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 ...
is an
association football competition established in 1956. It is contested by the
men's national teams of the members of the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the sport's Asian governing body, and takes place generally every four years. The winners of the
first tournament were
South Korea, who won in a
round-robin style tournament, The first final was in
1972
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, where
Iran defeated South Korea 2–1 after extra time in
Bangkok. The
most recent final, hosted in
Abu Dhabi
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...
in 2019, saw
Qatar defeat
Japan
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3–1.
The Asian Cup final is the last match of the competition and the result determines which country's team is declared Asian champion. As of the 2019 tournament, if after 90 minutes of regular play the score is a
draw, an additional 30-minute period of play, called extra time, is added. If such a game is still tied after extra time, it is decided by
penalty shoot-out. The team that wins the penalty shoot-out are then declared champions. The 13 finals to-date have produced five matches go into extra-time, and two of those further being decided by a penalty shoot-out. The winners are awarded the Asian Cup trophy.
Japan is the most successful team at the tournament, winning it four times. Iran and
Saudi Arabia both have three titles, South Korea have two and
Israel,
Kuwait,
Iraq,
Australia
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and
Qatar have one a-piece.
List of finals
* The "Year" column refers to the year the European Championship tournament was held, and
wikilinks
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to the article about that tournament.
* Links in the "Winners" and "Runners-up" columns point to the articles for the national football teams of the countries, not the articles for the countries.
* The wikilinks in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game.
* Source:
Results by nation
:
1 = Israel was expelled from the
AFC in the early 1970s and eventually became a member of
UEFA.
Footnotes
See also
*
List of FIFA Confederations Cup finals
The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football competition established in 1992 as the King Fahd Cup and known as the FIFA Confederations Cup from 1997 to 2017. It was contested by eight men's national teams of the members ...
*
List of FIFA World Cup finals
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the ' (FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football), the sport's global governing body. The championship has ...
References
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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 ...