Hong Kong is one of the earliest participants in the AFC Asian Cup, and was also the first host in the tournament, in the inaugural 1956 edition. [1] Hong Kong, since then, had qualified for two another tournaments in 1964 and 1968. The best result of Hong Kong is third place and it has remained as Hong Kong's best achievement in football.
In 2022, Hong Kong qualified for the 2023 Asian Cup for the first time in 55 years. Hong Kong scored the 1st and the 1000th goal in AFC Asian Cup history. [2]
AFC Asian Cup finals record | AFC Asian Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||
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Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
![]() | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | Qualified as host | ||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||
![]() | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | |
![]() | Fifth place | 5th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
![]() | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
![]() | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||
![]() | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
![]() | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | |||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |
![]() | To be determined | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||
Total | Third place | 4/18 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 96 | 29 | 22 | 43 | 111 | 135 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |
Hong Kong ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Au Chi Yin ![]() | Glazer ![]() Stelmach ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kim Ji-sung ![]() Choi Kwang-seok ![]() | Tang Yee Kit ![]() Ko Po Keung ![]() |
South Vietnam ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Trần Văn Tổng ![]() Lê Hữu Đức ![]() | Chu Wing Wah ![]() Lau Chi Lam ![]() |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
South Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Park Seung-ok ![]() |
India ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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I. Singh ![]() Samajapati ![]() Goswami ![]() | Cheung Yiu Kwok ![]() |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 8 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 |
![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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