Qatar at the AFC Asian Cup

Since the foundation of the AFC Asian Cup was founded in 1956, Qatar has participated in ten Asian Cups between 1980 and 2023. However, prior to the 2019 edition, Qatar only reached the quarter-finals twice, once in 2000 Asian Cup 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 the 2019 Asian Cup, they last won a game outside Qatar in the 1984 Asian Cup, 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. In the knock-out stage, they defeated Iraq, South Korea, and United Arab Emirates before defeating Japan 3–1 in the final to win the Asian Cup for the first time, which has become Qatar's greatest achievement to date, compared to several Gulf rivals like the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq.

In 2023, Qatar won all of its matches in the 2023 Asian Cup group stages, and also conceded zero goals. In the knock-out stage, they faced Palestine, Uzbekistan, and Iran, meeting Jordan in the final beating them 3–1 with Akram Afif scoring a hat-trick of penalties, becoming back-to-back Asian Cup champions.

Qatar has hosted the tournament twice, first for the 1988 Asian Cup and also for the 2011 Asian Cup. The 2011 edition was seen as a step for Qatar in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup which was to be hosted in the country.^[1][2]

Qatar also recently hosted the 2023 Asian Cup where they won on home soil.^[3]

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

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

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Pos	Team	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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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• Qatar at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
• Qatar at the Copa América
• Qatar at the FIFA World Cup

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