Qatar at the AFC Asian Cup

Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded in 1956, Qatar has participated in 10 Asian Cups between 1980 and 2019. However, prior to the 2019 edition, Qatar only reached the quarter-finals twice: in 2000 as one of the two best third-place teams when the tournament had only 12 nations competing, and in 2011, when they finished second in Group A behind Uzbekistan.

In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Qatar, who was the first team to qualify aside from hosts United Arab Emirates, exceeded expectations. Before 2019, Qatar last won a game outside Qatar in the Asian Cup in 1984, when Singapore hosted the tournament. In 2019, Qatar won its first six games, as many games as they had won in the previous nine editions, and conceded zero goals. Defeating Japan in the final to win the 2019 Asian Cup has become Qatar's greatest achievement to date, compared to several Gulf rivals like the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq. Qatar has hosted the tournament twice, in 1988 and 2011. The 2011 edition was seen as a step for Qatar in perpetration for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the country, while ironically, Qatar was the only nation to submit their bid for it.^[1][2]

AFC Asian Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Protectorate of  United Kingdom										Protectorate of  United Kingdom
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976	Did not qualify										6	2	1	3	5	8
1980	Group stage	8th	4	1	1	2	3	8	Squad		4	3	1	0	10	2
1984		5th	4	1	2	1	3	3	Squad		4	3	0	1	11	1
1988			4	2	0	2	7	6	Squad		Qualified as hosts
1992		6th	3	0	2	1	3	4	Squad		2	2	0	0	8	2
1996	Did not qualify										4	2	0	2	5	4
2000	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	3	1	3	5	Squad		4	3	1	0	11	3
2004	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	4	Squad		6	3	2	1	10	7
2007			3	0	2	1	3	4	Squad		6	5	0	1	14	4
2011	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	7	5	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2015	Group stage	13th	3	0	0	3	2	7	Squad		6	4	1	1	13	2
2019	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	19	1	Squad		8	7	0	1	29	4
2023	Champions		7	6	1	0	14	5	Squad		8	7	1	0	18	1
2027	Qualified										6	5	1	0	18	3
Total	2 Titles	12/14	46	19	12	15	66	52	—		64	46	8	10	163	40

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bahrain	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
China	5	2	0	3	5	6	−1	040.00
Indonesia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Iran	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	033.33
Iraq	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Japan	5	2	2	1	10	6	+4	040.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Kuwait	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	033.33
Lebanon	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
North Korea	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
Palestine	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Saudi Arabia	4	1	3	0	4	2	+2	025.00
South Korea	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	050.00
Syria	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Thailand	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	2	10	8	+2	060.00
Uzbekistan	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Vietnam	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total	46	19	12	15	66	52	+14	041.30

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait (H)	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5
3	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
4	Qatar	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
3	Qatar	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
4	Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3
5	South Korea	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iran	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	5
3	Qatar (H)	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4
4	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	2	4	−2	2
5	Japan	4	0	1	3	0	6	−6	1

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	China	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Qatar	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Thailand	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	13	3	+10	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Qatar	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	14	−12	1

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bahrain	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
3	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Vietnam (H)	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Qatar	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Qatar (H)	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	China	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

7 January 2011
Qatar	0–2	Uzbekistan
12 January 2011
China	0–2	Qatar
16 January 2011
Qatar	3–0	Kuwait

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

11 January 2015
United Arab Emirates	4–1	Qatar	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
15 January 2015
Qatar	0–1	Iran	Stadium Australia, Sydney
19 January 2015
Qatar	1–2	Bahrain	Stadium Australia, Sydney

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
3	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	North Korea	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar (H)	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tajikistan	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	China	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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