AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.
Summary edit
First four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group. Since 1972, the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage. Since 2019, no third place play-off has been played; from 2023, losing semi-finalists are ranked by the AFC based on goal difference in the semi-finals.[1]
Bold text denotes team was host country.
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Top 4 total |
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Japan | 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) | 1 (2019) | — | 1 (2007) | — | 6 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 (1984, 1988, 1996) | 3 (1992, 2000, 2007) | — | — | — | 6 |
Iran | 3 (1968, 1972, 1976) | — | 5 (1980, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2023) | 1 (1984) | 1 (2019) | 10 |
South Korea | 2 (1956, 1960) | 4 (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015) | 4 (1964, 2000, 2007, 2011) | 1 (2023) | — | 11 |
Qatar | 2 (2019, 2023) | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Israel | 1 (1964) | 2 (1956, 1960) | 1 (1968) | — | — | 4 |
Kuwait | 1 (1980) | 1 (1976) | 1 (1984) | 1 (1996) | — | 4 |
Australia | 1 (2015) | 1 (2011) | — | — | — | 2 |
Iraq | 1 (2007) | — | — | 2 (1976, 2015) | — | 3 |
China | — | 2 (1984, 2004) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1988, 2000) | — | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | — | 1 (1996) | 1 (2015) | 1 (1992) | 1 (2019) | 4 |
India | — | 1 (1964) | — | — | — | 1 |
Myanmar[a] | — | 1 (1968) | — | — | — | 1 |
Jordan | — | 1 (2023) | — | — | — | 1 |
Hong Kong | — | — | 1 (1956) | 1 (1964) | — | 2 |
Chinese Taipei[b] | — | — | 1 (1960) | 1 (1968) | — | 2 |
Thailand | — | — | 1 (1972) | — | — | 1 |
Vietnam[c] | — | — | — | 2 (1956, 1960) | — | 2 |
Cambodia[d] | — | — | — | 1 (1972) | — | 1 |
North Korea | — | — | — | 1 (1980) | — | 1 |
Bahrain | — | — | — | 1 (2004) | — | 1 |
Uzbekistan | — | — | — | 1 (2011) | — | 1 |
General statistics by tournament edit
Debut of national teams edit
Year | Debuting teams | Successor teams | ||
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Teams | No. | Cum. | ||
1956 | Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, South Vietnam | 4 | 4 | |
1960 | Republic of China | 1 | 5 | |
1964 | India | 1 | 6 | |
1968 | Iran, Burma | 2 | 8 | |
1972 | Iraq, Khmer Republic, Kuwait, Thailand | 4 | 12 | |
1976 | China, Malaysia, South Yemen | 3 | 15 | |
1980 | Bangladesh, North Korea, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates | 5 | 20 | |
1984 | Saudi Arabia, Singapore | 2 | 22 | |
1988 | Bahrain, Japan | 2 | 24 | |
1992 | None | 0 | 24 | |
1996 | Indonesia, Uzbekistan | 2 | 26 | |
2000 | Lebanon | 1 | 27 | |
2004 | Jordan, Oman, Turkmenistan | 3 | 30 | |
2007 | Australia | 1 | 31 | Vietnam |
2011 | None | 0 | 31 | |
2015 | Palestine | 1 | 32 | |
2019 | Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Yemen | 3 | 35 | |
2023 | Tajikistan | 1 | 36 |
Overall team records edit
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[9][10]
- As of 2023 AFC Asian Cup
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | Iran | 15 | 74 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 143 | 55 | +88 | 155 |
2 | South Korea | 15 | 73 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 117 | 74 | +43 | 133 |
3 | Japan | 10 | 53 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 111 |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 11 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 74 | 50 | +24 | 84 |
5 | China | 13 | 59 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 88 | 66 | +22 | 84 |
6 | Qatar | 11 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 69 |
7 | Iraq | 10 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 61 |
8 | United Arab Emirates | 11 | 48 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 61 |
9 | Kuwait | 10 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 55 |
10 | Uzbekistan | 8 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 52 |
11 | Australia | 5 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 50 |
12 | Jordan | 5 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 37 |
13 | Syria | 7 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 29 |
14 | Israel | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 27 |
15 | Bahrain | 7 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 27 |
16 | Thailand | 8 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 20 |
17 | Oman | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 14 |
18 | North Korea | 5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 11 |
19 | Indonesia | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 11 |
20 | India | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 10 |
21 | Vietnam | 5 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 9 |
22 | Myanmar | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
23 | Malaysia | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 7 |
24 | Lebanon | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 6 |
25 | Palestine | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 6 |
26 | Tajikistan | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 |
27 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 |
28 | Singapore | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
29 | Cambodia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 |
30 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 |
31 | Hong Kong | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 3 |
32 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 |
33 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
34 | South Yemen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
35 | Yemen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
36 | Bangladesh | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 |
- Vietnam consist of South Vietnam.
Comprehensive team results by tournament edit
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For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
Team | 1956 (4) | 1960 (4) | 1964 (4) | 1968 (5) | 1972 (6) | 1976 (6) | 1980 (10) | 1984 (10) | 1988 (10) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (12) | 2004 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (24) | 2027 (24) | Total |
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West Asian members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | Part of UK | × | • | × | •• | × | GS | • | × | • | 4th | GS | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | 7 | |||
Iraq | Not an AFC member | GS | 4th | × | × | × | × | QF | QF | QF | 1st | QF | 4th | R16 | R16 | Q | 11 | |||
Jordan | Not an AFC member | • | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | QF | • | QF | GS | R16 | 2nd | 5 | ||||
Kuwait | Not an AFC member | × | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | GS | • | 4th | QF | GS | • | GS | GS | × | • | 10 | |||
Lebanon | Not an AFC member | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | GS | • | × | • | • | GS | GS | 3 | |||
Oman | Not an AFC member | • | × | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | R16 | GS | 5 | |||||||
Palestine | Not an AFC member | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | R16 | 3 | |||||||||||
Qatar | Part of United Kingdom | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | QF | GS | 1st | 1st | Q | 12 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | Not an AFC member | •• | × | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | Q | 12 | ||||
Syria | Not an AFC member | • | × | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | R16 | 7 | ||||
United Arab Emirates | Part of United Kingdom | × | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | • | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | R16 | Q | 12 | ||||
Yemen | Not an AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |||||||
Central Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Iran | × | • | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | QF | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | SF | 3rd | Q | 16 |
Kyrgyzstan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | × | • | • | R16 | GS | 2 | ||||||||||
Tajikistan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | QF | 1 | ||||||||||
Turkmenistan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | GS | × | • | • | GS | • | 2 | ||||||||||
Uzbekistan | Part of Soviet Union | GS | GS | QF | QF | 4th | QF | R16 | QF | Q | 9 | |||||||||
South Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh | Part of Pakistan | × | GS | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
India | × | • | 2nd | • | × | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | GS | 5 | |
East Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
China | Not an AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | 13 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | • | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | OFC member | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
Hong Kong | 3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 4 | |
Japan | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | QF | Q | 11 |
North Korea | Not an AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 5 | |||||
South Korea | 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | 4th | 15 | |
Southeast Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | OFC member | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | Q | 6 | ||||||||||||
Cambodia | • | × | × | • | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Indonesia | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | × | R16 | 5 | |
Malaysia | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | 4 | |
Myanmar | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Philippines | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |
Singapore | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Thailand | × | × | • | • | 3rd | •• | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | R16 | R16 | 8 | |
Vietnam | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | QF | • | • | QF | GS | 5 | |
Former AFC Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Israel | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | •• | Expelled from AFC | UEFA member | 4 | ||||||||||||
South Yemen | GS | × | × | • | Part of Yemen | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Team | 1956 (4) | 1960 (4) | 1964 (4) | 1968 (5) | 1972 (6) | 1976 (6) | 1980 (10) | 1984 (10) | 1988 (10) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (12) | 2004 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (24) | 2027 (24) | Total |
Results of host nations edit
Year | Host nation | Finish |
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1956 | Hong Kong | Third place |
1960 | South Korea | Champions |
1964 | Israel | Champions |
1968 | Iran | Champions |
1972 | Thailand | Third place |
1976 | Iran | Champions |
1980 | Kuwait | Champions |
1984 | Singapore | Group stage |
1988 | Qatar | Group stage |
1992 | Japan | Champions |
1996 | United Arab Emirates | Runners-up |
2000 | Lebanon | Group stage |
2004 | China | Runners-up |
2007 | Indonesia | Group stage |
Malaysia | Group stage | |
Thailand | Group stage | |
Vietnam | Quarter-finals | |
2011 | Qatar | Quarter-finals |
2015 | Australia | Champions |
2019 | United Arab Emirates | Semi-finals |
2023 | Qatar | Champions |
2027 | Saudi Arabia | TBD |
Results of defending finalists edit
Year | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish |
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1960 | South Korea | Champions | Israel | Runners-up |
1964 | South Korea | Third place | Israel | Champions |
1968 | Israel | Third place | India | did not qualify |
1972 | Iran | Champions | Burma | Withdrew |
1976 | Iran | Champions | South Korea | did not qualify |
1980 | Iran | Third place | Kuwait | Champions |
1984 | Kuwait | Third place | South Korea | Group Stage |
1988 | Saudi Arabia | Champions | China | Fourth Place |
1992 | Saudi Arabia | Runners-up | South Korea | did not qualify |
1996 | Japan | Quarter-finals | Saudi Arabia | Champions |
2000 | Saudi Arabia | Runners-up | United Arab Emirates | did not qualify |
2004 | Japan | Champions | Saudi Arabia | Group stage |
2007 | Japan | Fourth place | China | Group stage |
2011 | Iraq | Quarter-finals | Saudi Arabia | Group stage |
2015 | Japan | Quarter-finals | Australia | Champions |
2019 | Australia | Quarter-finals | South Korea | Quarter-finals |
2023 | Qatar | Champions | Japan | Quarter-finals |
2027 | Qatar | TBD | Jordan | TBD |
Teams never qualified for finals tournaments edit
Legend
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
Team (14) | 1956 (4) | 1960 (4) | 1964 (4) | 1968 (5) | 1972 (6) | 1976 (6) | 1980 (8) | 1984 (8) | 1988 (8) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (12) | 2004 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (24) | 2027 (24) | Attempts |
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Afghanistan | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | 8 | |
Bhutan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 6 | |
Brunei | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | 7 | |
East Timor | Part of Portugal | Part of Indonesia | × | • | × | × | × | • | ×[e] | 2 | ||||||||||
Guam | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | × | • | × | 6 |
Part of Soviet Union | • | • | UEFA member | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Laos | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | 5 | |
Macau | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 9 | |
Maldives | Part of UK | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 7 | |||
Mongolia | Not AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||||||
Nepal | Not AFC member | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||
Northern Mariana Islands | Not AFC member | × | • | × | × | × | 1 | |||||||||||||
Pakistan | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |
Sri Lanka | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 10 |
Other records edit
Individual records edit
Most Valuable Player edit
Source:[14]
Overall top goalscorers edit
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Top goalscorers in one tournament edit
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Goals | Player | Representing | Year | Ref. |
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9 | Almoez Ali | Qatar | 2019 | [15] |
8 | Ali Daei | Iran | 1996 | [16] |
Akram Afif | Qatar | 2023 | [17] | |
7 | Behtash Fariba | Iran | 1980 | [18] |
Choi Soon-ho | South Korea | [18] | ||
6 | Lee Dong-gook | South Korea | 2000 | [19] |
Aymen Hussein | Iraq | 2023 | ||
5 | Hossein Kalani | Iran | 1972 | [20] |
Ali Karimi | Iran | 2004 | [21] | |
A'ala Hubail | Bahrain | [21] | ||
Koo Ja-cheol | South Korea | 2011 | [22] | |
Ali Mabkhout | United Arab Emirates | 2015 | [23] |
Hat-tricks edit
Most tournament wins edit
Times | Player | Representing | Years |
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3 | Parviz Ghelichkhani | Iran | 1968, 1972, 1976 |
Most tournament appearances edit
The table lists the players who have appeared in four or more different tournaments.
Tournaments | Player | Years |
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5 | Ignatiy Nesterov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
4 | Adnan Al-Talyani | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 |
Li Ming | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 | |
Mehdi Mahdavikia | 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007 | |
Kim Yong-dae | 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011 | |
Javad Nekounam | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Younis Mahmoud | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Yasuhito Endō | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Saud Kariri | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Bilal Mohammed | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Server Djeparov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Timur Kapadze | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Zheng Zhi | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
Ahmed Kano | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
Amer Shafi | 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Ismail Matar | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
Marat Bikmaev | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
Masoud Shojaei | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Waleed Abdullah | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Anzur Ismailov | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Zhang Linpeng | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
Ehsan Hajsafi | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
Karim Ansarifard | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
Son Heung-min | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
Hassan Al-Haydos | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
Saad Al-Sheeb | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.
Source:[24]
Fastest goals scored from kick-off edit
Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.
- Ali Mabkhout (against Bahrain) at the 2015 edition in 14 seconds
- Fathi Kameel (against China PR) at the 1976 edition in 20 seconds
- Xie Yuxin (against Japan) at the 1992 edition in 20 seconds
Source:[25]
Match records edit
Attendance by year edit
Year | Matches | Attendance | ||||
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Total | Average | Highest | ||||
1992 | 16 | 316,496 | 19,781 | JPN – KSA | Final | 60,000 |
1996 | 26 | 448,000 | 17,231 | IRN – KUW UAE – KSA | 3rd place match Final | 60,000 |
2000 | 26 | 276,488 | 10,634 | LIB – IRN | Group stage | 52,418 |
2004 | 32 | 937,650 | 29,302 | CHN – JPN | Final | 62,000 |
2007 | 32 | 724,222 | 22,632 | KSA – IDN asian, records, statistics, this, list, records, statistics, asian, contents, summary, general, statistics, tournament, debut, national, teams, overall, team, records, comprehensive, team, results, tournament, results, host, nations, results, defending, finali. This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup Contents 1 Summary 2 General statistics by tournament 3 Debut of national teams 4 Overall team records 5 Comprehensive team results by tournament 6 Results of host nations 7 Results of defending finalists 8 Teams never qualified for finals tournaments 9 Other records 10 Individual records 10 1 Most Valuable Player 10 2 Overall top goalscorers 10 3 Top goalscorers in one tournament 10 4 Hat tricks 10 5 Most tournament wins 10 6 Most tournament appearances 10 7 Fastest goals scored from kick off 11 Match records 11 1 Attendance by year 11 2 Highest attendance 12 Awards 12 1 Team of the Tournament 12 2 Fair play award 13 Notes 14 References 15 External linksSummary editFirst four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group Since 1972 the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage Since 2019 no third place play off has been played from 2023 losing semi finalists are ranked by the AFC based on goal difference in the semi finals 1 Bold text denotes team was host country Team Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Semi finalist Top 4total nbsp Japan 4 1992 2000 2004 2011 1 2019 1 2007 6 nbsp Saudi Arabia 3 1984 1988 1996 3 1992 2000 2007 6 nbsp Iran 3 1968 1972 1976 5 1980 1988 1996 2004 2023 1 1984 1 2019 10 nbsp South Korea 2 1956 1960 4 1972 1980 1988 2015 4 1964 2000 2007 2011 1 2023 11 nbsp Qatar 2 2019 2023 2 nbsp Israel 1 1964 2 1956 1960 1 1968 4 nbsp Kuwait 1 1980 1 1976 1 1984 1 1996 4 nbsp Australia 1 2015 1 2011 2 nbsp Iraq 1 2007 2 1976 2015 3 nbsp China 2 1984 2004 2 1976 1992 2 1988 2000 6 nbsp United Arab Emirates 1 1996 1 2015 1 1992 1 2019 4 nbsp India 1 1964 1 nbsp Myanmar a 1 1968 1 nbsp Jordan 1 2023 1 nbsp Hong Kong 1 1956 1 1964 2 nbsp Chinese Taipei b 1 1960 1 1968 2 nbsp Thailand 1 1972 1 nbsp Vietnam c 2 1956 1960 2 nbsp Cambodia d 1 1972 1 nbsp North Korea 1 1980 1 nbsp Bahrain 1 2004 1 nbsp Uzbekistan 1 2011 1 nbsp General statistics by tournament editFurther information AFC Asian Cup qualifiers Source 2 3 4 Year Host s Winners Winning coach Top scorer s goals Best player award 1956 nbsp Hong Kong nbsp South Korea nbsp Kim Sung gan nbsp Nahum Stelmach 4 1960 nbsp South Korea nbsp South Korea nbsp Kim Yong sik nbsp Cho Yoon ok 4 1964 nbsp Israel nbsp Israel nbsp Yosef Merimovich nbsp Inder Singh 2 nbsp Mordechai Spiegler 2 1968 nbsp Iran nbsp Iran nbsp Mahmoud Bayati nbsp Homayoun Behzadi 4 nbsp Moshe Romano 4 nbsp Giora Spiegel 4 1972 nbsp Thailand nbsp Iran nbsp Mohammad Ranjbar nbsp Hossein Kalani 5 nbsp Ebrahim Ashtiani 1976 nbsp Iran nbsp Iran nbsp Heshmat Mohajerani nbsp Gholam Hossein Mazloumi 3 nbsp Nasser Nouraei 3 nbsp Fathi Kamel 3 nbsp Ali Parvin 1980 nbsp Kuwait nbsp Kuwait nbsp Carlos Alberto Parreira nbsp Behtash Fariba 7 nbsp Choi Soon ho 7 1984 nbsp Singapore nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Khalil Al Zayani nbsp Jia Xiuquan 3 nbsp Shahrokh Bayani 3 nbsp Nasser Mohammadkhani 3 nbsp Jia Xiuquan 1988 nbsp Qatar nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Carlos Alberto Parreira nbsp Lee Tae ho 3 nbsp Kim Joo sung 5 1992 nbsp Japan nbsp Japan nbsp Hans Ooft nbsp Fahad Al Bishi 3 nbsp Kazuyoshi Miura 1996 nbsp United Arab Emirates nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Nelo Vingada nbsp Ali Daei 8 nbsp Khodadad Azizi 2000 nbsp Lebanon nbsp Japan nbsp Philippe Troussier nbsp Lee Dong gook 6 nbsp Hiroshi Nanami 2004 nbsp China nbsp Japan nbsp Zico nbsp A ala Hubail 5 nbsp Ali Karimi 5 nbsp Shunsuke Nakamura 2007 nbsp Indonesia nbsp Malaysia nbsp Thailand nbsp Vietnam nbsp Iraq nbsp Jorvan Vieira nbsp Younis Mahmoud 4 nbsp Naohiro Takahara 4 nbsp Yasser Al Qahtani 4 nbsp Younis Mahmoud 6 2011 nbsp Qatar nbsp Japan nbsp Alberto Zaccheroni nbsp Koo Ja cheol 5 nbsp Keisuke Honda 7 2015 nbsp Australia nbsp Australia nbsp Ange Postecoglou nbsp Ali Mabkhout 5 nbsp Massimo Luongo 8 2019 nbsp United Arab Emirates nbsp Qatar nbsp Felix Sanchez nbsp Almoez Ali 9 nbsp Almoez Ali 2023 nbsp Qatar nbsp Qatar nbsp Tintin Marquez nbsp Akram Afif 8 nbsp Akram Afif 2027 nbsp Saudi Arabia TBD TBD TBD TBDDebut of national teams editYear Debuting teams Successor teams Teams No Cum 1956 nbsp Hong Kong nbsp Israel nbsp South Korea nbsp South Vietnam 4 4 1960 nbsp Republic of China 1 5 1964 nbsp India 1 6 1968 nbsp Iran nbsp Burma 2 8 1972 nbsp Iraq nbsp Khmer Republic nbsp Kuwait nbsp Thailand 4 12 1976 nbsp China nbsp Malaysia nbsp South Yemen 3 15 1980 nbsp Bangladesh nbsp North Korea nbsp Qatar nbsp Syria nbsp United Arab Emirates 5 20 1984 nbsp Saudi Arabia nbsp Singapore 2 22 1988 nbsp Bahrain nbsp Japan 2 24 1992 None 0 24 1996 nbsp Indonesia nbsp Uzbekistan 2 26 2000 nbsp Lebanon 1 27 2004 nbsp Jordan nbsp Oman nbsp Turkmenistan 3 30 2007 nbsp Australia 1 31 nbsp Vietnam 2011 None 0 31 2015 nbsp Palestine 1 32 2019 nbsp Kyrgyzstan nbsp Philippines nbsp Yemen 3 35 2023 nbsp Tajikistan 1 36Overall team records editIn this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss As per statistical convention in football matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses while matches decided by penalty shoot outs are counted as draws Teams are ranked by total points then by goal difference then by goals scored 9 10 As of 2023 AFC Asian Cup Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points 1 nbsp Iran 15 74 45 20 9 143 55 88 155 2 nbsp South Korea 15 73 38 19 16 117 74 43 133 3 nbsp Japan 10 53 33 12 8 104 52 52 111 4 nbsp Saudi Arabia 11 52 23 15 14 74 50 24 84 5 nbsp China 13 59 23 15 21 88 66 22 84 6 nbsp Qatar 11 46 19 12 15 66 52 14 69 7 nbsp Iraq 10 42 18 7 17 54 52 2 61 8 nbsp United Arab Emirates 11 48 16 13 19 47 64 17 61 9 nbsp Kuwait 10 42 15 10 17 47 51 4 55 10 nbsp Uzbekistan 8 33 15 7 11 49 50 1 52 11 nbsp Australia 5 26 15 5 6 49 17 32 50 12 nbsp Jordan 5 22 10 7 5 30 18 12 37 13 nbsp Syria 7 25 8 5 12 19 30 11 29 14 nbsp Israel 4 13 9 0 4 28 15 13 27 15 nbsp Bahrain 7 27 7 6 14 33 44 11 27 16 nbsp Thailand 8 28 3 11 14 22 54 32 20 17 nbsp Oman 5 16 3 5 8 12 20 8 14 18 nbsp North Korea 5 18 3 2 13 15 40 25 11 19 nbsp Indonesia 5 16 3 2 11 13 38 25 11 20 nbsp India 5 16 3 1 12 12 33 21 10 21 nbsp Vietnam 5 18 2 3 13 21 43 22 9 22 nbsp Myanmar 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 7 23 nbsp Malaysia 4 12 1 4 7 10 28 18 7 24 nbsp Lebanon 3 9 1 3 5 8 17 9 6 25 nbsp Palestine 3 10 1 3 6 7 21 14 6 26 nbsp Tajikistan 1 5 1 2 2 3 4 1 5 27 nbsp Chinese Taipei 2 7 1 2 4 5 12 7 5 28 nbsp Singapore 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 4 29 nbsp Cambodia 1 5 1 1 3 8 10 2 4 30 nbsp Kyrgyzstan 2 7 1 1 5 7 12 5 4 31 nbsp Hong Kong 4 13 0 3 10 10 30 20 3 32 nbsp Turkmenistan 2 6 0 1 5 7 16 9 1 33 nbsp Philippines 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 6 0 34 nbsp South Yemen 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 9 0 35 nbsp Yemen 1 3 0 0 3 0 10 10 0 36 nbsp Bangladesh 1 4 0 0 4 2 17 15 0 Vietnam consist of South Vietnam Comprehensive team results by tournament editLegend 1st Champions 2nd Runners up 3rd Third place 4th Fourth place SF Semi finals QF Quarter finals R16 Round of 16 GS Group stage Q Qualified for upcoming tournament Qualified but withdrew Disqualified after qualification Did not qualify Did not enter Withdrew from the Asian Cup Hosts For each tournament the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown in parentheses Team nbsp 1956 4 nbsp 1960 4 nbsp 1964 4 nbsp 1968 5 nbsp 1972 6 nbsp 1976 6 nbsp 1980 10 nbsp 1984 10 nbsp 1988 10 nbsp 1992 8 nbsp 1996 12 nbsp 2000 12 nbsp 2004 16 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2007 16 nbsp 2011 16 nbsp 2015 16 nbsp 2019 24 nbsp 2023 24 nbsp 2027 24 Total West Asian members nbsp Bahrain Part of nbsp UK GS 4th GS GS GS R16 R16 7 nbsp Iraq Not an AFC member GS 4th QF QF QF 1st QF 4th R16 R16 Q 11 nbsp Jordan Not an AFC member QF QF GS R16 2nd 5 nbsp Kuwait Not an AFC member GS 2nd 1st 3rd GS 4th QF GS GS GS 10 nbsp Lebanon Not an AFC member GS GS GS 3 nbsp Oman Not an AFC member GS GS GS R16 GS 5 nbsp Palestine Not an AFC member GS GS R16 3 nbsp Qatar Part of nbsp United Kingdom GS GS GS GS QF GS GS QF GS 1st 1st Q 12 nbsp Saudi Arabia Not an AFC member 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd GS 2nd GS GS R16 R16 Q 12 nbsp Syria Not an AFC member GS GS GS GS GS GS R16 7 nbsp United Arab Emirates Part of nbsp United Kingdom GS GS GS 4th 2nd GS GS GS 3rd SF R16 Q 12 nbsp Yemen Not an AFC member GS 1 Central Asian Members nbsp Iran 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd GS 3rd QF 3rd QF QF QF SF 3rd Q 16 nbsp Kyrgyzstan Part of nbsp Soviet Union R16 GS 2 nbsp Tajikistan Part of nbsp Soviet Union QF 1 nbsp Turkmenistan Part of nbsp Soviet Union GS GS 2 nbsp Uzbekistan Part of nbsp Soviet Union GS GS QF QF 4th QF R16 QF Q 9 South Asian Members nbsp Bangladesh Part of nbsp Pakistan GS 1 nbsp India 2nd GS GS GS GS 5 East Asian Members nbsp China Not an AFC member 3rd GS 2nd 4th 3rd QF 4th 2nd GS GS QF QF GS 13 nbsp Chinese Taipei 3rd 4th OFC member 2 nbsp Hong Kong 3rd 4th 5th GS 4 nbsp Japan GS 1st QF 1st 1st 4th 1st QF 2nd QF Q 11 nbsp North Korea Not an AFC member 4th GS GS GS GS 5 nbsp South Korea 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd GS 2nd QF 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd QF 4th 15 Southeast Asian Members nbsp Australia OFC member QF 2nd 1st QF QF Q 6 nbsp Cambodia 4th 1 nbsp Indonesia GS GS GS GS R16 5 nbsp Malaysia GS GS GS GS 4 nbsp Myanmar 2nd 1 nbsp Philippines GS 1 nbsp Singapore GS 1 nbsp Thailand 3rd GS GS GS GS GS R16 R16 8 nbsp Vietnam 4th 4th QF QF GS 5 Former AFC Members nbsp Israel 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Expelled from AFC UEFA member 4 nbsp South Yemen GS Part of nbsp Yemen 1 Team nbsp 1956 4 nbsp 1960 4 nbsp 1964 4 nbsp 1968 5 nbsp 1972 6 nbsp 1976 6 nbsp 1980 10 nbsp 1984 10 nbsp 1988 10 nbsp 1992 8 nbsp 1996 12 nbsp 2000 12 nbsp 2004 16 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2007 16 nbsp 2011 16 nbsp 2015 16 nbsp 2019 24 nbsp 2023 24 nbsp 2027 24 TotalResults of host nations editYear Host nation Finish 1956 nbsp Hong Kong Third place 1960 nbsp South Korea Champions 1964 nbsp Israel Champions 1968 nbsp Iran Champions 1972 nbsp Thailand Third place 1976 nbsp Iran Champions 1980 nbsp Kuwait Champions 1984 nbsp Singapore Group stage 1988 nbsp Qatar Group stage 1992 nbsp Japan Champions 1996 nbsp United Arab Emirates Runners up 2000 nbsp Lebanon Group stage 2004 nbsp China Runners up 2007 nbsp Indonesia Group stage nbsp Malaysia Group stage nbsp Thailand Group stage nbsp Vietnam Quarter finals 2011 nbsp Qatar Quarter finals 2015 nbsp Australia Champions 2019 nbsp United Arab Emirates Semi finals 2023 nbsp Qatar Champions 2027 nbsp Saudi Arabia TBDResults of defending finalists editYear Defending champions Finish Defending runners up Finish 1960 nbsp South Korea Champions nbsp Israel Runners up 1964 nbsp South Korea Third place nbsp Israel Champions 1968 nbsp Israel Third place nbsp India did not qualify 1972 nbsp Iran Champions nbsp Burma Withdrew 1976 nbsp Iran Champions nbsp South Korea did not qualify 1980 nbsp Iran Third place nbsp Kuwait Champions 1984 nbsp Kuwait Third place nbsp South Korea Group Stage 1988 nbsp Saudi Arabia Champions nbsp China Fourth Place 1992 nbsp Saudi Arabia Runners up nbsp South Korea did not qualify 1996 nbsp Japan Quarter finals nbsp Saudi Arabia Champions 2000 nbsp Saudi Arabia Runners up nbsp United Arab Emirates did not qualify 2004 nbsp Japan Champions nbsp Saudi Arabia Group stage 2007 nbsp Japan Fourth place nbsp China Group stage 2011 nbsp Iraq Quarter finals nbsp Saudi Arabia Group stage 2015 nbsp Japan Quarter finals nbsp Australia Champions 2019 nbsp Australia Quarter finals nbsp South Korea Quarter finals 2023 nbsp Qatar Champions nbsp Japan Quarter finals 2027 nbsp Qatar TBD nbsp Jordan TBDTeams never qualified for finals tournaments editSee also AFC Asian Cup qualifiers Legend Did not qualify Did not enter Withdrew Banned For each tournament the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown in parentheses Team 14 1956 4 1960 4 1964 4 1968 5 1972 6 1976 6 1980 8 1984 8 1988 8 1992 8 1996 12 2000 12 2004 16 2007 16 2011 16 2015 16 2019 24 2023 24 2027 24 Attempts nbsp Afghanistan 8 nbsp Bhutan 6 nbsp Brunei 7 nbsp East Timor Part of nbsp Portugal Part of nbsp Indonesia e 2 nbsp Guam 6 nbsp Kazakhstan f Part of nbsp Soviet Union UEFA member 2 nbsp Laos 5 nbsp Macau 9 nbsp Maldives Part of nbsp UK 7 nbsp Mongolia Not AFC member 6 nbsp Nepal Not AFC member 9 nbsp Northern Mariana Islands Not AFC member 1 nbsp Pakistan 13 nbsp Sri Lanka 10Other records editOnly three teams have won the tournament in their debut appearances 12 South Korea 1956 Iran 1968 Saudi Arabia 1984 Iran hold the record for the most games played with 74 13 Only Iran have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup 13 Individual records editMost Valuable Player edit Source 14 Year Player 1956 1960 1964 1968 nbsp Ba Pu 1972 nbsp Ebrahim Ashtiani 1976 nbsp Ali Parvin 1980 1984 nbsp Jia Xiuquan 1988 nbsp Kim Joo sung 1992 nbsp Kazuyoshi Miura 1996 nbsp Khodadad Azizi 2000 nbsp Hiroshi Nanami 2004 nbsp Shunsuke Nakamura 2007 nbsp Younis Mahmoud 2011 nbsp Keisuke Honda 2015 nbsp Massimo Luongo 2019 nbsp Almoez Ali 2023 nbsp Akram Afif Overall top goalscorers edit Players in bold are still active at international level Rank Player Country Years Goals 1 Ali Daei nbsp Iran 1996 2000 2004 14 2 Almoez Ali nbsp Qatar 2019 2023 11 3 Lee Dong gook nbsp South Korea 2000 2004 2007 10 4 Naohiro Takahara nbsp Japan 2000 2007 9 Ali Mabkhout nbsp United Arab Emirates 2015 2019 2023 Akram Afif nbsp Qatar 2019 2023 7 Jasem Al Huwaidi nbsp Kuwait 1996 2000 8 Younis Mahmoud nbsp Iraq 2004 2007 2011 2015 Sardar Azmoun nbsp Iran 2015 2019 2023 10 Hossein Kalani nbsp Iran 1968 1972 7 Faisal Al Dakhil nbsp Kuwait 1976 1980 1984 Behtash Fariba nbsp Iran 1980 Choi Soon ho nbsp South Korea 1980 Son Heung min nbsp South Korea 2011 2015 2019 2023 15 Yasser Al Qahtani nbsp Saudi Arabia 2004 2007 2011 6 Alexander Geynrikh nbsp Uzbekistan 2004 2007 2011 Tim Cahill nbsp Australia 2007 2011 2015 Ahmed Khalil nbsp United Arab Emirates 2011 2015 2019 Aymen Hussein nbsp Iraq 2019 2023 Mehdi Taremi nbsp Iran 2019 2023 22 Woo Sang kwon nbsp South Korea 1956 1960 5 Nahum Stelmach nbsp Israel 1956 1960 1964 Ali Jabbari nbsp Iran 1968 1972 Chung Hae won nbsp South Korea 1980 1988 Hwang Sun hong nbsp South Korea 1988 1996 Akinori Nishizawa nbsp Japan 2000 Shao Jiayi nbsp China 2000 2004 2007 Ali Karimi nbsp Iran 2000 2004 2007 A ala Hubail nbsp Bahrain 2004 2007 Ismail Abdullatif nbsp Bahrain 2007 2011 2015 Koo Ja cheol nbsp South Korea 2011 2015 2019 Hassan Al Haydos nbsp Qatar 2011 2015 2019 2023 Top goalscorers in one tournament edit Players in bold are still active at international level Goals Player Representing Year Ref 9 Almoez Ali nbsp Qatar 2019 15 8 Ali Daei nbsp Iran 1996 16 Akram Afif nbsp Qatar 2023 17 7 Behtash Fariba nbsp Iran 1980 18 Choi Soon ho nbsp South Korea 18 6 Lee Dong gook nbsp South Korea 2000 19 Aymen Hussein nbsp Iraq 2023 5 Hossein Kalani nbsp Iran 1972 20 Ali Karimi nbsp Iran 2004 21 A ala Hubail nbsp Bahrain 21 Koo Ja cheol nbsp South Korea 2011 22 Ali Mabkhout nbsp United Arab Emirates 2015 23 Hat tricks edit Main article List of AFC Asian Cup hat tricks Most tournament wins edit Times Player Representing Years 3 Parviz Ghelichkhani nbsp Iran 1968 1972 1976 Most tournament appearances edit The table lists the players who have appeared in four or more different tournaments Tournaments Player Years 5 nbsp Ignatiy Nesterov 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 4 nbsp Adnan Al Talyani 1984 1988 1992 1996 nbsp Li Ming 1992 1996 2000 2004 nbsp Mehdi Mahdavikia 1996 2000 2004 2007 nbsp Kim Yong dae 2000 2004 2007 2011 nbsp Javad Nekounam 2004 2007 2011 2015 nbsp Younis Mahmoud 2004 2007 2011 2015 nbsp Yasuhito Endō 2004 2007 2011 2015 nbsp Saud Kariri 2004 2007 2011 2015 nbsp Bilal Mohammed 2004 2007 2011 2015 nbsp Server Djeparov 2004 2007 2011 2015 nbsp Timur Kapadze 2004 2007 2011 2015 nbsp Zheng Zhi 2004 2007 2015 2019 nbsp Ahmed Kano 2004 2007 2015 2019 nbsp Amer Shafi 2004 2011 2015 2019 nbsp Ismail Matar 2004 2007 2011 2019 nbsp Marat Bikmaev 2004 2007 2011 2019 nbsp Masoud Shojaei 2007 2011 2015 2019 nbsp Waleed Abdullah 2007 2011 2015 2019 nbsp Anzur Ismailov 2007 2011 2015 2019 nbsp Zhang Linpeng 2011 2015 2019 2023 nbsp Ehsan Hajsafi 2011 2015 2019 2023 nbsp Karim Ansarifard 2011 2015 2019 2023 nbsp Son Heung min 2011 2015 2019 2023 nbsp Hassan Al Haydos 2011 2015 2019 2023 nbsp Saad Al Sheeb 2011 2015 2019 2023 Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments Source 24 Fastest goals scored from kick off edit Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games nbsp Ali Mabkhout against Bahrain at the 2015 edition in 14 seconds nbsp Fathi Kameel against China PR at the 1976 edition in 20 seconds nbsp Xie Yuxin against Japan at the 1992 edition in 20 seconds Source 25 Match records editAttendance by year edit Year Matches Attendance Total Average Highest 1992 16 316 496 19 781 nbsp JPN nbsp KSA Final 60 000 1996 26 448 000 17 231 nbsp IRN nbsp KUW nbsp UAE nbsp KSA 3rd place matchFinal 60 000 2000 26 276 488 10 634 nbsp LIB nbsp IRN Group stage 52 418 2004 32 937 650 29 302 nbsp CHN nbsp JPN Final 62 000 2007 32 724 222 22 632 nbsp KSA nbsp IDN span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |