2015 qualifying added. The tables have been composed using material found at the RSSSF. You are free to copy this document but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning. Note that Australia (from Oceania) switched federation from Oceania to Asia in time for the AFC 2007 qualifying. There are three tables; 1. finals and qualifying, 2. finals only, 3. qualifying only.
FINALS AND QUALIFYING 1956-2015
TEAM GP W D L GF GA P % 1 Iran 111 76 18 17 261 72 246 73,87% 2 South Korea 98 58 15 25 228 83 189 64,29% 3 China 90 49 18 23 197 74 165 61,11% 4 Saudi Arabia 73 49 11 13 160 53 158 72,15% 5 Japan 64 43 9 12 136 54 138 71,88% 6 Kuwait 80 38 22 20 144 79 136 56,67% 7 UAE 72 38 12 22 128 66 126 58,33% 8 Iraq 63 36 10 17 105 58 118 62,43% 9 Qatar 71 33 17 21 118 71 116 54,46% 10 Thailand 82 32 15 35 137 131 111 45,12% 11 Syria 69 32 13 24 101 72 109 52,66% 12 North Korea 58 32 10 16 90 53 106 60,92% 13 Uzbekistan 48 27 7 14 95 62 88 61,11% 14 Malaysia 66 23 16 27 105 108 85 42,93% 15 Jordan 51 23 15 13 75 46 84 54,90% 16 Bahrain 56 24 9 23 78 71 81 48,21% 17 Hongkong 75 20 17 38 97 124 77 34,22% 18 Oman 45 22 8 15 90 48 74 54,81% 19 Turkmenistan 41 21 8 12 86 38 71 57,72% 20 Indonesia 62 19 13 30 87 98 70 37,63% 21 Myanmar 44 22 4 18 69 71 70 53,03% 22 India 58 17 8 33 64 112 59 33,91% 23 Tajikistan 32 16 6 10 45 31 54 56,25% 24 Singapore 53 14 8 31 58 100 50 31,45% 25 Palestine 32 12 9 11 35 32 45 46,88% 26 Chinese Taipei 51 12 8 31 75 108 44 28,76% 27 Philippines 44 13 4 27 46 119 43 32,58% 28 Sri Lanka 47 12 4 31 58 136 40 28,37% 29 Bangladesh 48 10 9 29 43 105 39 27,08% 30 Israel 19 12 2 5 38 23 38 66,67% 31 Australia 20 11 4 5 33 14 37 61,67% 32 Lebanon 35 9 9 17 39 61 36 34,29% 33 Vietnam 28 10 3 15 50 53 33 39,29% 34 Pakistan 47 9 5 33 47 119 32 22,70% 35 Yemen 32 9 2 21 46 68 29 30,21% 36 Kyrgyzstan 25 9 2 14 24 39 29 38,67% 37 Afghanistan 31 8 5 18 23 71 29 31,18% 38 Cambodia 30 9 0 21 40 80 27 30,00% 39 Nepal 42 7 5 30 24 137 26 20,63% 40 South Vietnam 21 7 2 12 35 47 23 36,51% 41 Maldives 29 6 3 20 31 80 21 24,14% 42 Macau 26 6 1 19 26 61 19 24,36% 43 Laos 13 3 4 6 15 37 13 33,33% 44 Kazakhstan 8 4 0 4 9 9 12 50,00% 45 Mongolia 12 3 2 7 12 21 11 30,56% 46 North Yemen 9 1 3 5 7 22 6 22,22% 47 Bhutan 20 1 2 17 10 93 5 8,33% 48 Malaya 3 1 0 2 9 10 3 33,33% 49 Guam 14 1 0 13 9 97 3 7,14% 50 Brunei 17 0 2 15 4 85 2 3,92% 51 South Yemen 5 0 1 4 1 13 1 6,67% 52 East Timor 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 0,00% 53 Northern Mariana Islands 3 0 0 3 0 19 0 0,00% Qualifying participant, but not counted: India U23 3 0 0 3 1 6 0 0,00%FINALS 1956-2011
TEAM T GP W D L GF GA P % 1 Iran 12 58 36 10 12 112 42 118 67,82% 2 South Korea 12 56 30 10 16 92 60 100 59,52% 3 Japan 7 37 24 7 6 72 37 79 71,17% 4 Saudi Arabia 9 41 22 9 10 58 40 75 60,98% 5 China 10 47 19 10 18 76 54 67 47,52% 6 Kuwait 9 39 16 8 15 46 45 56 47,86% 7 Iraq 7 29 12 5 12 30 33 41 47,13% 8 UAE 8 32 9 6 17 23 43 33 34,38% 9 Qatar 8 29 6 11 12 31 39 29 33,33% 10 Uzbekistan 5 20 9 2 9 30 39 29 48,33% 11 Israel 4 13 9 0 4 28 15 27 69,23% 12 Syria 5 18 7 2 9 15 23 23 42,59% 13 Australia 2 10 5 2 3 20 7 17 56,67% 14 Bahrain 4 16 4 4 8 23 29 16 33,33% 15 Jordan 2 8 3 3 2 8 5 12 50,00% 16 Thailand 6 20 2 6 12 15 45 12 20,00% 17 North Korea 3 12 3 2 7 12 19 11 30,56% 18 Indonesia 4 12 2 2 8 10 28 8 22,22% 19 Burma 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 58,33% 20 India 3 10 2 1 7 8 23 7 23,33% 21 Oman 2 6 1 3 2 5 6 6 33,33% 22 Malaysia 3 9 1 3 5 7 20 6 22,22% 23 Taiwan 2 7 1 2 4 6 13 5 23,81% 24 Singapore 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 33,33% 25 Vietnam 1 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 33,33% 26 Cambodia 1 5 1 0 4 8 10 3 20,00% 27 Hongkong 3 10 0 3 7 9 23 3 10,00% 28 Lebanon 1 3 0 2 1 3 7 2 22,22% 29 Turkmenistan 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 11,11% 30 South Vietnam 2 6 0 1 5 9 22 1 5,56% 31 South Yemen 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 0,00% 32 Bangladesh 1 4 0 0 4 2 17 0 0,00%QUALIFYING 1956-2015
TEAM T GP W D L GF GA P % 1 Iran 10 53 40 8 5 149 30 128 80,50% 2 Thailand 13 62 30 9 23 122 86 99 53,23% 3 China 10 43 30 8 5 121 20 98 75,97% 4 North Korea 8 46 29 8 9 78 34 95 68,84% 5 UAE 9 40 29 6 5 105 23 93 77,50% 6 South Korea 11 42 28 5 9 136 23 89 70,63% 7 Qatar 9 42 27 6 9 87 32 87 69,05% 8 Syria 11 51 25 11 15 86 49 86 56,21% 9 Saudi Arabia 6 32 27 2 3 102 13 83 86,46% 10 Kuwait 9 41 22 14 5 98 34 80 65,04% 11 Malaysia 14 57 22 13 22 98 88 79 46,20% 12 Iraq 7 34 24 5 5 75 25 77 75,49% 13 Hongkong 15 65 20 14 31 88 101 74 37,95% 14 Jordan 9 43 20 12 11 67 41 72 55,81% 15 Turkmenistan 5 38 21 7 10 82 32 70 61,40% 16 Oman 8 39 21 5 13 85 42 68 58,12% 17 Bahrain 9 40 20 5 15 55 42 65 54,17% 18 Myanmar 6 40 20 3 17 64 67 63 52,50% 19 Indonesia 12 50 17 11 22 77 70 62 41,33% 20 Japan 6 27 19 2 6 64 17 59 72,84% 21 Uzbekistan 6 28 18 5 5 65 23 59 70,24% 22 Tajikistan 5 32 16 6 10 45 31 54 56,25% 23 India 11 48 15 7 26 56 89 52 36,11% 24 Singapore 11 49 13 7 29 55 96 46 31,29% 25 Palestine 5 32 12 9 11 35 32 45 46,88% 26 Philippines 9 44 13 4 27 46 119 43 32,58% 27 Sri Lanka 8 47 12 4 31 58 136 40 28,37% 28 Chinese Taipei 10 44 11 6 27 69 95 39 29,55% 29 Bangladesh 9 44 10 9 25 41 88 39 29,55% 30 Lebanon 7 32 9 7 16 36 54 34 35,42% 31 Pakistan 11 47 9 5 33 47 119 32 22,70% 32 Vietnam 5 24 9 2 13 46 46 29 40,28% 33 Kyrgyzstan 5 25 9 2 14 24 39 29 38,67% 34 Yemen 6 32 9 2 21 46 68 29 30,21% 35 Afghanistan 6 31 8 5 18 23 71 29 31,18% 36 Nepal 7 42 7 5 30 24 137 26 20,63% 37 Cambodia 6 25 8 0 17 32 70 24 32,00% 38 South Vietnam 5 15 7 1 7 26 25 22 48,89% 39 Maldives 5 29 6 3 20 31 80 21 24,14% 40 Australia 2 10 6 2 2 13 7 20 66,67% 41 Macau 7 26 6 1 19 26 61 19 24,36% 42 Laos 3 13 3 4 6 15 37 13 33,33% 43 Kazakhstan 2 8 4 0 4 9 9 12 50,00% 44 Israel 1 6 3 2 1 10 8 11 61,11% 45 Mongolia 4 12 3 2 7 12 21 11 30,56% 46 North Yemen 2 9 1 3 5 7 22 6 22,22% 47 Bhutan 4 20 1 2 17 10 93 5 8,33% 48 Malaya 1 3 1 0 2 9 10 3 33,33% 49 Guam 5 14 1 0 13 9 97 3 7,14% 50 Brunei 5 17 0 2 15 4 85 2 3,92% 51 South Yemen 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 11,11% 52 East Timor 1 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 0,00% 53 Nortern Mariana Islands 1 3 0 0 3 0 19 0 0,00% Qualifying participant, but not counted: India U23 1 3 0 0 3 1 6 0 0,00%
1956: The qualifying game Cambodia - Malaysia ended 3-2 or 2-3. In the tables here the result is written as 3-2. 2007: Lebanon had to withdraw because of war after having played one match; 1-1 at home to Kuwait. The game was declared null and void officially but is counted here as it was actually played. 2007: The game Singapore-Palestine was not played because of logistical difficulties. 2011: India U23s results in the AFC Challenge Cup 2010 not counted for them but for all other teams as they had significance. 2011: The 3rd place playoffs in the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 and 2010 not counted as they had no baring on what teams would be qualified. Sri Lanka was called Ceylon before. Myanmar was called Burma before. Questions, suggestions? email me at: clas.glenning@spray.se