Qatar at the AFC Asian Cup

Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded in 1956, Qatar has participated in 10 Asian Cups between 1980 and 2019. However, prior to the 2019 edition, Qatar only reached the quarter-finals twice: in 2000 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 2019, Qatar last won a game outside Qatar in the Asian Cup in 1984, 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. Defeating Japan in the final to win the 2019 Asian Cup has become Qatar's greatest achievement to date, compared to several Gulf rivals like the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq. Qatar has hosted the tournament twice, in 1988 and 2011. The 2011 edition was seen as a step for Qatar in perpetration for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the country, while ironically, Qatar was the only nation to submit their bid for it.[1][2]

Record
AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
1956 to 1972Did not enter Did not enter
1976Did not qualify 621358
1980Group stage411238 4310102
1984Group stage412133 4301111
1988Group stage420276 Qualified as hosts
1992Group stage302134 220082
1996Did not qualify 420254
2000Quarter-finals403135 4310113
2004Group stage301224 6321107
2007Group stage302134 6501144
2011Quarter-finals420275 Qualified as hosts
2015Group stage300327 6411132
2019Champions7700191 8701294
2023To be determined 5410111
TotalBest: Champions391311155247 553871012736

1980 edition
Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Kuwait (H) 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 5
3  Malaysia 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4
4  Qatar 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 3
5  United Arab Emirates 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Qatar 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Muftah  50', 60' Al-Hajri  58'
Qatar 0–2 South Korea
Lee Jung-il  7'
Choi Soon-ho  21'
Referee: Vichai Charupunt (Thailand)
Malaysia 1–1 Qatar
Tukamin
Kuwait 4–0 Qatar
Al-Dakhil  32', 57'
Yaqoub  50' (pen.)
Al-Anberi  66'
Attendance: 20,000

1984 edition
Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup

Group A
Pos Team 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
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
Source:
Qatar 1 – 1 Syria
Khalfan  7' Anber  47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,000
Kuwait 1 – 0 Qatar
Al-Rumaihi  52' (o.g.)
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)
Qatar 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia
Zaid  47' Abduljawad  65'
Attendance: 15,000
South Korea 0 – 1 Qatar
Salman  69'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)

1988 edition
Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup

Group A
Pos Team 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
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
Source:
(H) Host.
Iran 2–0 Qatar
Bavi  6'
Pious  89'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Qatar 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Muftah  17'
Musabah  26' (o.g.)		 Report H. Mohamed  35'
Qatar 2–3 South Korea
Salman  47' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Report Chung Hae-Won  10', 72'
Kim Joo-Sung  34'
Japan 0–3 Qatar
Report Khamis  58', 82'
Muftah  90'

1992 edition
Main article: 1992 AFC Asian Cup

Group B
Pos Team 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 PR 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4
3  Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Thailand 3 0 2 1 1 5 −4 2
Source: WorldFootball.net
Thailand 1–1 Qatar
Thanis  42' Report Soufi  81'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Qatar
Al-Muwallid  86' Report Mustafa  74'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Qatar 1–2 China PR
Al-Sulaiti  20' Report Peng Weiguo  44', 58'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)

2000 edition
Main article: 2000 AFC Asian Cup

Group C


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Qatar 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source: AFC
Qatar 1–1 Uzbekistan
Gholam  61' Report Qosimov  73'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Japan 1–1 Qatar
Nishizawa  61' Report Al-Obaidly  22'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

Quarter-finals
China PR 3–1 Qatar
Li Ming  9'
Qi Hong  38'
Yang Chen  54'		 Report Al-Enazi  65'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

2004 edition
Main article: 2004 AFC Asian Cup

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bahrain 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:
(H) Host.
Qatar 1–2 Indonesia
M. Mohamed  83' Report Sudarsono  26'
Astaman  48'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Bahrain 1–1 Qatar
M. Hubail  90+1' Report Rizik  59' (pen.)
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
China PR 1–0 Qatar
Xu Yunlong  77' Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

2007 edition
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Group B
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team 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
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Japan 1–1 Qatar
Takahara  61' Report Soria  88'
Attendance: 5,000
Qatar 1–1 Vietnam
Soria  79' Report Phan Thanh Bình  32'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Qatar 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Soria  42' (pen.) Report Al-Kass  60'
Khalil  90+4'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

2011 edition
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup

Group A
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Pos Team 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
3  China PR 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: Asian Cup 2011
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
7 January 2011
Qatar 0–2 Uzbekistan
12 January 2011
China PR 0–2 Qatar
16 January 2011
Qatar 3–0 Kuwait

Quarter-finals
Japan 3–2 Qatar
Kagawa  29', 71'
Inoha  89'		 Report Soria  13'
Fábio César  63'
Attendance: 19,479

2015 edition
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Group C
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Qatar 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
11 January 2015
United Arab Emirates 4–1 QatarCanberra Stadium, Canberra
15 January 2015
Qatar 0–1 IranStadium Australia, Sydney
19 January 2015
Qatar 1–2 BahrainStadium Australia, Sydney

2019 edition
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group E
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: AFC
Qatar 2–0 Lebanon
 Report
Attendance: 7,847
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
North Korea 0–6 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 452
Saudi Arabia 0–2 Qatar
Report
  • Ali  45+1', 80'
Attendance: 16,067

Round of 16
Qatar 1–0 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 14,701

Quarter-finals
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 25,053
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Semi-finals
Qatar 4–0 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Attendance: 38,646

Final
Japan 1–3 Qatar
 Report
Attendance: 36,776[3]

References
  1. "Qatar only nation to submit formal bid for 2011 Asian Cup". June 25, 2007 – via www.reuters.com.
  2. "Five things we've learned from Qatar's Asian Cup". edition.cnn.com.
  3. "AFC Asian Cup, match report: Japan 1–3 Qatar". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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