Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation
Founded at	Manila,Philippines
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Region served	Asia
Membership	47 member associations
Official language	Arabic; English
President	Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Vice presidents	Ugen Tsechup (SAFF); Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar (EAFF); Mehdi Taj(CAFA); Hachem Haidar (WAFF); Zaw Zaw(AFF);
General secretary	Windsor John
Parent organization	FIFA
Subsidiaries	AFF(Southeast Asia); CAFA(Central Asia); EAFF(East Asia); SAFF(South Asia); WAFF(Western Asia);
Website	the-afc
	Anthem:"AFC Anthem" Motto:"The Future is Asia"

TheAsian Football Confederation(AFC) is thegoverning bodyofassociation football,beach soccer,andfutsalin most countries and territories inAsia.^[a]The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managedwomen's association footballin Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involvingTaiwan,British Hong Kong,Malaysia,andSingapore.In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC.^[5]

Executive Committee

Members

AFC Presidentand FIFA Senior Vice President^[6]
Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
FIFA CouncilMembers^[6]
Kohzo Tashima Hamidin Mohd Amin Kanya Keomany Mariano Araneta Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Thani Yasser Al Misehal
AFC Vice Presidents^[6]
Hachem Haidar Mehdi Taj Ugen Tsechup Zaw Zaw Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar
AFC Executive Committee Members^[6]
Abdullah Ahmed Alshaheen Alrabeea Abdullah Nasser Aljneibi Bassam Adeel Jaleel Pankaj Bikram Nembang Chris Nikou Somyot Poompanmoung Ravshan Irmatov Eric Fok Kai Shan Shaji Prabhakaran Anura De Silva
AFC Female Executive Committee Members^[6]
Susan Riyad Abdelrahim Al Shalabi Mahfuza Akhter Kiron Kanya Keomany^[b] Han Un-gyong
General Secretary
Windsor John

Notes

^^a ^bAlso including some countries/territories inOceaniasuch asAustralia,Guamand theNorthern Mariana Islands.
^also a FIFA Council Member

Member associations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into fivesubregions:Central (fourSoviet Central Asiancountries plusAfghanistanandIran), East (eightEast Asiannations and twoMicronesianterritories:Guamand theNorthern Mariana Islands), South (five countries on theIndian SubcontinentplusMaldivesandSri Lanka), South East (tenASEANcountries plusAustraliaandEast Timor), and West (twelveArab countries).Afghanistan,Burma (Myanmar),theRepublic of China,Hong Kong,India,Indonesia,Israel,Japan,Pakistan,thePhilippines,Singapore,South Korea,andVietnamwere the founding members.^[7]^[8]

Code	Name	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	AFC affiliation	IOC member
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)(12)
AUS	Australia^{[m 1]}	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	1961	1963	2006	Yes^{[m 2]}
BRU	Brunei	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1952	1972	1969	Yes
CAM	Cambodia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1933	1954	1954	Yes
TLS	Timor-Leste	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	2002	2005	2002	Yes
IDN	Indonesia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1930	1952	1954	Yes
LAO	Laos	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1951	1952	1968	Yes
MAS	Malaysia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1933	1954	1954	Yes
MYA	Myanmar	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1947	1948	1954	Yes
PHI	Philippines	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1907	1930	1954	Yes
SGP	Singapore	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1892	1952	1954	Yes
THA	Thailand	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1916	1925	1954	Yes
VIE	Vietnam	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1952	1954	Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)(6)
AFG	Afghanistan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1933	1948	1954	Yes
IRN	Islamic Republic of Iran	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1920	1948	1958	Yes
KGZ	Kyrgyz Republic	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1992	1994	1993	Yes
TJK	Tajikistan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1936	1994	1993	Yes
TKM	Turkmenistan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1992	1994	1993	Yes
UZB	Uzbekistan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1946	1994	1993	Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)(10)
CHN	China	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1924	1931	1974	Yes
TPE	Chinese Taipei^{[m 3]}	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1936	1954	1954	Yes
PRK	DPR Korea	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1945	1958	1974	Yes
GUM	Guam	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1975	1996	1991	Yes^{[m 2]}
HKG	Hong Kong, China	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1914	1954	1954	Yes
JPN	Japan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1921	1921	1954	Yes
KOR	Korea Republic	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1928	1948	1954	Yes
MAC	Macau	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1939	1978	1978	No^{[m 4]}
MNG	Mongolia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1959	1998	1993	Yes
NMI	Northern Mariana Islands	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	2005	N/A	2020	No^{[m 5]}
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)(7)
BAN	Bangladesh	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1972	1976	1974	Yes
BHU	Bhutan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1983	2000	1993	Yes
IND	India	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1937	1948	1954	Yes
MDV	Maldives	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1982	1986	1984	Yes
NEP	Nepal	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1951	1972	1954	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1947	1948	1954	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1939	1952	1954	Yes
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)(12)
BHR	Bahrain	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1957	1968	1969	Yes
IRQ	Iraq	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1948	1950	1970	Yes
JOR	Jordan	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1949	1956	1970	Yes
KUW	Kuwait	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1952	1964	1964	Yes
LBN	Lebanon	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1933	1936	1964	Yes
OMA	Oman	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1978	1980	1980	Yes
PLE	Palestine	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1998	1998	1998	Yes
QAT	Qatar	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1960	1972	1974	Yes
KSA	Saudi Arabia	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1956	1956	1972	Yes
SYR	Syria	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1936	1937	1970	Yes
UAE	United Arab Emirates	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1971	1974	1974	Yes
YEM	Yemen	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	1962	1980	1980	Yes

Notes

^Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.
^^a ^bOceania country or territory is a member of theOceania National Olympic Committeesrather than theOlympic Council of Asia.
^Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
^Macau'sOlympic Committeeis anOCAmember but not anIOCmember.
^Part of the United States Olympic Committee.

Former members

Association	Year	Note
Israel	1954–1974	Joined UEFA after international matches against national teams representingArab countriesboycotted by theWest Asian Football Federation.^[9]^[10]Later became a fullUEFAmember in 1994.
New Zealand	1964^[11]	Founding member of theOFCin 1966.
South Yemen	1972–1990^[12]	Merged with North Yemen asYemen.
Kazakhstan	1993–2002	JoinedUEFAin 2002.^[13]^[14]

Competitions

AFC competitions

National teams:

Men

Women

Esports

AFC eAsian Cup

Clubs:

Men

Women

AFC Women's Champions League

Defunct

National teams:

Men

Women

AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship^[16]

Clubs:

Men

Women

AFC Women's Club Championship

AFC runs theAFC Asian Cupand theAFC Women's Asian Cup,which are held every 4 years. AFC organises theAFC Futsal Asian Cup,AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup,AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup,various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for theFIFA World Cupand forfootball at the Summer Olympics.

The top-ranked AFC tournament for men's association football clubs is theAFC Champions League Elite.The competition is an amalgamation of theAsian Club Championship,theAsian Cup Winners' Cupand theAsian Super Cupand gathers the top teams from the highest-ranked nations in Asia (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded). The top-ranked AFC tournament forwomen's association footballclubs is theAFC Women's Champions Leaguewhich was launched in the 2024–25 season.^[17]

The second-tier men's tournament is theAFC Champions League Two,while the third-tier tournament is theAFC Challenge League,which were both revamped and rebranded in 2024.^[18]

AFC runs an annual Asianfutsalclub tournament, theAFC Futsal Club Championshipfor futsal club competition.^[19]

Current title holders

National teams
Tournament	Most recent	Champions	Details	Runners-up	Next^[20]^[21]
AFC Asian Cup(qualification)	2023(qual.)	Qatar	Final	Jordan	2027(qual.)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup	2024(qual.)	Japan	Final	Uzbekistan	2026(qual.)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup	2023(qual.)	Uzbekistan	Final	Iraq	2025(qual.)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup	2023(qual.)	Japan	Final	South Korea	2025(qual.)
Men's Asian Games Football Tournament	2022	South Korea	Final	Japan	2026
Boys' Asian Youth Games Football Tournament	2013	South Korea	Final	Iran	2025
AFC Futsal Asian Cup	2024(qual.)	Iran	Final	Thailand	2026
AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup	2019(qual.)	Japan	Final	Afghanistan	2023(qual.)
Men's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Tournament	2017	Iran	Final	Uzbekistan	2023
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup	2023	Iran	Final	Japan	2025
Men's Asian Beach Games Beach Soccer Tournament	2016	Japan	Final	Oman	2023
Women's national teams
AFC Women's Asian Cup(qualification)	2022(qual.)	China	Final	South Korea	2026(qual.)
AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup	2024(qual.)	North Korea	Final	Japan	2026(qual.)
AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup	2024(qual.)	North Korea	Final	Japan	2026(qual.)
Women's Asian Games Football Tournament	2022	Japan	Final	North Korea	2026
AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	2024	Australia Japan	Play-off	Uzbekistan North Korea	2028
AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup	2018	Iran	Final	Japan	2025
Women's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Tournament	2017	Thailand	Final	Japan	2023
Club teams
AFC Champions League Elite	2023–24(qual.)	Al Ain	Final	Yokohama F. Marinos	2024–25(qual.)
AFC Champions League Two	2023–24	Central Coast Mariners	Final	Al Ahed	2024–25(qual.)
AFC Challenge League	2014	HTTU Asgabat	Final	Rimyongsu	2024–25(qual.)
AFC Futsal Club Championship	2019	Nagoya Oceans	Final	Mes Sungun	2024
Women's club teams
AFC Women's Champions League	—	—	—	—	2024–25(qual.)

Esports

Competition		Current	Game	Winner (Player/Gamer ID)	Details	Runner-up (Player/Gamer ID)		Next
AFC eAsian Cup		2023	eFootball 2024	Indonesia (Mohamad Akbar Paudie) (Elga Cahya Putra) (Rizky Faidan)	Final	Japan (Satake Shinichi) (Aihara Tsubasa) (Hashiki Shumpei)		TBD

Defunct tournaments

National teams
Competition	Last held	Champions	Title	Runners-up
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	2007	Japan	2nd	Egypt
AFC-OFC Challenge Cup	2003	Iran	1st	New Zealand
AFC Solidarity Cup	2016	Nepal	1st	Macau
AFC Challenge Cup	2014	Palestine	1st	Philippines
AFC U-14 Championship	2014	Iraq	1st	North Korea
Club teams
Afro-Asian Club Championship	1998	Raja Casablanca	1st	Pohang Steelers
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2001–02	Al-Hilal	2nd	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Asian Super Cup	2002	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2nd	Al-Hilal
Women's club teams
AFC Women's Club Championship	2023	Urawa Red Diamonds	1st	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

Titles by nation

Nation	Men									Women				Futsal					Beach Soccer		Club							Inter Conf.			Esports	Nation	Total
Nation	Asia	Sol	Cha	Asiad	U23	U20	U17	U14	AYG	Asia	Asiad	U20	U17	Men	AIMm	U20	Wmn	AIMw	BS	ABG	ACLE	ACL2	ACGL	AWC	ASC	WCC	FCC	AAN	AO	AAC	eAsia	Nation	Total
Japan	4			1	2	1	4			2	3	6	4	4		1		3	3	1	8			5	2	2	4	2	1			Japan	63
Iran	3			4		4	1							13	5	1	2		3	2	3			1			4		1			Iran	47
South Korea	2			6	1	12	2		2			2	1								12				3			1		2		South Korea	46
Saudi Arabia	3				1	3	2														6			6	3							Saudi Arabia	24
China						1	2			9	3	1									3											China	19
North Korea			2	1		3	2			3	3	1	4																			North Korea	19
Iraq	1			1	1	5	1	1														3										Iraq	13
Israel	1					6															3											Israel	10
Myanmar				2		7																	1									Myanmar	10
Thailand						2	1			1								1			2						2			1		Thailand	10
Qatar	2			1		1	1														2											Qatar	7
Chinese Taipei				2						3													1									Chinese Taipei	6
Kuwait	1																					4										Kuwait	5
Tajikistan			1																				4									Tajikistan	5
United Arab Emirates						1													2	1	1											United Arab Emirates	5
Uzbekistan				1	1		1											1				1										Uzbekistan	5
India			1	2		1																										India	4
Jordan																						3				1						Jordan	4
Oman							2												1	1												Oman	4
Australia	1									1											1	1										Australia	4
Bahrain																			1			2										Bahrain	3
Syria						1																2										Syria	3
Indonesia						1																									1	Indonesia	2
Kyrgyzstan																							2									Kyrgyzstan	2
Turkmenistan																							2									Turkmenistan	2
Lebanon																						1										Lebanon	1
Malaysia																						1										Malaysia	1
Nepal		1																														Nepal	1
New Zealand										1																						New Zealand	1
Palestine			1																													Palestine	1

Rankings

FIFA World Rankings

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 19 December 2024)^[22]
AFC*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	15		Japan	1652.79
2	18		Iran	1635.31
3	23		South Korea	1585.45
4	26		Australia	1544.15
5	48		Qatar	1474.6
6	56		Iraq	1442.86
7	58		Uzbekistan	1424.93
8	59		Saudi Arabia	1406.56
9	63		United Arab Emirates	1385.57
10	64		Jordan	1375.91
11	80		Oman	1306.67
12	81		Bahrain	1305.52
13	90		China	1266.38
14	95		Syria	1249.47
15	97		Thailand	1231.17
16	101		Palestine	1215.87
17	104		Tajikistan	1203.08
18	107		Kyrgyzstan	1194.19
19	112		Lebanon	1171.43
20	114	2	Vietnam	1164.79
21	115	1	North Korea	1164.41
22	126	1	India	1133.62
23	127	2	Indonesia	1133.41
24	132		Malaysia	1115.51
25	134		Kuwait	1108.72
26	143		Turkmenistan	1065.42
27	150	1	Philippines	1046.67
28	155	1	Hong Kong	1028.76
29	156	1	Afghanistan	1025
30	158		Yemen	1018.27
31	160	1	Singapore	1011.68
32	162		Maldives	1001.39
33	165		Chinese Taipei	990.56
34	169	2	Myanmar	981.35
35	175		Nepal	939.2
36	180		Cambodia	920
37	182		Bhutan	904.06
38	184		Brunei	899.87
39	185		Bangladesh	898.81
40	186		Laos	890.08
41	188	1	Mongolia	879.75
42	193		Macau	868.79
43	197	1	Timor-Leste	846.8
44	198		Pakistan	842.59
45	200		Sri Lanka	832.8
46	203		Guam	824.65
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 13 December 2024)^[23]
AFC*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	8	1	Japan	1976.38
2	9		North Korea	1944.23
3	15		Australia	1856.7
4	17	1	China	1803.92
5	20	1	South Korea	1787.37
6	37		Vietnam	1614.43
7	41	2	Philippines	1546.46
8	42	1	Chinese Taipei	1538.7
9	45	2	Thailand	1511.33
10	51	3	Uzbekistan	1494.48
11	55	1	Myanmar	1484.46
12	67	3	Iran	1393.53
13	69	1	India	1374.66
14	74		Jordan	1327.13
15	80	1	Hong Kong	1276.96
16	93	1	Bahrain	1216.48
17	97	7	Indonesia	1209.7
18	98	2	Guam	1206.27
19	102	6	Malaysia	1199.98
20	103	4	Nepal	1198.27
21	108	16	Laos	1182.48
22	116	1	United Arab Emirates	1158.26
23	118	1	Cambodia	1150.75
24	125	1	Mongolia	1103.77
25	128	1	Kyrgyzstan	1099.57
26	132	7	Bangladesh	1097.55
27	134		Lebanon	1090.59
28	135	7	Palestine	1090.51
29	138		Singapore	1082.25
30	140		Turkmenistan	1075.41
31	154		Tajikistan	991.2
32	157	1	Pakistan	950.27
33	158	1	Sri Lanka	949.45
34	159		Timor-Leste	948.31
35	161	1	Syria	931.42
36	163	2	Maldives	923.33
37	166	8	Saudi Arabia	877.08
38	172	3	Bhutan	866.32
39	173	1	Iraq	862.8
40	175	2	Macau	850.91
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

Historical leaders

Men's

Women's

Team of the Year

Men

FIFA Men's World Ranking

Teams ranking in the top four – Men's^[22]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2023	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2022	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2021	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Australia
2020	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2019	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2018	Iran	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2017	Iran	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2016	Iran	South Korea	Japan	Australia
2015	Iran	South Korea	Japan	Australia
2014	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Uzbekistan
2013	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Australia
2012	Japan	South Korea	Australia	Iran
2011	Japan	Australia	South Korea	Iran
2010	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Iran
2009	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Bahrain
2008	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Iran
2007	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2006	Iran	Australia	Uzbekistan	Japan
2005	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
2004	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
2003	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Japan
2002	South Korea	Japan	Iran	Saudi Arabia
2001	Iran	Saudi Arabia	Japan	South Korea
2000	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Japan	South Korea
1999	Saudi Arabia	Iran	South Korea	United Arab Emirates
1998	South Korea	Japan	Kuwait	Iran
1997	Japan	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait
1996	Japan	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Thailand
1995	Japan	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	China
1994	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Japan	China
1993	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Japan	United Arab Emirates

Performances by countries

Team	First place	Second place	Third place
Japan	12 (1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)	8 (1998, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021)	8 (1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Iran	9 (2000, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021)	9 (1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)	2 (2002, 2003)
Saudi Arabia	4 (1993, 1994, 1999, 2000)	3 (1996, 2001, 2003)	2 (1995, 1997)
South Korea	3 (1998, 2002, 2003)	7 (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2012, 2015, 2016)	16 (1996, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Australia	3 (2008, 2009, 2010)	3 (2011, 2017, 2017)	1 (2012)
Uzbekistan	0	0	1 (2006)
Kuwait	0	0	1 (1998)

Women

FIFA Women's World Ranking

Teams ranking in the top four – Women's^[23]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2023	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China
2022	North Korea	Japan	Australia	China
2021	North Korea	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2020	Australia	Japan	China	South Korea
2019	Australia	Japan	North Korea	China
2018	Australia	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2017	Australia	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2016	Australia	Japan	North Korea	China
2015	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China
2014	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China
2013	Japan	Australia	North Korea	South Korea
2012	Japan	Australia	North Korea	South Korea
2011	Japan	North Korea	Australia	South Korea
2010	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China
2009	North Korea	Japan	China	Australia
2008	North Korea	Japan	China	Australia
2007	North Korea	Japan	Australia	China
2006	North Korea	China	Japan	South Korea
2005	North Korea	China	Japan	South Korea
2004	China	North Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei
2003	China	North Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei

Performances by countries

Men's elo rankings

World Football Elo Ratingsfor AFC members:^[24]

AFC	Elo	Country	Elo ratings	1 year change
1	17	Japan	1,851	4
2	20	Iran	1,818
3	29	Australia	1,768	2
4	37	South Korea	1,731	13
5	46	Uzbekistan	1,666	5
6	52	Qatar	1,647	18
7	53	Iraq	1,643	2
8	60	Saudi Arabia	1,612	3
9	64	Jordan	1,599	12
10	73	Oman	1,542	7
11	79	United Arab Emirates	1,508	7
12	92	Bahrain	1,460	2
13	96	Syria	1,446	3
14	100	Palestine	1,419	3
15	102	Thailand	1,416	7
16	105	China	1,404	12
17	109	Tajikistan	1,388	3
18	111	North Korea	1,366	3
18	122	Indonesia	1,341	24
20	127	Kuwait	1,330	16
21	144	Lebanon	1,281	8
22	148	Vietnam	1,126	43
22	148	Kyrgyzstan	1,126	7
24	151	Malaysia	1,264	16
25	160	Turkmenistan	1,212	1
26	162	India	1,194	10
27	169	Singapore	1,118
28	170	Afghanistan	1,114	8
29	173	Yemen	1,094	2
30	180	Hong Kong	1,056	1
31	183	Philippines	1,045
32	196	Bangladesh	932	1
33	197	Myanmar	919	1
34	198	Chinese Taipei	906	2
35	201	Nepal	889
36	202	Maldives	879	1
37	205	Cambodia	842
38	207	Pakistan	827
39	210	Mongolia	790
40	217	Sri Lanka	707	5
41	222	Guam	680	3
42	225	Laos	665
42	225	Macau	665
44	229	Brunei	621	3
45	231	Timor-Leste	610
46	232	Bhutan	607	3
47	239	Northern Mariana Islands	452

Club Competitions Ranking

TheAFC Club Competitions Rankingranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC.^[25]Listed here are the top 30 countries.

AFC	Country	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	93.795
2	Japan	91.820
3	South Korea	88.295
4	Qatar	75.950
5	Iran	72.018
6	United Arab Emirates	64.130
7	China	57.630
8	Thailand	49.470
9	Uzbekistan	45.006
10	Iraq	36.902
11	Australia	34.080
12	Jordan	30.161
13	Malaysia	29.950
14	Vietnam	29.468
15	Hong Kong	27.450
16	Tajikistan	23.976
17	India	23.637
18	Bahrain	20.681
19	Kuwait	20.070
20	Turkmenistan	19.464
21	Philippines	18.428
22	Lebanon	17.761
23	Syria	17.612
24	Singapore	16.824
25	North Korea	16.117
26	Indonesia	15.083
27	Bangladesh	14.120
28	Oman	12.453
29	Maldives	9.467
30	Myanmar	8.287

Beach soccer national teams

Rankingsare calculated byBeach Soccer Worldwide(BSWW).^[26]

AFC rank	World rank	Country	Points
1	6	Japan	1549
2	7	Iran	1486
3	14	United Arab Emirates	945
4	21	Oman	555
5	40	Lebanon	217
6	47	Palestine	177
7	55	China	129
8	56	Bahrain	128
9	65	Malaysia	95
10	70	Iraq	78
11	71	Thailand	77
12	74	Afghanistan	69
13	79	Qatar	61
14	82	Syria	56
15	85	Kuwait	46
15	85	Kyrgyzstan	46
17	94	Saudi Arabia	30
18	108	Australia	0
19	111	Yemen	0
20	112	Philippines	0
21	113	Indonesia	0
22	115	Uzbekistan	0
23	115	Vietnam	0
24	115	Laos	0

Men's futsal

Futsal Rankings (as of 6 May 2024)^[27]
AFC*	FIFA	National Team	Points
1	4	IR Iran	1469.33
2	9	Thailand	1316.27
3	11	Uzbekistan	1288.96
4	15	Japan	1248.99
5	28	Indonesia	1142.84
6	30	Afghanistan	1138.02
7	33	Vietnam	1117.02
8	34	Tajikistan	1116.37
9	35	Kuwait	1115.99
10	41	Kyrgyz Republic	1091.36
11	42	Iraq	1091.27
12	48	Saudi Arabia	1049.97
13	49	Australia	1049.01
14	53	Lebanon	1032.42
15	56	Myanmar	1024.20
16	64	Laos	995.28
17	66	Turkmenistan	993.62
18	70	Korea Republic	980.88
19	73	Bahrain	978.69
20	79	Malaysia	971.06
21	81	Jordan	968.31
22	84	China PR	966.93
23	85	Chinese Taipei	964.21
24	93	Qatar	945.32
25	95	Philippines	943.99
26	96	Oman	940.88
27	102	United Arab Emirates	925.95
28	110	Maldives	905.56
29	111	Timor-Leste	903.70
30	113	Mongolia	894.41
31	116	Brunei	882.51
32	117	Macau	878.44
33	120	Hong Kong, China	866.16
34	121	Nepal	865.96
35	122	Palestine	863.57
36	142	Cambodia	857.22
37	135	India	756.13
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

a number between brackets is the rank of the previous week. (*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches).

Women's futsal

Futsal Women's Rankings (as of 6 May 2024)^[28]
AFC*	FIFA	National Team	Points
1	6	Thailand	1163.97
2	8	IR Iran	1146.96
3	9	Japan	1139.54
4	13	Vietnam	1096.34
5	14	Indonesia	1057.12
6	21	Chinese Taipei	1032.95
7	24	Uzbekistan	1021.38
8	25	China PR	1016.45
9	28	Malaysia	987.72
10	29	Lebanon	981.18
11	31	Hong Kong, China	979.02
12	34	Palestine	974.58
13	37	Bahrain	962.22
14	38	Myanmar	955.52
15	39	Turkmenistan	945.43
16	44	Bangladesh	920.38
17	46	Macau	916.20
18	48	Afghanistan	907.13
19	51	Saudi Arabia	899.62
20	53	Iraq	887.88
21	55	United Arab Emirates	885.35
22	60	Guam	867.51
23	61	Philippines	866.38
24	62	Kuwait	863.43
25	66	Kyrgyz Republic	850.34
26	67	Oman	848.46
27	69	Tajikistan	828.67
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

Tournament record

Legend

1st– Champion
2nd– Runner-up
3rd– Third place
4th– Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
Q— Qualified for upcoming tournament
•— Did not qualify
×— Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
— Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cuprecord
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Years
South Korea	Did not exist			×	R1	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	4th	R1	R2	R1	R1	R2				11
Japan	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R2				7
Iran	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	R1	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	R1	R1	R1				6
Saudi Arabia	Did not exist					×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R2	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1			Q	6
Australia*	Part ofOFC																		R1	R1	R1	R2				4
North Korea	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	QF	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	R1	•	•	×				2
Qatar	Did not exist										×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1				1
China	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•				1
United Arab Emirates	Did not exist										×	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				1
Iraq	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				1
Kuwait	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•				1
Indonesia^[a]	×	×	R1	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	×	•				1
Israel	Did not exist			•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	Not a member of AFC															1
Total (13 teams)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	8/9			43

*Australia qualified for FIFA WC for six times, two as OFC member and four as AFC member.

^Indonesiacompeted as theDutch East Indiesin 1938.

AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cuprecord
Team (Total 35 teams)	1956 (4)	1960 (4)	1964 (4)	1968 (5)	1972 (6)	1976 (6)	1980 (10)	1984 (10)	1988 (10)	1992 (8)	1996 (12)	2000 (12)	2004 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2027 (24)	Years
Iran				1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	QF	3rd	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	Q	16
South Korea	1st	1st	3rd		2nd		2nd	GS	2nd		QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	SF	Q	16
China						3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	Q	14
Saudi Arabia								1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS	R16	R16	Q	12
Qatar							GS	GS	GS	GS		QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	1st	1st	Q	12
United Arab Emirates							GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd		GS	GS	GS	3rd	SF	R16	Q	12
Japan									GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	2nd	QF	Q	11
Kuwait					GS	2nd	1st	3rd	GS		4th	QF	GS		GS	GS			Q	11
Iraq					GS	4th					QF	QF	QF	1st	QF	4th	R16	R16	Q	11
Uzbekistan											GS	GS	QF	QF	4th	QF	R16	QF	Q	9
Bahrain									GS				4th	GS	GS	GS	R16	R16	Q	8
Thailand					3rd					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS			R16	R16		8
Syria							GS	GS	GS		GS				GS		GS	R16		7
Australia	Part ofOFC													QF	2nd	1st	QF	QF	Q	6
Indonesia											GS	GS	GS	GS				R16	Q	6
Jordan													QF		QF	GS	R16	2nd	Q	6
North Korea							4th			GS					GS	GS	GS		Q	6
Oman													GS	GS		GS	R16	GS	Q	6
India			2nd					GS							GS		GS	GS		5
Vietnam	4th	4th												QF			QF	GS		5
Israel	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	Part ofUEFA															4
Hong Kong	3rd		4th	5th														GS		4
Malaysia						GS	GS							GS				GS		4
Palestine																GS	GS	R16	Q	4
Kyrgyzstan																	R16	GS	Q	3
Lebanon												GS					GS	GS		3
Chinese Taipei		3rd		4th																2
Turkmenistan													GS				GS			2
Yemen						GS										GS				2
Bangladesh							GS													1
Cambodia					4th															1
Myanmar				2nd																1
Philippines																	GS			1
Singapore								GS												1
Tajikistan																		QF		1

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cuprecord
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	2027 (32)	Years
Japan	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	1st	2nd	R2	QF		9
China	QF	4th	2nd	QF	QF	•	QF	R2	R1		8
Australia	Part ofOFC				QF	QF	QF	R2	4th		5
South Korea	•	•	•	R1	•	•	R2	R1	R1		4
North Korea	•	×	R1	R1	QF	R1	×	•	×		4
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•		2
Philippines	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1
Vietnam	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	R1		1
Chinese Taipei	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Total (9 teams)	3	2	3	4	4	3	5	5	5+1		35

Olympic Games

Men's tournament

Olympic Games(Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
Japan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF			GS		QF	3rd							GS	QF	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th	QF	12
South Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		QF				GS						GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	3rd	QF	QF		11
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Not a member of AFC									QF	GS	GS				4th			GS		GS	6
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS	GS	4th	GS																	4
Saudi Arabia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•											GS			GS						GS		3
China	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS											GS					GS					3
Kuwait	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•										QF			GS		GS							3
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						GS		GS	QF													3
Australia	Part ofOFC																								GS			GS		2
Qatar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•											GS		QF									2
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				GS			GS															2
Chinese Taipei	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS			GS																	2
Israel	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•							QF		QF	Not a member of AFC												2
Uzbekistan	Not a member of AFC																												GS	1
United Arab Emirates	•	Not a member of AFC																								GS				1
Syria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•										GS												1
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									QF													1
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•								GS														1
Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•								GS														1
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•				QF																		1
Afghanistan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS																				1
Total (21 teams)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	63

Women's tournament

Olympic Games(Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2020 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
Japan	7th	–	7th	4th	2nd	–	8th	5th	6
China	2nd	5th	9th	5th	–	8th	10th	–	6
Australia	Part ofOFC			–	–	7th	4th	9th	3
North Korea	–	–	–	9th	9th	–	×	–	2
Total (4 teams)	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	17

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cuprecord
Team (Total 22 teams)	1975 (6)	1977 (6)	1979 (6)	1981 (8)	1983 (6)	1986 (7)	1989 (8)	1991 (9)	1993 (8)	1995 (11)	1997 (11)	1999 (15)	2001 (14)	2003 (14)	2006 (9)	2008 (8)	2010 (8)	2014 (8)	2018 (8)	2022 (12)	2026 (12)	Years
Japan		GS		GS		2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	SF	Q	18
Thailand	2nd	2nd		2nd	1st	3rd	GS	GS		GS		GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	5th	4th	QF		17
China						1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	Q	16
Chinese Taipei		1st	1st	1st			2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	GS	GS	GS	GS				QF		14
Hong Kong	GS	GS	4th	4th	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS								14
South Korea								GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	4th	3rd	GS	GS	GS	4th	5th	2nd	Q	14
Philippines				GS	GS				GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS					6th	SF		10
North Korea							GS	4th	2nd		2nd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	2nd					10
Vietnam												GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6th	GS	QF		9
India			2nd	3rd	2nd					GS	GS	GS	GS	GS						WD^[a]		9
Malaysia	4th		GS		3rd	GS		GS	GS	GS		GS	GS									9
Australia	3rd		3rd												2nd	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	QF	Q	9
Singapore	GS	3rd		GS	4th			GS					GS	GS								7
Myanmar														GS	GS		GS	GS		GS		5
Indonesia		4th		GS		4th	GS													GS		5
Uzbekistan										GS	GS	GS	GS	GS								5
Guam											GS	GS	GS	GS								4
Nepal						GS	GS					GS										3
Kazakhstan										GS	GS	GS		Part ofUEFA								3
Jordan																		GS	GS			2
Iran																				GS		1
New Zealand	1st																					1

Notes:

^India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive forCOVID-19.They were considered to have withdrawn from the tournament, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.^[29]

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cuprecord
Team	1977 (16)	1979 (16)	1981 (16)	1983 (16)	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	Years
South Korea	•	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	GS	GS	•	R16	GS	GS	QF	R16	QF	•	R16	2nd	4th	16
Japan	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	2nd	GS	QF	R16	R16	•	•	•	•	R16	R16	GS	11
Saudi Arabia	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	R16	•	•	R16	GS	•	9
China	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	R16	•	R16	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Uzbekistan	Part ofUSSR								•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	QF	QF	•	•	R16	5
Iraq	GS	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	5
Qatar	•	•	2nd	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	4
Syria	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Iran	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	3
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	3
Australia	Part ofOFC															•	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	3
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Indonesia	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Vietnam	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
Myanmar	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Jordan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Kazakhstan	Part ofUSSR								•	•	•	GS	•	Part ofUEFA										1
Total (19 teams)	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4		69

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cuprecord
Team	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (24)	Years
Japan	QF	•	•	QF	GS	3rd	•	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	8
North Korea	•	•	1st	2nd	QF	QF	4th	1st	QF	•	1st	8
South Korea	•	GS	•	•	3rd	QF	QF	GS	•	GS	R16	7
China	•	2nd	2nd	GS	•	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	6
Australia	Part ofOFC		GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	3
Thailand	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Chinese Taipei	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total (7 teams)	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	34

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cuprecord
Team	1985 (16)	1987 (16)	1989 (16)	1991 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (16)	1997 (16)	1999 (16)	2001 (16)	2003 (16)	2005 (16)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2025 (48)	2026 (48)	2027 (48)	2028 (48)	2029 (48)	Years
Qatar	GS	QF	•	4th	GS	GS	•	QF	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	Q	Q	Q	Q	Q	12
Japan	•	•	•	•	QF	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	QF	R16	•	R16	R16	R16						10
South Korea	•	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	QF	•	•	R16	•	QF	GS						7
China	QF	•	GS	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	GS	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						6
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R16	•	GS	•	R16	GS	•	•						5
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	R16	•	R16	•	QF	•	R16						5
Australia	Part ofOFC											•	•	R16	•	R16	•	R16	•						3
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	GS	•	•	•	•						3
Oman	•	•	•	•	•	4th	QF	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						3
Saudi Arabia	QF	GS	1st	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						3
Uzbekistan	Part ofUSSR				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	R16	•	•	•	QF						3
Tajikistan	Part ofUSSR				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•						2
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	R16	•	•						2
Syria	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R16	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•						2
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						2
Bahrain	•	•	4th	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						2
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•						1
Indonesia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS						1
Yemen	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						1
Total (19 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	68

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cuprecord
Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
Japan	QF	2nd	QF	1st	2nd	QF	QF	QF	8
North Korea	1st	4th	2nd	GS	1st	QF	•	1st	7
China	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	•	3
South Korea	QF	1st	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	4
India	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Jordan	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Total (6 teams)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	24

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cuprecord
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Years
Iran		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	3rd	QF	R2	9
Thailand				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2	7
Japan	R1				R1	R1	R2		R2		5
China		R1	R1			R1					3
Uzbekistan								R1	R2	R1	3
Australia							R1	R1			2
Vietnam								R2	R2		2
Chinese Taipei					R1						1
Hong Kong		R1									1
Kazakhstan				R1							1
Kuwait							R1				1
Malaysia			R1								1
Saudi Arabia	R1										1
Tajikistan										R1	1
Afghanistan										R2	1
Total (15 teams)	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	39

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cuprecord
Team	1995 (8)	1996 (8)	1997 (8)	1998 (10)	1999 (12)	2000 (12)	2001 (12)	2002 (8)	2003 (8)	2004 (12)	2005 (12)	2006 (16)	2007 (16)	2008 (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (16)	2024 (16)	2025 (16)	Years
Japan	•	•	GS	•	QF	4th	GS	•	•	•	4th	QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	QF	QF	GS	4th	2nd	QF		16
Iran	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	QF	QF	3rd	•	•	3rd		8
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	QF		8
Oman	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	GS	GS		5
Bahrain	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Thailand	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4th	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Total (7 teams)	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	42

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cuprecord
Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Japan	•	GS	•	•	2nd	GS	GS	•	GS	•	5
Saudi Arabia	2nd	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Australia	Part ofOFC							•	•	GS	1
Iraq	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	1
South Korea	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total (6 teams)	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	13

References

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^"AFC STATUTES Edition 2017"(PDF).AFC. 8 May 2017. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 December 2017.Retrieved15 January2018.
^"AFC GENERAL SECRETARY: DATO' WINDSOR JOHN".Arabian Football Confederation.Archivedfrom the original on 2 November 2019.Retrieved4 February2019.
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^"Aust-Asian bid fails".The Sydney Morning Herald.16 September 1974. p. 11.Archivedfrom the original on 24 June 2021.Retrieved10 July2014.
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^"AFC TELLS INDONESIA: PAY OR BE SACKED".The Straits Times.28 August 1964.Archivedfrom the original on 27 May 2015.Retrieved8 December2014.
^"Arabia and Yemen are new members".The Straits Times.28 July 1972.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved10 May2020.
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External links

Official website(in English and Arabic)

[Outside_Asia-2] Also including some countries/territories inOceaniasuch asAustralia,Guamand theNorthern Mariana Islands.

[8] also a FIFA Council Member

[fm-ofc2-11] Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.

[oc-onoc-12] Oceania country or territory is a member of theOceania National Olympic Committeesrather than theOlympic Council of Asia.

[fm-ofc1-13] Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.

[mac-14] Macau'sOlympic Committeeis anOCAmember but not anIOCmember.

[usoc-15] Part of the United States Olympic Committee.

[36] Indonesiacompeted as theDutch East Indiesin 1938.

[38] India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive forCOVID-19.They were considered to have withdrawn from the tournament, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.^[29]

[1] "All-Asia football association".The Straits Times.8 May 1954.Archivedfrom the original on 6 September 2021.Retrieved21 November2020.The Asian Games (sic) Football Confederation was formed in Manila yesterday.

[3] "AFC STATUTES Edition 2017"(PDF).AFC. 8 May 2017. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 December 2017.Retrieved15 January2018.

[4] "AFC GENERAL SECRETARY: DATO' WINDSOR JOHN".Arabian Football Confederation.Archivedfrom the original on 2 November 2019.Retrieved4 February2019.

[5] Kewdiepie (3 December 2015)."Prime choice to lead FIFA".The Star.Archivedfrom the original on 25 December 2018.Retrieved25 March2016.

[6] "Football (Soccer) − Asian Football Confederation".Asian Sports Net. Archived fromthe originalon 3 April 2016.Retrieved25 March2016.

[AFC_Congress_2023-7] (in English)"AFC Executive Committee and Asia's FIFA Council members confirmed".

[9] Hong Kong bóng đá tổng hội 90 đầy năm kỷ niệm đặc san (Hong Kong Football Association 90th Anniversary Booklet) 2004

[10] "AFC's 63rd anniversary: Seven events that shaped Asian football".Asian Football Confederation.Archivedfrom the original on 14 January 2024.

[16] "Aust-Asian bid fails".The Sydney Morning Herald.16 September 1974. p. 11.Archivedfrom the original on 24 June 2021.Retrieved10 July2014.

[israel-17] Montague, James (27 February 2008)."Time is right for Israel to return to its Asian roots".The Guardian.London.Archivedfrom the original on 23 October 2017.Retrieved9 May2022.

[18] "AFC TELLS INDONESIA: PAY OR BE SACKED".The Straits Times.28 August 1964.Archivedfrom the original on 27 May 2015.Retrieved8 December2014.

[19] "Arabia and Yemen are new members".The Straits Times.28 July 1972.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved10 May2020.

[20] "UEFA delegation visit Kazakhstan".UEFA.26 June 2002.

[21] "The curious case of Kazakh football".FIFA.21 October 2022.

[22] "the-afc".Archivedfrom the original on 13 September 2021.Retrieved13 September2021.

[23] "the-afc".Archivedfrom the original on 13 September 2021.Retrieved13 September2021.

[24] AFC Women's Club Championship Archived15 February 2022 at theWayback Machinethe-afc

[25] Griffiths, Ian."Clubs sandwiched".FootballAsia.Archived fromthe originalon 19 November 2005.Retrieved19 July2005.

[26] AFC Futsal Club Championship Archived22 January 2022 at theWayback Machinethe-afc

[27] "National Competitions".the-afc.Asian Football Confederation (AFC).Archivedfrom the original on 26 June 2022.Retrieved26 June2022.

[28] "Club Competitions".the-afc.Asian Football Confederation (AFC).Archivedfrom the original on 26 June 2022.Retrieved26 June2022.

[FIFA_World_Rankings-29] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking".FIFA.19 December 2024.Retrieved19 December2024.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-30] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking".FIFA.13 December 2024.Retrieved13 December2024.

[31] "World Football Elo Rankings (men) – AFC Region".Archivedfrom the original on 16 November 2019.Retrieved14 May2024.

[32] "AFC Club Competitions Ranking".Asian Football Confederation.Archivedfrom the original on 20 December 2020.Retrieved14 February2020.

[33] "World Ranking: Asia-AFC".Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived fromthe originalon 7 March 2021.Retrieved14 February2020.

[34] "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking"(PDF).FIFA. 6 May 2024.Retrieved6 May2024.

[35] "The FIFA Women's Futsal World Ranking"(PDF).FIFA. 6 May 2024.Retrieved6 May2024.

[India-37] "Latest update on the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022".Asian Football Confederation. 23 January 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 23 January 2022.Retrieved14 December2022.

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Founded at	Manila,Philippines^[1]
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
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Membership	47 member associations
Official language	Arabic English^[2]
President	Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
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