National Teams with the Most Finals Lost in the Asian Cup
Full list of national soccer teams that played finals in the Asian Cup, ordered from those who lost the most to those who didn't lost any finals.
* Note: on 4 occasions the champion was not defined with a final match. Those years are not included in the statistics shown on this page.
Which national team has lost the most finals?
South Korea is the national team with the most finals lost in the history of the Asian Cup, having been the losser 4 times in definitions with final game format. That means that it has been the team that lost in the 28.6% of a total of 14 finals.
Most Finals Lost
4 finals
South Korea
A total of 11 national teams at least once played the final of of the Asian Cup in one of the 14 editions that were decided with this format. Most of them (8), lost at least once and 3 of them lost 2 finals or more in this type of definition. Here you can see the full list of these national teams ordered by finals lost.
National Teams with the Most Finals Lost - Full List
| National Team | Finals Lost | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Played | Finals Won | % of Finals Won | ||
| 1. | | South Korea | 4 | 1972, 1980, 1988, 2015 | 28.6% | 4 | - | 0.0% |
| 2. |  | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1992, 2000, 2007 | 21.4% | 6 | 3 | 50.0% |
| 3. |  | China | 2 | 1984, 2004 | 14.3% | 2 | - | 0.0% |
| 4. |  | Jordan | 1 | 2023 | 7.1% | 1 | - | 0.0% |
 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1996 | 7.1% | 1 | - | 0.0% | |
 | Australia | 1 | 2011 | 7.1% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Kuwait | 1 | 1976 | 7.1% | 2 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Japan | 1 | 2019 | 7.1% | 5 | 4 | 80.0% | |
