List of AFC Asian Cup finals

Football tournament
AFC Asian Cup Final
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
1972; 52 years ago (1972) (first final)
RegionAsia (AFC)
Number of teams46 (qualification)
24 (final tournament)
Current champions Qatar (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Japan (4 titles)

The AFC Asian Cup 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, where Iran defeated South Korea 2–1 after extra time in Bangkok. The most recent final, hosted in Lusail in 2023, saw Qatar defeat Jordan 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 2023 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 fourteen finals to-date have produced five matches go into extra-time, and two of those further being determined by a penalty shoot-out. The winners are awarded the Asian Cup trophy.[1]

Japan is the most successful team at the tournament, winning it four times. Iran and Saudi Arabia both have three titles, South Korea and Qatar each have two, and Israel, Kuwait, Iraq and Australia have one a-piece.

List of finals

Key to the list of finals
# Final not played
† Final was won during extra time
* Final decided by a penalty shootout
  • The "Year" column refers to the year the Asian Cup tournament was held, and as 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 as in the "Final score" column point to the article about that tournament's final game.
  • Source:[2]
Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue Location Attendance
1956 South Korea  No final  Israel Round-robin format
1960 South Korea  No final  Israel
1964 Israel  No final  India
1968 Iran  No final  Burma
1972 Iran  2–1
[n 1] 		 South Korea National Stadium Bangkok, Thailand 15,000
1976 Iran  1–0  Kuwait Aryamehr Stadium Tehran, Iran 100,000
1980 Kuwait  3–0  South Korea Sabah Al Salem Stadium Kuwait City, Kuwait 25,000
1984 Saudi Arabia  2–0  China National Stadium Singapore 26,000
1988 Saudi Arabia  0–0
[n 2] 		 South Korea Al-Ahly Stadium Doha, Qatar 20,000
1992 Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia Hiroshima Big Arch Hiroshima, Japan 60,000
1996 Saudi Arabia  0–0
[n 3] 		 United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 60,000
2000 Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia Sports City Stadium Beirut, Lebanon 47,400
2004 Japan  3–1  China Workers' Stadium Beijing, China 62,000
2007 Iraq  1–0  Saudi Arabia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Jakarta, Indonesia 60,000
2011 Japan  1–0
[n 4] 		 Australia Khalifa International Stadium Doha, Qatar 37,174
2015 Australia  2–1
[n 5] 		 South Korea Stadium Australia Sydney, Australia 76,385
2019 Qatar  3–1  Japan Zayed Sports City Stadium Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 36,776
2023 Qatar  3–1  Jordan Lusail Stadium Lusail, Qatar 86,492
Upcoming finals
Year Finalists Match Finalists Venue Location Attendance
2027 v King Fahd Sports City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Results by nation

Results by nation
National team Winners Runners-up Total Years won Years runners-up
 Japan 4 1 5 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011 2019
 Saudi Arabia 3 3 6 1984, 1988, 1996 1992, 2000, 2007
 Iran 3 0 3 1968, 1972, 1976 –
 South Korea 2 4 6 1956, 1960 1972, 1980, 1988, 2015
 Qatar 2 0 2 2019, 2023 –
 Israel1 1 2 3 1964 1956, 1960
 Kuwait 1 1 2 1980 1976
 Australia 1 1 2 2015 2011
 Iraq 1 0 1 2007 –
 China 0 2 2 – 1984, 2004
 United Arab Emirates 0 1 1 – 1996
 India 0 1 1 – 1964
 Myanmar 0 1 1 – 1968
 Jordan 0 1 1 – 2023
1 = Israel was expelled from the AFC in the early 1970s and eventually became a member of UEFA.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.
  2. ^ Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Saudi Arabia won 4–2 on penalties.
  3. ^ Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Saudi Arabia won 4–3 on penalties.
  4. ^ Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes.
  5. ^ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dazzling new AFC Asian Cup trophy unveiled in Dubai". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ "AFC ASIAN CUP UAE 2019 POST TOURNAMENT REPORT". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ "About the IFA". The Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2014.