"Asian Cup" redirects here. For the cricket tournament, see Asia Cup. The AFC Asian Cup is a football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and automatically qualifies for the FIFA Confederations Cup.
The Asian Cup had been held once every four years from 1956 until 2004. However, since the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship were also scheduled in the same year as the Asian Cup (2004, 2008, 2012 etc.), the AFC decided to move their championship to a less crowded cycle. After 2004, the tournament was held in 2007, and will be held every four years henceforth from then.
The Asian cup has been dominated by the top teams in Asia over the years, typically from East Asia or West Asia. Teams such as Korea Republic, Iran, Japan and Saudi Arabia have earned a spot for themselves in the final matches almost every year. Other teams which have achieved success at times include Australia, Kuwait, China, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, and, before disaffiliation from the AFC, Israel.
The 2007 tournament was held in the South East Asian nations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. This was won by Iraq beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the final on 29 July 2007.
Results
Summaries
Successful national teams
| Team |
Champions |
Runners-up |
Third-place |
Fourth-place |
 Saudi Arabia |
3 (1984, 1988, 1996) |
3 (1992, 2000, 2007) |
- |
 Iran |
3 (1968*, 1972, 1976*) |
- |
4 (1980, 1988, 1996, 2004) |
1 (1984) |
 Japan |
3 (1992*, 2000, 2004) |
- |
- |
1 (2007) |
 Korea Republic |
2 (1956, 1960*) |
3 (1972, 1980, 1988) |
3 (1964, 2000, 2007) |
- |
 Israel# |
1 (1964*) |
2 (1956, 1960) |
1 (1968) |
- |
 Kuwait |
1 (1980*) |
1 (1976) |
1 (1984) |
1 (1996) |
 Iraq |
1 (2007) |
- |
- |
1 (1976) |
 China PR |
- |
2 (1984, 2004*) |
2 (1976, 1992) |
2 (1988, 2000) |
 United Arab Emirates |
- |
1 (1996*) |
- |
1 (1992) |
 India |
- |
1 (1964) |
- |
- |
 Myanmar |
- |
1 (1968) |
- |
- |
 Chinese Taipei |
- |
- |
1 (1960) |
1 (1968) |
 Hong Kong |
- |
- |
1 (1956*) |
1 (1964) |
 Thailand |
- |
- |
1 (1972*) |
- |
 South Vietnam |
- |
- |
- |
2 (1956,1960) |
 Bahrain |
- |
- |
- |
1 (2004) |
 Cambodia |
- |
- |
- |
1 (1972) |
 Korea DPR |
- |
- |
- |
1 (1980) |
- * = as hosts
- # = Israel was expelled from the AFC in the early 1970s
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the AFC asian cup hosted in Beirut, Lebanon
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Performances by host nations
Best performances by region
Awards
Most Valuable Players
Top scorers
Records and statistics
Overall top goalscorers
Most tournaments appeared
The tabulated below is the players who had appeared more than four times in the history of tournament.
AFC Asian Cup winning managers
Score
Participating nations
Participating nations by number of final tournament appearances:
- 11 times
- 9 times
- 8 times
- 7 times
- 6 times
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- 4 times
- 3 times
- 2 times
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- 1 time
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General Statistics
| Team |
Pts |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GC |
Dif |
% |
| 1 |
 Iran |
90 |
44 |
26 |
12 |
6 |
86 |
29 |
+57 |
68,2% |
| 2 |
 South Korea |
69 |
40 |
20 |
9 |
11 |
67 |
46 |
+21 |
57,5% |
| 3 |
 Saudi Arabia |
53 |
29 |
14 |
11 |
4 |
42 |
21 |
+21 |
60,9% |
| 4 |
 Kuwait |
52 |
33 |
14 |
10 |
9 |
42 |
31 |
+11 |
52,5% |
| 5 |
 China |
45 |
35 |
12 |
9 |
14 |
52 |
38 |
+14 |
42,9% |
| 6 |
 Japan |
37 |
19 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
34 |
18 |
+16 |
64,9% |
| 7 |
 United Arab Emirates |
30 |
23 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
18 |
27 |
-9 |
43,5% |
| 8 |
 Israel |
27 |
13 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
26 |
17 |
+9 |
69,2% |
| 9 |
 Qatar |
20 |
19 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
18 |
25 |
-7 |
35,1% |
| 9 |
 Syria |
20 |
15 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
-7 |
44,4% |
| 11 |
 Iraq |
15 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
15 |
21 |
-6 |
33,3% |
| 12 |
 North Korea |
10 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
17 |
-5 |
37,0% |
| 13 |
 Thailand |
7 |
14 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
11 |
31 |
-20 |
16,7% |
| 13 |
 Burma |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
58,3% |
| 13 |
 India |
7 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
-1 |
33,3% |
| 16 |
 Jordan |
6 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
50,0% |
| 16 |
 Oman |
6 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
33,3% |
| 16 |
 Malaysia |
6 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
-2 |
33,3% |
| 19 |
 Australia |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
+2 |
41,7% |
| 19 |
 Chinese Taipei |
5 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
14 |
-9 |
23,8% |
| 21 |
 Singapore |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
33,3% |
| 21 |
 Cambodia |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
10 |
-2 |
26,7% |
| 21 |
 Vietnam |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
-3 |
33,3% |
| 21 |
 Uzbekistan |
4 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
20 |
-15 |
22,2% |
| 25 |
 Hong Kong |
3 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
21 |
-10 |
10,0% |
| 26 |
 Bahrain |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
16,7% |
| 26 |
 Lebanon |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
-4 |
22,2% |
| 26 |
 Indonesia |
2 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
-11 |
11,1% |
| 29 |
 Turkmenistan |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
-2 |
11,1% |
| 29 |
 South Vietnam |
1 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
11 |
20 |
-9 |
5,0% |
| 31 |
 South Yemen |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
-9 |
0,0% |
| 31 |
 Bangladesh |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
17 |
-15 |
0,0% |
References and footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Final tournaments in round-robin format
External links
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