Football Federation Australia will be represented by Chief Executive Officer Ben Buckley, Head of National Teams and Football Development John Boultbee and National Technical Director Han Berger in the Qatar capital.

They will attend meetings regarding the upcoming tournament and also in relation to Australia's bid to host the AFC Asian Cup 2015 competition.

Han Berger said he was looking forward to the draw.

"Obviously we are preparing ourselves for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but we are also looking towards another AFC Asian Cup campaign," said Berger

"Our last performance was not up to our high expectations and we will be looking to do better in Doha.

"There will be no easy draws in the competition and we are prepared for a tough tournament."

The Asian Cup Qatar 2011 will be held from January 7 to 29 next year and will feature 16 of the best teams in Asia.

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Three teams - AFC Asian Cup 2007 champions Iraq, runners-up Saudi Arabia and third-place finishers Korea Republic - received direct entry into the 2011 Finals.

India and DPR Korea qualified by winning the second-tier AFC national team competition, the AFC Challenge Cup, in 2008 and 2010. Qatar also received direct qualification as the host nation.

The remaining 10 nations (Japan, Bahrain, Australia, Kuwait, UAE, Uzbekistan, Syria, China PR, IR Iran and Jordan) took the qualifying route which began 15 months ago.

Seeding of teams

Pot 1 (teams ranked 1-4): *Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Korea Republic
Pot 2 (teams ranked 5-8): Japan, Australia, Iran, Uzbekistan
Pot 3 (teams ranked 9-11): China, UAE, Bahrain, Jordan
Pot 4 (teams ranked 12-16): Syria, Kuwait, India, DPR Korea

* Hosts Qatar have already been seeded as A1 as per the decision of the Organizing Committee for the AFC Asian Cup 2011, followed by final ranking from AFC Asian Cup 2007.