China at the AFC Asian Cup

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China PR has participated in the AFC Asian Cup since 1976.

Overview[edit]

AFC Asian Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956 to Thailand 1972 Not a AFC member Not a AFC member
Iran 1976 Third place 3rd 4 1 1 2 2 4 5 4 0 1 14 4
Kuwait 1980 Group stage 7th 4 1 1 2 9 5 3 2 0 1 5 2
Singapore 1984 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 11 4 4 4 0 0 15 0
Qatar 1988 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 7 5 5 2 3 0 10 1
Japan 1992 Third place 3rd 5 1 3 1 6 6 3 3 0 0 7 0
United Arab Emirates 1996 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 0 3 6 7 3 3 0 0 16 1
Lebanon 2000 Fourth place 4th 6 2 2 2 11 7 3 3 0 0 29 0
China 2004 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 2 1 13 6 Qualified as hosts
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 7 6 6 3 2 1 7 3
Qatar 2011 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 4 4 6 4 1 1 13 5
Australia 2015 Quarter-finals 7th 4 3 0 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 5 6
United Arab Emirates 2019 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 0 2 7 7 6 2 2 2 27 1
Qatar 2023 Group stage 18th 3 0 2 1 0 1 8 6 1 1 30 3
Saudi Arabia 2027 To be determined 2 1 0 1 2 4
Total Runners-up 13/18 59 23 15 21 88 66 60 39 11 10 180 30

1976[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4
 China 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
 Malaysia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
China 1–1 Malaysia
Wang Jilian 58' Mokhtar 50'

Kuwait 1–0 China
Kameel 1'

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals
Iran 2–0 (a.e.t.) China
Khorshidi 100'
Roshan 119'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Asami (Japan)
Third place play-off
Iraq 0–1 China
He Jia 61'

1980[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 4 2 2 0 12 4 +8 6
 North Korea 4 3 0 1 9 7 +2 6
 Syria 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
 China 4 1 1 2 9 5 +4 3
 Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 2 17 −15 0
North Korea 2–1 China
Kim Bok-man 20' Li Fubao 7'

China 2–2 Iran
Chen Jingang 74'
Xu Yonglai 89'
Alidousti 35'
Fariba 70'

Syria 1–0 China
Keshek 86'

1984[edit]

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China 4 3 0 1 10 2 +8 6
 Iran 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 6
 United Arab Emirates 4 2 0 2 3 8 −5 4
 Singapore 4 1 1 2 3 4 −1 3
 India 4 0 1 3 0 7 −7 1
Iran 2 – 0 China
Mohammadkhani 57'
Arabshahi 69'
Attendance: 19,000

Singapore 0 – 2 China
Jia Xiuquan 21'
Zhao Dayu 39'
Attendance: 20,752

China 3 – 0 India
Lin Lefeng 19'
Gu Guangming 59'
Jia Xiuquan 79'
Attendance: 8,256

China 5 – 0 United Arab Emirates
Yang Zhaohui 12'
Jia Xiuquan 20'
Zuo Shusheng 36'
Zhao Dayu 52'
Gu Guangming 67'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals
China 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Kuwait
Li Huayun 108'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)
Final
Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 China
Al-Nafisah 10'
Abdullah 46'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

1988[edit]

Group B[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3
 China 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3
 Syria 4 4 2 0 2 2 5 −3
 Kuwait 3 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1
 Bahrain 2 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2
China 3–0 Syria
Gao Sheng 13'
Xie Yuxin 14', 19'
Report

Bahrain 0–1 China
Report Zhang Xiaowen 78'

Kuwait 2–2 China
Adel Abbas 60' (pen.)
Mansour Basha 62'
Report Ma Lin 10', 87'

China 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Bishi 56'

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals
South Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) China
Lee Tae-Ho 93', 103' Report Mai Chao 100'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Third place play-off
China 0–0 Iran
Report
Penalties
Duan Ju soccer ball with red X
Wang Baoshan soccer ball with red X
Wu Wenbing soccer ball with red X
0–3 soccer ball with check mark Moharrami
soccer ball with check mark Ansarifard
soccer ball with check mark Ghayeghran
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)

1992[edit]

Group B[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 5 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4
 China 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1
 Qatar 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1
 Thailand 2 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4
Saudi Arabia 1–1 China
Al-Thunayan 17' Report Li Bing 41'
Attendance: 15,000

China 0–0 Thailand
Report

Qatar 1–2 China
Al-Sulaiti 20' Report Peng Weiguo 44', 58'
Attendance: 4,500

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals
Japan 3–2 China
Fukuda 48'
Kitazawa 57'
Nakayama 84'
Report Xie Yuxin 1'
Li Xiao 70'
Attendance: 15,000
Third place play-off
China 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Hao Haidong 15' Report Ismail 10'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

1996[edit]

Group C[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6
 China 3 3 1 0 2 3 3 0
 Syria 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
 Uzbekistan 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3
China 0–2 Uzbekistan
Report Shkvyrin 78'
Shatskikh 90'

Syria 0–3 China
Report Ma Mingyu 35'
Gao Feng 49'
Li Bing 73'

Japan 1–0 China
Soma 90' Report

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals
Saudi Arabia 4–3 China
Al-Thunayan 31', 65'
Al-Jaber 34'
Al-Mehallel 43'
Report Zhang Enhua 6', 89'
Peng Weiguo 16'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

2000[edit]

Group B[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China 5 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4
 Kuwait 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1
 South Korea 4 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2
 Indonesia 1 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7

China 4–0 Indonesia
Li Ming 2'
Shen Si 7' (pen.)
Yang Chen 10'
Qi Hong 90'
Report

China 0–0 Kuwait
Report

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals
China 3–1 Qatar
Li Ming 9'
Qi Hong 38'
Yang Chen 54'
Report Al-Enazi 65'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Semi-finals
China 2–3 Japan
Qi Hong 30'
Yang Chen 48'
Report Fan Zhiyi 21' (o.g.)
Nishizawa 53'
Myojin 61'
Third place play-off
South Korea 1–0 China
Lee Dong-Gook 76' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

2004[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China 7 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6
 Bahrain 5 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2
 Indonesia 3 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6
 Qatar 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2
China 2–2 Bahrain
Zheng Zhi 58' (pen.)
Li Jinyu 66'
Report M. Hubail 41'
Ali 89'

Indonesia 0–5 China
Report Shao Jiayi 25', 66'
Hao Haidong 40'
Li Ming 51'
Li Yi 80'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

China 1–0 Qatar
Xu Yunlong 77' Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals
China 3–0 Iraq
Hao Haidong 8'
Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 60,000
Semi-finals
Final
China 1–3 Japan
Li Ming 31' Report Fukunishi 22'
Nakata 65'
Tamada 90+1'
Attendance: 62,000

2007[edit]

Group C[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
 Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
 China 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Malaysia 1–5 China
Mahayuddin 74' Report Han Peng 15', 55'
Shao Jiayi 36'
Wang Dong 51', 90+3'
Attendance: 21,155
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)


Uzbekistan 3–0 China
Shatskikh 72'
Kapadze 86'
Geynrikh 90+4'
Report

2011[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
 Qatar 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 China 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
8 January 2011
Kuwait  0–2  China
12 January 2011
China  0–2  Qatar
16 January 2011
China  2–2  Uzbekistan

2015[edit]

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
10 January 2015
Saudi Arabia  0–1  China Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
14 January 2015
China  2–1  Uzbekistan Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
18 January 2015
China  2–1  North Korea Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals
China 0–2 Australia
Report Cahill 48', 65'

2019[edit]

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: AFC
China 2–1 Kyrgyzstan
Report

Philippines 0–3 China
Report
Attendance: 16,013
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

South Korea 2–0 China
Report

Knockout stage[edit]

Round of 16
Thailand 1–2 China
Report
Quarter-finals
China 0–3 Iran
Report

2023[edit]

Group A[edit]

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
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
China 0–0 Tajikistan
Report

Lebanon 0–0 China
Report
Attendance: 14,137

Qatar 1–0 China
Report
Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E  Jordan 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 C  Palestine 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3 B  Syria 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4 D  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
5 F  Oman 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
6 A  China 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
Source: AFC

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2004". teammelli.com. Team Melli. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ Bilton, Dean (January 22, 2015). "Asian Cup 2015: Australia v China as it happened". ABC News.
  3. ^ "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.