This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup .
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 [lower-alpha 1] | — | 1 (1968) | — | — | — | 1 |
Jordan | — | 1 (2023) | — | — | — | 1 |
Hong Kong | — | — | 1 ( 1956 ) | 1 (1964) | — | 2 |
Chinese Taipei [lower-alpha 2] | — | — | 1 (1960) | 1 (1968) | — | 2 |
Thailand | — | — | 1 ( 1972 ) | — | — | 1 |
Vietnam [lower-alpha 3] | — | — | — | 2 (1956, 1960) | — | 2 |
Cambodia [lower-alpha 4] | — | — | — | 1 (1972) | — | 1 |
North Korea | — | — | — | 1 (1980) | — | 1 |
Bahrain | — | — | — | 1 (2004) | — | 1 |
Uzbekistan | — | — | — | 1 (2011) | — | 1 |
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 |
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]
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Legend
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) | Attempts |
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Afghanistan | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | 8 |
Bhutan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 6 |
Brunei | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | 7 |
Guam | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | × | • | 6 |
Kazakhstan [lower-alpha 5] | 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 |
East Timor | Part of Portugal | Part of Indonesia | × | • | × | × | × | • | × [lower-alpha 6] | 2 | |||||||||
Source: [14]
Players in bold are still active at international level.
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] |
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] |
Times | Player | Representing | Years |
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3 | Parviz Ghelichkhani | Iran | 1968, 1972, 1976 |
The table lists the players who have appeared in four or more different tournaments.
Tournaments | Player | Years |
---|---|---|
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]
Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.
Source: [25]
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 IDN – KOR | Group stage | 88,000 |
2011 | 32 | 405,361 | 12,668 | QAT – UZB | Group stage | 47,413 |
2015 | 32 | 705,705 | 22,053 | KOR – AUS | Final | 76,385 |
2019 | 51 | 644,307 | 12,633 | UAE – IND | Group stage | 43,206 |
2023 | 51 | 1,507,790 | 29,565 | JOR – QAT | Final | 86,492 |
Year | Winner |
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1984 | China |
1988 | Not awarded |
1992 | |
1996 | Iran |
2000 | Saudi Arabia |
2004 | China |
2007 | Japan |
2011 | South Korea |
2015 | Australia [34] |
2019 | Japan |
2023 | Qatar |
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(iii) superior goal difference in the quarter-finals (if applicable);
(iv) higher number of goals scored in the quarter-finals (if applicable)...