AFC Asian Cup (1956-2015: 16 Tournaments)
Final Tournaments
1956 - 1964: 4 Participating nations (3 tournaments)
1968 : 5 Participating nations (1 tournament)
1972 – 1976: 6 Participating nations (2 tournaments)
1980 – 1988: 10 Participating nations (3 tournaments)
1992 : 8 Participating nations (1 tournament)
1996 – 2000: 12 Participating nations (2 tournaments)
2004 – 2015: 16 Participating nations (4 tournaments)
All-time-table (since 1956)
Explanations
FT1: number of final tournaments played
FT2: consecutive final tournaments played (+)
consecutive final tournaments missed (-)
G: Games
W: Wins
D: Draws
L: Loses
GD: goal difference
P2+: points according to 2 points/win
P%: success percentage
P+: points actually obtained
P3+: points according to 3 points/win
Country FT1 FT2 G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P+ P3+
Iran 13 13 62 37 18 7 119 45 74 92:32 0,742 108 129
South Korea 13 6 62 32 16 14 100 62 38 80:44 0,645 96 112
Japan 8 8 41 24 12 5 80 38 42 60:22 0,732 81 84
China 11 11 51 20 13 18 81 58 23 53:49 0,520 64 73
Saudi Arabia 9 9 44 19 13 12 63 45 18 51:37 0,580 62 70
Iraq 8 6 35 13 7 15 38 42 -4 33:37 0,471 45 46
Kuwait 10 2 42 15 10 17 47 51 -4 40:44 0,476 44 55
U. A. Emirates 9 4 38 12 9 17 32 50 -18 33:43 0,434 41 45
Uzbekistan 6 6 24 11 3 10 35 44 -9 25:23 0,521 36 36
Australia 3 3 16 10 3 3 34 10 24 23: 9 0,719 33 33
Qatar 9 5 32 6 11 15 32 45 -13 23:41 0,359 25 29
Israel 4 -12 13 9 0 4 28 15 13 18: 8 0,692 18 27
Syria 5 -1 18 7 2 9 15 23 -8 16:20 0,444 18 23
Bahrain 5 4 19 4 5 10 26 34 -8 13:25 0,342 17 17
Jordan 3 2 11 4 4 3 13 9 4 12:10 0,545 16 16
Thailand 6 -2 20 1 8 11 15 45 -30 10:30 0,250 11 11
Oman 3 1 9 2 3 4 6 11 -5 7:11 0,389 9 9
Indonesia 4 -2 12 2 2 8 10 28 -18 6:18 0,250 8 8
North Korea 4 2 15 3 2 10 14 26 -12 8:22 0,267 8 11
Burma/Myanmar 1 -12 4 2 1 1 5 4 1 5: 3 0,625 5 7
Malaysia 3 -2 9 1 3 5 7 20 -13 5:13 0,278 5 6
India 3 -1 10 2 1 7 8 23 -15 5:15 0,250 5 7
Vietnam 1 -2 4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 3: 5 0,375 4 4
Taiwan 2 -12 7 1 2 4 6 13 -7 4:10 0,286 4 5
Singapore 1 -8 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 3: 5 0,375 3 4
Cambodia 1 -11 5 1 1 3 8 10 -2 3: 7 0,300 3 4
Hong Kong 3 -12 10 0 3 7 9 23 -14 3:17 0,150 3 3
Lebanon 1 -4 3 0 2 1 3 7 -4 2: 4 0,333 2 2
Turkmenistan 1 -3 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 1: 5 0,167 1 1
South Vietnam 2 -14 6 0 1 5 9 22 -13 1:11 0,083 1 1
South Yemen 1 -10 2 0 0 2 0 9 -9 0: 4 0,000 0 0
Palestine 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 0: 6 0,000 0 0
Bangladesh 1 -9 4 0 0 4 2 17 -15 0: 8 0,000 0 0
Participants 2015
Country FT1 FT2 G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P+ P3+
Iran 13 13 62 37 18 7 119 45 74 92:32 0,742 108 129
South Korea 13 6 62 32 16 14 100 62 38 80:44 0,645 96 112
Japan 8 8 41 24 12 5 80 38 42 60:22 0,732 81 84
China 11 11 51 20 13 18 81 58 23 53:49 0,520 64 73
Saudi Arabia 9 9 44 19 13 12 63 45 18 51:37 0,580 62 70
Iraq 8 6 35 13 7 15 38 42 -4 33:37 0,471 45 46
Kuwait 10 2 42 15 10 17 47 51 -4 40:44 0,476 44 55
U. A. Emirates 9 4 38 12 9 17 32 50 -18 33:43 0,434 41 45
Uzbekistan 6 6 24 11 3 10 35 44 -9 25:23 0,521 36 36
Australia 3 3 16 10 3 3 34 10 24 23: 9 0,719 33 33
Qatar 9 5 32 6 11 15 32 45 -13 23:41 0,359 25 29
Bahrain 5 4 19 4 5 10 26 34 -8 13:25 0,342 17 17
Jordan 3 2 11 4 4 3 13 9 4 12:10 0,545 16 16
Oman 3 1 9 2 3 4 6 11 -5 7:11 0,389 9 9
North Korea 4 2 15 3 2 10 14 26 -12 8:22 0,267 8 11
Palestine 1 1 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 0: 6 0,000 0 0
Final Tournament (since 1956)
All-time-table Final Placing
Explanations
FT: Final Tournaments
1: Winner
2: Loser Final
Second place final round
3: Winner third place play-off
Loser Semifinal
Third place final round
4: Loser third place play-off
Fourth place final round
5: Loser Quarterfinal
Preliminary Round third place (in case of 2 groups)
Fifth place final round
7: Preliminary Round fourth place (in case of 2 groups)
9: Preliminary Round third Place (in case of 4 groups)
13: Preliminary Round fourth Place (in case of 4 groups)
Country FT 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 13
Japan 8 4 1 2 1
Saudi Arabia 9 3 3 1 2
Iran 13 3 4 1 5
South Korea 13 2 4 4 2 1
Israel 4 1 2 1
Kuwait 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
Australia 3 1 1 1
Iraq 8 1 2 5
China 11 2 2 2 2 1 2
U. A. Emirates 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
India 3 1 1 1
Burma/Myanmar 1 1
Hong Kong 3 1 1 1
Taiwan 2 1 1
Thailand 6 1 1 2 1 1
South Vietnam 2 2
Uzbekistan 6 1 3 2
North Korea 4 1 1 1 1
Bahrain 5 1 3 1
Cambodia 1 1
Qatar 9 5 1 3
Syria 5 2 1 2
Jordan 3 2 1
Malaysia 3 2 1
Vietnam 1 1
South Yemen 1 1
Singapore 1 1
Indonesia 4 2 2
Oman 3 2 1
Turkmenistan 1 1
Bangladesh 1 1
Lebanon 1 1
Palestine 1 1
Participants 2015
Country FT 1 2 3 4 5 7 9 10 13
Japan 8 4 1 2 1
Saudi Arabia 9 3 3 1 2
Iran 13 3 4 1 5
South Korea 13 2 4 4 2 1
Kuwait 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
Australia 3 1 1 1
Iraq 8 1 2 5
China 11 2 2 2 2 1 2
U. A. Emirates 9 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Uzbekistan 6 1 3 2
North Korea 4 1 1 1 1
Bahrain 5 1 3 1
Qatar 9 5 1 3
Jordan 3 2 1
Oman 3 2 1
Palestine 1 1
Qualifying Stages
All-time-table (since 1956)
NB: The results of the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 - 2014 are included
Explanations
AC: number of Asian Cups played (including automatic qualification without playing a match)
Q1: qualified for final tournament (without Q3 and Q4)
Q2: did not qualified for final tournament
Q3: qualified for final tournament without playing a match
Q4: qualified for final tournament but did not participate
G: Games
W: Wins
D: Draws
L: Loses
GD: goal difference
P2+: points according to 2 points/win
P%: success percentage
P+: points actually obtained
P3+: points according to 3 points/win
Country AC Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P+ P3+
Iran 14 9 1 4 53 40 8 5 149 30 119 88:18 0,830 116 128
North Korea 8 4 3 1 49 30 10 9 85 34 51 70:28 0,714 89 100
United Arab Emirates 10 8 1 1 40 29 6 5 105 23 82 64:16 0,800 83 93
China 11 10 1 44 30 8 6 121 22 99 68:20 0,773 83 98
Thailand 14 5 7 1 1 64 30 10 24 127 90 37 70:58 0,547 82 100
Qatar 11 7 2 2 42 27 6 9 87 32 55 60:24 0,714 77 87
Syria 11 5 6 51 25 11 15 86 49 37 61:41 0,598 77 86
Saudi Arabia 10 5 4 1 32 27 2 3 102 13 89 56: 8 0,875 76 83
South Korea 16 8 3 5 42 28 5 9 136 23 113 61:23 0,726 74 89
Kuwait 12 7 2 3 41 22 13 6 97 34 63 57:25 0,695 73 79
Turkmenistan 5 1 4 38 21 8 9 83 33 50 50:26 0,658 71 71
Iraq 8 7 1 35 25 5 5 76 25 51 55:15 0,786 70 80
Jordan 9 3 6 44 20 12 12 67 43 24 52:36 0,591 68 72
Oman 8 3 5 39 21 5 13 85 42 43 47:31 0,603 67 68
Hong Kong 16 2 13 1 67 20 18 29 90 102 -12 58:76 0,433 67 78
Malaysia/Malaya 16 2 13 1 62 22 14 26 110 99 11 58:66 0,468 64 80
Bahrain 9 5 4 40 20 5 15 55 42 13 45:35 0,563 61 65
Burma/Myanmar 6 1 5 42 20 3 19 64 72 -8 43:41 0,512 60 63
Uzbekistan 6 6 28 18 5 5 65 23 42 41:15 0,732 59 59
Tajikistan 5 5 33 17 6 10 46 31 15 40:26 0,606 57 57
Japan 10 4 2 4 28 19 4 5 64 17 47 42:14 0,750 55 61
Indonesia 13 3 9 1 51 17 11 23 77 73 4 45:57 0,441 52 62
Philippines 9 9 45 14 4 27 50 122 -72 32:58 0,356 46 46
India 12 2 9 1 51 15 7 29 57 95 -38 37:65 0,363 46 52
Palestine 5 1 4 33 12 9 12 38 36 2 33:33 0,500 45 45
Singapore 12 11 1 49 13 7 29 55 96 -41 33:65 0,337 45 46
Ceylon/Sri Lanka 8 8 47 12 4 31 58 136 -78 28:66 0,298 38 40
Bangladesh 9 1 8 44 10 9 25 41 88 -47 29:59 0,330 37 39
Taiwan 10 2 8 42 11 6 25 69 95 -26 28:56 0,333 34 39
Lebanon 7 6 1 32 10 6 16 37 53 -16 26:38 0,406 33 36
Afghanistan 6 6 34 8 8 18 24 72 -48 24:44 0,353 32 32
Vietnam 6 5 1 24 9 2 13 46 46 0 20:28 0,417 29 29
Kirgizstan 5 5 25 9 2 14 24 39 -15 20:30 0,400 29 29
Yemen 6 6 32 9 2 21 46 68 -22 20:44 0,313 29 29
Pakistan 11 11 47 9 5 33 47 119 -72 23:71 0,245 29 32
Nepal 7 7 42 7 5 30 24 137 -113 19:65 0,226 26 26
Maldives 5 5 30 6 4 20 32 81 -49 16:44 0,267 22 22
Australia 3 2 1 10 6 2 2 13 7 6 14: 6 0,700 20 20
Cambodia 6 1 5 26 8 1 17 34 75 -41 17:35 0,327 20 25
Macao 7 7 26 6 1 19 27 61 -34 13:39 0,250 17 19
South Vietnam 5 2 3 15 7 1 7 26 25 1 15:15 0,500 15 22
Laos 3 3 13 3 4 6 15 37 -22 10:16 0,385 13 13
Kazakhstan 2 2 8 4 0 4 9 9 0 8: 8 0,500 12 12
Mongolia 4 4 12 3 2 7 12 21 -9 8:16 0,333 11 11
Israel 4 1 3 6 3 2 1 10 8 2 8: 4 0,667 8 11
North Yemen 2 2 9 1 3 5 7 22 -15 5:13 0,278 5 6
Bhutan 4 4 20 1 2 17 10 93 -83 4:36 0,100 5 5
Guam 5 5 14 1 0 13 9 97 -88 2:26 0,071 3 3
Brunei 5 5 17 0 2 15 4 85 -81 2:32 0,059 2 2
South Yemen 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1: 5 0,167 1 1
East-Timor 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0: 4 0,000 0 0
Northern Mariana Isl. 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 19 -19 0: 6 0,000 0 0
AFC Asian Cup (Qualifying Stages + Final Tournaments)
All-time-table (since 1956)
Explanations
AC1: number of Asian Cup played
AC2: consecutive Asian Cup played (+) consecutive Asian Cup not played (-)
FT: Final Tournaments reached
QS: failed to qualify for final tournament
G: Games
W: Wins
D: Draws
L: Loses
GD: goal difference
P2+: points according to 2 points/win
P%: success percentage
P+: points actually obtained
P3+: points according to 3 points/win
Country AC1 AC2 FT QS G W D L G+ G- GD P2+ P% P+ P3+
Iran 14 13 13 1 115 77 26 12 268 75 193 180: 50 0,783 224 257
South Korea 16 16 13 3 104 60 21 23 236 85 151 141: 67 0,678 170 201
China 11 11 11 0 95 50 21 24 202 80 122 121: 69 0,637 147 171
Saudi Arabia 10 9 9 1 76 46 15 15 165 58 107 107: 45 0,704 138 153
Japan 10 8 8 2 69 43 16 10 144 55 89 102: 36 0,739 136 145
United Arab Emirates 10 10 9 1 78 41 15 22 137 73 64 97: 59 0,622 124 138
Kuwait 12 12 10 2 83 37 23 23 144 85 59 97: 69 0,584 117 134
Iraq 8 6 8 0 70 38 12 20 114 67 47 88: 52 0,629 115 126
Qatar 11 11 9 2 74 33 17 24 119 77 42 83: 65 0,561 102 116
North Korea 8 2 4 4 64 33 12 19 99 60 39 78: 50 0,609 97 111
Uzbekistan 6 6 6 0 52 29 8 15 100 67 33 66: 38 0,635 95 95
Syria 11 10 5 6 69 32 13 24 101 72 29 77: 61 0,558 95 109
Thailand 14 14 6 8 84 31 18 35 142 135 7 80: 88 0,476 93 111
Jordan 9 6 3 6 55 24 16 15 80 52 28 64: 46 0,582 84 88
Bahrain 9 5 5 4 59 24 10 25 81 76 5 58: 60 0,492 78 82
Oman 8 7 3 5 48 23 8 17 91 53 38 54: 42 0,563 76 77
Turkmenistan 5 2 1 4 41 21 9 11 87 39 48 51: 31 0,622 72 72
Hong Kong 16 16 3 13 77 20 21 36 99 125 -26 61: 93 0,396 70 81
Malaysia/Malaya 16 16 3 13 71 23 17 31 117 119 -2 63: 79 0,444 67 86
Burma/Myanmar 6 2 1 5 46 22 4 20 69 76 -7 48: 44 0,522 65 70
Indonesia 13 13 4 9 63 19 13 31 87 101 -14 51: 75 0,405 60 70
Tajikistan 5 2 0 5 33 17 6 10 46 31 15 40: 26 0,606 57 57
Australia 3 3 3 0 26 16 5 5 47 17 30 37: 15 0,712 53 53
India 12 9 3 9 61 17 8 36 65 118 -53 42: 80 0,344 51 59
Singapore 12 7 1 11 53 14 8 31 58 100 -42 36: 70 0,340 48 50
Philippines 9 2 0 9 45 14 4 27 50 122 -72 32: 58 0,356 46 46
Palestine 5 5 1 4 36 12 9 15 39 47 -8 33: 39 0,458 45 45
Ceylon/Sri Lanka 8 2 0 8 47 12 4 31 58 136 -78 28: 66 0,298 38 40
Taiwan 10 7 2 8 49 12 8 29 75 108 -33 32: 66 0,327 38 44
Bangladesh 9 5 1 8 48 10 9 29 43 105 -62 29: 67 0,302 37 39
Lebanon 7 2 1 6 35 10 8 17 40 60 -20 28: 42 0,400 35 38
Vietnam 6 6 1 5 28 10 3 15 50 53 -3 23: 33 0,411 33 33
Afghanistan 6 2 0 6 34 8 8 18 24 72 -48 24: 44 0,353 32 32
Kirgizstan 5 2 0 5 25 9 2 14 24 39 -15 20: 30 0,400 29 29
Yemen 6 6 0 6 32 9 2 21 46 68 -22 20: 44 0,313 29 29
Pakistan 11 9 0 11 47 9 5 33 47 119 -72 23: 71 0,245 29 32
Israel 4 -12 4 0 19 12 2 5 38 23 15 26: 12 0,684 26 38
Nepal 7 2 0 7 42 7 5 30 24 137 -113 19: 65 0,226 26 26
Cambodia 6 2 1 5 31 9 2 20 42 85 -43 20: 42 0,323 23 29
Maldives 5 2 0 5 30 6 4 20 32 81 -49 16: 44 0,267 22 22
Macao 7 2 0 7 26 6 1 19 27 61 -34 13: 39 0,250 17 19
Laos 3 1 0 3 13 3 4 6 15 37 -22 10: 16 0,385 13 13
Kazakhstan 2 -4 0 2 8 4 0 4 9 9 0 8: 8 0,500 12 12
South Vietnam 5 -10 2 3 21 7 2 12 35 47 -12 16: 26 0,381 12 23
Mongolia 4 2 0 4 12 3 2 7 12 21 -9 8: 16 0,333 11 11
North Yemen 2 -7 0 2 9 1 3 5 7 22 -15 5: 13 0,278 5 6
Bhutan 4 2 0 4 20 1 2 17 10 93 -83 4: 36 0,100 5 5
Guam 5 2 0 5 14 1 0 13 9 97 -88 2: 26 0,071 3 3
Brunei 5 -1 0 5 17 0 2 15 4 85 -81 2: 32 0,059 2 2
South Yemen 2 -7 1 1 5 0 1 4 1 13 -12 1: 9 0,100 1 1
East-Timor 1 -3 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 0: 4 0,000 0 0
Northern Mariana Isl. 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 19 -19 0: 6 0,000 0 0
All-time-table Final Placing
The final placing is determined as follows:
1: Winner
2: Loser Final
Second place final round
3: Winner third place play-off
Loser Semifinal
Third place final round
4: Loser third place play-off
Fourth place final round
5: Loser Quarterfinal
Preliminary Round third place (in case of 2 groups)
Fifth place final round
7: Preliminary Round fourth place (in case of 2 groups)
9: Preliminary Round third Place (in case of 4 groups)
13: Preliminary Round fourth Place (in case of 4 groups)
The other final placings are determined after the places in the qualifying stages
Country AC1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
Japan 10 4 1 2 1 1 1
Saudi Arabia 10 3 3 1 1 2
Iran 14 3 4 1 6
South Korea 16 2 4 4 2 3 1
Israel 4 1 2 1
Kuwait 12 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
Australia 3 1 1 1
Iraq 8 1 2 5
China 11 2 2 2 2 2 1
United Arab Emirates 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 3
India 12 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
Burma/Myanmar 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hong Kong 16 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1
Taiwan 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Thailand 14 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 1
South Vietnam 5 2 1 1 1
Uzbekistan 6 1 3 2
Cambodia 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
North Korea 8 1 2 1 1 2 1
Bahrain 9 1 4 1 2 1
Qatar 11 5 1 1 1 3
Malaysia/Malaya 16 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1
Syria 11 2 1 3 1 1 3
Jordan 9 2 2 2 1 1 1
Vietnam 6 1 2 2 1
South Yemen 2 1 1
Singapore 12 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1
Philippines 9 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Indonesia 13 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Lebanon 7 1 1 1 1 2 1
Pakistan 11 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
Oman 8 3 1 2 1 1
Macao 7 1 1 2 1 1 1
Turkmenistan 5 1 1 1 1 1
Bangladesh 9 1 1 2 1 2 1 1
Afghanistan 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ceylon/Sri Lanka 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brunei 5 1 1 1 1 1
North Yemen 2 1 1
Tajikistan 5 2 1 1 1
Palestine 5 1 1 1 1 1
Kazakhstan 2 1 1
Kirgizstan 5 1 1 2 1
Yemen 6 3 1 2
Nepal 7 2 1 1 1 2
Laos 3 1 1 1
Bhutan 4 1 1 1 1
Maldives 5 1 1 1 1 1
Mongolia 4 1 1 1 1
Guam 5 1 1 1 1 1
East-Timor 1 1
Northern Mariana Isl. 1 1
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