1. South Korea 2. Japan 3. Iran 4. Israel 5. Saudi Arabia 6. China 7. Kuwait 8. Iraq 9. United Arab Emirates 10. North Korea 11. Qatar 12. India 13. Syria 14. Indonesia 15. Thailand 16. Uzbekistan 17. Bahrain 18. Malaysia 19. Hong Kong 20. Taiwan 21. Myanmar 22. Vietnam 23. Jordan 24. Oman 25. Singapore
10.Uzbekistan 9.China 8.United Arab Emirates 7.Iraq 6.North Korea 5.Saudi Arabia 4.Iran 3.Australia 2.Japan 1.South Korea
Top Asian football nations since 1993 according to fifa data Fifa Ranking since 1993 Nation - Average fifa ranking - Current fifa ranking (** countries with territories in Asia or geographically Asian) ** Russia 22.19 ** 65 ** Turkey 29.57 ** 42 ** Egypt 34.02 ** 32 1. Japan 34.48 ** 55 2. South Korea 39.76 ** 59 3. Iran 46.20 ** 32 ** Israel 46.79 ** 98 4. Australia 48.57 ** 39 5. S.Arabia 54.4 ** 63 6. China 72.54 ** 60 7. Uzbekistan 73.31 ** 80 ** Georgia 91.21 ** 104 ** Armenia 95.68 ** 90 ** Azerbaijan 115.66 ** 117 ** Kazakhstan 128.61 ** 136
Nation - Fifa WC appearance - Afc Cup title - Asian games title South Korea 10 ** 2 ** 4 Japan 6 ** 4 ** 1 Iran 5 ** 3 ** 4 Saudi Arabia 5 ** 3 ** 0 Australia 5 ** 1 ** 0 Iraq 1 ** 1 ** 1 Kuwait 1 ** 1 ** 0 North Korea 1 ** 0 ** 1
This is my all-time AFC ranking. World Cup appearance - 1 point (+10 bonus points for making it to the knockout stage) Asian Cup title - 2 points 1. South Korea - 34 points x10 WC apps (x2 Knockout stage apps) - 10 points + 20 bonus points x2 AC titles - 4 points 1. Japan - 34 points x6 WC apps (x2 Knockout stage apps) - 6 points + 20 bonus points x4 AC titles - 8 points 3. Saudi Arabia - 21 points x5 WC apps (x1 Knockout stage app) - 5 points + 10 bonus points x3 AC titles - 6 points 4. Australia - 17 points x5 WC apps (x1 Knockout stage app) - 5 points + 10 bonus points x1 AC title - 2 points 5. North Korea - 12 points x2 WC apps (x1 Knockout stage app) - 2 points + 10 bonus points 6. Iran - 11 points x5 WC apps - 5 points x3 AC titles - 6 points 7. Kuwait/Iraq - 3 points x1 WC app - 1 point x1 AC title - 2 points 9. UAE/China/Indonesia - 1 point x1 WC app - 1 point
Total points in the WC 1 South Korea 27 2 Japan 20 3 Saudi Arabia 11 4 Australia 10 4 Iran 10 6 North Korea 4 7 Kuwait 1 8 Indonesia 0 8 Iraq 0 8 UAE 0 8 China 0
World Cup knockout stage appearances 3 Japan (2002, 2010, 2018) 2 South Korea (2002, 2010) 1 North Korea (1966) 1 Saudi Arabia (1994) 1 Australia (2006) Asian Cup titles 4 Japan (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) 3 Iran (1968, 1972, 1976) 3 Saudi Arabia (1984, 1988, 1996) 2 South Korea (1956, 1960) 1 Kuwait (1980) 1 Iraq (2007) 1 Australia (2015) Total 7 Japan (1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2018) 4 South Korea (1956, 1960, 2002, 2010) 4 Saudi Arabia (1984, 1988, 1994, 1996) 3 Iran (1968, 1972, 1976) 2 Australia (2006, 2015) 1 North Korea (1966) 1 Kuwait (1980) 1 Iraq (2007)
@King of STS Since this list is all time and you included Israel in that list, a team that hasn't competed in Asia since 1974, I think you should include the Philippines. Philippine football is barely a footnote today in a country obsessed with basketball, but there was a time(before the 1950's), when it was a pioneer and trendsetter for the sport in Asia and was a factory for footballers playing in the Spanish leagues. It was introduced in the Philippines in the 19th century by their Spanish colonizers. Philippines along with China played the first officially FIFA recognized international football game in Asia in the Far Eastern Games(precursor of the Asian Games) in 1913 in Manila which the Philippines won. The Philippines won 1 Far Eastern Games title and finished in 2nd place 7 times in that tournament which was replaced by the Asian Games after WWII. It was in one of those games that Japan suffered its worst loss in its football history when the Philippines beat them 15-2 in 1917. During the early part of the 20th century they produced many good players who ended up playing in Spain and England, including the greatest Asian player of all time Paulino Alcantara, who played and held the record for most goals by a football player at FC Barcelona(1912-1927) for nearly a century until Messi broke it a couple of years ago. He still holds the record for the youngest footballer to score a goal for FC Barcelona in official competition at 15 y.o. He won 15 club championships in Spain and 2 in the Philippines(while playing for the Bohemian Sporting Club, the most successful club in the Philippines before WW2). He also was part of the Philippine national team that dealt that 15-2 loss on Japan. They also sent to Spain FC Barcelona's first professional player(1905), Manuel Amechazzurra(who predated Alcantara by a few years) who also played for several clubs in England, and won 11 titles in Spain and goalkeeper Eduardo Teus who played for Real Madrid and won 4 titles over there. Other players who went to Spain included Juan Garchitorena(FC Barcelona), Gregorio Amestoy(Atletico Madrid), Ignacio Larrauri(Atletico de Bilbao), Julio Uriarte(Zaragosa from 1939-43), etc. Most of these players never ended up playing for the Philippine national football team in the Far Eastern Games, because of the cost and time of travel(by boat from Spain to the Philippines and vice versa) before WW2. Only Alcantara did(winning 2 Philippine club championships during his return there) because his parents wanted him to finish his medical studies in the Philippines and give up football. He however convinced them to allow him to go back to Spain(Barcelona's manager personally travelled to the Philippines to try to get him to come back because they couldn't win a championship without him) when he promised to continue his medical studies after finishing his football career. He is considered FC Barcelona's first superstar. The Philippines is also one of the founding members of the AFC. Interest in football eventually died out with the rise of basketball(many of its best footballers shifted to playing basketball in the 1950s when the football leagues collapsed), but all time they were one of the powers before WWII. There has been a resurgence of interest lately in the sport, but they have fallen far behind other nations in Asia and in now considered a developing nation in football with limited infrastructure and a new fully professional football league only started 2 years ago.
Top 25 Football Nations of All-Time (Asia) 1. South Korea 2. Japan 3. Iran 4. Israel 5. Saudi Arabia 6. China 7. Kuwait 8. Iraq 9. North Korea 10. United Arab Emirates 11. India 12. Indonesia 13. Qatar 14. Thailand 15. Malaysia 16. Syria 17. Hong Kong 18. Bahrain 19. Uzbekistan 20. Vietnam 21. Taiwan 22. Jordan 23. Philippines 24. Singapore 25. Myanmar
First of all, thanks for the insight. I knew about Paulino Alcantara as a player through many articles. As for Far Eastern Games as a precursor of the Asian Games, that actually didn't know it all along, now It's included.
South Korea 1st: 1948Olympic (Quarter-final), 1954WC (First round/Round of 16), 1956AC (Champions), 1960AC (Champions), 1962WC(Q), 1970AG (Champions), 1978AG (Champions), 1986WC (First round), 1986AG (Champions), 1990WC (First round), 2002WC (Semi-final), 2006WC (First round), 2014WC (First round) Top 2: 1954AG (Runner-up), 1958AG (Runner-up), 1962AG (Runner-up), 1972AC (Runner-up), 1974WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1978WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1980AC (Runner-up), 1988Olympic (Round of 16), 1988AC (Runner-up), 1994WC (First round), 2010WC (Round of 16), 2015AC (Runner-up) Top 4: 1960Olympic(Q), 1964AC (Final round/Semi-final), 1964Olympic (Round of 16), 1968Olympic(Q), 1984Olympic(Q), 1990AG (Semi-final), 1994AG (Semi-final), 1998WC (First round), 2000AC (Semi-final), 2007AC (Semi-final), 2011AC (Semi-final), 2018WC (First round) Top 8: 1956Olympic(Q), 1970WC(Q), 1972Olympic(Q), 1974AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1976Olympic(Q), 1980Olympic(Q), 1982WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1996AC (Quarter-final), 1998AG (Quarter-final), 2004AC (Quarter-final) Top 16: 1968AC(Q), 1976AC(Q), 1984AC (First round), 1992AC(Q) Top 32: - World Cup & WCQ: 46 points (84.6) Asian Cup & ACQ: 32 points Olympics & OQ: 5.75 points (11.4) Confederations Cup: 0.25 points (1.3) Asian Games: 6.75 points Eastern Asia competitions: 1.1 points Total: 137.3 points Japan 1st: 1964Olympic (Quarter-final), 1968Olympic (Semi-final), 1992AC (Champions), 2000AC (Champions), 2004AC (Champions), 2010WC (Round of 16), 2011AC (Champions), 2018WC (Round of 16) Top 2: 1927FEG (Runner-up), 1930FEG (Runner-up), 2002WC (Round of 16) Top 4: 1917FEG (Final round), 1921FEG (Final round), 1923FEG (Final round), 1925FEG (Final round), 1934FEG (Final round), 1951AG (Semi-final), 1954WC(Q), 1956Olympic (participated), 1962WC(Q), 1966AG (Semi-final), 1970AG (Semi-final), 1986WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1988Olympic(Q), 1994WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1998WC (First round), 2006WC (First round), 2007AC (Semi-final), 2014WC (First round) Top 8: 1960Olympic(Q), 1962AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1968AC(Q), 1970WC(Q), 1974WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1980Olympic(Q), 1982AG (Quarter-final), 1990AG (Quarter-final), 1994AG (Quarter-final), 1996AC (Quarter-final), 2015AC (Quarter-final) Top 16: 1976AC(Q), 1978WC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1988AC (First round), 1990WC(Q) Top 32: - World Cup & WCQ: 26.75 points (47.2) Asian Cup & ACQ: 22 points Olympics & OQ: 3.5 points (7.4) Confederations Cup: 1.5 points (8.3) Asian Games: 5.5 points Eastern Asia competitions: 0.75 points Total: 91.2 points Iran 1st: 1968AC (Champions), 1972AC (Champions), 1974AG (Champions), 1976AC (Champions), 1976Olympic (Quarter-final), 1978WC (First round/Round of 16), 1990AG (Champions), 1998WC (First round), 1998AG (Champions) Top 2: 1951AG (Runner-up), 1964Olympic (Round of 16), 1966AG (Runner-up), 2006WC (First round), 2014WC (First round), 2018WC (First round) Top 4: 1972Olympic (Round of 16), 1974WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1980Olympic(Q), 1980AC (Semi-final), 1984AC (Semi-final), 1988AC (Semi-final), 1996AC (Semi-final), 2004AC (Semi-final) Top 8: 1960AC(Q), 1970AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1982AG (Quarter-final), 1986AG (Quarter-final), 1990WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1992AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1994WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2000AC (Quarter-final), 2002WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2007AC (Quarter-final), 2010WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2011AC (Quarter-final), 2015AC (Quarter-final) Top 16: - Top 32: - World Cup & WCQ: 23.5 points (36.6) Asian Cup & ACQ: 28 points Olympics & OQ: 2.75 points (5) Asian Games: 5.25 points Western Asia competitions: 1.1 points Total: 76 points Israel 1st: 1950WC(Q), 1958WC(Q), 1964AC (Champions), 1970WC (First round/Round of 16), 1990WC(Q),/Final round-Oceania) Top 2: 1954WC(Q), 1956AC (Runner-up), 1960AC (Runner-up), 1962WC(Q), 1966WC(Q), 1968Olympic (Quarter-final), 1974AG (Runner-up), 1976Olympic (Quarter-final), 1986WC(Q),/Final round-Oceania), 1988Olympic(Q),/Oceania) Top 4: 1968AC (Final round/Semi-final), 1974WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 8: 1958AG (Quarter-final), 1964Olympic(Q), 1972Olympic(Q), 1978WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: - Top 32: - World Cup & WCQ (Asia & Oceania): 19.25 points (26) Asian Cup & ACQ: 12 points Olympics & OQ: 2 points (4.2) European Qualification: 4.75 points (26.3) Asian Games: 1 points Total: 69.7 points Saudi Arabia 1st: 1984AC (Champions), 1988AC (Champions), 1994WC (Round of 16), 1996AC (Champions) Top 2: 1986AG (Runner-up), 1992AC (Runner-up), 1998WC (First round), 2000AC (Runner-up), 2007AC (Runner-up) Top 4: 1982WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1982AG (Semi-final), 1984Olympic (Round of 16), 2002WC (First round), 2006WC (First round), 2018WC (First round) Top 8: 1976AC(Q), 1988Olympic(Q), 1990WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1990AG (Quarter-final), 1994AG (Quarter-final), 2010WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1978WC(Q), 1986WC(Q), 2004AC (First round), 2011AC (First round), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC (First round) Top 32: - World Cup & WCQ: 18.5 points (32.1) Asian Cup & ACQ: 23.5 points Olympics & OQ: 0.75 points (1.3) Confederations Cup: 1.25 points (6.9) Asian Games: 1.75 points Western Asia competitions: 1.6 points Total: 67.2 points China 1st: 1915FEG (Champions), 1917FEG (Champions), 1919FEG (Champions), 1921FEG (Champions), 1923FEG (Champions), 1925FEG (Champions), 1927FEG (Champions), 1930FEG (Champions), 1934FEG (Champions), 1936Olympic (participated) Top 2: 1913FEG (Runner-up), 1984AC (Runner-up), 1994AG (Runner-up), 2004AC (Runner-up) Top 4: 1948Olympic (participated), 1958WC(Q), 1976AC (Semi-final), 1978AG (Semi-final), 1982WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1988Olympic (Round of 16), 1988AC (Semi-final), 1990WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1992AC (Semi-final), 1998AG (Semi-final), 2000AC (Semi-final), 2002WC (First round) Top 8: 1980AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1982AG (Quarter-final), 1986AG (Quarter-final), 1990AG (Quarter-final), 1996AC (Quarter-final), 1998WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2015AC (Quarter-final) Top 16: 1986WC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2007AC (First round), 2010WC(Q), 2011AC (First round), 2014WC(Q), 2018WC(Q) Top 32: - World Cup & WCQ: 12 points (14.2) Asian Cup & ACQ: 18 points Olympics & OQ: 3.5 points (6.3) Asian Games: 11.75 points Eastern Asia competitions: 0.75 points Total: 51.1 points Kuwait 1st: 1980Olympic (Quarter-final), 1980AC (Champions), 1982WC (First round) Top 2: 1976AC (Runner-up), 1982AG (Runner-up), 1998AG (Runner-up) Top 4: 1978WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1984AC (Semi-final), 1986AG (Semi-final), 1994AG (Semi-final), 1996AC (Semi-final) Top 8: 1972AC (Final round/Quarter-final), 1974AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1976Olympic(Q), 1978AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1984Olympic(Q), 1988Olympic(Q), 1988AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1990WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1990AG (Quarter-final), 1998WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2000AC (Quarter-final), 2006WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1974WC(Q), 1986WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2004AC (First round), 2011AC (First round), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC (First round) Top 32: 2007AC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 12 points (14.2) Asian Cup & ACQ: 16.25 points Olympics & OQ: 1.75 points (2.8) Asian Games: 3.25 points Western Asia competitions: 2.8 points Total: 39.5 points Iraq 1st: 1982AG (Champions), 1984Olympic (Round of 16), 1988Olympic (Round of 16), 2007AC (Champions) Top 2: 1980Olympic (Quarter-final), 1986WC (First round) Top 4: 1960Olympic(Q), 1976AC (Semi-final), 1978AG (Semi-final), 1994WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2015AC (Semi-final) Top 8: 1968Olympic(Q), 1972Olympic(Q), 1972AC (Final round/Quarter-final), 1974WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1974AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1976Olympic(Q), 1982WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1986AG (Quarter-final), 1996AC (Quarter-final), 2000AC (Quarter-final), 2004AC (Quarter-final), 2011AC (Quarter-final) Top 16: 1990WC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2018WC(Q) Top 32: 1998WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 10.25 points (12.5) Asian Cup & ACQ: 13 points Olympics & OQ: 4 points (6.2) Confederations Cup: 0.25 points (1.3) Asian Games: 2 points Western Asia competitions: 1.5 points Total: 36.6 points North Korea 1st: 1966WC (Quarter-final), 1978AG (Champions) Top 2: 1990AG (Runner-up) Top 4: 1964Olympic(Q), 1972Olympic(Q), 1974AG (Semi-final), 1976Olympic (Round of 16), 1980AC (Semi-final), 1982AG (Semi-final), 2010WC (First round) Top 8: 1976AC(Q), 1982WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1990WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1992AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1994WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2006WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1974WC(Q), 1986WC(Q), 1988AC(Q), 2011AC (First round), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC (First round), 2018WC(Q) Top 32: 2000AC(Q), 2004AC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 12 points (23.3) Asian Cup & ACQ: 6 points Olympics & OQ: 1.5 points (2) Asian Games: 2.75 points Total: 34.1 points United Arab Emirates 1st: - Top 2: 1990WC (First round), 1996AC (Runner-up) Top 4: 1992AC (Semi-final), 2015AC (Semi-final) Top 8: 1984AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1986WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1986AG (Quarter-final), 1988AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1994WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1994AG (Quarter-final), 1998WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2002WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2018WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1980AC (First round), 2000AC(Q), 2004AC (First round), 2006WC(Q), 2007AC (First round), 2010WC(Q), 2011AC (First round) Top 32: 2014WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 9.25 points (11.5) Asian Cup & ACQ: 11.5 points Confederations Cup: 0.25 points (1.3) Asian Games: 0.5 points Western Asia competitions: 1 points Total: 25.9 points
India 1st: 1951AG (Champions), 1952Olympic (participated), 1956Olympic (Semi-final), 1960Olympic (Round of 16), 1962AG (Champions) Top 2: 1948Olympic (participated), 1964AC (Runner-up) Top 4: 1958AG (Semi-final), 1970AG (Semi-final) Top 8: 1954AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1964Olympic(Q), 1966AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1978AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1982AG (Quarter-final) Top 16: 1960AC(Q), 1968AC(Q), 1984AC (First round), 1986WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 2011AC (First round) Top 32: 1988AC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2000AC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2007AC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2014WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 2 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 6.5 points Olympics & OQ: 5.75 points (11.4) Asian Games: 4 points Southern Asia competitions: 0.3 points Total: 24.2 points Indonesia 1st: 1938WC (participated) Top 2: 1934FEG (Runner-up), 1956Olympic (Quarter-final), 1958WC(Q) Top 4: 1954AG (Semi-final), 1958AG (Semi-final), 1976Olympic(Q), 1986AG (Semi-final) Top 8: 1951AG (Quarter-final), 1960Olympic(Q), 1962AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1966AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1968Olympic(Q), 1970AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1986WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1968AC(Q), 1972AC(Q), 1974WC(Q), 1976AC(Q), 1978WC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1984AC(Q), 1988AC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 1996AC (First round), 2000AC (First round), 2004AC (First round), 2007AC (First round) Top 32: 1980AC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2011AC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 8 points (10.2) Asian Cup & ACQ: 5.75 points Olympics & OQ: 1.75 points (2.8) Asian Games: 3.25 points South Eastern Asia competitions: 0.1 points Total: 22.2 points Qatar 1st: - Top 2: 1984Olympic (Round of 16) Top 4: 1990WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 8: 1980AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1984AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1988Olympic(Q), 1988AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1992AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1998WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1998AG (Quarter-final), 2000AC (Quarter-final), 2010WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2011AC (Quarter-final), 2014WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1976AC(Q), 1978WC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1986WC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2004AC (First round), 2007AC (First round), 2015AC (First round), 2018WC(Q) Top 32: 1996AC(Q), 2006WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 8.25 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 8.25 points Olympics & OQ: 1 points (1.5) Asian Games: 0.25 points Western Asia competitions: 1.5 points Total: 19.8 points Thailand 1st: - Top 2: - Top 4: 1968Olympic (Round of 16), 1972AC (Semi-final), 1990AG (Semi-final), 1998AG (Semi-final) Top 8: 1956Olympic (participated), 1960Olympic(Q), 1962AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1964Olympic(Q), 1964AC(Q), 1966AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1968AC(Q), 1970AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1972Olympic(Q), 1978AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1984Olympic(Q), 1988Olympic(Q), 1992AC (First round/Quarter-final) Top 16: 1974WC(Q), 1976AC(Q), 1978WC(Q), 1980AC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1984AC(Q), 1996AC (First round), 1998WC(Q), 2000AC (First round), 2002WC(Q), 2004AC (First round), 2007AC (First round), 2014WC(Q), 2018WC(Q) Top 32: 1986WC(Q), 1988AC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2011AC(Q), 2015AC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 4.5 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 9.25 points Olympics & OQ: 1.875 points (3) Asian Games: 2 points South Eastern Asia competitions: 0.8 points Total: 19.6 points Malaysia 1st: - Top 2: 1972Olympic (Round of 16) Top 4: 1962AG (Semi-final), 1974AG (Semi-final), 1980Olympic(Q) Top 8: 1956AC(Q), 1960AC(Q), 1964AC(Q), 1972AC(Q), 1976Olympic(Q), 1976AC (Final round/Quarter-final), 1978AG (Second round/Quarter-final), 1980AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1984Olympic(Q) Top 16: 1968AC(Q), 1974WC(Q), 1978WC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1984AC(Q), 1986WC(Q), 1988AC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2007AC (First round) Top 32: 2000AC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2004AC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2011AC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 4.75 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 10 points Olympics & OQ: 1.75 points (2.3) Asian Games: 1.25 points South Eastern Asia competitions: 0.3 points Total: 18.6 points Syria 1st: - Top 2: 1950WC(Q) Top 4: 1958WC(Q), 1980Olympic (Round of 16), 1986WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 8: 1974WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1980AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1984AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1988AC (First round/Quarter-final), 1994WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2018WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1972AC(Q), 1978WC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 1996AC (First round), 2006WC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2011AC (First round) Top 32: 1982WC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2000AC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2004AC(Q), 2007AC(Q), 2015AC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 10 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 6 points Olympics & OQ: 0.5 points (1) Western Asia competitions: 0.5 points Total: 17.5 points Hong Kong 1st: - Top 2: - Top 4: 1956AC (Final round/Semi-final), 1964AC (Final round/Semi-final) Top 8: 1954AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1958AG (Quarter-final), 1960AC(Q), 1968AC (Final round/Quarter-final), 1974WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1978WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1986WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1972AC(Q), 1976AC(Q), 1980AC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 2000AC(Q) Top 32: 1984AC(Q), 1988AC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2004AC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2007AC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2011AC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 5.5 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 10 points Asian Games: 0.5 points Total: 16 points Bahrain 1st: - Top 2: - Top 4: 2004AC (Semi-final) Top 8: 1984Olympic(Q), 1986WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2002WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2006WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2010WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1972AC(Q), 1978WC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1988AC (First round), 1994WC(Q), 2007AC (First round), 2011AC (First round), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC (First round) Top 32: 1980AC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2000AC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 6.5 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 5.25 points Olympics & OQ: 0.25 points Western Asia competitions: 0.5 points Total: 12.5 points Uzbekistan 1st: 1994AG (Champions) Top 2: - Top 4: 2011AC (Semi-final) Top 8: 1998AG (Quarter-final), 2002WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2004AC (Quarter-final), 2006WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2007AC (Quarter-final), 2014WC(Q),/Last-eight), 2015AC (Quarter-final), 2018WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1996AC (First round), 1998WC(Q), 2000AC (First round), 2010WC(Q) Top 32: - World Cup & WCQ: 5 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 6 points Asian Games: 1.25 points Total: 12.25 points Vietnam 1st: - Top 2: - Top 4: 1956AC (Final round/Semi-final), 1960AC (Final round/Semi-final), 1962AG (Semi-final) Top 8: 1954AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1956Olympic(Q), 1958AG (Quarter-final), 1964Olympic(Q), 1964AC(Q), 1966AG (First round/Quarter-final), 1968Olympic(Q), 2007AC (Quarter-final) Top 16: 1968AC(Q), 1974WC(Q), 2000AC(Q), Top 32: 1976AC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2004AC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2011AC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 1.5 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 8.25 points Olympics & OQ: 0.75 points Asian Games: 1.25 points South Eastern Asia competitions: 0.1 points Total: 11.8 points Taiwan 1st: 1954AG (Champions), 1958AG (Champions) Top 2: 1960Olympic (Round of 16) Top 4: 1960AC (Final round/Semi-final), 1968AC (Final round/Semi-final) Top 8: 1956AC(Q) Top 16: 1982WC(Q) Top 32: 1978WC(Q), 1986WC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2000AC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2007AC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 2 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 5.25 points Olympics & OQ: 0.75 points (1.3) Asian Games: 2 points Total: 10.5 points Jordan 1st: Top 2: Top 4: Top 8: 2004AC (Quarter-final), 2011AC (Quarter-final), 2014WC(Q),/Last-eight) Top 16: 1972AC(Q), 1984AC(Q), 1988AC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2010WC(Q), 2015AC (First round), 2018WC(Q) Top 32: 1986WC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 2000AC(Q), 2002WC(Q), 2007AC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 4.25 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 5 points Western Asia competitions: 0.3 points Total: 9.6 points Philippines 1st: 1913FEG (Champions) Top 2: 1915FEG (Runner-up), 1917FEG (Runner-up), 1919FEG (Runner-up), 1921FEG (Runner-up), 1923FEG (Runner-up), 1925FEG (Runner-up) Top 4: 1927FEG (Final round), 1930FEG (Final round), 1934FEG (Final round) Top 8: 1956AC(Q), 1958AG (Quarter-final), 1962AG (First round/Quarter-final) Top 16: 1960AC(Q), 1968AC(Q) Top 32: 1980AC(Q), 1984AC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 2000AC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 0.5 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 1.75 points Asian Games: 7 points Challenge Cup: 0.25 points Total: 9.5 points Singapore 1st: - Top 2: - Top 4: 1966AG (Semi-final) Top 8: 1978WC(Q),/Last-eight), 1980Olympic(Q), 1984AC (First round/Quarter-final) Top 16: 1960AC(Q), 1968AC(Q), 1976AC(Q), 1990WC(Q), 1994WC(Q), 1996AC(Q), 2010WC(Q) Top 32: 1980AC(Q), 1982WC(Q), 1986WC(Q), 1992AC(Q), 1998WC(Q), 2000AC(Q), 2004AC(Q), 2006WC(Q), 2007AC(Q), 2011AC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2015AC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 4 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 4.5 points Olympics & OQ: 0.25 points Asian Games: 0.5 points South Eastern Asia competitions: 0.25 points Total: 9.5 points Myanmar 1st: 1966AG (Champions), 1970AG (Champions), 1972Olympic (Round of 16) Top 2: 1968AC (Runner-up) Top 4: 1954AG (Semi-final) Top 8: 1951AG (Quarter-final), 1974AG (Second round/Quarter-final) Top 16: 2000AC(Q) Top 32: 1996AC(Q), 2004AC(Q), 2014WC(Q), 2018WC(Q) World Cup & WCQ: 0.5 points Asian Cup & ACQ: 4 points Olympics & OQ: 1 points (1.5) Asian Games: 3 points South Eastern Asia competitions: 0.3 points Total: 9.3 points
The standard of points system 1st: 4 Top 2: 3 Top 4: 2 Top 8: 1 Top 16: 0.5 Top 32: 0.25 Notes: *At World Championships would certainly lead to an increase on the points, depend a lot on the type of achievement (Qualify, Round of 16, Quarter-final, Semi-final). * Asian Games & the Olympics are lower on the scale. World Cup & WCQ (TOP 10) 1. South Korea 2. Japan 3. Iran 4. Saudi Arabia 5. North Korea 6. Israel (1950-1978) 7. Kuwait 8. China 9. Iraq 10. United Arab Emirates Asian Cup (TOP 10) 1. South Korea 2. Iran 3. Saudi Arabia 4. Japan 5. China 6. Kuwait 7. Iraq 8. Israel (1956-1968) 9. United Arab Emirates 10. Hong Kong Olympics (TOP 5) 1. India 2. South Korea 3. Japan 4. China 5. Iraq
Nice work, King of STS. It is hard to find information on Asian statistical data today on one site, so it is good that you have them listed.
You shouldn't focus too much on the old Asian cups where there was only 5 teams playing. Iran should be low in the list because they failed to win Asian cup for 43 years and have never made world cup knockout stage.