 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1980, United Arab Emirates yakatanga kukwanisa kuenda kuAFC Asian Cup iyo yakaitirwa muKuwait uye yakadhirowewa nevakundi vekupedzisira, Kuwait, runner-up South Korea, Malaysia neQatar muBoka B. Yakadhirowa 11 neKuwait uye yakarasikirwa nemimwe mitambo mitatu ndokupedza iri pachinzvimbo chechishanu muboka uye yechipfumbamwe kunze kwezvikwata gumi zvakazara. Rakakwanisawo kumakwikwi maviri akatevera, muna 1984muSingapore muna 1988 muQatar uye zvakare akabviswa muzvikwata zvose zviri zviviri. Kukunda kwayo kwekutanga kwemutambo kwakaitika kurwisa India musi wa 7 Zvita 1984, pasi pemaneja Heshmat Mohajerani. 