sets being bought by citizens in order to watch their nation's first World Cup appearance. There were over 250 million viewers for the 2004 Asian Cup final, the largest single-event sports audience in the country's history.
