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

Overview

China's AFC Asian Cup record v t e											Qualification record
Year		Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956		Did not enter									Did not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976		Third place	3rd	4	1	1	2	2	4		5	4	0	1	14	4
1980		Group stage	7th	4	1	1	2	9	5		3	2	0	1	5	2
1984		Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	11	4		4	4	0	0	15	0
1988		Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	7	5		5	2	3	0	10	1
1992		Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	6	6		3	3	0	0	7	0
1996		Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	6	7		3	3	0	0	16	1
2000		Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	11	7		3	3	0	0	29	0
2004		Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	13	6		Qualified as hosts
2007		Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	6		6	3	2	1	7	3
2011			9th	3	1	1	1	4	4		6	4	1	1	13	5
2015		Quarter-finals	7th	4	3	0	1	5	4		6	2	2	2	5	6
2019			6th	5	3	0	2	7	7		8	5	2	1	27	1
2023		Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	0	1		8	6	1	1	30	3
2027		Qualified									6	2	2	2	9	9
Total		14/19	0 titles	59	23	15	21	88	66		66	43	13	10	187	35

1976

v t e China squad – 1976 AFC Asian Cup third place
1 Hu Zhigang 2 Qi Wusheng (c) 3 Guan Zhirui 4 Chi Shangbin 5 Xiang Hengqing 6 He Jia 7 Chen Xirong 8 Li Guoning 9 Wang Jilian 10 Rong Zhixing 11 Du Zhiren 12 Li Fusheng 13 Cai Jinbiao 14 Zhang Qun 15 Zhang Yiming 16 Yang Anli 17 Yu Jinglian 18 Li Weimiao Coach: Nian Weisi

Group A

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

Semi-finals

Iran	2–0 (a.e.t.)	China
Khorshidi 100' Roshan 119'

Third place play-off

Iraq	0–1	China
		He Jia 61'

1980

v t e China squad – 1980 AFC Asian Cup
1 Li Fusheng 2 Cai Jinbiao 3 Liu Zhicai 4 Lin Lefeng 5 Chi Shangbin (c) 6 Huang Xiangdong 7 Yang Yumin 8 Zuo Shusheng 9 Xu Yonglai 10 Li Fubao 11 Chen Jingang 12 Zang Cailing 13 Shen Xiangfu 15 Gu Guangming 16 Wang Feng 18 Gai Zengchen 20 Chen Xirong 22 Xu Jianping Coach: Su Yongshun

Group A

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'

China	6–0	Bangladesh
Shen Xiangfu Xu Yonglai

1984

v t e China squad – 1984 AFC Asian Cup runners-up
1 Lu Jianren 2 Zhu Bo 3 Lin Lefeng 4 Lü Hongxiang 5 Jia Xiuquan 6 Lin Qiang 7 Gu Guangming 8 Zhao Dayu 9 Zuo Shusheng (c) 10 Li Hui 11 Li Huayun 12 Chi Minghua 14 Wu Yuhua 15 Qin Guorong 16 Liu Haiguang 17 Yang Zhaohui 18 Ma Lin 19 Wang Dongning 20 Jiang Fenglin 21 Tang Yaodong 22 Yang Ning 23 Wang Zhenjie Coach: Zeng Xuelin

Group B

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'

Singapore	0–2	China
		Jia Xiuquan 21' Zhao Dayu 39'

China	3–0	India
Lin Lefeng 19' Gu Guangming 59' Jia Xiuquan 79'

China	5–0	United Arab Emirates
Yang Zhaohui 12' Jia Xiuquan 20' Zuo Shusheng 36' Zhao Dayu 52' Gu Guangming 67'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

China	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait
Li Huayun 108'

Final

Saudi Arabia	2–0	China
Al-Nafisah 10' Abdullah 46'

1988

v t e China squad – 1988 AFC Asian Cup fourth place
1 Kong Guoxian 2 Zhu Bo 3 Gao Sheng 4 Guo Yijun 7 Xie Yuxin 8 Tang Yaodong 10 Ma Lin 11 Wu Wenbing 12 Wang Baoshan 13 Shi Lianzhi 14 Zhai Biao 15 Zhang Xiaowen 16 Huang Chong 17 Mai Chao 18 Duan Ju 19 Dong Liqiang 20 Zhang Huikang 21 Tu Shengqiao Coach: Gao Fengwen

Group B

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

Semi-finals

South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	China
Lee Tae-Ho 93', 103'	Report	Mai Chao 100'

Third place play-off

China	0–0	Iran
	Report
Penalties
Duan Ju Wang Baoshan Wu Wenbing	0–3	Moharrami Ansarifard Ghayeghran

1992

v t e China squad – 1992 AFC Asian Cup third place
1 Fu Yubin 2 Feng Zhigang 3 Dong Liqiang 4 Fan Zhiyi 5 Xu Hong 6 Li Bing 7 Wu Qunli 8 Gao Hongbo 9 Hao Haidong 10 Cai Sheng 11 Li Xiao 12 Xie Yuxin 13 Li Ming 14 Gao Zhongxun 15 Zhao Lin 16 Jia Xiuquan 17 Peng Weiguo 18 Cheng Yaodong 19 Zhu Bo (c) 20 Ou Chuliang Coach: Schlappner

Group B

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'

China	0–0	Thailand
	Report

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Japan	3–2	China
Fukuda 48' Kitazawa 57' Nakayama 84'	Report	Xie Yuxin 1' Li Xiao 70'

Third place play-off

China	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Hao Haidong 15'	Report	Ismail 10'
Penalties
	4–3

1996

v t e China squad – 1996 AFC Asian Cup
3 Wei Qun 4 Zhang Enhua 5 Xu Hong (c) 6 Fan Zhiyi 7 Hao Haidong 8 Ma Mingyu 9 Cao Xiandong 10 Li Bing 11 Peng Weiguo 12 Su Maozhen 13 Sun Jihai 14 Jiang Feng 15 Han Jinming 16 Li Ming 17 Gao Feng 19 Wu Chengying 20 Ou Chuliang 21 Liu Yue 22 Han Wenhai 23 Xie Hui Coach: Qi Wusheng

Group C

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

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'

2000

v t e China squad – 2000 AFC Asian Cup fourth place
1 Ou Chuliang 2 Zhang Enhua 4 Wu Chengying 5 Fan Zhiyi (c) 6 Li Ming 8 Li Tie 9 Ma Mingyu 10 Su Maozhen 11 Xie Hui 12 Qu Shengqing 13 Chen Gang 14 Li Weifeng 15 Shen Si 16 Xu Yang 18 Li Xiaopeng 19 Qi Hong 20 Yang Chen 21 Xu Yunlong 22 Jiang Jin 23 Fu Bin 27 Shao Jiayi 29 Huang Yong Coach: Milutinović

Group B

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

South Korea	2–2	China
Lee Young-Pyo 30' Noh Jung-Yoon 58'	Report	Su Maozhen 36' Fan Zhiyi 66' (pen.)

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

Quarter-finals

China	3–1	Qatar
Li Ming 9' Qi Hong 38' Yang Chen 54'	Report	Al-Enazi 65'

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

2004

v t e China squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup runners-up
1 Liu Yunfei 3 Sun Xiang 4 Zhang Yaokun 5 Zheng Zhi 6 Shao Jiayi 7 Sun Jihai 8 Zheng Bin 9 Hao Haidong 11 Li Yi 12 Wei Xin 13 Xu Yunlong 14 Li Weifeng (c) 15 Zhao Junzhe 16 Ji Mingyi 18 Li Xiaopeng 19 Zhang Shuo 21 Li Ming 22 Yan Song 23 Li Jian 25 Zhou Haibin 27 Zhou Ting 29 Li Jinyu Coach: Haan

Group A

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'

China	1–0	Qatar
Xu Yunlong 77'	Report

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

China	3–0	Iraq
Hao Haidong 8' Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report

Semi-finals

China	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Shao Jiayi 18'	Report	Alavi 38'
Penalties
Zheng Zhi Zhao Junzhe Li Xiaopeng Sun Xiang Shao Jiayi	4–3	Daei Mahdavikia Nekounam Mobali Golmohammadi

Final

China	1–3	Japan
Li Ming 31'	Report	Fukunishi 22' Nakata 65' Tamada 90+1'

2007

v t e China squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup
1 Li Leilei 2 Du Wei 3 Sun Xiang 4 Zhang Yaokun 5 Li Weifeng 6 Shao Jiayi 7 Sun Jihai 8 Li Tie 9 Han Peng 10 Zheng Zhi (c) 11 Dong Fangzhuo 12 Zhao Xuri 13 Zhang Shuai 14 Zhu Ting 15 Wang Dong 16 Ji Mingyi 18 Zhou Haibin 19 Zheng Bin 20 Mao Jianqing 21 Wang Peng 22 Yang Jun 23 Cao Yang 30 Zong Lei Coach: Zhu Guanghu

Group C

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'

China	2–2	Iran
Shao Jiayi 7' Mao Jianqing 33'	Report	Zandi 45+1' Nekounam 74'

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

2011

v t e China squad – 2011 AFC Asian Cup
1 Yang Zhi 2 Li Xuepeng 3 Wang Qiang 4 Zhao Peng 5 Du Wei (c) 6 Zhou Haibin 7 Zhao Xuri 8 Hao Junmin 9 Yang Xu 10 Deng Zhuoxiang 11 Qu Bo 12 Guan Zhen 13 Liu Jianye 14 Wang Song 15 Yu Tao 16 Huang Bowen 17 Zhang Linpeng 18 Gao Lin 19 Yang Hao 20 Rong Hao 21 Yu Hai 22 Zeng Cheng 23 Li Jianbin Coach: Gao Hongbo

Group A

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

v t e China squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup
1 Zeng Cheng 2 Ren Hang 3 Mei Fang 4 Jiang Zhipeng 5 Zhang Linpeng 6 Li Ang 7 Wu Lei 8 Cai Huikang 9 Yang Xu 10 Zheng Zhi (c) 11 Hao Junmin 12 Yan Junling 13 Liu Jianye 14 Ji Xiang 15 Wu Xi 16 Sun Ke 17 Zhang Chengdong 18 Gao Lin 19 Liu Binbin 20 Yu Hanchao 21 Yu Hai 22 Liao Lisheng 23 Wang Dalei Coach: Perrin

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

Quarter-finals

China	0–2	Australia
	Report	Cahill 48', 65'

2019

v t e China squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
1 Yan Junling 2 Liu Yiming 3 Yu Yang 4 Shi Ke 5 Zhang Linpeng 6 Feng Xiaoting 7 Wu Lei 8 Zhao Xuri 9 Xiao Zhi 10 Zheng Zhi (c) 11 Hao Junmin 12 Zhang Lu 13 Chi Zhongguo 14 Wei Shihao 15 Wu Xi 16 Jin Jingdao 17 Zhang Chengdong 18 Gao Lin 19 Liu Yang 20 Yu Hanchao 21 Piao Cheng 22 Yu Dabao 23 Wang Dalei Coach: Lippi

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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

China	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Matyash 50' (o.g.) Yu Dabao 78'	Report	Israilov 42'

Philippines	0–3	China
	Report	Wu Lei 40', 66' Yu Dabao 80'

South Korea	2–0	China
Hwang Ui-jo 14' (pen.) Kim Min-jae 51'	Report

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Thailand	1–2	China
Supachai 31'	Report	Xiao Zhi 67' Gao Lin 71' (pen.)

Quarter-finals

China	0–3	Iran
	Report	Taremi 18' Azmoun 31' Ansarifard 90+1'

2023

v t e China squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup
1 Yan Junling 2 Jiang Guangtai 3 Zhu Chenjie 4 Li Lei 5 Zhang Linpeng 6 Wang Shangyuan 7 Wu Lei 8 Xu Xin 9 Zhang Yuning 10 Xie Pengfei 11 Tan Long 12 Jian Tao 13 Xu Haofeng 14 Wang Dalei 15 Wu Xi (c) 16 Gao Tianyi 17 Chen Pu 18 Dai Weijun 19 Liu Yang 20 Wei Shihao 21 Liu Binbin 22 Wu Shaocong 23 Lin Liangming 24 Jiang Shenglong 25 Liu Dianzuo 26 Wang Qiuming Coach: Janković

Group A

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

China	0–0	Tajikistan
	Report

Lebanon	0–0	China
	Report

Qatar	1–0	China
Al-Haydos 66'	Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	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

See also

• China at the FIFA World Cup

References

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.

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Bahrain	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	100.00
India	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	100.00
Iran	7	0	4	3	5	12	−7	000.00
Iraq	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Japan	4	0	0	4	5	10	−5	000.00
Kuwait	5	2	2	1	5	3	+2	040.00
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Malaysia	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	050.00
North Korea	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Philippines	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Qatar	5	3	0	2	6	5	+1	060.00
Saudi Arabia	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3	020.00
Singapore	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
South Korea	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4	000.00
Syria	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	066.67
Tajikistan	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Thailand	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	050.00
Uzbekistan	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	025.00
Total	59	23	15	21	88	66	+22	038.98

• China at the AFC Asian Cup
• Countries at the AFC Asian Cup