Asian Cup

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Not to be confused with the cricket Asia Cup

The Asian Cup is run by the Asian Football Confederation. The winning national team is proclaimed champions of Asia and qualifies for the FIFA Confederations Cup. The next edition of the tournament will be held in South East Asian nations of Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand.

The Asian Cup has been held once every four years from 1956 onwards, the last of which held in China in 2004. However, as the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship are also held in the same year as the Asian Cup (2004, 2008, 2012 etc.), the sporting calendar is somewhat crowded. The AFC have thus decided to change their tradition, and will be holding the next tournament in 2007, and every four years henceforth from that date.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1956 Details	Hong Kong		Rep. of Korea	n/aFinal tournaments in round-robin format	Israel		Hong Kong	n/a	Rep. of Vietnam
1960 Details	Rep. of Korea		Rep. of Korea	n/a	Israel		Rep. of China	n/a	Rep. of Vietnam
1964 Details	Israel		Israel	n/a	India		Rep. of Korea	n/a	Hong Kong
1968 Details	Iran		Iran	n/a	Burma		Israel	n/a	Rep. of China
1972 Details	Thailand		Iran	2 - 1	Rep. of Korea		Thailand	2 - 2	Cambodia
							5 - 3 on penalties
1976 Details	Iran		Iran	1 - 0	Kuwait		P.R. China	1 - 0	Iraq
1980 Details	Kuwait		Kuwait	3 - 0	Rep. of Korea		Iran	3 - 0	D.P.R.Korea
1984 Details	Singapore		Saudi Arabia	2 - 0	P.R. China		Kuwait	1 - 1	Iran
							3 - 2 on penalties
1988 Details	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	0 - 0	Rep. of Korea		Iran	0 - 0	P.R. China
			4 - 3 on penalties				3 - 0 on penalties
1992 Details	Japan		Japan	1 - 0	Saudi Arabia		P.R. China	1 - 1	U.A.E.
							3 - 2 on penalties
1996 Details	U.A.E.		Saudi Arabia	0 - 0	U.A.E.		Iran	1 - 1	Kuwait
			4 - 2 on penalties				3 - 2 on penalties
2000 Details	Lebanon		Japan	1 - 0	Saudi Arabia		Rep. of Korea	1 - 0	P.R. China
2004 Details	P.R. China		Japan	3 - 1	P.R. China		Iran	4 - 2	Bahrain
2007 Details	Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, &Vietnam
2011 Details

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Winning years	Runner-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Iran	3	1968, 1972, 1976	-	1980, 1988, 1996, 2004	1984
Saudi Arabia	3	1984, 1988, 1996	1992, 2000	-	-
Japan	3	1992, 2000, 2004	-	-	-
Korea Republic	2	1956, 1960	1972, 1980, 1988	2000	-
IsraelIsrael national footbal team now is in UEFA	1	1964	1956, 1960	1968	-
Kuwait	1	1980	1976	1984	-
China PR	-	-	1984, 2004	1960, 1976, 1992	1968, 1988, 2000
United Arab Emirates	-	-	1996	1992
Myanmar	-	-	1968	-	-
India	-	-	1964	-	-
Hong Kong, China	-	-	-	1956	1964
Thailand	-	-	-	1972	-
South Vietnam	-	-	-	-	1956, 1960
Cambodia	-	-	-	-	1972
Korea DPR	-	-	-	-	1980
Bahrain	-	-	-	-	2004
Iraq	-	-	-	-	1976

Notes

External Links

• [Asian Cup results at RSSSF]

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|- style="text-align:center;" | Hong Kong 1956 | South Korea 1960 | Israel 1964 | Iran 1968 | Thailand 1972 | Iran 1976 |
Kuwait 1980 | Singapore 1984 | Qatar 1988 | Japan 1992 | U.A.E. 1996 | Lebanon 2000 |
China 2004 | Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007 | 2011

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|- style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" | FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams

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     Asia: AFC – Asian Cup

     Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations

     North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup

     South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América

     Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup

     Europe: UEFA – European Championship

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