Eternal table of the Asian football championship

The all-time table of the Asian Football Championship is a ranking list of all the Asian Football Championship games since it was first played in 1956 . The calculation is based on the 3-point rule (three points per win, one point per tie). Games that are decided on penalties count as a draw.

The eternal table includes 36 countries, one of which no longer belongs to the AFC and two more have been dissolved. The remaining 33 teams are divided among the regional associations as follows: 9 come from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), 4 from the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA), 6 from the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), 2 from the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) and 12 from the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). So 13 of the total of 46 current full members of the AFC have not yet qualified for the competition.

First in the all-time table is Iran , which, along with South Korea, is also a record participant. The record winner, however, is Japan , which won a total of four titles.

table

Teams in bold have qualified for the 2023 Asian Cup so far . Teams in italics no longer belong to the AFC or have been dissolved. The column Ø points shows the average number of points gained per game. The following two name the number of titles won or finals.

Pl.	team	Participation	Sp.	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.	Points	Ø pt.	title	finalist
1.	Iran	14th	68	41	19th	8th	131	48	+83	142	2.09	3	3
2.	South Korea	14th	67	36	16	15th	106	64	+42	124	1.85	2	6th
3.	Japan	09	48	30th	12	6th	92	44	+48	102	2.13	4th	5
4th	China	12	56	23	13	20th	88	65	+23	82	1.46	0	2
5.	Saudi Arabia	10	48	21st	13	14th	69	48	+21	76	1.58	3	6th
6th	Ver. Arab. Emirates	10	44	15th	11	18th	41	59	−18	56	1.27	0	1
7th	Kuwait	10	42	15th	10	17th	47	51	−4	55	1.31	1	2
8th.	Iraq	09	39	15th	8th	16	44	45	−1	53	1.36	1	1
9.	Qatar	10	39	13	11	15th	52	47	+5	50	1.28	1	1
10.	Uzbekistan	07th	28	13	4th	11	42	47	−5	43	1.54	0	0
11.	Australia	04th	21st	12	4th	5	40	14th	+26	40	1.9	1	2
12.	Israel	04th	13	9	0	4th	28	15th	+13	27	2.08	1	3
13.	Jordan	04th	15th	6th	6th	3	17th	10	+7	24	1.6	0	0
14th	Syria	06th	21st	7th	3	11	17th	28	−11	24	1.14	0	0
15th	Bahrain	06th	23	5	6th	12	29	38	−9	21st	0.91	0	0
16.	Thailand	07th	24	2	9	13	19th	52	−33	15th	0.63	0	0
17th	Oman	04th	13	3	3	7th	10	17th	−7	12	0.92	0	0
18th	North Korea	05	18th	3	2	13	15th	40	−25	11	0.61	0	0
19th	India	04th	13	3	1	9	12	27	−15	10	0.77	0	1
20th	Vietnam	02	9	2	2	5	9	14th	−5	8th	0.89	0	0
21st	Indonesia	04th	12	2	2	8th	10	28	−18	8th	0.67	0	0
22nd	Myanmar	01	4th	2	1	1	5	4th	+1	7th	1.75	0	1
23.	Malaysia	03	9	1	3	5	7th	20th	−13	6th	0.67	0	0
24.	Lebanon	02	6th	1	2	3	7th	12	−5	5	0.83	0	0
25th	Chinese Taipei	02	7th	1	2	4th	6th	13	−7	5	0.71	0	0
26th	Singapore	01	4th	1	1	2	3	4th	−1	4th	1	0	0
27.	Cambodia	01	5	1	1	3	8th	10	−2	4th	0.8	0	0
28.	Kyrgyzstan	01	4th	1	0	3	6th	7th	−1	3	0.75	0	0
29	Hong Kong	03	10	0	3	7th	9	23	−14	3	0.3	0	0
30th	Palestine	02	6th	0	2	4th	1	14th	−13	2	0.33	0	0
31.	Turkmenistan	02	6th	0	1	5	7th	16	−9	1	0.17	0	0
32.	South Vietnam	02	6th	0	1	5	9	22nd	−13	1	0.17	0	0
33.	Philippines	01	3	0	0	3	1	7th	−6	0	0	0	0
34.	South Yemen	01	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0	0	0	0
35.	Yemen	01	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0	0	0	0
36.	Bangladesh	01	4th	0	0	4th	2	17th	−15	0	0	0	0
Status: After the final of the 2019 Asian Cup

Remarks

1. ↑ From 1956 to 1968 the competition was played as a round-robin tournament . There was no final. The respective runners-up will be counted as finalists.

Web links

• Eternal table of the Asian Cup at Weltfussball.de
• Eternal table of the Asian Cup + Quali (1956–2015) by Clas Glenning