Chinese Taipei at the AFC Asian Cup

Chinese Taipei national football team or Taiwan has participated in two AFC Asian Cup since it was founded.

During their participation, the team was known as Republic of China due to that time, they were recognized as the only real China, since the People's Republic of China was not a member of FIFA or AFC until 1978. Being one of Asia's most powerful teams back to 1960s, they had won third place in 1960 edition, and it was their best performance in the history of their participancy. Since 1968, Chinese Taipei had not qualified to the AFC Asian Cup.

1960 Asian Cup

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Israel	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
Republic of China	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	2
South Vietnam	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

17 October 1960

Republic of China	2 – 0[1]	South Vietnam
	Report

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

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21 October 1960

15:00

South Korea	1 – 0[2]	Republic of China
Moon Jung-Sik  54'	Report

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

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23 October 1960

Israel	1 – 0	Republic of China
S. Levi  72'	Report

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 25,000[3]

Referee: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)

1968 Asian Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	8
Burma	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5
Israel	4	2	0	2	11	5	+6	4
Republic of China	4	0	2	2	3	10	−7	2
Hong Kong	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1

11 May 1968

Republic of China	1–1	Burma
Lim Lu-shoor  63'		Maung Hla Htay  13'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

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13 May 1968

Iran	4–0	Republic of China
Behzadi  31' Kalani  34' Eftekhari  51' Farzami  56'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Alex Joseph Vaz (India)

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15 May 1968

Hong Kong	1–1	Republic of China
Li Kwok Keung		Lo Kwok Tai

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

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17 May 1968

Israel	4–1	Republic of China
Romano  2', 60' Rosenthal  70' Spiegel  76'		Li Huan-wen  45+1'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Narayan Ghosh (India)

Record

AFC Asian Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Did Not Qualify
1960	Round robin	Third place	3	1	0	2	2	2
1964	Did Not Qualify
1968	Round robin	Fourth place	4	0	2	2	3	10
1972 to 2019	Did not Qualify
2023	To be determined
Total		2/17	7	1	2	4	5	12

References

1. "Chinese Taipei vs South Vietnam 2 - 0 | AFC Asian Cup | 1960 Korea Republic | Final Round". World Football. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
2. "South Korea - Chinese Taipei (Soccer, Asian Cup 1960)". sportstats.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
3. "Israel - Chinese Taipei (Soccer, Asian Cup 1960)". sportstats.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.