The AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 is being organized by AFC for the 18th time.

Qatar is the country that has hosted the most Asian Cup finals and is also the current champions of the competition.

Although the national teams of the Korea Republic and Islamic Republic of Iran participated in the tournament the most (15 times), Japan won the competition the most (4 times, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011).

The best goal scorer of the final stage of the Asian Cup was Ali Daei, the Iranian striker managed to score 14 goals in the tournament.

Ignatiy Nesterov is the player who participated the most in the final stage of the Asian Cup. He participated in this tournament 5 times as part of the national team of Uzbekistan (2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019).

The number of national teams participating in the 2019 Asian Cup hosted by the UAE has been increased from 16 to 24. A total of 51 matches were held during the competition. Also, in 2019, the design of the trophy, which was used from 1956 to 2015, was changed.

The national team of Uzbekistan, which has been regularly participating in the final stage of the Asian Cup since 1996, has played 28 matches and won 13 of them. The best result of our team in the tournament was the semi-final, which was hosted by Qatar in 2011.

The best scorer of our national team in the Asian Cup is Alexander Geinrikh (6 goals).