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]

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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		5th	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	Group stage	14th	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	1st	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 v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
3	Qatar	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Thailand	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2

Qatar at the AFC Asian Cup

1980 edition

Group B

1984 edition

Group A

1988 edition

Group A

1992 edition

Group B

2000 edition

Group C

Quarter-finals

2004 edition

Group A

2007 edition

Group B

2011 edition

Group A

Quarter-finals

2015 edition

Group C

2019 edition

Group E

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2023 edition

Group A

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

References

Head-to-head record

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Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
3	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Qatar	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to knockout stage
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


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 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	Advance to knockout stage
3	China	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Qatar	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan
Al-Haydos 27'	Report	Hamrobekov 59'
Penalties
Afif Ali Mukhtar Al-Brake Ró-Ró	3–2	Shukurov Ashurmatov Umarov Abdurakhmatov Masharipov

v t e Countries at the AFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s). ² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974. ³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.

v t e Qatar national football team
General	Qatar Football Association History Head Coaches
Venues	Khalifa International Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Statistics	National team records World Cup record Asian Cup record Gulf Cup record Asian Games record WAFF Championship record Copa América record CONCACAF Gold Cup record
Players	Squad Individual record Born outside Qatar
FIFA World Cup record	2022 2026
AFC Asian Cup record	1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Goals	Almoez Ali
Rivals	United Arab Emirates
Other QFA teams	U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's Futsal Beach soccer

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