The 2015 AFC Asian Cup saw the competition go down under for the first time as Australia stepped up to host the tournament, with Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney all providing venues and Stadium Australia the venue for the final.

2015 Asian Cup

Winner: Australia

Runners-up: South Korea

Third place: UAE

Fourth place: Iraq

Host: Australia

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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup saw the tournament head back to the desert as Qatar hosted the tournament for the second time.

2011 Asian Cup

Winner: Japan

Runners-up: Australia

Third place: South Korea

Fourth place: Uzbekistan

Host: Qatar

It was a tournament that served as an indicator for how the country would cope with the 2022 World Cup,

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The AFC Asian Cup had taken place every year every four years since the first tournament in 1956. However, for the 14th edition of the tournament, the AFC made the decision to change the tradition as the tournament always clashed in the same year as the Summer Olympics and the European Championships, so the next tournament was scheduled for 2007, with the four-yearly cycle continuing from there.

2007 Asian Cup

Winner –

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The 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China PR was the biggest tournament yet, with an expanded finals tournament from 12 to 16 nations as the membership of the confederation grew to 45 members.

2004 AFC Asian Cup

Winner: China

Runners-up: Japan

Hosts: China PR

China PR and Japan, as holders, automatically qualified for the tournament, leaving 14 places available from the qualification tournament which,

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The new millennium saw over 40 countries enter the Asian Cup hoping to dethrone holders Saudi Arabia, with the tournament being held in Lebanon for the first time.

Asian Cup 2000

Winner: Japan

Runner-up: Saudi Arabia

Host: Lebanon

As with 1996, the finals tournament was a 12-team competition, divided into three groups, so with Lebanon and Saudi Arabia already confirmed as qualifiers,

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The last AFC Asian Cup of the 20th Century saw more teams that ever enter following the collapse of the Soviet Union and new nations joining the AFC and the tournament itself expanding to a 12-team competition, hosted for the first time in the United Arab Emirates.

1996 Asian Cup

Winner: Saudi Arabia

Runner-up: UAE

Hosts: United Arab Emirates

Defending champions Japan joined the UAE as automatic qualifiers,

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The 1992 AFC Asian Cup was a competition that saw some of the established names fall short and also signalled the emergence of a new force in Asian football.

1992 Asian Cup

Winner: Japan

Runner-up: Saudi Arabia

Hosts: South Korea

The finals tournament was reduced in size from 10 to eight teams for the one and only time,

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The 1988 AFC Asian Cup saw the continued dominance of the competition by West Asian nations, with seven of the 10 qualifying teams coming from West Asia, including the defending champions and the hosts, with the tournament coming to Qatar for the first time.

1988 Asian Cup

Winner: Saudi Arabia

Runner-up: South Korea

Hosts: Qatar

Saudi Arabia returned to defend their title after their success in Singapore in 1984,

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The 1984 AFC Asian Cup found a home in Singapore as they stepped up to host the competition for the first time, with all games taking place over a 15-day period at the National Stadium in Kallung.

1984 AFC Asian Cup

Winner: Saudi Arabia

Runner-up: China PR

Hosts: Singapore

Singapore qualified as hosts, also qualifying for their first tournament,

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The first Asian Cup of the 1980s saw the end of Iran’s dominance of the tournament as matters closer to home took their toll, with Kuwait repeating the benefits on home soil.

1980 Asian Cup

Winner: Kuwait

Runner-up: South Korea

Hosts: Kuwait

The tournament had increased in size to accommodate eight qualifiers alongside the hosts Kuwait and the reigning,

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The 1976 tournament was a tournament that was hit by withdrawals, political bickering and expulsions, but ended with 112,000 people in the Aryamehr Stadium in Iran (now called the Azadi Stadium) celebrating as Iran became Asian Champions for the third time in succession.

1976 AFC Asian Cup

Winner: Iran

Runner-up: Kuwait

Hosts: Iran

Before qualification even started,

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The 1972 tournament saw an increase in the number of final teams, with eight teams due to be involved in the final competition in Israel, who would be hosting the tournament for the second time and who had qualified automatically alongside 1968 winners Iran.

1972 AFC Asian Cup

Winner: Iran

Runner-up: South Korea

Hosts: Israel

Qualification began in 1971,

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The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the biggest tournament to date, with five teams competing in the finals for the title of Asian Champions in a round-robin format with no final, for what would the last time. It was the first time Iran had hosted the tournament.

1968 AFC Asian Cup

Winner: Iran

Runner-up: Israel

Hosts: Iran

The 1968 finals tournament was the first with 90-minute games,

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The 1964 tournament saw the AFC Asian Cup move to the western side of the continent for the first time as Israel took on the hosting rights for the tournament which had increased in size to a five-team round-robin tournament, with Israel qualifying as hosts and South Korea as holders of the tournament.

1964 Asian Cup
Winner: Israel
Runner-up: South Korea
Host: Israel

As with the previous tournaments,

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The 2nd edition of the AFC Asian Cup saw the inaugural champions South Korea confirmed as hosts, with the tournament again staying as a four-team round-robin competition with no final and the unusual arrangement of 80 minute games.

1960 Asian Cup
Winner: South Korea
Runner-up: China
Host: South Korea

The qualification tournament, as with 1956, was separated into Central, Eastern and Western Zones, but was this time set as a round-robin league table,

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The first edition of the AFC Asian Cup took place just two years after the creation of the Asian Football Confederation and saw Hong Kong awarded the hosting rights, with all games scheduled to take place at the Government Stadium.

1956 Asian Cup
Winner: South Korea
Runner-up: Israel
Host: Hong Kong

The first edition of the AFC Asian Cup took place just two years after the creation of the Asian Football Confederation and saw Hong Kong awarded the hosting rights,

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