AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.
Debut of teams
Year | Debuting teams | Successor teams | ||
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Teams | No. | Cum. | ||
1956 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 | 4 | |
1960 | ![]() |
1 | 5 | |
1964 | ![]() |
1 | 6 | |
1968 | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 8 | |
1972 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 | 12 | |
1976 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | 15 | |
1980 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
5 | 20 | |
1984 | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 22 | |
1988 | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 24 | |
1992 | 0 | 24 | ||
1996 | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 26 | |
2000 | ![]() |
1 | 27 | |
2004 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | 30 | |
2007 | ![]() |
1 | 31 | ![]() |
2011 | 0 | 31 | ||
2015 | ![]() |
1 | 32 | |
2019 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | 35 |
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.[1]
- As of 2019 AFC Asian Cup
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
14 | 68 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 129 | 46 | 83 | 140 |
2 | ![]() |
14 | 67 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 105 | 63 | 42 | 122 |
3 | ![]() |
9 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 92 | 44 | 48 | 102 |
4 | ![]() |
12 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 88 | 65 | 23 | 82 |
5 | ![]() |
10 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 68 | 47 | 21 | 75 |
6 | ![]() |
10 | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 59 | –18 | 56 |
7 | ![]() |
10 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 50 | –4 | 54 |
8 | ![]() |
9 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 45 | –1 | 52 |
9 | ![]() |
10 | 39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 50 |
10 | ![]() |
7 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 47 | –5 | 43 |
11 | ![]() |
4 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 14 | 26 | 40 |
12 | ![]() |
4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 27 |
13 | ![]() |
4 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
14 | ![]() |
6 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | –11 | 24 |
15 | ![]() |
6 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 38 | –9 | 21 |
16 | ![]() |
7 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 49 | –33 | 13 |
17 | ![]() |
4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | –7 | 12 |
18 | ![]() |
5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | –25 | 11 |
19 | ![]() |
4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | –15 | 10 |
20 | ![]() |
4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | –5 | 8 |
21 | ![]() |
4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | –18 | 8 |
22 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
23 | ![]() |
3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | –13 | 6 |
24 | ![]() |
2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 5 |
25 | ![]() |
2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | –7 | 5 |
26 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
27 | ![]() |
1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 3 |
28 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 3 |
29 | ![]() |
3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | –14 | 3 |
30 | ![]() |
2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 2 |
31 | ![]() |
2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | –9 | 1 |
32 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |
33 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
34 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –10 | 0 |
35 | ![]() |
1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | –15 | 0 |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 17 | 17 | 16 | 50 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
- Legend
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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) |
Total |
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West Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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Part of the ![]() |
× | • | × | •• | × | GS | • | × | • | 4th | GS | GS | GS | R16 | 6 | |||
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Not a AFC member | GS | 4th | × | × | × | × | QF | QF | QF | 1st | QF | 4th | R16 | Q | 10 | |||
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Not a AFC member | • | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | QF | • | QF | GS | R16 | 4 | ||||
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Not a AFC member | × | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | GS | • | 4th | QF | GS | • | GS | GS | × | 10 | |||
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Not a AFC member | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | GS | • | × | • | • | GS | Q | 3 | ||
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Not a AFC member | • | × | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | R16 | Q | 5 | ||||||
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Not a AFC member | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2 | |||||||||||
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Part of the ![]() |
• | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | QF | GS | 1st | Q | 11 | ||||
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Not a AFC member | •• | × | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | R16 | Q | 11 | ||||
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Not a AFC member | • | × | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | Q | 7 | |||
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Part of the ![]() |
× | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | • | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | Q | 11 | ||||
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Not a AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 1 | |||||||
Central Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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× | • | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | QF | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | SF | Q | 15 |
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Part of the ![]() |
• | • | • | × | • | • | R16 | 1 | ||||||||||
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Part of the ![]() |
• | • | GS | × | • | • | GS | 2 | ||||||||||
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Part of the ![]() |
GS | GS | QF | QF | 4th | QF | R16 | 7 | ||||||||||
South Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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Part of ![]() |
× | GS | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
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× | • | 2nd | • | × | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | 4 | |
East Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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Not a AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | Q | 13 | ||||
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• | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | OFC Member | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
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3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |
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× | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | Q | 10 |
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Not a AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 5 | ||||
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1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | Q | 15 |
Southeast Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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OFC Member | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | Q | 5 | ||||||||||||
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• | × | × | • | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | 1 | |
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× | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | × | 4 | |
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Part of ![]() |
• | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 3 | ||
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× | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 1 | |
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• | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | 1 | |
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× | • | × | • | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
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× | × | • | • | 3rd | •• | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | R16 | 7 | |
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4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | QF | • | • | QF | Q | 5 |
Former AFC Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | •• | Expelled from AFC | UEFA Member | 4 | |||||||||||
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GS | × | × | • | Part of ![]() |
1 |
Hosts
Year | Host nation | Finish |
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1956 | ![]() |
Third place |
1960 | ![]() |
Champions |
1964 | ![]() |
Champions |
1968 | ![]() |
Champions |
1972 | ![]() |
Third place |
1976 | ![]() |
Champions |
1980 | ![]() |
Champions |
1984 | ![]() |
Group stage |
1988 | ![]() |
Group stage |
1992 | ![]() |
Champions |
1996 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2000 | ![]() |
Group stage |
2004 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2007 | ![]() |
Group stage |
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Group stage | |
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Group stage | |
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Quarter-finals | |
2011 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals |
2015 | ![]() |
Champions |
2019 | ![]() |
Semi-finals |
2023 | ![]() |
TBD |
Results of defending champions
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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1960 | ![]() |
Champions |
1964 | ![]() |
Third place |
1968 | ![]() |
Third place |
1972 | ![]() |
Champions |
1976 | ![]() |
Champions |
1980 | ![]() |
Third place |
1984 | ![]() |
Third place |
1988 | ![]() |
Champions |
1992 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
1996 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals |
2000 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2004 | ![]() |
Champions |
2007 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2011 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals |
2015 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals |
2019 | ![]() |
Quarter-finals |
2023 | ![]() |
TBD |
Awards
General awards
Team of the Tournament
Teams yet to qualify for finals
The following fourteen 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 |
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Central Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | 5 | |
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Part of ![]() |
• | • | • | × | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||
South Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | • | • | 4 |
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Part of ![]() |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 6 | |||
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Not a AFC member | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 8 | ||||
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× | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | • | 11 |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 6 | |
East Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | 4 | |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 |
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Not a AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||
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Not a AFC member | × | • | × | × | 1 | |||||||||||||
Southeast Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | 7 |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | 5 |
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Part of ![]() |
Part of ![]() |
• | × | × | × | • | × | 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 |
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1968 | 13 |
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1968 | 13 |
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1968 | 13 |
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1972 | 12 |
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1980 | 10 |
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1984 | 9 |
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2007 | 3 |
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2007 | 3 |
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2015 | 1 |
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2019 | 1 |
Previous draughts
Team | Draught period | AC Missed | Draught years |
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1960 – 2007 | 11 | 47 |
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1984 – 2011 | 6 | 27 |
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1980 – 2007 | 7 | 27 |
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1964 – 1984 | 4 | 20 |
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1972 – 1992 | 4 | 20 |
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1992 – 2011 | 4 | 19 |
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2000 – 2019 | 4 | 19 |
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1976 – 1992 | 3 | 16 |
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1988 – 2004 | 3 | 16 |
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1986 – 2011 | 3 | 15 |
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2004 – 2019 | 3 | 15 |
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1960 – 1972 | 2 | 12 |
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1980 – 1992 | 2 | 12 |
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2007 – 2019 | 2 | 12 |
4 Considering South Vietnam's results are attributed to unified Vietnam.
Other records
- South Korea, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearances.[18]
- Iran hold the record for the most games played, with 68.[19]
- Iran are the only team to have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.[19]
Individual records
Overall top goalscorers
Top goalscorers in one tournament
Goals | Player | Representing | Year | Ref. |
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9 | Almoez Ali | ![]() |
2019 | [22] |
8 | Ali Daei | ![]() |
1996 | [20] |
7 | Behtash Fariba | ![]() |
1980 | [32] |
Choi Soon-ho | ![]() |
[32] | ||
6 | Lee Dong-gook | ![]() |
2000 | [33] |
5 | Hossein Kalani | ![]() |
1972 | [34] |
A'ala Hubail | ![]() |
2004 | [35] | |
Ali Karimi | ![]() |
[35] | ||
Koo Ja-cheol | ![]() |
2011 | [36] | |
Ali Mabkhout | ![]() |
2015 | [37] |
Hat-tricks
Most tournament wins
Times | Player | Representing | Years |
---|---|---|---|
3 | Parviz Ghelichkhani | ![]() |
1968, 1972, 1976 |
Most tournament appearances
The table lists the players who have appeared four or more times in the tournament.
Times | Name | Tournaments |
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5 | ![]() |
2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
4 | ![]() |
2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
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2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
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2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
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2004, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
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2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
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2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
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2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
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1996, 2000, 2004, 2007 | |
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1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 | |
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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:[38]
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:[39]
Match records
Attendance by year
Year | Matches | Attendance | |||||||
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Total | Average | Lowest | Highest | ||||||
1992 | 16 | 316,496 | 19,781 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 4,000 | ![]() ![]() |
Final | 60,000 |
1996 | 26 | 448,000 | 17,231 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Group stage Group stage Group stage Quarter-finals |
2,000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3rd place match Final |
60,000 |
2000 | 26 | 276,488 | 10,634 | ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 500 | ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 52,418 |
2004 | 32 | 937,650 | 29,302 | ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 5,000 | ![]() ![]() |
Final | 62,000 |
2007 | 32 | 724,222 | 22,632 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 500 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 88,000 |
2011 | 32 | 405,361 | 12,668 | ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 2,022 | ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 47,413 |
2015 | 32 | 649,705 | 20,304 | ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 4,841 | ![]() ![]() |
Final | 76,385 |
2019 | 51 | 644,307 | 12,633 | ![]() ![]() |
Group stage | 452 | ![]() ![]() |
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.[19]
Lowest attendance
- The lowest ever attendance officially recorded was of 300 during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup group game between North Korea and Bangladesh.[40]
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