Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation
	Logo used since 2001
Abbreviation	AFC
Formation	7 May 1954
Founded at	Manila, Philippines[1]
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served	Asia[lower-alpha 1]
Membership	47 member associations
Official language	Arabic ; English[2]
President	Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Vice Presidents	See list • Alireza Bageri Susisboxor; (SAFF) ; • Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar; (EAFF) ; • Mehdi Taj; (CAFA) ; • Saoud Al-Mohannadi; (WAFF) ; • Zaw Zaw; (AFF);
General Secretary	Datuk Seri Windsor John[3][4]
Parent organization	FIFA
Subsidiaries	AFF (Southeast Asia); CAFA (Central Asia); EAFF (East Asia); SAFF (South Asia); WAFF (Western Asia);
Website	the-afc.com

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries/territories in Asia[lower-alpha 1]. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC.[5]

AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Executive Committee

AFC President and FIFA Senior Vice President[6]
Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
FIFA Council Members[6]
Kohzo Tashima Datuk Haji Hamidin bin Haji Mohd Amin Kanya Keomany Mariano Araneta Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Yasser Al Misehal
AFC Vice Presidents[6]
Hachem Haidar Mehdi Taj Ugen Tsechup Zaw Zaw Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar
AFC Executive Committee Members[6]
Abdullah Ahmed Alshaheen Alrabeea Abdullah Nasser Aljneibi Bassam Adeel Jaleel Pankaj Bikram Nembang Chris Nikou Somyot Poompanmoung Ravshan Irmatov Eric Fok Kai Shan Shaji Prabhakaran
AFC Female Executive Committee Members[6]
Susan Riyad Abdelrahim Al Shalabi Mahfuza Akhter Kiron Kanya Keomany[lower-alpha 2] Han Un-gyong
General Secretary
Windsor John

Notes

Also including some countries/territories in Oceania such as Australia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
also a FIFA Council Member

Member associations

AFC regional federations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into 5 regions. Some nations proposed a South West Asian Federation that would not interfere with AFC zones.[7][8][9] Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam were founding members.[10][11]

Code	Name	Founded	FIFA affiliation	AFC affiliation	IOC member
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) (12)
AUS	Australia[m 1]	1961	1963	2006	Yes[m 2]
BRU	Brunei Darussalam	1952	1972	1969	Yes
CAM	Cambodia	1933	1954	1954	Yes
IDN	Indonesia	1930	1952	1954	Yes
LAO	Laos	1951	1952	1968	Yes
MAS	Malaysia	1933	1954	1954	Yes
MYA	Myanmar	1947	1948	1954	Yes
PHI	Philippines	1907	1930	1954	Yes
SGP	Singapore	1892	1952	1954	Yes
THA	Thailand	1916	1925	1954	Yes
TLS	Timor-Leste	2002	2005	2002	Yes
VIE	Vietnam	1960	1952	1954	Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) (6)
AFG	Afghanistan	1933	1948	1954	Yes
IRN	Islamic Republic of Iran	1920	1948	1958	Yes
KGZ	Kyrgyz Republic	1992	1994	1993	Yes
TJK	Tajikistan	1936	1994	1993	Yes
TKM	Turkmenistan	1992	1994	1993	Yes
UZB	Uzbekistan	1946	1994	1993	Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) (10)
CHN	China	1924	1931	1974	Yes
TPE	Chinese Taipei[m 3]	1936	1954	1954	Yes
PRK	DPR Korea	1945	1958	1974	Yes
GUM	Guam	1975	1996	1991	Yes[m 2]
HKG	Hong Kong, China	1914	1954	1954	Yes
JPN	Japan	1921	1921	1954	Yes
KOR	Korea Republic	1928	1948	1954	Yes
MAC	Macau	1939	1978	1978	No[m 4]
MNG	Mongolia	1959	1998	1993	Yes
NMI	Northern Mariana Islands	2005	N/A	2020	No[m 5]
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) (7)
BAN	Bangladesh	1972	1976	1974	Yes
BHU	Bhutan	1983	2000	1993	Yes
IND	India	1937	1948	1954	Yes
MDV	Maldives	1982	1986	1984	Yes
NEP	Nepal	1951	1972	1954	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	1947	1948	1954	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	1939	1952	1954	Yes
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) (12)
BHR	Bahrain	1957	1968	1969	Yes
IRQ	Iraq	1948	1950	1970	Yes
JOR	Jordan	1949	1956	1970	Yes
KUW	Kuwait	1952	1964	1964	Yes
LBN	Lebanon	1933	1936	1964	Yes
OMA	Oman	1978	1980	1980	Yes
PLE	Palestine	1998	1998	1998	Yes
QAT	Qatar	1960	1972	1974	Yes
KSA	Saudi Arabia	1956	1956	1972	Yes
SYR	Syria	1936	1937	1970	Yes
UAE	United Arab Emirates	1971	1974	1974	Yes
YEM	Yemen	1962	1980	1980	Yes

Notes

Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.
Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.
Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member and not an IOC member.
Part of the United States Olympic Committee.

Former members

Association	Year	Note
Israel	1954–1974	Expelled from AFC competitions in 1974, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait (as other Muslim and Arab countries refused to play against Israel), that was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.[12][13] Later became a full UEFA member in 1994.
New Zealand	1964[14]	Founding member of OFC in 1966.
South Yemen	1972–1990[15]	Joined North Yemen as Yemen.
Kazakhstan	1993–2002	Joined UEFA in 2002.

Tournaments

AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup, and the AFC Solidarity Cup replace AFC Challenge Cup for a country that has few chances to play in the Asian Cup. The 3 tournaments are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics.

The top-ranked AFC tournament for association football clubs is the AFC Champions League which started in the 2002–03 season (an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup) and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded); this tournament only gathered teams from top country. And AFC Women's Club Championship for women's association football club competition.[16]

A 2nd, lower-ranked tournament is the AFC Cup which was launched by AFC in 2004. A 3rd tournament, the AFC President's Cup which had started in 2005 was absorbed into the AFC Cup in 2015.[17]

AFC runs an annual Asian futsal club tournament, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for futsal club competition.[18]

Defunct

National teams

AFC Challenge Cup
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
AFC U-14 Championship[19]
AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship[20]

Clubs

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Current title holders

National teams
Tournament	Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up	Next[21][22]
AFC Asian Cup (qual.)	2019 (qual.)	Qatar	Final	Japan	2023 (qual.)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup	2022 (qual.)	Saudi Arabia	Final	Uzbekistan	2024 (qual.)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup	2023 (qual.)	Uzbekistan	Final	Iraq	2025 (qual.)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup	2023 (qual.)	Japan	Final	South Korea	2025 (qual.)
AFC Solidarity Cup	2016	Nepal	Final	Macau	2024
Men's Asian Games Football Tournament (U-23)	2022	South Korea	Final	Japan	2026
Boys' Asian Youth Games Football Tournament	2013	South Korea	Final	Iran	2025
AFC Futsal Asian Cup	2022 (qual.)	Japan	Final	Iran	2024 (qual.)
AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup	2019 (qual.)	Japan	Final	Afghanistan	2023 (qual.)
Men's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Tournament	2017	Iran	Final	Uzbekistan	2023
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup	2023	Iran	Final	Japan	2025
Men's Asian Beach Games Beach Soccer Tournament	2016	Japan	Final	Oman	2023
Women's national teams
AFC Women's Asian Cup (qual.)	2022 (qual.)	China	Final	South Korea	2026 (qual.)
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup	2019 (qual.)	Japan	Final	North Korea	2024 (qual.)
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup	2019 (qual.)	Japan	Final	North Korea	2024 (qual.)
Women's Asian Games Football Tournament	2022	Japan	Final	North Korea	2026
AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	2020	—	Play-off	—	2024
AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup	2018	Iran	Final	Japan	2022
Women's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Tournament	2017	Thailand	Final	Japan	2023
Club teams
AFC Champions League	2022 (qual.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Final	Al-Hilal	2023–24 (qual.)
AFC Cup	2022 (qual.)	Al-Seeb	Final	Kuala Lumpur City	2023–24 (qual.)
AFC Futsal Club Championship	2019	Nagoya Oceans	Final	Mes Sungun	2023
Women's club teams
AFC Women's Club Championship/ AFC Women's Champions League	2022		Final		2023

Defunct tournaments

National teams
Competition	Last held	Champions	Title	Runners-up
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	2007	Japan	2nd	Egypt
AFC-OFC Challenge Cup	2003	Iran	1st	New Zealand
AFC Challenge Cup	2014	Palestine	1st	Philippines
AFC U-14 Championship	2014	Iraq	1st	North Korea
Club teams
Afro-Asian Club Championship	1998	Raja Casablanca	1st	Pohang Steelers
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2001–02	Al-Hilal	2nd	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
President's Cup	2014	HTTU Asgabat	1st	Rimyongsu
Asian Super Cup	2002	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2nd	Al-Hilal

Titles by nation

Nation	Men									Women				Futsal					Beach Soccer		Club							Inter Conf.			Nation	Total
Nation	Asia	Sol	Cha	Asiad	U23	U20	U17	U14	AYG	Asia	Asiad	U20	U17	Men	AIMm	U20	Wmn	AIMw	BS	ABG	ACL	ACC	APC	AWC	ASC	WCC	FCC	AAN	AO	AAC	Nation	Total
Japan	4			1	1	1	4			2	3	6	4	4		1		3	3	1	8			5	2	1	4	2	1		Japan	61
Iran	3			4		4	1							12	5	1	2		3	2	3			1			4		1		Iran	46
South Korea	2			6	1	12	2		2			2	1								12				3			1		2	South Korea	46
Saudi Arabia	3				1	3	2														6			6	3						Saudi Arabia	24
China						1	2			9	3	1									3										China	19
North Korea			2	1		3	2			3	3	1	3																		North Korea	18
Iraq	1			1	1	5	1	1														3									Iraq	13
Israel	1					6															3										Israel	10
Myanmar				2		7																	1								Myanmar	10
Thailand						2	1			1								1			2						2			1	Thailand	10
Chinese Taipei				2						3													1								Chinese Taipei	6
Qatar	1			1		1	1														2										Qatar	6
Kuwait	1																					4									Kuwait	5
Tajikistan			1																				4								Tajikistan	5
United Arab Emirates						1													2	1	1										United Arab Emirates	5
Uzbekistan				1	1		1											1				1									Uzbekistan	5
India			1	2		1																									India	4
Jordan																						3				1					Jordan	4
Oman							2												1	1											Oman	4
Australia	1									1											1										Australia	3
Bahrain																			1			2									Bahrain	3
Syria						1																2									Syria	3
Kyrgyzstan																							2								Kyrgyzstan	2
Turkmenistan																							2								Turkmenistan	2
Indonesia						1																									Indonesia	1
Lebanon																						1									Lebanon	1
Malaysia																						1									Malaysia	1
Nepal		1																													Nepal	1
New Zealand										1																					New Zealand	1
Palestine			1																												Palestine	1

Rankings

FIFA World Rankings

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 26 October 2023)[23]
AFC*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	18	1	Japan	1612.99
2	21		Iran	1567.3
3	24	2	South Korea	1540.35
4	27		Australia	1531.25
5	57		Saudi Arabia	1408.85
6	61		Qatar	1394.16
7	68	1	Iraq	1349.73
8	69	1	United Arab Emirates	1348.87
9	72	1	Oman	1334.37
10	73	2	Uzbekistan	1333.09
11	79	1	China	1296.99
12	82	2	Jordan	1284.39
13	83	3	Bahrain	1281.46
14	92	1	Syria	1239.37
15	94	1	Vietnam	1236.25
16	96	1	Palestine	1224.05
17	97	1	Kyrgyzstan	1224.03
18	102		India	1198.84
19	104	3	Lebanon	1198.25
20	109	1	Tajikistan	1187.23
21	112		Thailand	1177.15
22	115	1	North Korea	1169.96
23	136	1	Kuwait	1097.05
24	137	3	Malaysia	1096.72
25	138	6	Philippines	1095.94
26	141	1	Turkmenistan	1086.12
27	145	2	Indonesia	1069.82
28	150	2	Hong Kong	1045.01
29	152	2	Chinese Taipei	1040.7
30	154	4	Afghanistan	1033.8
31	155	2	Singapore	1032.89
32	156		Yemen	1023.59
33	158	3	Myanmar	1011.73
34	161	6	Maldives	1003.48
35	173	2	Nepal	963.82
36	178	1	Cambodia	931.47
37	182	2	Bhutan	913.02
38	183	6	Bangladesh	912.6
39	187	2	Macau	896.62
40	188	2	Laos	889.62
41	190	7	Mongolia	889.16
42	191		Brunei	870.63
43	193	4	Pakistan	864.84
44	197	5	Timor-Leste	843.4
45	202		Sri Lanka	822.03
46	203	2	Guam	821.91
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 25 August 2023)[24]
AFC*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	8	3	Japan	1961.35
2	11	1	Australia	1882.88
3	15	1	China	1819.59
4	20	3	South Korea	1773.93
5	34	2	Vietnam	1622.95
6	38	1	Chinese Taipei	1578.28
7	44	2	Philippines	1540.89
8	46	2	Thailand	1535.03
9	50	1	Uzbekistan	1499.03
10	51	1	Myanmar	1487.58
11	61	1	India	1413.52
12	63	2	Iran	1409.78
13	73		Jordan	1322.78
14	77	1	Hong Kong	1293.4
15	84		Bahrain	1254.12
16	87		Laos	1240.52
17	89		Malaysia	1228.66
18	93		Guam	1218.07
19	101		Nepal	1199.02
20	105		Indonesia	1179.93
21	112	1	United Arab Emirates	1158.26
22	118		Cambodia	1144.56
23	127		Mongolia	1108.79
24	128		Kyrgyzstan	1099.57
25	130	1	Singapore	1091.54
26	134	4	Palestine	1082.9
27	137	1	Lebanon	1071.93
28	142	2	Bangladesh	1054.51
29	148	1	Tajikistan	991.2
30	153	1	Sri Lanka	955.21
31	156		Timor-Leste	946.01
32	160		Maldives	938.55
33	169	2	Bhutan	841.86
34	172	2	Saudi Arabia	835.44
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

Historical leaders

Men's

Women's

Team of the Year

Teams ranking in the top four – Men's[23]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2022	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2021	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Australia
2020	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2019	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2018	Iran	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2017	Iran	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2016	Iran	South Korea	Japan	Australia
2015	Iran	South Korea	Japan	Australia
2014	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Uzbekistan
2013	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Australia
2012	Japan	South Korea	Australia	Iran
2011	Japan	Australia	South Korea	Iran
2010	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Iran
2009	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Bahrain
2008	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Iran
2007	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2006	Iran	Australia	Uzbekistan	Japan
2005	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
2004	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
2003	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Japan
2002	South Korea	Japan	Iran	Saudi Arabia
2001	Iran	Saudi Arabia	Japan	South Korea
2000	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Japan	South Korea
1999	Saudi Arabia	Iran	South Korea	United Arab Emirates
1998	South Korea	Japan	Kuwait	Iran
1997	Japan	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait
1996	Japan	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Thailand
1995	Japan	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	China
1994	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Japan	China
1993	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Japan	United Arab Emirates

Performances by countries

Team	First place	Second place	Third place
Japan	11 (1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2022)	8 (1998, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021)	8 (1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Iran	9 (2000, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)	8 (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2019, 2020, 2022)	2 (2002, 2003)
Saudi Arabia	4 (1993, 1994, 1999, 2000)	3 (1996, 2001, 2003)	2 (1995, 1997)
South Korea	3 (1998, 2002, 2003)	7 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2012, 2015, 2016)	15 (1996, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Australia	3 (2008, 2009, 2010)	3 (2011, 2017, 2017)	1 (2012)
Uzbekistan	0	0	1 (2006)
Kuwait	0	0	1 (1998)

Teams ranking in the top four – Women's[24]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2022	North Korea	Australia	Japan	China
2021	North Korea	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2020	Australia	Japan	China	South Korea
2019	Australia	Japan	North Korea	China
2018	Australia	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2017	Australia	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2016	Australia	Japan	North Korea	China
2015	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China
2014	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China
2013	Japan	Australia	North Korea	South Korea
2012	Japan	Australia	North Korea	South Korea
2011	Japan	North Korea	Australia	South Korea
2010	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China
2009	North Korea	Japan	China	Australia
2008	North Korea	Japan	China	Australia
2007	North Korea	Japan	Australia	China
2006	North Korea	China	Japan	South Korea
2005	North Korea	China	Japan	South Korea
2004	China	North Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei
2003	China	North Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei

Men's elo rankings

World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members:[25]

AFC	Elo Rankings	Country	Elo ratings	1 year change
1	15	Japan	1,854	16
2	27	Iran	1,801	2
3	29	Australia	1,771	14
4	32	South Korea	1,760	6
5	57	Iraq	1,616	10
6	61	Uzbekistan	1,607	9
7	62	Jordan	1,598	4
8	65	Oman	1,574	4
9	67	Saudi Arabia	1,572	8
10	77	Qatar	1,515	29
11	79	Bahrain	1,501	1
12	87	China	1,478	3
13	91	United Arab Emirates	1,453	10
14	98	Palestine	1,433	5
15	103	Syria	1,415	15
16	107	Vietnam	1,400	5
17	109	Kuwait	1,391	29
18	113	North Korea	1,375	3
18	113	Thailand	1,375	6
20	127	Tajikistan	1,325	9
21	135	Lebanon	1,303	16
22	137	Indonesia	1,284	13
23	138	Malaysia	1,282	23
24	143	India	1,272	10
25	154	Turkmenistan	1,235	5
26	155	Kyrgyzstan	1,231	13
27	169	Singapore	1,134	4
28	170	Hong Kong	1,121	1
29	177	Yemen	1,092	2
30	178	Afghanistan	1,085	2
31	185	Philippines	1,031	8
32	194	Nepal	930	2
33	195	Chinese Taipei	924	2
34	197	Myanmar	910	2
35	198	Bangladesh	903	8
36	201	Maldives	898	4
37	204	Cambodia	863	1
38	209	Pakistan	810	7
38	209	Mongolia	810
40	216	Guam	705
41	219	Macau	688	1
42	223	Sri Lanka	675	1
43	224	Laos	662	1
44	227	Timor-Leste	623
45	230	Brunei	601
46	233	Bhutan	560
47	238	Northern Mariana Islands	404

Club Competitions Ranking

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC.[26] Listed here are the top 30 countries.

AFC	Country	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	93.795
2	Japan	91.820
3	South Korea	88.295
4	Qatar	75.950
5	Iran	72.018
6	United Arab Emirates	64.130
7	China	57.630
8	Thailand	49.470
9	Uzbekistan	45.006
10	Iraq	36.902
11	Australia	34.080
12	Jordan	30.161
13	Malaysia	29.950
14	Vietnam	29.468
15	Hong Kong	27.450
16	Tajikistan	23.976
17	India	23.637
18	Bahrain	20.681
19	Kuwait	20.070
20	Turkmenistan	19.464
21	Philippines	18.428
22	Lebanon	17.761
23	Syria	17.612
24	Singapore	16.824
25	North Korea	16.117
26	Indonesia	15.083
27	Bangladesh	14.120
28	Oman	12.453
29	Maldives	9.467
30	Myanmar	8.287

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[27]

AFC rank	World rank	Country	Points
1	6	Japan	1549
2	7	Iran	1486
3	14	United Arab Emirates	945
4	21	Oman	555
5	40	Lebanon	217
6	47	Palestine	177
7	55	China	129
8	56	Bahrain	128
9	65	Malaysia	95
10	70	Iraq	78
11	71	Thailand	77
12	74	Afghanistan	69
13	79	Qatar	61
14	82	Syria	56
15	85	Kuwait	46
15	85	Kyrgyzstan	46
17	94	Saudi Arabia	30
18	108	Australia	0
19	111	Yemen	0
20	112	Philippines	0
21	113	Indonesia	0
22	115	Uzbekistan	0
23	115	Vietnam	0
24	115	Laos	0

Men's futsal

Per 12 October 2023:[28]

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/-
1	6	Iran	1596
2	14	Japan	1385	1
3	25	Uzbekistan	1257
4	26	Thailand	1230	2
5	36	Australia	1122	2
6	37	Vietnam	1118	3
7	40	Indonesia	1083	1
8	41	Kuwait	1080	4
9	45	Iraq	1045	5
10	52	Kyrgyzstan	963	7
11	53	Tajikistan	959	3
12	58	Afghanistan	933	35
13	64	Lebanon	904	20
14	65	Saudi Arabia	881	18
15	71	Bahrain	881	4
16	76	Turkmenistan	870	12
17	79	Malaysia	856	6
18	81	China	848	3
19	83	Myanmar	846	7
20	87	South Korea	826	12
22	91	Chinese Taipei	809	2
23	92	Qatar	807	3
24	99	Oman	708	6
25	107	United Arab Emirates	708	10
25	107	Palestine	647	1
27	115	Syria	651
28	118	Hong Kong	621
29	120	Singapore	614
30	121	Laos	596
31	121	Mongolia	581	1
32	122	Cambodia	576
33	123	East Timor	571
34	128	Philippines	540
35	131	Brunei	524
36	136	Maldives	454
–	–	India*	790
–	–	Yemen*	578
–	–	Nepal*	553
–	–	Bhutan*	543

a number between brackets is the rank of the previous week. (*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches).

Women's futsal

AFC Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon Ba
Update: March 2022

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points
1	7	Iran	5721
2	10	Japan	5636
3	11	Thailand	5614
4	23	Vietnam	5317
5	25	China	5252
6	26	Jordan	5252
7	29	Chinese Taipei	5721
8	34	Indonesia	5127
9	35	Australia	5167
10	37	Uzbekistan	5092
11	40	Malaysia	5007
12	42	Syria	4991
13	45	Myanmar	4901
14	46	Hong Kong	4897
15	48	Lebanon	4870
16	49	Bahrain	4852
17	51	Philippines	4745
18	53	Palestine	4720
19	61	Iraq	4391
20	62	Laos	4390
21	64	Kyrgyzstan	4314
22	66	Bangladesh	4126
23	67	Tajikistan	3995
24	68	Macau	3991
25	69	United Arab Emirates	3987
26	70	Turkmenistan	3945
27	72	Saudi Arabia	3669
28	73	Qatar	3660
29	74	Kuwait	3553
30	75	Afghanistan	3368

Tournament record

Legend

1st – Champion
2nd – Runner-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
— Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	Years
South Korea	Did not exist			×	R1	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	4th	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2		11
Japan	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R2		7
Iran	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R1		6
Saudi Arabia	Did not exist					×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1		6
Australia*	Part of OFC																		R1	R1	R1	R2		4
North Korea	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	QF	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	R1	•	•	×		2
Qatar	Did not exist										×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1
China	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•		1
United Arab Emirates	Did not exist										×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Iraq	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Kuwait	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•		1
Indonesia[lower-alpha 1]	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•		1
Israel	Did not exist			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	Not a member of AFC													1
Total (13 teams)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	6		43

* Australia qualified for FIFA WC for six times, two as OFC member and four as AFC member.

Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record
Team (Total 35 teams)	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)	Years
Iran				1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	QF	3rd	QF	QF	QF	SF	Q	15
South Korea	1st	1st	3rd		2nd		2nd	GS	2nd		QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	Q	15
China						3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	Q	13
Saudi Arabia								1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS	R16	Q	11
Qatar							GS	GS	GS	GS		QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	1st	Q	11
United Arab Emirates							GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd		GS	GS	GS	3rd	SF	Q	11
Japan									GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	2nd	Q	10
Kuwait					GS	2nd	1st	3rd	GS		4th	QF	GS		GS	GS			10
Iraq					GS	4th					QF	QF	QF	1st	QF	4th	R16	Q	10
Thailand					3rd					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS			R16	Q	8
Uzbekistan											GS	GS	QF	QF	4th	QF	R16	Q	8
Syria							GS	GS	GS		GS				GS		GS	Q	7
Bahrain									GS				4th	GS	GS	GS	R16	Q	6
Australia	Part of OFC													QF	2nd	1st	QF	Q	5
India			2nd					GS							GS		GS	Q	5
North Korea							4th			GS					GS	GS	GS		5
Vietnam	4th	4th												QF			QF	Q	5
Jordan													QF		QF	GS	R16	Q	5
Oman													GS	GS		GS	R16	Q	5
Indonesia											GS	GS	GS	GS				Q	5
Israel	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	Part of UEFA														4
Hong Kong	3rd		4th	5th														Q	4
Malaysia						GS	GS							GS				Q	4
Lebanon												GS					GS	Q	3
Palestine																GS	GS	Q	3
Chinese Taipei		3rd		4th															2
Kyrgyzstan																	R16	Q	2
Turkmenistan													GS				GS		2
Yemen						GS											GS		2
Bangladesh							GS												1
Cambodia					4th														1
Myanmar				2nd															1
Philippines																	GS		1
Singapore								GS											1
Tajikistan																		Q	1

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	2027 TBD (32)	Years
Japan	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	1st	2nd	R2	QF		9
China	QF	4th	2nd	QF	QF	•	QF	R2	R1		8
Australia	Part of OFC				QF	QF	QF	R2	4th		5
South Korea	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	R1	R1		4
North Korea	•	×	R1	R1	QF	R1	×	•	×		4
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•		2
Philippines	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1
Vietnam	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1
Chinese Taipei	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Total (9 teams)	3	2	3	4	4	3	5	5	5+1		35

Olympic Games For Women

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2021 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
China	2nd	5th	9th	5th	–	8th	10th		6
Japan	7th	–	7th	4th	2nd	–	8th		5
Australia	Part of OFC			–	–	7th	4th		2
North Korea	–	–	–	9th	9th	–	×		2
Total (4 teams)	2	1	2	3	2	2	3		15

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Team (Total 22 teams)	1975 (6)	1977 (6)	1979 (6)	1981 (8)	1983 (6)	1986 (7)	1989 (8)	1991 (9)	1993 (8)	1995 (11)	1997 (11)	1999 (15)	2001 (14)	2003 (14)	2006 (9)	2008 (8)	2010 (8)	2014 (8)	2018 (8)	2022 (12)	Years
Japan		GS		GS		2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	SF	17
Thailand	2nd	2nd		2nd	1st	3rd	GS	GS		GS		GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	5th	4th	QF	17
China						1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	15
Chinese Taipei		1st	1st	1st			2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	GS	GS	GS	GS				QF	14
Hong Kong	GS	GS	4th	4th	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS							14
South Korea								GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	4th	3rd	GS	GS	GS	4th	5th	2nd	13
Philippines				GS	GS				GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS					6th	SF	10
North Korea							GS	4th	2nd		2nd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	2nd				10
Vietnam												GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6th	GS	QF	9
India			2nd	3rd	2nd					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS						WD[lower-alpha 1]	9
Malaysia	4th		GS		3rd	GS		GS	GS	GS		GS	GS								9
Australia	3rd		3rd												2nd	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	QF	8
Singapore	GS	3rd		GS	4th			GS					GS	GS							7
Myanmar														GS	GS		GS	GS		GS	5
Indonesia		4th		GS		4th	GS													GS	5
Uzbekistan										GS	GS	GS	GS	GS							5
Guam											GS	GS	GS	GS							4
Nepal						GS	GS					GS									3
Kazakhstan										GS	GS	GS		Part of UEFA							3
Jordan																		GS	GS		2
Iran																				GS	1
New Zealand	1st																				1

Notes:

India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the tournament, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[29]

Olympic Games For Men

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2021 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
South Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		QF				GS						GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	3rd	QF	5th		11
Japan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF			GS		QF	3rd							GS	QF	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th		11
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	not a member of AFC									QF	GS	GS				4th			GS			5
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS	GS	4th	GS																	4
Saudi Arabia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•											GS			GS						15th		3
China	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS											GS					GS					3
Kuwait	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•										QF			GS		GS							3
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						GS		GS	QF													3
Australia	Part of OFC																								GS			12th		2
Qatar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•											GS		QF									2
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				GS			GS															2
Chinese Taipei	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS			GS																	2
Israel	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•							QF		QF	not a member of AFC												2
United Arab Emirates	•	not a member of AFC																								GS				1
Syria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•										GS												1
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									QF													1
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•								GS														1
Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•								GS														1
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				QF																		1
Afghanistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS																				1
Total (20 teams)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4		60

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Years
South Korea	•	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	GS	GS	•	R16	GS	GS	QF	R16	QF	•	R16	2nd	4th	16
Japan	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	GS	QF	R16	R16	•	•	•	•	R16	R16	GS	11
Saudi Arabia	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	R16	•	•	R16	GS	•	9
China	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	R16	•	R16	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Uzbekistan	Part of USSR								•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	QF	QF	•	•	R16	5
Iraq	GS	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	5
Qatar	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	4
Syria	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Iran	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	3
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	3
Australia	Part of OFC															•	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	3
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Indonesia	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Vietnam	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Jordan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Kazakhstan	Part of USSR								•	•	•	GS	•	Part of UEFA										1
Total (19 teams)	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4		69

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	Years
Japan	QF	•	•	QF	GS	3rd	•	3rd	1st	2nd	7
North Korea	•	•	1st	2nd	QF	QF	4th	1st	QF	•	7
South Korea	•	GS	•	•	3rd	QF	QF	GS	•	GS	6
China	•	2nd	2nd	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	6
Australia	Part of OFC		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	2
Thailand	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Chinese Taipei	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total (7 teams)	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	30

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Years
Japan	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	QF	R16	•	R16	R16	Q	10
Qatar	GS	QF	•	4th	GS	GS	•	QF	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
South Korea	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	QF	•	•	R16	•	QF	Q	7
China	QF	•	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	6
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R16	•	GS	•	R16	GS	•	•	5
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	R16	•	R16	•	QF	•	Q	5
Australia	Part of OFC											•	•	R16	•	R16	•	R16	•	3
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	GS	•	•	•	•	3
Oman	•	•	•	•	•	4th	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Saudi Arabia	QF	GS	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Uzbekistan	Part of USSR				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R16	•	•	•	Q	3
Tajikistan	Part of USSR				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	2
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	R16	•	•	2
Syria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	2
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Bahrain	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Yemen	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total (19 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	63

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	Years
Japan	QF	2nd	QF	1st	2nd	QF	QF	7
North Korea	1st	4th	2nd	GS	1st	QF	•	6
China	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	3
South Korea	QF	1st	•	•	•	GS	•	3
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
Jordan	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Total (6 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	21

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Years
Iran		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	3rd	QF		8
Thailand				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2		6
Japan	R1				R1	R1	R2		R2		5
China		R1	R1			R1					3
Australia							R1	R1			2
Uzbekistan								R1	R2		2
Vietnam								R2	R2		2
Chinese Taipei					R1						1
Hong Kong		R1									1
Kazakhstan				R1							1
Kuwait							R1				1
Malaysia			R1								1
Saudi Arabia	R1										1
Total (13 teams)	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	TBD	34

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team	1995 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)	2005 (12)	2006 (16)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (16)	2024 (16)	2025 (16)	Years
Japan	•	•	GS	•	QF	4th	GS	•	•	•	4th	QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	QF	QF	GS	4th	2nd	Q		16
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	QF	QF	3rd	•	•	Q		8
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	Q		7
Oman	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	GS	Q		5
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Total (7 teams)	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	41

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Japan	•	GS	•	•	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	•	5
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Australia	Part of OFC							•	•	GS	1
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
South Korea	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total (6 teams)	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	13

Controversy

AFC Champions League

In 2020 AFC Champions League, the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran received a letter from AFC on 17 January 2020 announcing that teams from Iran would not be allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.[30][31] The 4 AFC Champions League teams from Iran announced on 18 January 2020 that they would withdraw from the tournament if the ban was not reversed.[32][33] AFC announced on 23 January 2020 that any group stage matches which the Iranian teams were supposed to host on matchdays 1, 2 and 3 would be switched with the corresponding away matches to allow time to reassess the security concerns in the country.[34][35][36]

Hakeem al-Araibi

Hakeem al-Araibi, Bahraini footballer turned political refugee in Australia, was arrested by Thai police on his honeymoon to Thailand in November 2018. He faced extradition charges from the Bahraini government on the accusation over his involvement in the Bahraini uprising of 2011 that he instigated the attack on a police station. As Thailand did not sign the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Thai economic interests with Bahrain, and the ruling president of AFC, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, is a member of Bahraini Royal family, fear that AFC might set up as culprit for the deportation, triggered international outcry. Australia and FIFA eventually intervened and Thai officials would release Hakeem in February 2019.[37][38]

Israel's boycott by Muslim and Arab countries

The AFC Asian Cup is marked with instances of political interference. Israel was expelled from the AFC in 1974 and had to compete in OFC (Oceania) until being granted UEFA (Europe) membership in 1990.[39]

Iranian–Saudi rivalry

Cases exist in other AFC tournaments like the one between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Following the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, Saudi Arabia has rejected playing with Iran and threatens to withdraw if AFC refuses to follow, and extended it to international level.[40]

World Cup qualifiers

Tensions between the 2 Koreas during the 2010 World Cup qualification had led North Korea to withdraw from hosting South Korean team and refusing to display the South Korean flag and play their national anthem. As a result, North Korea's home matches were moved to Shanghai.[41]

During the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, North Korea reluctantly agreed to host the South Korean team in Pyongyang, the first time North Korea hosted South Korea at home in a competitive match. North Korean government banned supporters from entering the stadium. The match ended a goalless draw, and as for the result of controversies, South Korea decided to pull out the bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, and accused North Korea of political meddling in sports. AFC was accused of doing little about the case, which led to AFC to decide the final of the 2019 AFC Cup would not be hosted in North Korea.[42]

On 9 March 2020, FIFA announced in a statement that matches between Asian qualifiers for World Cup 2022, which were scheduled for March and June, are postponed to a later time. The decision has been made due to the spread of SARS-CoV-2.[43] On 12 August 2020, FIFA and AFC have jointly decided that the upcoming qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, originally scheduled to take place during the international match windows in October and November 2020, will be rescheduled to 2021.[44]

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[Outside_Asia-2] Also including some countries/territories in Oceania such as Australia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

[8] also a FIFA Council Member

[fm-ofc2-14] Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.

[oc-onoc-15] Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.

[fm-ofc1-16] Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.

[mac-17] Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member and not an IOC member.

[usoc-18] Part of the United States Olympic Committee.

[36] Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.

[38] India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the tournament, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[29]

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[3] "AFC STATUTES Edition 2017" (PDF). AFC. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[4] "AFC GENERAL SECRETARY: DATO' WINDSOR JOHN". Arabian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[5] Kewdiepie (3 December 2015). "Prime choice to lead FIFA". The Star. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[6] "Football (Soccer) − Asian Football Confederation". Asian Sports Net. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[AFC_Congress_2023-7] (in English) "AFC Executive Committee and Asia's FIFA Council members confirmed".

[9] "New Football Bloc for South West Asia Launched in Jeddah". reuters. 1 June 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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