List of national teams with no AFC Asian Cup appearances

The list of national football teams with no appearances in the AFC Asian Cups includes any men's national football team who have participated in the qualifying rounds for the AFC Asian Cup, but have never qualified for the main tournament.

The teams who have not qualified are listed alphabetically.

Countries who have not qualified for the AFC Asian Cup

Legend

•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the AFC Asian Cup / Banned

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

Team	1956 (4)	1960 (4)	1964 (4)	1968 (5)	1972 (6)	1976 (6)	1980 (8)	1984 (8)	1988 (8)	1992 (8)	1996 (12)	2000 (12)	2004 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (24)	Attempts
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	7
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	4
Brunei	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	7
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	×	5
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	4
Macau	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	8
Maldives	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	6
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	5
Nepal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	8
Pakistan	×	•	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
Sri Lanka	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	10
Tajikistan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	•	×	•	•	•	6
Timor-Leste	Not an AFC member					Part of Indonesia						×	•	×	×	×	•	2

Notes

• Chinese Taipei played as the Republic of China in the 1964 and 1976 Asian Cup.
• Timor-Leste are banned from qualifying for the 2023 Asian Cup for using 12 ineligible players between 2011-2017 and providing false documents.

See also

• List of national teams with no UEFA European Championship appearances
• List of national teams with no FIFA World Cup appearances

References

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