This is a list of records and statistics of the

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

Debut of national teams

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 Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

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.

Medal table

Comprehensive team results by tournament

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Semi-finals *QF – Quarter-finals *R16 – Round of 16 *GS – Group stage *''Q'' – Qualified for upcoming tournament * — Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification * — Did not qualify * — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Asian Cup * — Hosts For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Results of host nations

Results of defending finalists

Teams yet to qualify for finals

The following thirteen 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).

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.''

Previous droughts

''Updated to 15 June 2022, including qualification for the

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. Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance or teams that no longer exist.'' ⁴ Considering South Vietnam's results are attributed to unified Vietnam.

Other records

*Only three teams have won the tournament in their debut appearances: **

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

(

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

) **

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

) **

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

(

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

) *

hold the record for the most games played, with 68. *Only

have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.

Individual records

Best player award

Source:

Overall top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Top goalscorers in one tournament

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Hat-tricks

Most tournament wins

Most tournament appearances

The table lists the players who have appeared four or more times in the tournament. Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments. Source:

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 Ali Ahmed Mabkhout Mohsen Al Hajeri ( ar, علي أحمد مبخوت محسن الهاجري; born 5 October 1990) is an Emirati professional association football player who plays for UAE Pro League club Al Jazira and the United Arab Emirates n ...

(against

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

) at the 2015 edition in 14 seconds *

Fathi Kameel Fathi Kameel Matar Marzouq ( ar, فتحي كميل مطر مرزوق; born 23 May 1955) was a Kuwaiti football player in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He helped Kuwait qualify to the World Cup in 1982 by scoring a goal against New Zealand. Fa ...

(against

China PR China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

) at the 1976 edition in 20 seconds *

Xie Yuxin Xie Yuxin (; born 12 October 1968 in Xingning, Guangdong) is a retired Chinese international footballer. He made more than 100 appearances for his country in international competitions. On 6 February 1987, Yuxin signed for PEC Zwolle '82, be ...

(against

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

) at the 1992 edition in 20 seconds Source:

Match records

Attendance by year

Highest attendance

*The highest ever attendance officially recorded was of 100,000 during the

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final between

and

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

Lowest attendance

*The lowest ever attendance officially recorded was of 300 during the

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group game between

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

and

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Awards

Fair play award

*1956–1980: not awarded *

: *1988–1992: not awarded *

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: *

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: *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

: *

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: *

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: *

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Team of the Tournament

References

External links

AFC Asian Cup official history bookOfficial website
at AFC.com

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