FACTBOX-Asian Cup champions 1956-2011
ByReuters
Published 29/01/2015 at 08:10 GMT
Previous champions of the Asian Cup ahead of the 2015 final tournament between Australia and South Korea:
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(The first four tournaments, between 1956 and 1968, were played as a round-robin competition.)
1956 - Played in Hong Kong. Champions: South Korea. Runners-up: Israel.
1960 - Played in South Korea. Champions: South Korea. Runners-up: Israel
1964 - Played in Israel: Champions: Israel. Runners-up: India
1968 - Played in Iran: Champions: Iran. Runners-up: Burma
(Finals were played from 1972 onwards).
1972 - Played in Thailand: Iran beat South Korea 2-1 aet
1976 - Played in Iran: Iran beat Kuwait 1-0
1980 - Played in Kuwait: Kuwait beat South Korea 3-0
1984 - Played in Singapore: Saudi Arabia beat China 2-0
1988 - Played in Qatar: Saudi Arabia beat South Korea 4-3 on pens (0-0 aet)
1992 - Played in Japan: Japan beat Saudi Arabia 1-0
1996 - Played in United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia beat UAE 4-2 on pens (0-0 aet)
2000 - Played in Lebanon: Japan beat Saudi Arabia 1-0
2004 - Played in China: Japan beat China 3-1
2007 - Played in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam: Iraq beat Saudi Arabia 1-0
2011 - Played in Qatar: Japan beat Australia 1-0 aet (Compiled by Julian Linden; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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