AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.
General statistics by tournament
Debut of national teams
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 |
Overall team records
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.[8]
- As of 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points | Points per Match |
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1 | Iran | 14 | 68 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 131 | 48 | +83 | 142 | 2.088 |
2 | South Korea | 14 | 67 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 105 | 63 | +42 | 122 | 1.821 |
3 | Japan | 9 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 92 | 44 | +48 | 102 | 2.125 |
4 | China | 12 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 88 | 65 | +23 | 82 | 1.464 |
5 | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 75 | 1.563 |
6 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 59 | -18 | 56 | 1.273 |
7 | Kuwait | 10 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 50 | -4 | 54 | 1.286 |
8 | Iraq | 9 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 45 | -1 | 52 | 1.333 |
9 | Qatar | 10 | 39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 50 | 1.282 |
10 | Uzbekistan | 7 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 47 | -5 | 43 | 1.536 |
11 | Australia | 4 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 40 | 1.905 |
12 | Israel | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 27 | 2.077 |
13 | Jordan | 4 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 24 | 1.600 |
14 | Syria | 6 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 24 | 1.143 |
15 | Bahrain | 6 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 38 | -9 | 21 | 0.913 |
16 | Thailand | 7 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 52 | -33 | 15 | 0.625 |
17 | Oman | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 12 | 0.923 |
18 | North Korea | 5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | -25 | 11 | 0.611 |
19 | India | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | -15 | 10 | 0.769 |
20 | Vietnam | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 35 | -18 | 9 | 0.600 |
21 | Indonesia | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 8 | 0.667 |
22 | Myanmar | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 1.750 |
23 | Malaysia | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | -13 | 6 | 0.667 |
24 | Lebanon | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 5 | 0.833 |
25 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 5 | 0.714 |
26 | Singapore | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 | 1.000 |
27 | Cambodia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 4 | 0.800 |
28 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 3 | 0.750 |
29 | Hong Kong | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 3 | 0.300 |
30 | Palestine | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 2 | 0.333 |
31 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 1 | 0.167 |
32 | South Vietnam | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 1 | 0.167 |
33 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 | 0.000 |
34 | South Yemen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 | 0.000 |
35 | Yemen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 | 0.000 |
36 | Bangladesh | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -15 | 0 | 0.000 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
3 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
4 | South Korea | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
5 | Israel | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | China | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Myanmar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 17 | 17 | 18 | 52 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
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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 | Q | 7 | |||
Iraq | Not AFC member | GS | 4th | × | × | × | × | QF | QF | QF | 1st | QF | 4th | R16 | Q | 10 | ||||
Jordan | Not AFC member | • | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | QF | • | QF | GS | R16 | Q | 5 | ||||
Kuwait | Not AFC member | × | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | GS | • | 4th | QF | GS | • | GS | GS | × | • | 10 | |||
Lebanon | Not AFC member | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | GS | • | × | • | • | GS | Q | 3 | |||
Oman | Not AFC member | • | × | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | R16 | Q | 5 | |||||||
Palestine | Not an AFC member | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | Q | 3 | |||||||||||
Qatar | Part of United Kingdom | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | QF | GS | 1st | Q | 11 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | Not AFC member | •• | × | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | R16 | Q | Q | 12 | ||||
Syria | Not AFC member | • | × | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | Q | 7 | ||||
United Arab Emirates | Part of United Kingdom | × | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | • | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | Q | 11 | |||||
Yemen | Not AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |||||||
Central Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Iran | × | • | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | QF | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | SF | Q | 15 | |
Kyrgyzstan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | × | • | • | R16 | Q | 2 | ||||||||||
Tajikistan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | Q | 1 | ||||||||||
Turkmenistan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | GS | × | • | • | GS | • | 2 | ||||||||||
Uzbekistan | Part of Soviet Union | GS | GS | QF | QF | 4th | QF | R16 | Q | 8 | ||||||||||
South Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh | Part of Pakistan | × | GS | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
India | × | • | 2nd | • | × | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | Q | 5 | |
East Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
China | Not AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | Q | 13 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | • | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | OFC Member | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
Hong Kong | 3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 4 | |
Japan | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | Q | 10 | |
North Korea | Not AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 5 | |||||
South Korea | 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | Q | 15 | |
Southeast Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australia | OFC Member | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | Q | 5 | |||||||||||||
Cambodia | • | × | × | • | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Indonesia | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | × | Q | 5 | |
Malaysia | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | Q | 4 | |
Myanmar | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Philippines | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |
Singapore | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Thailand | × | × | • | • | 3rd | •• | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | R16 | Q | 8 | |
Vietnam | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | QF | • | • | QF | Q | 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 |
Results of host nations
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 | TBD |
2027 | Saudi Arabia | TBD |
Results of defending finalists
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 | TBD | Japan | TBD |
2027 | TBA | TBD | TBA | TBD |
Teams never qualified for finals tournaments
Legend
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
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 (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 1] | 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 |
Timor-Leste | Part of Portugal | Part of Indonesia | × | • | × | × | × | • | ×[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |||||||||
Notes: 1
Other records
Individual records
Most Valuable Player
Source:[12]
Overall top goalscorers
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Top goalscorers in one tournament
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Goals | Player | Representing | Year | Ref. |
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9 | Almoez Ali | Qatar | 2019 | [13] |
8 | Ali Daei | Iran | 1996 | [14] |
7 | Behtash Fariba | Iran | 1980 | [15] |
Choi Soon-ho | South Korea | [15] | ||
6 | Lee Dong-gook | South Korea | 2000 | [16] |
5 | Hossein Kalani | Iran | 1972 | [17] |
A'ala Hubail | Bahrain | 2004 | [18] | |
Ali Karimi | Iran | [18] | ||
Koo Ja-cheol | South Korea | 2011 | [19] | |
Ali Mabkhout | United Arab Emirates | 2015 | [20] |
Hat-tricks
Most tournament wins
Times | Player | Representing | Years |
---|---|---|---|
3 | Parviz Ghelichkhani | Iran | 1968, 1972, 1976 |
Most tournament appearances
The table lists the players who have appeared four or more times in the tournament.
Tournaments | Player | Years |
---|---|---|
5 | Ignatiy Nesterov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
4 | Masoud Shojaei | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
Waleed Abdullah | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Anzur Ismailov | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Amer Shafi | 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Zheng Zhi | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
Ahmed Kano | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
Ismail Matar | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
Marat Bikmaev | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
Javad Nekounam | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Younis Mahmoud | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Yasuhito Endō | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Bilal Mohammed | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Saud Kariri | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Server Djeparov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Timur Kapadze | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Mehdi Mahdavikia | 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007 | |
Li Ming | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 | |
Adnan Al-Talyani | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 |
Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.
Source:[21]
Fastest goals scored from kick-off
Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.
- Ali Mabkhout (against Bahrain) at the 2015 edition in 14 seconds
- Fathi Kameel (against China PR) at the 1976 edition in 20 seconds
- Xie Yuxin (against Japan) at the 1992 edition in 20 seconds
Source:[22]
Match records
Attendance by year
Year | Matches | Attendance | |||||||
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Total | Average | Lowest | Highest | ||||||
1992 | 16 | 316,496 | 19,781 | KSA – QAT KSA – THA |
Group stage | 4,000 | JPN – KSA | Final | 60,000 |
1996 | 26 | 448,000 | 17,231 | KOR – IDN JPN – CHN UZB – SYR KUW – JPN |
Group stage Group stage Group stage Quarter-finals |
2,000 | IRN – KUW UAE – KSA |
3rd place match Final |
60,000 |
2000 | 26 | 276,488 | 10,634 | KOR – IDN | Group stage | 500 | LIB – IRN | Group stage | 52,418 |
2004 | 32 | 937,650 | 29,302 | QAT – IDN | Group stage | 5,000 | CHN – JPN | Final | 62,000 |
2007 | 32 | 724,222 | 22,632 | OMA – IRQ KSA – BHR |
Group stage | 500 | KSA – IDN IDN – KOR |
Group stage | 88,000 |
2011 | 32 | 405,361 | 12,668 | KSA – JPN | Group stage | 2,022 | QAT – UZB | Group stage | 47,413 |
2015 | 32 | 649,705 | 20,304 | QAT – BHR | Group stage | 4,841 | KOR – AUS | Final | 76,385 |
2019 | 51 | 644,307 | 12,633 | PRK – QAT | Group stage | 452 | UAE – IND | Group stage | 43,206 |
Highest attendance
- The highest ever attendance officially recorded was of 100,000 during the 1976 AFC Asian Cup final between Iran and Kuwait.[11]
Lowest attendance
- The lowest ever attendance officially recorded was of 300 during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup group game between North Korea and Bangladesh.[23]
Awards
Team of the Tournament
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