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AFC Asian Cup

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Established
1956 (70 years old)

First Recorded Event
1956-09-01

Current Season
2027

Current Round
6

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Sport
Soccer

Location
Worldwide

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - CBS Sports [2021-2024]

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Results
31 Mar	LebanonLebanon	-	YemenYemen
31 Mar	BhutanBhutan	2 - 1	BruneiBrunei
31 Mar	IndiaIndia	2 - 1	Hong KonHong Kong
31 Mar	SingaporSingapore	1 - 0	BangladeBangladesh
31 Mar	ThailandThailand	2 - 1	TurkmeniTurkmenistan
31 Mar	Chinese Chinese Taipei	1 - 3	Sri LankSri Lanka
31 Mar	SyriaSyria	5 - 1	AfghanisAfghanistan
31 Mar	NepalNepal	0 - 1	LaosLaos
31 Mar	VietnamVietnam	3 - 1	MalaysiaMalaysia
31 Mar	PakistanPakistan	1 - 2	MyanmarMyanmar

Description

The AFC Asian Cup is an international association football tournament run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the second oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. The winning team becomes the champion of Asia and until 2015 qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup.

The Asian Cup was held once every four years from the 1956 edition in Hong Kong until the 2004 tournament in China. However, since the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship were also scheduled in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC decided to move their championship to a less crowded cycle. After 2004, the tournament was next held in 2007 when it was co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Thereafter, it has been held every four years.

The Asian Cup has generally been dominated by a small number of top teams. Initially successful teams included South Korea (twice) and Iran (three times). Since 1984, Japan (four times) and Saudi Arabia (three times) have been the most successful teams, together winning seven of the last ten finals. The other teams which have achieved success are Qatar (2019 current champions), Australia (2015), Iraq (2007) and Kuwait (1980). Israel won in 1964 but were later expelled and have since joined UEFA.

Australia joined the Asian confederation in 2007 and hosted the Asian Cup finals in 2015. The 2019 tournament had been expanded from 16 teams to 24 teams, with the qualifying process doubling as part of the qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.


Seasons

Teams

Australia		Bahrain		China
Indonesia		Iran		Iraq
Japan		Jordan		Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan		North Korea		Oman
Palestine		Qatar		Saudi Arabia
Singapore		South Korea		Syria
Tajikistan		Thailand		United Arab Emi
Uzbekistan		Vietnam

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Last 5 winners
Qatar (2023)
Qatar (2019)
Australia (2015)
Japan (2011)
Iraq (2007)

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