Founded | 1985 |
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Region | AFC (Asia) |
Number of teams | 16 |
Current champions | |
Most successful team(s) | |
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Notes:
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalists | Total (Top 4) |
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3 (1994, 2006, 2018) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2000) | 1 (1996) | 3 (2008, 2010, 2016) | 9 | |
2 (2010, 2014) | 2 (2004, 2006) | - | 2 (1986, 1992) | 1 (2016) | 7 | |
2 (1986, 2002) | 2 (2008, 2014) | - | 1 (1998) | 1 (2018) | 6 | |
2 (1992, 2004) | - | 3 (1988, 1990, 2002) | - | - | 5 | |
2 (1985, 1988) | - | 2 (1986, 1992) | - | - | 4 | |
2 (1996, 2000) | - | 1 (1994) | - | - | 3 | |
1 (1990) | 5 (1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1998) | 1 (2004) | - | - | 7 | |
1 (2008) | 2 (2000, 2016) | - | 1 (2004) | 1 (2012) | 5 | |
1 (1998) | 1 (1996) | - | 1 (1985) | - | 3 | |
1 (2012) | 1 (2010) | - | 1 (2002) | - | 3 | |
1 (2016) | - | 1 (1985) | 1 (1988) | 1 (2012) | 4 | |
- | 1 (1988) | 2 (1996, 1998) | 1 (1994) | - | 4 | |
- | 1 (2018) | 1 (2006) | - | - | 2 | |
- | 1 (1990) | - | - | 1 (2008) | 2 | |
- | 1 (2002) | - | - | - | 1 | |
- | - | - | 1 (2006) | 1 (2014) | 2 | |
- | - | - | 1 (1990) | - | 1 | |
- | - | - | 1 (2000) | - | 1 | |
- | - | - | - | 3 (2010, 2014, 2018) | 3 | |
Total (18 editions) | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 72 |
Note:
Nation | 1985 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | Total |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | DQ | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |
x | QF | SF | QF | SF | GS | SF | q | 7 | ||||||||||||
• | GS | 2nd | • | GS | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | q | 8 | |
× | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | DQ | • | • | × | • | • | • | 6 | |
GS | • | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | GS | GS | • | GS | 3rd | 1st | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | q | 15 | |
× | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 | |
• | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | • | GS | • | GS | • | GS | QF | q | 9 | |
× | GS | GS | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | × | QF | q | 7 | |
× | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2nd | × | 4th | QF | 1st | GS | SF | QF | 2nd | GS | q | 12 | |
3rd | • | 4th | × | × | GS | × | GS | • | • | QF | GS | DQ | QF | SF | • | 1st | GS | • | 10 | |
GS | • | GS | × | • | 1st | 4th | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 1st | SF | SF | 2nd | QF | SF | 1st | q | 16 | |
× | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | × | • | • | GS | • | 3 | |
•• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | QF | • | • | GS | QF | GS | × | × | • | 5 | |
× | × | • | • | • | • | • | DQ | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||
× | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | GS | DQ | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
× | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | GS | • | 5 | |
× | GS | × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | |
• | × | • | • | • | × | × | • | GS | × | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | × | • | • | 3 | |
× | 4th | GS | • | 4th | • | • | GS | × | • | 2nd | 2nd | DQ | 1st | GS | 1st | SF | QF | q | 12 | |
× | • | • | • | × | 3rd | 1st | GS | 1st | × | QF | • | • | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | q | 11 | |
× | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | 1 | |
2nd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | • | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | q | 11 | |
1st | 3rd | 1st | •• | 3rd | GS | • | • | • | • | • | QF | QF | • | GS | GS | GS | • | q | 11 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
• | 1st | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | 4th | • | 1st | QF | QF | 2nd | • | QF | 2nd | GS | SF | q | 15 | |
GS | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
• | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | × | 4th | QF | QF | QF | SF | • | • | • | 6 | |
× | × | • | • | × | • | 3rd | DQ | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | q | 4 | ||||||
4th | • | GS | • | GS | • | 2nd | 1st | GS | × | GS | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | 11 | |
× | × | × | GS | • | × | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||
× | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | × | • | • | × | • | 1 | ||||||
• | • | • | 2nd | GS | GS | • | • | • | QF | • | • | SF | QF | • | • | QF | × | q | 8 | |
GS | GS | • | • | 4th | GS | • | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | • | q | 10 | ||||||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | • | 7 | |
× | • | • | • | × | × | 2nd | • | GS | DQ | • | GS | • | GS | GS | q | 6 |
Rank | Team | Part. | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
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1 | 15 | 70 | 43 | 10 | 17 | 167 | 79 | +88 | 139 | |
2 | 14 | 63 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 135 | 66 | +69 | 117 | |
3 | 14 | 59 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 105 | 72 | +33 | 97 | |
4 | 10 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 92 | |
5 | 10 | 47 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 94 | 54 | +40 | 88 | |
6 | 11 | 53 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 82 | 66 | +16 | 80 | |
7 | 10 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 66 | |
8 | 10 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 63 | |
9 | 10 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 59 | |
10 | 9 | 41 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 91 | -22 | 57 | |
11 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 49 | |
12 | 11 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 62 | 70 | -8 | 49 | |
13 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 55 | 46 | +11 | 47 | |
14 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 39 | |
15 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 38 | |
16 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 57 | -22 | 25 | |
17 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 58 | -27 | 24 | |
18 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | -5 | 20 | |
19 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 20 | |
20 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 41 | -16 | 15 | |
21 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -14 | 14 | |
22 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 52 | -34 | 14 | |
23 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 59 | -43 | 12 | |
24 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 36 | -24 | 8 | |
25 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 7 | |
26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 6 | |
27 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 31 | -25 | 5 | |
28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 3 | |
29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 2 | |
30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -15 | 2 | |
31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | |
32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | |
33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | |
34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 | |
35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 0 |
Team | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | Total |
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OFC member | R2 | R2 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
4th | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | 6 | ||||||||||||||
R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
R1 | R2 | R2 | QF | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
R1 | R2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | R2 | R2 | R2 | 9 | |||||||||||
QF | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
4th | QF | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
R1 | QF | 4th | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
QF | R1 | 1st | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
QF | R1 | R1 | QF | R2 | QF | 6 | ||||||||||||||
R2 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Part of Soviet Union | R2 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
R1 | R2 | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Part of Soviet Union | QF | R2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Part of South Yemen | R1 | 1 |
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