For so many years, only three times failed to advance to the group stage, and six times reached the semi-finals, including two runners-up, two runners-up and two runners-up. However, the last time China won the second place was in 2004.

In the history of the Asian Cup, nine teams have won the championship, namely Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Korea, Israel, Kuwait, Australia, Iraq and Qatar.

Among them, only four teams have won the championship more than twice, they are Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Iran, and all other teams have won the championship only once. It is worth mentioning that Iran won all the finals titles three times, so it is considered as one of the teams with the highest winning percentage in the finals.

The Japanese men's soccer team won the most championships in the history of the Asian Cup. Since their rise in the 1990s, they have entered five Asian Cup finals in the past 30 years, won four championships and 65,438+0 runner-ups, making them one of the top teams in Asia.

South Korea and Saudi Arabia reached the finals the most times in the history of the Asian Cup. Both teams have reached the Asian Cup finals six times. South Korea won two championships and four runner-ups, while Saudi Arabia won three championships and two runner-ups.

Asian Cup winners and runners-up:

1, 1956: Uruguay, Israel, China.

2. 1960: Korea, Israel and Hong Kong.

3. 1964: Israel, India and South Vietnam.

4. 1968: Iran, Israel and Myanmar.

5. 1972: Iran, Korea, Thailand.

6. 1976: Iran, Kuning Islands and Kuwait.

7. 1980: Kuwait, Korea and Israel.

8. 1984: Saudi Arabia, China and Iraq.

9. 1988: Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Iran.

10 and 1992: Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

1 1, 1996: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iran.

12, 2000: Japan, Korea, Saudi Arabia.

13,2004: Japan, China, Iran.

14,2007: Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

15,2011year: Japan, Australia, Korea.

16,2015: Australia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates.

17,2019: Qatar, Japan, Iran.