National team appearances in the AFC Asian Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the 31 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the AFC Asian Cup finals.

Qualification

As end of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Iran	11	61	46	10	5	175	33	+142	148
2	China PR	11	52	35	10	7	148	23	+125	115
3	South Korea	12	50	36	5	9	164	23	+141	113
4	United Arab Emirates	10	48	34	8	6	132	27	+105	110
5	Qatar	10	50	34	6	10	116	36	+80	108
6	Syria	12	59	31	11	17	112	60	+52	104
7	Saudi Arabia	7	40	33	4	3	130	17	+113	103
8	Thailand	14	61	30	10	21	119	82	+37	100
9	Oman	9	52	30	6	16	124	54	+70	96
10	Hong Kong	16	78	24	21	33	105	111	-6	93
11	Iraq	8	41	28	8	5	88	32	+56	92
12	Jordan	10	53	26	13	14	94	49	45	91
13	Kuwait	10	50	25	15	10	110	45	+65	90
14	Bahrain	10	54	27	6	21	80	55	+25	87
15	Japan	7	36	27	4	5	92	17	+75	85
16	Uzbekistan	7	36	25	5	6	85	30	+55	80
17	North Korea	7	45	23	11	11	70	48	+22	80
18	Malaysia	16	60	19	15	26	98	101	-3	72
19	Vietnam	10	40	19	7	20	86	71	+15	64
20	Indonesia	12	51	17	11	23	77	73	+4	62
21	Lebanon	7	45	17	9	19	61	62	-1	60
22	Yemen	9	59	16	10	33	69	114	-45	58
23	India	10	52	15	7	30	59	98	-39	52
24	Singapore	11	58	14	10	34	59	106	-47	52
25	Turkmenistan	4	28	14	5	9	47	37	+10	47
26	Myanmar	5	34	14	5	15	52	73	-21	47
27	Chinese Taipei	9	46	14	3	29	67	109	-42	45
28	Australia	3	18	13	2	3	42	11	+31	41
29	Palestine	4	29	11	5	13	58	36	+22	38
30	Tajikistan	4	27	10	5	12	38	44	-6	35
31	Kyrgyzstan	4	23	10	3	10	35	37	-2	33
32	Cambodia	5	32	8	3	21	33	87	-54	27
33	Philippines	8	34	7	4	23	32	101	-69	25
34	Sri Lanka	7	31	7	1	23	25	102	-77	22
35	Bangladesh	8	40	4	10	28	27	113	-86	22
36	Afghanistan	5	30	5	6	19	25	88	-63	21
37	Maldives	5	34	5	2	27	32	107	-75	17
38	Pakistan	10	37	4	4	29	22	101	-79	16
39	Bhutan	3	30	4	2	24	21	161	-140	14
40	Kazakhstan	2	8	4	0	4	9	9	0	12
41	Israel	1	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11
42	Macau	6	13	3	2	8	13	29	-16	11
43	Laos	3	17	3	2	12	13	61	-48	11
44	Mongolia	3	7	3	1	3	12	10	+2	10
45	Nepal	6	28	2	4	22	12	91	-79	10
46	Guam	4	16	2	1	13	5	86	-81	7
47	Brunei	5	15	1	2	12	4	56	-52	5
48	South Yemen	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1
49	Timor-Leste	2	16	0	0	16	4	66	-62	0

• Yemen consist of North Yemen.

Debut of teams

Most of the AFC Asian Cup has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Only in 1992 and 2011 there was no team who qualified for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by FIFA.

Year	Debutants	Total
1956	South Korea,  Hong Kong,  South Vietnam,  Israel	4
1960	Republic of China	1
1964	India	1
1968	Iran,  Burma	2
1972	Khmer Republic,  Iraq,  Kuwait,  Thailand	4
1976	South Yemen,  China PR,  Malaysia	3
1980	Bangladesh,  North Korea,  Qatar,  Syria,  United Arab Emirates	5
1984	Saudi Arabia,  Singapore	2
1988	Bahrain,  Japan	2
1992	None	0
1996	Indonesia,  Uzbekistan	2
2000	Lebanon	1
2004	Jordan,  Oman,  Turkmenistan	3
2007	Australia	1
2011	None	0
2015	Palestine	1
2019	Kyrgyzstan,  Philippines,  Yemen	3

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarter-finals
• GS – Group stage
• Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the AFC Asian Cup / Banned
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

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)	Total
Australia	Part of OFC													QF	2nd	1st	Q	4
Bahrain	Not AFC member				•	×	••	×	GS	•	×	•	4th	GS	GS	GS	Q	6
Bangladesh	Part of  Pakistan				×	×	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Cambodia	•	×	×	•	4th	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	1
China PR	Not AFC member					3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	Q	12
Chinese Taipei	•	3rd	×	4th	×	Part of OFC				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
Hong Kong	3rd	•	4th	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
India	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	Q	4
Indonesia	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	×	4
Iran	×	•	×	1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	QF	3rd	QF	QF	QF	Q	14
Iraq	Not AFC member				GS	4th	×	×	×	×	QF	QF	QF	1st	QF	4th	Q	9
Israel	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	••	Expelled by AFC					Part of UEFA							4
Japan	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	×	GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	Q	9
Jordan	Not AFC member				•	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	QF	•	QF	GS	Q	4
Kuwait	Not AFC member		×	×	GS	2nd	1st	3rd	GS	•	4th	QF	GS	•	GS	GS	×	10
Kyrgyzstan	Part of  Soviet Union										•	•	•	×	•	•	Q	1
Lebanon	Not AFC member		×	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	GS	•	×	•	•	Q	2
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	3
Myanmar	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	1
North Korea	Not AFC member					••	4th	×	•	GS	×	•	•	×	GS	GS	Q	5
Oman	Not AFC member						×	•	×	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	Q	4
Palestine	Not AFC member											•	•	•	×	GS	Q	2
Philippines	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	Q	1
Qatar	Not AFC member					•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	Q	10
Saudi Arabia	Not AFC member					••	•	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS	Q	10
Singapore	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
South Korea	1st	1st	3rd	•	2nd	•	2nd	GS	2nd	•	QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	Q	14
South Yemen	Not AFC member					GS	×	×	•	Part of  Yemen								1
Syria	Not AFC member				•	×	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	Q	6
Thailand	×	×	×	•	3rd	••	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	Q	7
Turkmenistan	Part of  Soviet Union										•	•	GS	•	•	•	Q	2
United Arab Emirates	Not AFC member					×	GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd	•	GS	GS	GS	3rd	Q	10
Uzbekistan	Part of  Soviet Union										GS	GS	QF	QF	4th	QF	Q	7
Vietnam	4th	4th	•	•	••	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	QF	•	•	Q	4
Yemen	Compete as  North Yemen									×	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	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 PR	Runners-up
2007	Indonesia	Group Stage
	Malaysia	Group Stage
	Thailand	Group Stage
	Vietnam	Quarter-finalist
2011	Qatar	Quarter-finalist
2015	Australia	Champions
2019	United Arab Emirates	To be determined

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1960	South Korea	Champions
1964	South Korea	Third Place
1968	Israel	Third Place
1972	Iran	Champions
1976	Iran	Champions
1980	Iran	Third Place
1984	Kuwait	Third Place
1988	Saudi Arabia	Champions
1992	Saudi Arabia	Runners-up
1996	Japan	Quarter-finalist
2000	Saudi Arabia	Runners-up
2004	Japan	Champions
2007	Japan	Fourth Place
2011	Iraq	Quarter-finalist
2015	Japan	Quarter-finalist
2019	Australia	To be determined

References