National Teams with the Most Finals Played in the Asian Cup
Full list of national soccer teams that played finals in the Asian Cup, ordered from those who played the most to those who played at least one final.
* 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 played in the most finals?
Saudi Arabia is the national team with the most finals played in the history of the Asian Cup with 6 appearances in definitions with final game format. That means that it has been present in the 42.9% of a total of 14 finals.
Of its 6 finals played, Saudi Arabia won 3 and lost 3.
Most Finals Played
6 finals
Saudi Arabia
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. Of them, 8 national teams did it 2 or more times and only 2 did it in 5 opportunities or more. Here you can see the full list of these national teams ordered by finals played.
National Teams with the Most Finals Played - Full List
| National Team | Finals Played | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Won | Finals Lost | % of Finals Won | ||
| 1. | | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2007 | 42.9% | 3 | 3 | 50.0% |
| 2. |  | Japan | 5 | 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2019 | 35.7% | 4 | 1 | 80.0% |
| 3. |  | South Korea | 4 | 1972, 1980, 1988, 2015 | 28.6% | - | 4 | 0.0% |
| 4. |  | Iran | 2 | 1972, 1976 | 14.3% | 2 | - | 100.0% |
 | Qatar | 2 | 2019, 2023 | 14.3% | 2 | - | 100.0% | |
 | Australia | 2 | 2011, 2015 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | Kuwait | 2 | 1976, 1980 | 14.3% | 1 | 1 | 50.0% | |
 | China | 2 | 1984, 2004 | 14.3% | - | 2 | 0.0% | |
| National Team | Finals Played | Years | % of Total Finals | Finals Won | Finals Lost | % of Finals Won | ||
| 9. |  | Iraq | 1 | 2007 | 7.1% | 1 | - | 100.0% |
 | Jordan | 1 | 2023 | 7.1% | - | 1 | 0.0% | |
 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1996 | 7.1% | - | 1 | 0.0% | |