The South Korean team, the favorite to win the Asian Cup, faced Jordan, the second opponent in this group, in the second round of the group stage. Asian Cup Football Geography, let’s go into Jordan together. Understand the customs and customs of this country.
What is the relationship between Jordan’s country name and Jordan?
Jordan’s country name is jordan, which is exactly the same as the name of NBA superstar Michael Jordan.
2023 Men's Basketball World Cup game - United States vs Jordan. Before the game, the official social media of the Fiba Men's Basketball World Cup posted a picture to warm up, and wrote: "Jordan plays for the US team? No, this time Jordan is on the opposite side."
The foreign languages of Jordan and Jordan are not interchangeable names, they both originated from the Jordan River. The name of the Jordan River may have evolved from the Semitic word "yarad", which means "downward (flowing)".
As we all know, Christianity originated in the Palestinian region of the Middle East. Christianity has a very important influence in European and American cultural circles. When it comes to Christianity, Jesus is an inescapable figure. According to the records of the Bible and the New Testament, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River.
named Jordan (regardless of son or daughter) so that his children would not forget the place where Jesus was baptized. It has even developed into a common surname in the United Kingdom and the United States. This surname is translated into Mandarin and is Jordan.
In the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, this name is also called Jordan in Cantonese.
Jordan: The king comes from the Hashemite family, and obtained 19 kilometers of coastline in exchange with Saudi Arabia.
As a country, Jordan is located in western Asia, northwest of the Arabian Peninsula, adjacent to Palestine and Israel to the west, Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, and Iraq to the southeast. It is connected to Saudi Arabia in the south, and the Gulf of Aqaba, which borders the Red Sea in the southwest corner, is the only outlet to the sea.
Jordan has a land area of 89,000 square kilometers, which is approximately half the area of Guangdong Province. Jordan is divided into 12 provinces, with Amman as the capital.
Most of Jordan is covered by desert. Desert accounts for 78% of the country's area. The western highlands have a subtropical Mediterranean climate with a mild climate, with average temperatures ranging from 7°C to 14°C in January and 26°C to 33°C in July.
The Arab world is all coastal countries. But there are two coastal countries that are special and seem to look more like inland countries. One is Iraq and the other is Jordan.
Before 1965, Jordan's coastline was only 7 kilometers. The only port is Aqaba. However, the 7 kilometers of coastline still restricts the development of Aqaba. How to increase the coastline and optimize the port layout of Aqaba has become Jordan's top priority.
In 1965, Jordan and Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on territorial exchange. Jordan exchanged approximately 7,000 square kilometers of territory (mostly desert areas) in the Tubaiq Mountains in the southeast for two inland territories and one coastal territory (6,000 square kilometers) of Saudi Arabia.
Since then, Aqaba has developed rapidly and become an important engine for Jordan's economic development.
Although the land area of Jordan is not large. But Jordan has an important influence in the Islamic world, because the royal family of Jordan is the famous Hashemite family, the descendants of Muhammad.
Muhammad founded Islam in 622. Islamic teachings took care of the interests of the common people at that time, and more and more people converted to Islam. Therefore, Muhammad's Hashemite family has a strong appeal in the Islamic world. Later, after Muhammad unified the Arab tribes, he established the Arab Empire through conquests in the north and south.
The descendants of the Hashemite family today are the descendants of Muhammad's only daughter Fatima and his cousin Ali.
After the fall of the Arab Empire, Mecca was controlled by the Ottoman Empire (the predecessor of Turkey). The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire also respected the Hashemite family and regarded him as a holy descendant.
In modern times, in order to dismember the Ottoman Empire, countries such as Britain and France supported the Arab resistance under the guise of nationalism. The Hashemite family is the main target.
After the demise of the Ottoman Empire, Britain and France did not allow the Arabs to rebuild the empire's glory.Instead, it supported the Hashemite family to become the monarchs of the Kingdom of Transjordan, Iraq and Hijaz, achieving the purpose of divide and rule.
The Hashemite family regime supported by Britain and France, Hejaz was annexed by Najd and became the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Iraq overthrew the Hashemite family and established a republic.
Today, the only king of the Hashemite family left is Jordan.
Although today, Jordan’s economic strength is far less than that of oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, and its population (11 million) is not as large as that of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other populous countries. But the Jordanian royal family has become the only holy kingdom in the Arab world by virtue of its skillful political wisdom.
Jordan Football
The Jordan Football Association was founded in 1949 and is a member of FIFA and the AFC. Currently, Jordan ranks 87th in FIFA rankings and 13th in Asia. The Chinese team ranks 79th in FIFA and 11th in Asia.
Historically, Jordan has never advanced to the World Cup finals. The closest Jordan came to the World Cup was in the same group as the Chinese team. At that time, Jordan was in the same group as the Chinese team, Iraq, and Singapore. In the end, the Jordanian team accumulated 12 points with 4 wins and 2 losses, overwhelming the Chinese team and qualifying for the top 10 competition.
In that World Cup, Asia had 4.5 places. Jordan got 0.5 places to participate in the intercontinental play-offs. In the intercontinental play-offs, Jordan drew the South American powerhouse Uruguay.
Jordan lost to Uruguay 0-5 (0-5 at home, 0-0 away) in two rounds and missed the World Cup.
Jordan has participated in four Asian Cups before. They are the 2004 Asian Cup, 2011 Asian Cup, 2015 Asian Cup and 2019 Asian Cup. The best results were in the 2004 Asian Cup and the 2011 Asian Cup, when Jordan reached the quarterfinals both times.
In this Asian Cup, Jordan is in the same group as South Korea, Malaysia, and Bahrain. In the first match, Jordan defeated Malaysia 4-0, becoming the team with the largest goal difference in the first round of the Asian Cup group stage. Can Jordan's record in this Asian Cup be better than that of 2004 and 2011? let us wait and see.
