! rowspan="2" style="width:5%;|Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:12%;|Hosts |width="1%" rowspan=21 style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top-style:hidden; border-bottom-style:hidden;"| ! colspan=3|Final |width="1%" rowspan=21 style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top-style:hidden; border-bottom-style:hidden;"| ! colspan=3|Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists |width="1%" rowspan=21 style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top-style:hidden; border-bottom-style:hidden;"| ! rowspan=2|Number of teams |- ! style="width:15%; |Champions ! style="width:10%; |Score and Venue ! style="width:15%; |Runners-up ! style="width:15%; |Third place ! style="width:10%; |Score and Venue ! style="width:15%; |Fourth place |- |1 |1956 |align=left| ||round-robin | | |round-robin | |4 |- |2 |1960 |align=left| ||round-robin | | |round-robin | |4 |- |3 |1964 |align=left| ||round-robin | | |round-robin | |4 |- |4 |1968 |align=left| ||round-robin | | |round-robin | |5 |- |5 |1972 |align=left| ||2–1 National Stadium, Bangkok | | |2–2 National Stadium, Bangkok | |6 |- |6 |1976 |align=left| ||1–0Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran | | |1–0Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran | |6 |- |7 |1980 |align=left| ||3–0Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City | | |3–0Sabah Al Salem Stadium, Kuwait City | |10 |- |8 |1984 |align=left| ||2–0National Stadium, Singapore | | |1–1 National Stadium, Singapore | |10 |- |9 |1988 |align=left| ||0–0 Al-Ahli Stadium, Doha | | |0–0 Al-Ahli Stadium, Doha | |10 |- |10 |1992 |align=left| ||1–0Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima | | |1–1 Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima | |8 |- |11 |1996 |align=left| ||0–0 Shiekh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | | |1–1 Shiekh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | |12 |- |12 |2000 |align=left| ||1–0Sports City Stadium, Beirut | | |1–0Sports City Stadium, Beirut | |12 |- |13 |2004 |align=left| ||3–1Workers' Stadium, Beijing | | |4–2Workers' Stadium, Beijing | |16 |- |14 |2007 |align=left| ||1–0Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta | | |0–0 Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang | |16 |- |15 |2011 |align=left| ||1–0 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha | | |3–2Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha | |16 |- |16 |2015 |align=left| ||2–1 Stadium Australia, Sydney | | |3–2Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle | |16 |- |17 |2019 | align="left" | ||3–1Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi | | colspan="3"| and |24 |- |18 |2023 | align="left" | | | | | colspan="3" | |24 |- |19 |2027 | align="left" | | | | | colspan="3" | |24 |} SummaryNotes:Bold text denotes team was host country. Timeline Records and statistics Awards There are currently five post-tournament awards the Most Valuable Player for best player; the Top Goalscorer for most prolific goal scorer; the Best Goalkeeper for most outstanding goalkeeper; the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament; the Fair Play Award''' for the team