China at the AFC Asian Cup

China PR has participated in the AFC Asian Cup since 1976.

Overview

China's AFC Asian Cup record v t e											Qualification record
Year		Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956		Did not enter									Did not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976		Third place	3rd	4	1	1	2	2	4		5	4	0	1	14	4
1980		Group stage	7th	4	1	1	2	9	5		3	2	0	1	5	2
1984		Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	11	4		4	4	0	0	15	0
1988		Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	7	5		5	2	3	0	10	1
1992		Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	6	6		3	3	0	0	7	0
1996		Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	6	7		3	3	0	0	16	1
2000		Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	11	7		3	3	0	0	29	0
2004		Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	13	6		Qualified as hosts
2007		Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	6		6	3	2	1	7	3
2011			9th	3	1	1	1	4	4		6	4	1	1	13	5
2015		Quarter-finals	7th	4	3	0	1	5	4		6	2	2	2	5	6
2019			6th	5	3	0	2	7	7		8	5	2	1	27	1
2023		Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	0	1		8	6	1	1	30	3
2027		Qualified									6	2	2	2	9	9
Total		14/19	0 titles	59	23	15	21	88	66		66	43	13	10	187	35

1976

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4
China	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Malaysia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

5 June 1976

China	1–1	Malaysia
Wang Jilian 58'		Mokhtar 50'

Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz

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7 June 1976

Kuwait	1–0	China
Kameel 1'

Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

11 June 1976

Iran	2–0 (a.e.t.)	China
Khorshidi 100' Roshan 119'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Asami (Japan)

Third place play-off

13 June 1976

Iraq	0–1	China
		He Jia 61'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

1980

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8	6
North Korea	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
China	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

18 September 1980

North Korea	2–1	China
Kim Bok-man 20'		Li Fubao 7'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

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20 September 1980

China	2–2	Iran
Chen Jingang 74' Xu Yonglai 89'		Alidousti 35' Fariba 70'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

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23 September 1980

Syria	1–0	China
Keshek 86'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

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25 September 1980

China	6–0	Bangladesh
Shen Xiangfu Xu Yonglai

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

1984

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	6
Iran	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	3	8	−5	4
Singapore	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
India	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	1

3 December 1984

19:00

Iran	2–0	China
Mohammadkhani 57' Arabshahi 69'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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5 December 1984

21:00

Singapore	0–2	China
		Jia Xiuquan 21' Zhao Dayu 39'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 20,752

Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

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9 December 1984

21:00

China	3–0	India
Lin Lefeng 19' Gu Guangming 59' Jia Xiuquan 79'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 8,256

Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

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11 December 1984

19:00

China	5–0	United Arab Emirates
Yang Zhaohui 12' Jia Xiuquan 20' Zuo Shusheng 36' Zhao Dayu 52' Gu Guangming 67'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

14 December 1984

20:00

China	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait
Li Huayun 108'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)

Final

16 December 1984

20:00

Saudi Arabia	2–0	China
Al-Nafisah 10' Abdullah 46'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

1988

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
China	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Syria	4	4	2	0	2	2	5	−3
Kuwait	3	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1
Bahrain	2	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2

4 December 1988

17:00

China	3–0	Syria
Gao Sheng 13' Xie Yuxin 14', 19'	Report

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

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6 December 1988

17:00

Bahrain	0–1	China
	Report	Zhang Xiaowen 78'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Referee: Syed Shahid Hakim (India)

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10 December 1988

17:00

Kuwait	2–2	China
Adel Abbas 60' (pen.) Mansour Basha 62'	Report	Ma Lin 10', 87'

Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha

Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

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12 December 1988

15:00

China	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Bishi 56'

Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

14 December 1988

16:00

South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	China
Lee Tae-Ho 93', 103'	Report	Mai Chao 100'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)

Third place play-off

17 December 1988

16:00

China	0–0	Iran
	Report
Penalties
Duan Ju Wang Baoshan Wu Wenbing	0–3	Moharrami Ansarifard Ghayeghran

Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)

1992

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	5	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
China	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
Qatar	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Thailand	2	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4

29 October 1992

17:00

Saudi Arabia	1–1	China
Al-Thunayan 17'	Report	Li Bing 41'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Shinichiro Obata (Japan)

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31 October 1992

15:00

China	0–0	Thailand
	Report

Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Noh Byung-Il (Korea Republic)

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2 November 1992

19:00

Qatar	1–2	China
Al-Sulaiti 20'	Report	Peng Weiguo 44', 58'

Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

6 November 1992

16:30

Japan	3–2	China
Fukuda 48' Kitazawa 57' Nakayama 84'	Report	Xie Yuxin 1' Li Xiao 70'

Hiroshima Stadium, Hiroshima

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)

Third place play-off

8 November 1992

12:00

China	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Hao Haidong 15'	Report	Ismail 10'
Penalties
	4–3

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

1996

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	9	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6
China	3	3	1	0	2	3	3	0
Syria	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3
Uzbekistan	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3

6 December 1996

19:00

China	0–2	Uzbekistan
	Report	Shkvyrin 78' Shatskikh 90'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

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9 December 1996

19:00

Syria	0–3	China
	Report	Ma Mingyu 35' Gao Feng 49' Li Bing 73'

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)

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12 December 1996

16:45

Japan	1–0	China
Soma 90'	Report

Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

16 December 1996

19:30

Saudi Arabia	4–3	China
Al-Thunayan 31', 65' Al-Jaber 34' Al-Mehallel 43'	Report	Zhang Enhua 6', 89' Peng Weiguo 16'

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

2000

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	5	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4
Kuwait	5	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1
South Korea	4	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
Indonesia	1	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7

13 October 2000

17:00

South Korea	2–2	China
Lee Young-Pyo 30' Noh Jung-Yoon 58'	Report	Su Maozhen 36' Fan Zhiyi 66' (pen.)

International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

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16 October 2000

17:00

China	4–0	Indonesia
Li Ming 2' Shen Si 7' (pen.) Yang Chen 10' Qi Hong 90'	Report

International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

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19 October 2000

19:30

China	0–0	Kuwait
	Report

International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

23 October 2000

19:45

China	3–1	Qatar
Li Ming 9' Qi Hong 38' Yang Chen 54'	Report	Al-Enazi 65'

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Semi-finals

26 October 2000

19:45

China	2–3	Japan
Qi Hong 30' Yang Chen 48'	Report	Fan Zhiyi 21' (o.g.) Nishizawa 53' Myojin 61'

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Third place play-off

29 October 2000

17:00

South Korea	1–0	China
Lee Dong-Gook 76'	Report

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

2004

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	7	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6
Bahrain	5	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2
Indonesia	3	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6
Qatar	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2

17 July 2004

20:00

China	2–2	Bahrain
Zheng Zhi 58' (pen.) Li Jinyu 66'	Report	M. Hubail 41' Ali 89'

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

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21 July 2004

21:00

Indonesia	0–5	China
	Report	Shao Jiayi 25', 66' Hao Haidong 40' Li Ming 51' Li Yi 80'

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

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25 July 2004

19:00

China	1–0	Qatar
Xu Yunlong 77'	Report

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

30 July 2004

21:00

China	3–0	Iraq
Hao Haidong 8' Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Semi-finals

3 August 2004

21:00

China	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Shao Jiayi 18'	Report	Alavi 38'
Penalties
Zheng Zhi Zhao Junzhe Li Xiaopeng Sun Xiang Shao Jiayi	4–3	Daei Mahdavikia Nekounam Mobali Golmohammadi

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 55,000 ^[1]

Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

Final

7 August 2004

20:00

China	1–3	Japan
Li Ming 31'	Report	Fukunishi 22' Nakata 65' Tamada 90+1'

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

2007

Group C

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
China	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

10 July 2007

20:30 UTC+8

Malaysia	1–5	China
Mahayuddin 74'	Report	Han Peng 15', 55' Shao Jiayi 36' Wang Dong 51', 90+3'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 21,155

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

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15 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

China	2–2	Iran
Shao Jiayi 7' Mao Jianqing 33'	Report	Zandi 45+1' Nekounam 74'

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 5,938

Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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18 July 2007

20:30 UTC+8

Uzbekistan	3–0	China
Shatskikh 72' Kapadze 86' Geynrikh 90+4'	Report

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

2011

Group A

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Qatar	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
China	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

8 January 2011
Kuwait	0–2	China
12 January 2011
China	0–2	Qatar
16 January 2011
China	2–2	Uzbekistan

2015

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Group B

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

10 January 2015
Saudi Arabia	0–1	China	Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
14 January 2015
China	2–1	Uzbekistan	Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
18 January 2015
China	2–1	North Korea	Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Knockout stage

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals

22 January 2015

20:30 AEST (UTC+10)

China	0–2	Australia
	Report	Cahill 48', 65'

Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 46,067 ^[2]

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

2019

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group C

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: AFC

7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)

15:00

China	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Matyash 50' (o.g.) Yu Dabao 78'	Report	Israilov 42'

Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 1,839

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

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11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)

17:30

Philippines	0–3	China
	Report	Wu Lei 40', 66' Yu Dabao 80'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 16,013

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

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16 January 2019 (2019-01-16)

17:30

South Korea	2–0	China
Hwang Ui-jo 14' (pen.) Kim Min-jae 51'	Report

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 13,579

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20)

18:00

Thailand	1–2	China
Supachai 31'	Report	Xiao Zhi 67' Gao Lin 71' (pen.)

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 8,026

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Quarter-finals

24 January 2019 (2019-01-24)

20:00

China	0–3	Iran
	Report	Taremi 18' Azmoun 31' Ansarifard 90+1'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 19,578

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

2023

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup

Group A

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar (H)	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tajikistan	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	China	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)

17:30

China	0–0	Tajikistan
	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 4,001

Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

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17 January 2024 (2024-01-17)

14:30

Lebanon	0–0	China
	Report

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 14,137

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

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22 January 2024 (2024-01-22)

18:00

Qatar	1–0	China
Al-Haydos 66'	Report

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 42,104

Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Jordan	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Palestine	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	B	Syria	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	D	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
5	F	Oman	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
6	A	China	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2

Source: AFC

See also

• China at the FIFA World Cup

References

1. "AFC Asian Cup 2004". teammelli.com. Team Melli. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
2. Bilton, Dean (January 22, 2015). "Asian Cup 2015: Australia v China as it happened". ABC News.

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Bahrain	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
India	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Iran	7	0	4	3	5	12	−7	000.00
Iraq	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Japan	4	0	0	4	5	10	−5	000.00
Kuwait	5	2	2	1	5	3	+2	040.00
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Malaysia	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	050.00
North Korea	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Philippines	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Qatar	5	3	0	2	6	5	+1	060.00
Saudi Arabia	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	020.00
Singapore	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
South Korea	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	000.00
Syria	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	066.67
Tajikistan	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Thailand	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	050.00
Uzbekistan	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	025.00
Total	59	23	15	21	88	66	+22	038.98