In the "Results" section, home results are written before away results. Where the Republic of Ireland only played a team once, (h), (a) and (n) indicates home, away and neutral.
| Tournament |
Section |
Placing |
Results |
Notes |
Uruguay 1930 to
Switzerland 1954 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
| Asian Cup 1956, Hong Kong |
Qualified as hosts |
- |
- |
Hong Kong came 3rd in the tournament |
| Sweden 1958 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
| Asian Cup 1960, South Korea |
3 teams, one qualifies |
2nd, 2pts/4 |
Philippines 7-0 (a)
Republic of China 4-7 (n) |
- |
| Chile 1962 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
| Asian Cup 1964, Israel |
Qualified automatically |
- |
- |
Came last out of the 4 teams in the final tournament. |
| England 1966 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
| Asian Cup 1968, Iran |
5 teams, 1 qualifies |
1st, 8pts/8 |
South Vietnam 2-0 (h)
Malaysia 3-1 (h)
Singapore 2-0 (h)
Thailand 2-0 (h) |
Came last out of the 5 teams in the final tournament. |
| Mexico 1970 |
Did not enter |
- |
- |
- |
| Asian Cup 1972, Thailand |
2 groups of 3 teams, 4 qualifies,
than Knockout |
3rd, 0pts/4 |
Indonesia 1-2 (?)
Khmer Republic 1-2 (h)
Malaysia 1-2 (h) |
Lost in the first group stage of qualifying. |
| West Germany 1974 |
AFC/OFC Zone A Group
stage,then knock-out |
1st 4/4, knocked out in 1⁄2 finals |
Japan 1-0 (n)
South Vietnam 1-0 (n)
Korea Republic 1-3 (a) |
Lost in Semi Finals of qualifying. |
| Asian Cup 1976, Iran |
Group stage then knock-out |
2nd, 2/4pts; knocked out in 1⁄2 finals |
Brunei 3-0 (h)
China PR 0-1 (h)
Korea DPR 3-3 (10-11 pens) (h)) |
Lost in Semi Finals of qualifying, but came 3rd in 'mini-tournament'. |
| Argentina 1978 |
AFC/OFC Groups stages |
1st 6/8, then 0/16pts |
Indonesia 4-1 (n)
Singapore 2-2 (a)
Thailand 2-1 (a)
Malaysia 1-1 (a)
Iran 0-2, 0-3
Korea Republic 0-1, 2-5
Kuwait 1-3, 0-4
Australia 2-5, 0-3 |
Lost in last round robin of qualifying. |
| Asian Cup 1980, Kuwait |
Groups (2 groups of 3 and 1 group of 7) |
2nd 4/6 pts then knockout |
Korea DPR 0-3* (n)
Thailand 0-1 (h)
Singapore 3-1 (n)
Sri Lanka 5-0 (n)
Malaysia 0-0 (4-5 pen) (n) |
Lost in semi finals of qualifying. |
| Spain 1982 |
AFC/OFC Groups stages |
2nd 2/6 pts then knockout |
China PR 0-1* (h)
Singapore 1-1 (h)
Korea DPR 2-2 (h)
China PR 0-0 (4-5 pen) (h) |
Lost in semi finals of group. |
| Asian Cup 1984, Singapore |
Groups (3 groups of 5, 1 group of 6) |
4th 2/8 pts |
China PR 0-2 (a)
Qatar 0-1 (n)
Jordan 1-1 (n)
Afghanistan 0-0 (n) |
Did not qualify. |
| Mexico 1986 |
Group stages then knockout |
1st, 11/12 pts then knockout |
China PR 0-0, 2-1
Brunei 8-0, 5-1
Macau 2-0, 2-0
Japan 1-2, 0-3 |
Lost in semi finals of group to Japan. |
| Asian Cup 1988, Qatar |
Groups (1 group of 6, 2 groups of 5, 1 group of 4) |
4th 1/8 pts |
Korea DPR 0-1 (n)
Syria 0-2 (n)
Iran 0-2 (n)
Nepal 0-0 (a) |
Did not qualify. |
| Italy 1990 |
Group stages then final round |
4th, 3/12pts |
Korea DPR 1-2 , 1-4
Indonesia 1-1, 2-3
Japan 0-0 (n), 0-0 (n) |
Did not make it through first group stage of qualifying. |
| Asian Cup 1992, Japan |
Groups (2 groups of 4, 4 groups of 3) |
3rd, 3/6 pts |
Macau 2-2 (n)
Korea DPR 0-0 (a)
Chinese Taipei 0-0 (n) |
Did not qualify. |
| USA 1994 |
Groups (4 group of 5, 2 groups of 4) then final round |
4th, 5/16 pts |
Bahrain 2-1 (n), 0-3 (n)
Lebanon 2-2 (a), 1-2 (n)
Korea Republic 0-3 (n), 1-4 (a)
India 2-1 (n), 1-3 (a) |
Did not qualify for final round. |
| Asian Cup 1996, UAE |
Groups (4 groups of 4, 5 groups of 3, 1 group of 2) |
2nd, 6/9 pts |
China PR 0-2 (h)
Macau 4-1 (h)
Philippines 8-0 (h) |
Needed to beat China to qualify. |
| France 1998 |
Groups (6 group of 4, 4 groups of 3) then final round |
4th, 3/12 pts |
Korea Republic 0-2, 0-4
Thailand 3-2, 0-2 |
Did not qualify for final round. |
| Asian Cup 2000, Lebanon |
Groups (6 groups of 4, 3 groups of 5, 1 group of 3) |
2nd, 7/12 pts |
Indonesia 1-1, 1-3
Cambodia 4-1, 1-0 |
Needed to beat Indonesia to qualify. |
| Japan/South Korea 2002 |
Groups (9 group of 4, 1 groups of 3) then final round |
4th, 4/18 pts |
Qatar 0-2 (h), 0-3 (a)
Palestine 1-1 (h), 0-1 (n)
Malaysia 0-2 (h), 2-1 (n) |
Did not qualify for final round. |
| Asian Cup 2004, China |
Preliminary (6 groups of 3, 1 group of 2)
then final stage (7 groups of 4) |
1st, 4/6 pts then 4th, 4/18 pts |
Laos 5-1 (h)
Bangladesh 2-2 (h)
Uzbekistan 1-4 (a), 0-1 (n)
Thailand 2-1 (n), 0-4 (a)
Tajikistan 0-0 (n), 0-1 (n) |
Won their group in the Preliminary stage. Lost subsequent group stage. |
| Germany 2006 |
Preliminary rd, then 2nd round (8 grps of 4)
then final rd (4 grps of 4 then playoff) |
3rd, 6/18 pts |
China PR 0-1, 0-7
Kuwait 0-2, 0-4
Malaysia 2-0, 3-1 |
Did not qualify for final round. |
| Asian Cup 2007, 4 Nations |
Groups (6 groups of 4) |
3rd, 8/18 pts |
Qatar 0-3, 0-2
Uzbekistan 0-0, 2-2
Bangladesh 2-0, 1-0 |
Did not qualify. |
List the finals that that particular player lost without the table, and indicated the player that that person lost to, and the year and tournament.
Listing Wins and runners-ups.