Group C was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches were played on 10 January and its last matches were played on 18 January. All six group matches were played at venues in Doha, Qatar. The group consisted of Australia, South Korea, 2008 AFC Challenge Cup champions India and Bahrain.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 
| 2 | .svg.png.webp) South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | 
All times are UTC+3.
India vs Australia
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Korea Republic vs Bahrain
| South Korea .svg.png.webp) | 2–1 |  Bahrain | 
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| Koo Ja-cheol  41', 56' | Report | Aaish  85' (pen.) | 
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Australia vs Korea Republic
| Australia .svg.png.webp) | 1–1 | .svg.png.webp) South Korea | 
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| Jedinak  62' | Report | Koo Ja-cheol  24' | 
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Bahrain vs India
| Bahrain  | 5–2 |  India | 
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| Aaish  8' (pen.) Abdullatif  16', 19', 35', 77' | Report | Gouramangi  9' Chhetri[lower-alpha 1]  52' | 
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Korea Republic vs India
| South Korea .svg.png.webp) | 4–1 |  India | 
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| Ji Dong-won  6', 23' Koo Ja-cheol  9' Son Heung-min  81' | Report | Chhetri  12' (pen.) | 
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Australia vs Bahrain
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Notes
- ↑ Clarification on goalscorers: the second Indian goal is credited to Sunil Chhetri, who headed in a rebound after a shot from Renedy Singh hit the underside of the bar and bounced behind the goal line. However, as the officials did not indicate a goal was scored at that earlier point but only after Chhetri headed into the net, Renedy cannot be credited with the goal.






