Every Asian Cup
12 editions, 1976 to 2023. Saudi Arabia and Japan won the most of them: 3.
| Year | Hosts | Winner | Final | Runner-up | Top scorer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Iran | Iran | 1–0 | Kuwait | Fathi Kameel, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi and Nasser Nouraei (3 goals each) |
| 1980 | Kuwait | Kuwait | 3–0 | South Korea | Behtash Fariba and Choi Soon-ho (7 goals each) |
| 1984 | Singapore | Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | China | Jia Xiuquan, Shahrokh Bayani and Nasser Mohammadkhani (3 goals each) |
| 1988 | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | 0–0 aet, 4–3 pens | South Korea | Lee Tae-ho (3 goals) |
| 1992 | Japan | Japan | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia | Fahad Al-Bishi (3 goals) |
| 1996 | United Arab Emirates | Saudi Arabia | 0–0 aet, 4–2 pens | United Arab Emirates | Ali Daei (8 goals) |
| 2004 | China | Japan | 3–1 | China | A'ala Hubail and Ali Karimi (5 goals each) |
| 2007 | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam | Iraq | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia | Younis Mahmoud, Naohiro Takahara and Yasser Al-Qahtani (4 goals each) |
| 2011 | Qatar | Japan | 1–0 aet | Australia | Koo Ja-cheol (5 goals) |
| 2015 | Australia | Australia | 2–1 aet | South Korea | Ali Mabkhout (5 goals) |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | Qatar | 3–1 | Japan | Almoez Ali (9 goals) |
| 2023 | Qatar | Qatar | 3–1 | Jordan | Akram Afif (8 goals) |
Scores are the winner’s first; “aet” means after extra time. A year missing from the table is not in the almanac yet.