AFC Asian Cup

The AFC Asian Cup, commonly known as the Asian Cup, is the main association football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It has been held every four years since 1956, in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments until 2004, and in the year after FIFA World Cup tournaments since 2007.

Past AFC Asian Cup results

Edition Year Hosts Final Third place match or losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1956 22x20px Hong Kong 30x27px
Korea Republic
round-robin  
Israel
[[File:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|30x27px|border |alt=|link=]]
Hong Kong
round-robin File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg
South Vietnam
4
2 1960 22x20px South Korea 30x27px
Korea Republic
round-robin  
Israel
30x27px
Republic of China
round-robin  
South Vietnam
4
3 1964 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
round-robin  
India
30x27px
Korea Republic
round-robin 30x27px
Hong Kong
4
4 1968   Iran File:Civil flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg
Iran
round-robin [[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}|30x27px|border |alt=|link=]]
Burma
File:Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
round-robin 30x27px
Republic of China
5
5 1972 22x20px Thailand File:Civil flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg
Iran
2–1 (aet) 30x27px
Korea Republic
30x27px
Thailand
2–2 (aet)

(5–3 p)

File:Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg
Cambodia
6
6 1976   Iran File:Civil flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg
Iran
1–0  
Kuwait
30x27px
China PR
1–0 30x27px
Iraq
6
7 1980   Kuwait  
Kuwait
3–0 30x27px
Korea Republic
30x27px
Iran
3–0 [[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}|30x27px|border |alt=|link=]]
Korea DPR
10
8 1984   Singapore 30x27px
Saudi Arabia
2–0 30x27px
China PR
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg
Kuwait
1–1 (aet)

(5–3 p)

30x27px
Iran
10
9 1988 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 30x27px
Saudi Arabia
0–0 (aet)

(4–3 p)

30x27px
Korea Republic
30x27px
Iran
0–0 (aet)

(3–0 p)

30x27px
China PR
10
10 1992 22x20px Japan [[File:{{{flag alias-1947}}}|30x27px|border |alt=|link=]]
Japan
1–0 30x27px
Saudi Arabia
30x27px
China PR
1–1 (aet)

(4–3 p)

File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
United Arab Emirates
8
11 1996 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 30x27px
Saudi Arabia
0–0 (aet)

(4–2 p)

File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
United Arab Emirates
30x27px
Iran
1–1 (aet)

(3–2 p)

 
Kuwait
12
12 2000   Lebanon 30x27px
Japan
1–0 30x27px
Saudi Arabia
30x27px
Korea Republic
1–0 30x27px
China PR
12
13 2004 22x20px China 30x27px
Japan
3–1 30x27px
China PR
30x27px
Iran
4–2  
Bahrain
16
14 2007   Indonesia  Malaysia22x20px Thailand  Vietnam 30x27px
Iraq
1–0 30x27px
Saudi Arabia
30x27px
Korea Republic
0–0 (aet)

(6–5 p)

30x27px
Japan
16
15 2011   Qatar 30x27px
Japan
1–0 (aet) 30x27px
Australia
30x27px
Korea Republic
3–2 File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
Uzbekistan
16
16 2015 22x20px Australia 30x27px
Australia
2–1 (aet) 30x27px
Korea Republic
 
United Arab Emirates
3–2 30x27px
Iraq
16
17 2019   United Arab Emirates  
Qatar
3–1 30x27px
Japan
30px Iran and   United Arab Emirates 24
18 2023 22x20px China TBD TBD TBD TBD 24

Wins by team

Team Titles Runners-up
22x20px Japan 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) 1 (2019)
22x20px Saudi Arabia 3 (1984, 1988, 1996) 3 (1992, 2000, 2007)
22x20px Iran 3 (1968, 1972, 1976)
22x20px Korea Republic 2 (1956, 1960) 4 (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015)
  Israel 1 (1964) 2 (1956, 1960)
  Kuwait 1 (1980) 1 (1976)
22x20px Australia 1 (2015) 1 (2011)
22x20px Iraq 1 (2007)
  Qatar 1 (2019)
22x20px China PR 2 (1984, 2004)
  India 1 (1964)
  Myanmar 1 (1968)
  United Arab Emirates 1 (1996)

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