This is a list of records and statistics of the FIFA Arab Cup.

Debut of national teams

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
	Teams	No.	Cum.
1963	Jordan,  Kuwait,  Lebanon,  Syria,  Tunisia	5	5
1964	Iraq,  Libya	2	7
1966	Bahrain,  Lebanon,  North Yemen,  Oman,  Palestine	5	12
1985	Mauritania,  Qatar,  Saudi Arabia	3	15
1988	Algeria	1	16
1992	Egypt	1	17
1998	Morocco	1	18
2002	None	0	18
2012	None	0	18
2021	United Arab Emirates	1	19

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.^[1]

As of 2021 FIFA Arab Cup

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	6	28	16	10	2	47	20	+27	58
2	Syria	7	28	11	7	10	38	32	+6	40
3	Jordan	9	38	11	7	20	40	75	–35	40
4	Kuwait	8	30	10	6	14	48	50	–2	36
5	Lebanon	8	30	9	7	14	38	42	–4	34
6	Egypt	5	21	8	9	4	27	15	+12	33
7	Morocco	4	16	9	4	2	29	12	+17	31
8	Saudi Arabia	7	29	13	8	8	44	26	+18	28
9	Tunisia	3	14	8	3	3	23	11	+12	27
10	Qatar	3	14	8	3	3	22	10	+12	27
11	Libya	4	16	7	6	3	39	16	+23	27
12	Algeria	3	12	5	5	2	16	10	+6	20
13	Bahrain	6	24	3	10	11	21	44	–23	19
14	Sudan	5	12	3	3	6	11	22	–11	12
15	Palestine	6	14	1	7	6	20	28	–8	10
16	United Arab Emirates	2	8	3	0	5	9	15	–6	9
17	Oman	2	7	1	1	5	7	29	–22	4
18	Yemen[lower-alpha 1]	3	10	1	1	8	9	44	–35	4
19	Mauritania	2	5	1	0	4	3	11	–8	3

Notes

Medal table

• Jordan and Morocco shared bronze in 2002.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iraq	4	0	1	5
2	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	4
3	Tunisia	1	1	0	2
4	Egypt	1	0	1	2
	Morocco	1	0	1	2
6	Algeria	1	0	0	1
7	Syria	0	3	0	3
8	Libya	0	2	1	3
9	Bahrain	0	2	0	2
10	Qatar	0	1	1	2
11	Kuwait	0	0	3	3
12	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		10	10	11	31

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

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

Team	1963 (5)	1964 (5)	1966 (10)	1985 (6)	1988 (10)	1992 (6)	1998 (12)	2002 (10)	2012 (11)	2021 (16)	Total
Algeria	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	×	×	1st	3
Bahrain	×	×	GS	2nd	GS	×	×	2nd	GS	GS	6
Egypt	×	×	×	×	3rd	1st	GS	×	GS	4th	5
Iraq	×	1st	1st	1st	1st	×	×	×	3rd	GS	6
Jordan	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	SF	×	QF	9
Kuwait	4th	3rd	GS	×	GS	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	•	8
Lebanon	3rd	4th	4th	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
Libya	×	2nd	3rd	×	×	×	GS	×	2nd	•	4
Mauritania	×	×	×	GS	•	×	×	×	×	GS	2
Morocco	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	SF	1st	QF	4
Oman	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	2
Palestine	×	×	GS	×	×	GS	•	GS	GS	GS	5
Qatar	×	×	×	4th	×	×	2nd	×	×	3rd	3
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	3rd	GS	2nd	1st	1st	4th	GS	7
Sudan	×	×	×	•	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	4
Syria	2nd	×	2nd	×	2nd	4th	GS	GS	×	GS	7
Tunisia	1st	×	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	2nd	3
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	×	×	×	4th	×	×	QF	2
Yemen	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	•	3
Team	1963 (5)	1964 (5)	1966 (10)	1985 (6)	1988 (10)	1992 (6)	1998 (12)	2002 (10)	2012 (11)	2021 (16)	Total

Results by confederation

General statistics by tournament

Year	Hosts	Champions	Winning coach	Top scorer(s)	Best player(s)	Best goalkeeper
1963	Lebanon	Tunisia	André Gérard	Levon Altounian (5)
1964	Kuwait	Iraq	Adil Basher	Ahmed Ben Soueid (4)
1966	Iraq	Iraq	Adil Basher	Ali Al-Biski (16)	Shidrak Yousif
1985	Saudi Arabia	Iraq	Anwar Jassam	Anad Abid (5)	Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad	Mohammed Saleh
1988	Jordan	Iraq	Ammo Baba	Ahmed Radhi (4)	Tawfiq Al-Saheb
1992	Syria	Egypt	Mahmoud El-Gohary	Ayman Mansour (2) Saeed Al-Owairan (2) Waleed Al-Felaij (2)
1998	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	Otto Pfister	Obeid Al-Dosari (8)	Bader Haji Mubarak Mustafa	Mohamed Al-Deayea
2002	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	Gerard van der Lem	Ahmed Hassan (4) Mohammad Rafe (4)	Mohammed Noor	Mabrouk Zaid
2012	Saudi Arabia	Morocco	Eric Gerets	Yassine Salhi (6)	Yassine Salhi
2021	Qatar	Algeria	Madjid Bougherra	Seifeddine Jaziri (4)	Yacine Brahimi	Raïs M'Bolhi

Most tournaments hosted

All tournaments were played in Asia.

No. of times hosted	Nation	Year(s)
2	Kuwait	1964, 2002
	Saudi Arabia	1985, 2012
	Qatar	1998, 2021
1	Lebanon	1963
	Iraq	1966
	Jordan	1988
	Syria	1992

References