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The team that wins the penalty shoot-out are then declared champions. The fourteen finals to-date have produced five matches go into extra-time, and two of those further being determined by a penalty shoot-out. The winners are awarded the Asian Cup trophy. [1] Japan is the most successful team at the tournament, winning it four times.
Since 2019, the Asian Cup final tournament has been contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Each team plays three games in a group of four, with the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the knockout stage along with four best third-placed teams.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka made it to the final while India only won one match against Bangladesh and surprisingly did not qualify for the final for the first time. In the final, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cup for the first time. Yousuf Youhana was the player of the Tournament. The 8th edition took place in Sri Lanka in 2004.
First four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group. Since 1972, the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage.Since 2019, no third place play-off has been played; from 2023, losing semi-finalists are ranked by the AFC based on goal difference in the semi-finals.
This is an overall list of statistics and records of the Asia Cup, which was a One Day International tournament until 2016, since when it has alternated with Twenty20 International tournament. One Day Internationals
Asia portal; Pages in category "Asian Cup Winners Cup winning clubs" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The competition was founded at the beginning of 1990 by the Asian Football Confederation, following the example of UEFA in Europe, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.For the first edition, seventeen teams took part registered and it was the Iranian club of Persepolis who were the first winners, after defeating the Bahraini Al-Muharraq in the final.
[42] [43] In the battle for third place, it was between two newcomers to the competition, with Kyrgyzstan getting their first win in an Asian competition with a hat-trick from Vitalij Lux, securing a 3–1 win for the central Asian team despite a late consolation goal from Stephan Schröck, which was the first Philippine goal in the tournament ...