Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded, so far, Bahrain has qualified for at least six Asian Cups, starting from 1988 and since 2004 to 2019. Bahrain, in spite of lesser population, has achieved a lot of impressive results, notably beating South Korea and Qatar 2–1 in 2007 and 2015, or a thrilling match with Japan in 2004 which Bahrain lost. However, in all six appearances, Bahrain's best result is just fourth place, in 2004. Since then, Bahrain has only made the knockout stage on one other occasion, in 2019.

Asian Cup performance

Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D * L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956Did not enter
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972Did not qualify
Iran 1976Withdrew
Kuwait 1980Withdrew after qualifying
Singapore 1984Withdrew
Qatar 1988Group Stage402213
Japan 1992Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 1996Withdrew
Lebanon 2000Did not qualify
China 2004Fourth place61321314
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007Group Stage310237
Qatar 2011Group Stage310265
Australia 2015Group Stage310235
United Arab Emirates 2019Round of 16411234
Qatar 2023Qualified
Total 6/17 23 5 6 12 29 38

Squads

[1]

1988 Asian Cup in Qatar

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 5
3  Syria 4 2 0 2 2 5 −3 4
4  Kuwait 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
5  Bahrain 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Source: RSSSF
Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain 0–1 China
Report Zhang Xiaowen 78'
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Bahrain
Jazea'a 78' Report F. Mohamed 44' (pen.)
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain 0–1 Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)

2004 Asian Cup in China

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bahrain 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
3  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
China 2–2 Bahrain
Zheng Zhi 58' (pen.)
Li Jinyu 66'		 Report M. Hubail 41'
Ali 89'
Attendance: 40,000
Bahrain 1–1 Qatar
M. Hubail 90+1' Report Rizik 59' (pen.)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Bahrain 3–1 Indonesia
Ali 43'
A. Hubail 57'
Yousef 82'		 Report Aiboy 75'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bahrain 3–4 (a.e.t.) Japan
A. Hubail 7', 71'
Naser 85'		 Report Nakata 48'
Tamada 55', 93'
Nakazawa 90'
Attendance: 32,000

Third place play-off

Iran 4–2 Bahrain
Nekounam 9'
Karimi 52'
Daei 80' (pen.), 90'		 Report Yousef 48'
Farhan 57'
Attendance: 10,000

2007 Asian Cup in Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Indonesia (H) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Indonesia 2–1 Bahrain
Sudarsono 14'
Bambang 64'		 Report Mahmood 27'
Attendance: 60,000

2011 Asian Cup in Qatar

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  India 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
10 January 2011
South Korea 2–1 Bahrain
14 January 2011
Bahrain 5–2 India
18 January 2011
Australia 1–0 Bahrain

2015 Asian Cup in Australia

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Qatar 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
11 January 2015
Iran 2–0 BahrainAAMI Park, Melbourne
15 January 2015
Bahrain 1–2 United Arab EmiratesCanberra Stadium, Canberra
19 January 2015
Qatar 1–2 BahrainStadium Australia, Sydney

2019 Asian Cup in the UAE

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Thailand 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Bahrain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  India 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Bahrain
 Report
Attendance: 33,878

[2]

Bahrain 0–1 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 2,720
India 0–1 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 11,417
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

[3]

Round of 16

South Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bahrain
 Report
Attendance: 7,658
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

References

  1. ↑ "Bahrain Squad for 2019 Asian cup (23 Final Player List]". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. ↑ "UAE to face Bahrain in 2019 Asian Cup opener". gulftoday.ae. Gulf today. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup 2019: Rating India's chances against UAE, Bahrain and Thailand in Group A". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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