FIFA Arab Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA Arab Cup.

Debut of national teams

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1963	Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia	5	5
1964	Iraq, Libya	2	7
1966	Bahrain, North Yemen, Oman, Palestine	4	11
1985	Mauritania, Qatar, Saudi Arabia	3	14
1988	Algeria	1	15
1992	Egypt	1	16
1998	Morocco, Sudan, United Arab Emirates	3	19
2002	None	0	19
2012	None	0	19
2021	None	0	19
2025	Comoros	1	20

Teams yet to qualify for finals

Three teams have participated in qualifying and are yet to qualify for the final tournament:

Djibouti
Somalia

Teams invited for Arab Cup

South Sudan - only qualifications in 2025

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2025 FIFA Arab Cup

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	7	32	18	10	4	51	24	+27	64
2	Saudi Arabia	8	34	16	8	10	51	31	+20	56
3	Jordan	10	42	14	7	21	49	78	–29	55
4	Morocco	5	22	14	5	3	40	15	+25	47
5	Syria	8	32	12	9	11	40	34	+6	45
6	Kuwait	9	33	10	7	16	51	57	–6	37
7	Egypt	6	24	8	11	5	29	20	+9	35
8	Lebanon	8	30	9	7	14	38	42	–4	34
9	Tunisia	4	17	9	4	4	28	14	+14	31
10	Algeria	4	16	7	7	2	24	12	+12	28
11	Qatar	4	17	8	4	5	23	15	+8	28
12	Libya	4	16	7	6	3	39	16	+23	27
13	Bahrain	7	27	4	10	13	26	52	–26	22
14	Palestine	7	18	2	9	7	24	32	–8	15
15	United Arab Emirates	3	13	4	2	7	15	23	–8	14
16	Sudan	6	15	3	4	8	12	27	–15	13
17	Oman	3	10	2	2	6	10	32	–22	8
18	Yemen	3	10	1	1	8	9	44	–35	4
19	Mauritania	2	5	1	0	4	3	11	–8	3
20	Comoros	1	3	0	0	3	3	8	–5	0

Notes

Includes participations as North Yemen between 1967 and 1990

Medal table

Jordan and Morocco shared bronze in 2002.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates shared bronze in 2025.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-final (no third place match)

GS – Group stage
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not participate
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team	1963 (5)	1964 (5)	1966 (10)	1985 (6)	1988 (10)	1992 (6)	1998 (12)	2002 (10)	2012 (11)	2021 (16)	2025 (16)	2029 (16)	Total
Algeria	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	1st	QF		4
Bahrain	×	×	GS	2nd	GS	×	×	2nd	GS	GS	GS		7
Comoros				×	×	×	×	×	×	•	GS		1
Egypt	×	×	×	×	3rd	1st	GS	×	GS	4th	GS		6
Iraq	×	1st	1st	1st	1st	×	×	×	3rd	GS	QF		7
Jordan	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	SF	×	QF	2nd		10
Kuwait	4th	3rd	GS	×	GS	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	•	GS		9
Lebanon	3rd	4th	4th	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	•		8
Libya	×	2nd	3rd	×	×	×	GS	×	2nd	•	•		4
Mauritania	×	×	×	GS	•	×	×	×	×	GS	•		2
Morocco	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	SF	1st	QF	1st		5
Oman	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	GS		3
Palestine	×	×	GS	×	×	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	QF		6
Qatar	×	×	×	4th	×	×	2nd	×	×	3rd	GS	Q	5
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	3rd	GS	2nd	1st	1st	4th	GS	3rd		8
Sudan	×	×	×	•	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		5
Syria	2nd	×	2nd	×	2nd	4th	GS	GS	×	GS	QF		8
Tunisia	1st	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	2nd	GS		4
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	×	×	×	4th	×	×	QF	3rd		3
Yemen	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	•	•		3

Results of host nations

Year	Host nation	Finish
1963	Lebanon	Third Place
1964	Kuwait	Third Place
1996	Iraq	Champions
1985	Saudi Arabia	Third Place
1988	Jordan	Fourth Place
1992	Syria	Fourth Place
1998	Qatar	Runners-up
2002	Kuwait	Group Stage
2012	Saudi Arabia	Fourth Place
2021	Qatar	Third Place
2025	Qatar	Group Stage

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1964	Tunisia	Did not participate
1966	Iraq	Champions
1985	Iraq	Champions
1988	Iraq	Champions
1992	Iraq	Banned due to Gulf war
1998	Egypt	Group stage
2002	Saudi Arabia	Champions
2012	Saudi Arabia	Fourth Place
2021	Morocco	Quarter final
2025	Algeria	Quarter final

Results by confederation

Total times teams qualified by confederation
Confederation	AFC	CAF	Total
Teams	76	31	107
Top 4	32	12	44
Top 2	14	8	22
1st	6	5	11
2nd	8	3	11
3rd	9	2	11
4th	8	1	9
Semi-finals	1	1	2

Champions by confederation
Confederation (continent)	Champion(s)	Titles
AFC (Asia)	Iraq (4), Saudi Arabia (2)	6
CAF (Africa)	Morocco (2), Algeria (1), Egypt (1), Tunisia (1)	5

General statistics by tournament

Year	Hosts	Champions	Winning coach	Top scorer(s) (goals)	Best player(s)	Best goalkeeper
1963	Lebanon	Tunisia	André Gérard	Levon Altounian (6)
1964	Kuwait	Iraq	Adil Basher	Ahmed Ben Soueid (4)
1966	Iraq	Iraq	Adil Basher	Ali Al-Biski (10)	Shidrak Yousif
1985	Saudi Arabia	Iraq	Anwar Jassam	Anad Abid (5)	Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad	Mohammed Saleh
1988	Jordan	Iraq	Ammo Baba	Ahmed Radhi (4)	Tawfiq Al-Saheb
1992	Syria	Egypt	Mahmoud El-Gohary	Ayman Mansour (2) Saeed Al-Owairan (2) Waleed Al-Felaij (2)
1998	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	Otto Pfister	Obeid Al-Dosari (8)	Bader Haji Mubarak Mustafa	Mohamed Al-Deayea
2002	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	Gerard van der Lem	Ahmed Hassan (4) Mohammad Rafe (4)	Mohammed Noor	Mabrouk Zaid
2012	Saudi Arabia	Morocco	Eric Gerets	Yassine Salhi (6)	Yassine Salhi
2021	Qatar	Algeria	Madjid Bougherra	Seifeddine Jaziri (4)	Yacine Brahimi	Raïs M'Bolhi
2025	Qatar	Morocco	Tarik Sektioui	Ali Olwan (6)	Mohamed Rabie Hrimat	Mehdi Benabid

Team tournament position

Most finishes in the top three: 5, Iraq & Saudi Arabia
Most finishes in the top four: 6, Saudi Arabia (1985, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2012, 2025)
Most Cup appearances: 10, Jordan (1963, 1964, 1966, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2021, 2025)

Consecutive

Most consecutive championships: 4, Iraq (1964–1988)
Most consecutive finishes in the top two: 4, Iraq (1964–1988)
Most consecutive finishes in the top four: 4, Iraq (1964–1988); Saudi Arabia (1992–2012)
Most consecutive finals tournaments: 8, Jordan (1963–2002); Saudi Arabia (1985–2025)
Most consecutive championships by a confederation: 4, AFC (1964–1988)

Gaps

Longest gap between successive titles: 13 years, Morocco (2012–2025)
Longest gap between successive appearances in the top two: 22 years, Syria (1966–1988)

Host team

Best finish by host team: Champion, Iraq (1966)

Defending champion

Best finish by defending champion: Champion, Iraq (1966, 1985, 1988)

Debuting teams

Best finish by a debuting team: Champion, Tunisia (1963), Iraq (1964)

Other

Most finishes in the top two without ever being champion: 3, Syria (1963, 1966, 1988)
Most finishes in the top four without ever being champion: 4, Syria (1963, 1966, 1988, 1992); Kuwait (1963, 1964, 1992, 1998)
Most appearances in Finals without ever being champion: 10, Jordan (1963, 1964, 1966, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2021, 2025)
Most finishes in the top four without ever finishing in the top two: 4, Kuwait (1963, 1964, 1992, 1998)
Most appearances in Finals without ever finishing in the top two: 9, Kuwait (1963, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2002, 2012, 2025)

Most tournaments hosted

All tournaments were played in Asia.

No. of times hosted	Nation	Year(s)
4	Qatar	1998, 2021, 2025, 2029
2	Kuwait	1964, 2002
2	Saudi Arabia	1985, 2012
1	Lebanon	1963
	Iraq	1966
	Jordan	1988
	Syria	1992

[2] Includes participations as North Yemen between 1967 and 1990