List of national teams with no AFC Asian Cup appearances

This is a list of national football teams with no appearances in the AFC Asian Cups, 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	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•		6
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•		4
Brunei	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	7
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•		5
Kazakhstan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	Part of UEFA					2
Kyrgyzstan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	•	×	•	•		5
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	×	•		3
Macau	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	7
Maldives	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•		5
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	5
Nepal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	8
Pakistan	×	•	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	13
Philippines	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•		9
Sri Lanka	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	10
Tajikistan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	•	×	×	•		4
Timor-Leste	Not an AFC member					Part of Indonesia						×	•	×	×	×		1
Yemen	Compete as North Yemen and South Yemen									×	•	•	•	•	•	•		6

See also

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