Group A winners Uzbekistan beat Group B runners-up Jordan 2-1 in Friday's second quarterfinal in front of 16, 000 fans at Doha's 40, 000-capacity KhalifaStadium.
Second-half goals from Odil Akhmedov and Server Djeparov gave Uzbekistan all three points in a match played in front of a capacity 40, 000-crowd at the KhalifaStadium.
Qatar went into the match at Doha's KhalifaStadium knowing that only a win would do, and the stakes were raised when Uzbekistan beat Kuwait in the day's earlier Group A match for a second successive victory.