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	Hong Kong	South Korea	round-robin	Israel	Hong Kong	round-robin	South Vietnam	4
2	1960	South Korea	South Korea	round-robin	Israel	Taiwan	round-robin	South Vietnam	4
3	1964	Israel	Israel	round-robin	India	South Korea	round-robin	Hong Kong	4
4	1968	Iran	Iran	round-robin	Burma	Israel	round-robin	Taiwan	5
5	1972	Thailand	Iran	2–1 (aet)	South Korea	Thailand	2–2 (aet) (5–3 p)	Cambodia	6
6	1976	Iran	Iran	1–0	Kuwait	China	1–0	Iraq	6
7	1980	Kuwait	Kuwait	3–0	South Korea	Iran	3–0	North Korea	10
8	1984	Singapore	Saudi Arabia	2–0	China	Kuwait	1–1 (aet) (5–3 p)	Iran	10
9	1988	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (aet) (4–3 p)	South Korea	Iran	0–0 (aet) (3–0 p)	China	10
10	1992	Japan	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	China	1–1 (aet) (4–3 p)	United Arab Emirates	8
11	1996	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (aet) (4–2 p)	United Arab Emirates	Iran	1–1 (aet) (3–2 p)	Kuwait	12
12	2000	Lebanon	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	1–0	China	12
13	2004	China	Japan	3–1	China	Iran	4–2	Bahrain	16
14	2007	IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam	Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	0–0 (aet) (6–5 p)	Japan	16
15	2011	Qatar	Japan	1–0 (aet)	Australia	South Korea	3–2	Uzbekistan	16
16	2015	Australia	Australia	2–1 (aet)	South Korea	United Arab Emirates	3–2	Iraq	16
17	2019	United Arab Emirates	Qatar	3–1	Japan	Iran and United Arab Emirates			24
18	2023	China	TBD		TBD	TBD		TBD	24

Wins by team

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

Other websites

• Official website at the Asian Football Confederation