AFC Asian Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.

Debut of national teams

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
	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, Myanmar	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.

As of 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	14	68	41	17	8	129	46	83	140
2	South Korea	14	67	36	14	15	105	63	42	122
3	Japan	9	48	30	12	6	92	44	48	102
4	China	12	56	23	13	20	88	65	23	82
5	Saudi Arabia	10	48	21	12	14	68	47	21	75
6	United Arab Emirates	10	44	15	11	18	41	59	–18	56
7	Kuwait	10	42	15	9	17	46	50	–4	54
8	Iraq	9	39	15	7	16	44	45	–1	52
9	Qatar	10	39	13	11	15	52	47	5	50
10	Uzbekistan	7	28	13	4	11	42	47	–5	43
11	Australia	4	21	12	4	5	40	14	26	40
12	Israel	4	13	9	0	4	28	15	13	27
13	Jordan	4	15	6	6	3	17	10	7	24
14	Syria	6	21	7	3	11	17	28	–11	24
15	Bahrain	6	23	5	6	12	29	38	–9	21
16	Thailand	7	24	2	7	13	16	49	–33	13
17	Oman	4	13	3	3	7	10	17	–7	12
18	North Korea	5	18	3	2	13	15	40	–25	11
19	India	4	13	3	1	9	12	27	–15	10
20	Vietnam	4	15	2	3	10	17	35	–5	9
21	Indonesia	4	12	2	2	8	10	28	–18	8
22	Myanmar	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	1	7
23	Malaysia	3	9	1	3	5	7	20	–13	6
24	Lebanon	2	6	1	2	3	7	12	–5	5
25	Chinese Taipei	2	7	1	2	4	6	13	–7	5
26	Singapore	1	4	1	1	2	3	4	–1	4
27	Kyrgyzstan	1	4	1	0	3	6	7	–1	3
28	Cambodia	1	5	1	0	3	6	8	–2	3
29	Hong Kong	3	10	0	3	7	9	23	–14	3
30	Palestine	2	6	0	2	4	1	14	–13	2
31	Turkmenistan	2	6	0	1	5	7	16	–9	1
32	South Vietnam	2	6	0	1	5	9	22	–13	1
33	Philippines	1	3	0	0	3	1	7	–6	0
34	South Yemen	1	2	0	0	2	0	9	–9	0
35	Yemen	1	3	0	0	3	0	10	–10	0
36	Bangladesh	1	4	0	0	4	2	17	–15	0

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finals
• QF – Quarter-finals
• R16 – Round of 16
• GS – Group stage

• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Asian Cup
•    — Hosts

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)	Total
West Asian members
Bahrain	Part of United Kingdom			×	•	×	••	×	GS	•	×	•	4th	GS	GS	GS	R16	Q	7
Iraq	Not an AFC member				GS	4th	×	×	×	×	QF	QF	QF	1st	QF	4th	R16	Q	10
Jordan	Not an AFC member				•	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	QF	•	QF	GS	R16	Q	5
Kuwait	Not an AFC member			×	GS	2nd	1st	3rd	GS	•	4th	QF	GS	•	GS	GS	×	•	10
Lebanon	Not an AFC member			×	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	GS	•	×	•	•	GS	Q	3
Oman	Not an 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 an AFC member					••	×	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS	R16	Q	11
Syria	Not an 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 an 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 an 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 an 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	Part of Malaya		•	•	•	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

Results of host nations

Year	Host nation	Finish
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

Results of defending finalists

Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-up	Finish
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

Teams yet to qualify for finals

See also: AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

The following thirteen teams which are current AFC members have never qualified for the Asian Cup.

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 (14)	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)	Attempts
Central Asian members
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	6
South Asian members
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	•	•	4
Maldives	Part of UK			×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	7
Nepal	Not an AFC member				×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	9
Pakistan	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	11
Sri Lanka	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	7
East Asian members
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	4
Macau	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	10
Mongolia	Not an AFC member											•	•	×	•	•	•	•	6
Northern Mariana Islands	Not an AFC member														×	•	×	×	1
Southeast Asian members
Brunei	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	×	•	•	7
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	5
East Timor	Part of Portugal					Part of Indonesia							•	×	×	×	•	×	2
Former AFC Members
Kazakhstan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	UEFA member						2

Longest active AFC Asian Cup droughts

This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national teams in the AFC Asian Cup.
Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance, teams that no longer exist or teams that are no longer members of AFC.

Team	Last appearance	AC Missed
Chinese Taipei	1968	14
Myanmar	1968	14
Cambodia	1972	13
Bangladesh	1980	11
Singapore	1984	10
Kuwait	2015	2
North Korea	2019	1
Philippines	2019	1
Turkmenistan	2019	1
Yemen	2019	1

Previous droughts

Updated to 15 June 2022, including qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.

Team	Prev. appearance	Next appearance	AC Missed
Chinese Taipei	1968	active	14
Myanmar	1968	active	14
Hong Kong	1968	2023	13
Cambodia	1972	active	13
Vietnam1	1960	2007	11
Bangladesh	1980	active	11
Singapore	1984	active	10
Malaysia	1980	2007	6
India	1984	2011	6
Iraq	1976	1996	4
Thailand	1972	1992	4
North Korea	1992	2011	4
Lebanon	2000	2019	4
Bahrain	1988	2004	3
Syria	1996	2011	3
Turkmenistan	2004	2019	3
Indonesia	2007	2023	3
Kuwait	2015	active	2
Jordan	2004	2011	1
Oman	2007	2015	1

⁴ Considering South Vietnam's results are attributed to unified Vietnam.

Other records

• Only three teams have won the tournament in their debut appearances:
  • South Korea (1956)
  • Iran (1968)
  • Saudi Arabia (1984)
• Iran hold the record for the most games played, with 68.
• Only Iran have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.

Individual records

Best player award

Source:

Year	Player
1956	—
1960
1964
1968
1972	Ebrahim Ashtiani
1976	Ali Parvin
1980	—
1984	Jia Xiuquan
1988	Kim Joo-sung
1992	Kazuyoshi Miura
1996	Khodadad Azizi
2000	Hiroshi Nanami
2004	Shunsuke Nakamura
2007	Younis Mahmoud
2011	Keisuke Honda
2015	Massimo Luongo
2019	Almoez Ali
2023	TBD

Overall top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Rank	Player	Country	Goals
1	Ali Daei	Iran	14
2	Lee Dong-gook	South Korea	10
3	Naohiro Takahara	Japan	9
	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates
	Almoez Ali	Qatar
6	Jasem Al-Huwaidi	Kuwait	8
	Younis Mahmoud	Iraq
8	Hossein Kalani	Iran	7
	Faisal Al-Dakhil	Kuwait
	Behtash Fariba	Iran
	Choi Soon-ho	South Korea
12	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	6
	Alexander Geynrikh	Uzbekistan
	Tim Cahill	Australia
	Ahmed Khalil	United Arab Emirates
	Sardar Azmoun	Iran
17	Hwang Sun-hong	South Korea	5
	Akinori Nishizawa	Japan
	Ali Karimi	Iran
	Shao Jiayi	China
	A'ala Hubail	Bahrain
	Ismail Abdullatif	Bahrain
	Koo Ja-cheol	South Korea

Top goalscorers in one tournament

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Goals	Player	Representing	Year	Ref.
9	Almoez Ali	Qatar	2019
8	Ali Daei	Iran	1996
7	Behtash Fariba	Iran	1980
	Choi Soon-ho	South Korea
6	Lee Dong-gook	South Korea	2000
5	Hossein Kalani	Iran	1972
	A'ala Hubail	Bahrain	2004
	Ali Karimi	Iran
	Koo Ja-cheol	South Korea	2011
	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	2015

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of AFC Asian Cup 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:

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:

Match records

Attendance by year

Year	Matches	Attendance
		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.

Lowest attendance

• The lowest ever attendance officially recorded was of 300 during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup group game between North Korea and Bangladesh.

Awards

Fair play award

• 1956–1980: not awarded
• 1984: China
• 1988–1992: not awarded
• 1996: Iran
• 2000: Saudi Arabia
• 2004: China
• 2007: Japan
• 2011: South Korea
• 2015: Australia
• 2019: Japan

Team of the Tournament

Edition	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1980	Nasser Hejazi	Naeem Saad Soh Chin Aun Mahboub Juma'a Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Abdolreza Barzegari Saad Al-Houti Lee Young-moo	Choi Soon-ho Faisal Al-Dakhil Jasem Yaqoub
1984	Unknown or not awarded
1988 (18 players)	Zhang Huikang Abdullah Al-Deayea	Mohamed Al-Jawad Saleh Nu'eimeh Park Kyung-hoon Chung Yong-hwan	Xie Yuxin Mohamed Salim Mahboub Juma'a Sirous Ghayeghran Chung Hae-won Adel Khamis Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri Byun Byung-joo	Youssef Al-Thunayan Majed Abdullah Kim Joo-sung Wang Baoshan
1992	Unknown or not awarded
1996	Mohamed Al-Deayea	Abdullah Zubromawi Yousef Saleh Mohammad Khakpour	Mehrdad Minavand Mohamed Ali Khalid Al-Muwallid Saad Bakheet Mubarak	Fahad Al-Mehallel Jasem Al-Huwaidi Ali Daei
2000	Jiang Jin	Hong Myung-bo Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Jamal Mubarak	Hiroshi Nanami Nawaf Al-Temyat Abbas Obeid Karim Bagheri Shunsuke Nakamura	Lee Dong-gook Naohiro Takahara
2004	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Yuji Nakazawa Zheng Zhi Mehdi Mahdavikia	Shunsuke Nakamura Shao Jiayi Zhao Junzhe Talal Yousef	A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi
2007	Lee Woon-jae	Yuji Nakazawa Lucas Neill Bassim Abbas Rahman Rezaei	Shunsuke Nakamura Harry Kewell Lee Chun-soo Nashat Akram	Naohiro Takahara Yasser Al-Qahtani
2011	Not awarded
2015	Mathew Ryan	Dhurgham Ismail Kwak Tae-hwi Trent Sainsbury Cha Du-ri	Massimo Luongo Omar Abdulrahman Ki Sung-yueng	Ali Mabkhout Tim Cahill Son Heung-min
2019 (23 players)	Alireza Beiranvand Shūichi Gonda Saad Al Sheeb	Bandar Al-Ahbabi Boualem Khoukhi Maya Yoshida Bassam Al-Rawi Yuto Nagatomo Abdelkarim Hassan Kim Min-jae	Omid Ebrahimi Abdulaziz Hatem Ashkan Dejagah Tom Rogic Gaku Shibasaki Hassan Al-Haydos	Akram Afif Almoez Ali Sardar Azmoun Nguyễn Quang Hải Wu Lei Ali Mabkhout Yuya Osako

External links

• AFC Asian Cup official history book
• Official website at AFC.com
• RSSSF archive