ASIAN NATIONS CUP HISTORY RANKING : IRAN, SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN THE TOP 3

• Jul 16, 2019
• IFFHS News

Picture : Qatar, winner 2019 of the Asian Nations Cup

IFFHS STATISTICS – ASIAN NATIONS CUP

Definition: It a cumulative ranking, it depends on progress in the stages of the tournament

A table showing the winners of Asian Nations Cup

Winners	No. of wins
Japan	4
Saudi Arabia	3
Iran	3
South Korea	2
Qatar	1
Australia	1
Iraq	1
Kuwait	1
Israel	1

Who best team in the tournament history ? (All editions)

The objectives:-

1. Fairness toward the teams that progressing in the tournament and do not win.
2. To maintain the prestige of the tournament.
3. Determine the level of each team in competition history.

The reasons:-

1. Passion for the Asian Nations Cup and its statistics
2. Increase the editions, the large number of participating teams and the large number of winners

RESULTS

The final result

No #	National team	Points accrued
1	Iran	108.1982
2	South Korea	108.177
3	Japan	98.711
4	China	82.78783
5	Saudi Arabia	80.76667
6	Iraq	68.6
7	United Arab Emirates	57.033
8	Qatar	55.55467
9	Australia	52.4
10	Uzbekistan	48.1
11	Kuwait	47.388
12	Bahrain	30.711
13	Jordan	29.6
14	Thailand	25.43333
15	Vietnam	24.4
16	Oman	19.6
17	Syria	16.788
18	North Korea	14.73283
19	Israel	14
20	Indonesia	11
21	Kyrgyzstan	9.6
22	India	8.511
23	Malaysia	7.333
24	Palestine	6.8
25	Turkmenistan	6.4
26	Lebanon	6.3
27	Bangladesh	4.444
28	Yemen	4.4
29	Hong Kong	4
30	Chinese Taipei	4
31	Myanmar	3
32	Cambodia	3
33	Philippines	2.4
34	Singapore	2.222

Iran, winner of 3 consecutive Asian Nations Cup 1968, 1972 and 1976

#	National team		1996	2000	2004	2007	2011	2015	2019					1956-1992	1996-2019	1956-2019
1	Iran		9	6	12	8	8	8	19,2					37,998167	70,2	108,198167
2	South Korea		6	9	8	12	12	14	14,4					32,777	75,4	108,177
3	Japan		6	12	16	10	16	8	21,6					9,111	89,6	98,711
4	China		6	7,5	14	4	4	8	14,4					24,887833	57,9	82,787833
5	Saudi Arabia		12	10,5	2	14	2	4	9,6					26,666666	54,1	80,766666
6	Iraq		6	6	8	16	8	10	9,6					5	63,6	68,6
7	United Arab Emirates		10,5		2	4	2	12	19,2					7,333	49,7	57,033
8	Qatar			6	2	2	8	2	24					11,554667	44	55,554667
9	Australia					8	14	16	14,4					0	52,4	52,4
10	Uzbekistan		3	1,5	8	8	10	8	9,6					0	48,1	48,1
11	Kuwait		7,5	6	4		2	2						25,888	21,5	47,388
12	Bahrain				10	2	4	4	9,6					1,111	29,6	30,711
13	Jordan				8		8	4	9,6					0	29,6	29,6
14	Thailand		1,5	3	2	4			9,6					5,333333	20,1	25,433333
15	Vietnam					8			14,4					2	22,4	24,4
16	Oman				4	2		4	9,6					0	19,6	19,6
17	Syria		1,5				4		2,4					8,888	7,9	16,788
18	North Korea						4	2	2,4					6,332833	8,4	14,732833
19	Israel													14	0	14
20	Indonesia		1,5	1,5	4	4								0	11	11
21	Kyrgyzstan								9,6					0	9,6	9,6
22	India						2		2,4					4,111	4,4	8,511
23	Malaysia					2								5,333	2	7,333
24	Palestine							2	4,8					0	6,8	6,8
25	Turkmenistan				4				2,4					0	6,4	6,4
26	Lebanon			1,5					4,8					0	6,3	6,3
27	Bangladesh													4,444	0	4,444
28	Yemen								2,4					2	2,4	4,4
29	Hong Kong													4	0	4
30	Chinese Taipei													4	0	4
31	Myanmar													3	0	3
32	Cambodia													3	0	3
33	Philippines								2,4					0	2,4	2,4
34	Singapore													2,222	0	2,222

#	National team		1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992		1956-1992
1	Iran					5	6	6	6,666	4,9995	6,666	2,666667		37,998167
2	South Korea		4	4	2		5		8,333	1,111	8,333			32,777
3	Saudi Arabia									10	10	6,666666		26,666666
4	Kuwait						2	5	10	6,666	2,222			25,888
5	China							4	2,222	8,333	4,9995	5,333333		24,887833
6	Israel		3	3	4	4								14
7	Qatar								2,222	3,333	3,333	2,666667		11,554667
8	Japan										1,111	8		9,111
9	Syria								3,333	2,222	3,333			8,888
10	United Arab Emirates								1,111		2,222	4		7,333
11	North Korea								4,9995			1,333333		6,332833
12	Thailand						4					1,333333		5,333333
13	Malaysia							2	3,333					5,333
14	Iraq						2	3						5
15	Bangladesh								1,111	3,333				4,444
16	India				3					1,111				4,111
17	Hong Kong		2		1	1								4
18	Chinese Taipei			2		2								4
19	Myanmar					3								3
20	Cambodia						3							3
21	Singapore									2,222				2,222
22	Vietnam		1	1										2
23	Yemen							2						2
24	Bahrain										1,111			1,111

Japan, winner 2011

EXPLANATIONS

Standards

• The basic rule in the distribution of points:-

1. (The size of the tournament) equal for (Numbers of teams participating)
2. Mechanism the distribution of points as next :-

• %The distance between stages = 100/Number of stages

(%The distance between stages ) = The value of the first stage

• %The distance between the teams in a stages groups =%The distance between stages/Numbers of teams in group

%The distance between the teams in a stage groups=The value of the last team in the group

• The value of fourth place = (Previous stage+Semi-Finals)/2
• The value of Third place = Value Semi-Finals
• The value of Runners-Up place = (Semi-Finals+ final)/2
• The value of Winner place = value Final = Numbers of teams participating
• The basic rule in the distribution of points for League:-

1. (The size of the tournament) equal for (Numbers of teams participating)
2. Mechanism the distribution of points as next :-

Points accrued = (Numbers of teams participating – number teams which best)

Overview about tournaments

Edition	The host country	Winner	Numbers of teams participating=Size	League or tournament	Number of stages	stages	%The distance between stages
1956	Hong Kong	South Korea	4	League	1	League	%25
1960	South Korea	South Korea	4	League	1	League	%25
1964	Israel	Israel	4	League	1	League	%25
1968	Iran	Iran	5	League	1	League	%20
1972	Thailand	Iran	6	tournament	3	Groups, Semi-Finals, Final	%33.333333
1976	Iran	Iran	6	tournament	3	Groups, Semi-Finals, Final	%33.333333
1980	Kuwait	Kuwait	10	tournament	3	Groups, Semi-Finals, Final	%33.333333
1984	Singapore	Saudi Arabia	10	tournament	3	Groups, Semi-Finals, Final	%33.333333
1988	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	10	tournament	3	Groups, Semi-Finals, Final	%33.333333
1992	Japan	Japan	8	tournament	3	Groups, Semi-Finals, Final	%33.333333
1996	UAE	Saudi Arabia	12	tournament	4	Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final	%25
2000	Lebanon	Japan	12	tournament	4	Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final	%25
2004	China	Japan	16	tournament	4	Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final	%25
2007	Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia	Iraq	16	tournament	4	Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final	%25
2011	Qatar	Japan	16	tournament	4	Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final	%25
2015	Australia	Australia	16	tournament	4	Groups, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final	%25
2019	UAE	Qatar	24	tournament	5	Groups, Round of 16, Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, Final	%20

Apply Rule

1956 to 1964
Size	4	Maximum	%100 – (4)	Minimum	%25 – (1)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
Fourth	25	1
Third	50	2
Runners-Up	75	3
Winner	100	4

1968
Size	5	Maximum	%100 – (5)	Minimum	%20 – (1)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
Fifth	20	1
Fourth	40	2
Third	60	3
Runners-Up	80	4
Winner	100	5

1972 and 1976
Size	6	Maximum	%100 – (6)	Minimum	%33.33– (2)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
The first stage (groups)	Sorted in the groups
Third	33.33334	2
Fourth	50	3
Third	66.66666	4
Runners-Up	83.33333	5
Winner	100	6

1980 to 1988
Size	10	Maximum	%100 – (10)	Minimum	%11.11– (1.11)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
The first stage (groups)	Sorted in the groups
Fifth	11.11	1.111
Fourth	22.22	2.222
Third	33.33	3.333
Fourth	49.995	4.9995
Third	66.66	6.666
Runners-Up	83.33	8.333
Winner	100	10

1992
Size	8	Maximum	%100 – (8)	Minimum	%16.66– (1.33)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
The first stage (groups)	Sorted in the groups
Fourth	16.66667	1.333333
Third	33.33334	2.666667
Fourth	50	4
Third	66.66666	5.333333
Runners-Up	83.33333	6.666666
Winner	100	8

1996+2000
Size	12	Maximum	%100 – (12)	Minimum	%12.5 – (1.5)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
The first stage (groups)	Sorted in the groups
Fourth	12.5	1.5
Third	25	3
Quarter-Finals	50	6
Fourth	62.5	7.5
Third	75	9
Runners-Up	87.5	10.5
Winner	100	12

2004 to 2015
Size	16	Maximum	%100 – (16)	Minimum	%12.5 – (4)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
The first stage (groups)	Sorted in the groups
Fourth	12.5	2
Third	25	4
Quarter-Finals	60	8
Fourth	70	10
Third	80	12
Runners-Up	90	14
Winner	100	16

2019
Size	24	Maximum	%100 – (24)	Minimum	%10 – (2.4)
Placement in tournament	%	Points accrued
The first stage (groups)	Sorted in the groups
Fourth	10	2.4
Third	20	4.8
Round of 16	40	9.6
Quarter-Finals	60	14.4
Semi-Finals	80	19.2
Runners-Up	90	21.6
Winner	100	24