Hong Kong national football team all-time record

This page covers the record of the Hong Kong national football team in the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup. In the "Results" section, home results are written before away results. Where Hong Kong only played a team once, (h), (a) and (n) indicates home, away and neutral.

Major Tournaments

Tournament	Section	Placing	Results	Notes
1930 FIFA World Cup	Did not enter	–
1934 FIFA World Cup
1938 FIFA World Cup
1950 FIFA World Cup
1954 FIFA World Cup
1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Did not enter	–		Qualified as host
1956 AFC Asian Cup	One group of 4	3rd, 2/6 points	Israel 2–3 (h) South Korea 2–2 (h) South Vietnam 2–2 (h)
1958 FIFA World Cup	Did not enter	–
1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification	One group of 3	2nd, 2/4 points	Philippines 7–0 (a) Republic of China 4–7 (n)	Did not qualify
1962 FIFA World Cup qualification	Did not enter	–
1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification	One group of 4	1st, 5/6 points	Thailand 3–3 (n) South Vietnam 4–1 (a) Malaysia 4–3 (n)	Qualified
1964 AFC Asian Cup	One group of 4	4th, 0/6 points	Israel 0–1 (a) South Korea 0–1 (n) India 1–3 (n)
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification	Did not enter	–
1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification	One group of 5	1st, 8/8 points	South Vietnam 2–0 (h) Malaysia 3–1 (h) Singapore 2–0 (h) Thailand 2–0 (h)	Qualified
1968 AFC Asian Cup	One group of 5	5th, 1/8 points	Iran 0–2 (a) Israel 1–6 (n) Republic of China 1–1 (n) Burma 0–2 (n)
1970 FIFA World Cup qualification	Did not enter	–
1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Two groups of 3, then knockout.	3rd, 0/4 points	Indonesia 1–2 (n) Khmer Republic 1–2 (n) Malaysia 1–2 (n)	Did not qualify
1974 FIFA World Cup qualification	Groups (one group of 3 and one group of 4); then knockout.	1st, 4/4 points; knocked out in zonal semi-finals	Malaysia 1–0 (n) Japan 1–0 (n) South Vietnam 1–0 (n) South Korea 1–3 (a)	Did not qualify
1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (two groups of 3); then knockout.	2nd, 2/4 points; knocked out in semi-finals	Japan 0–0 (4–3 pen.) (h) Brunei 3–0 (h) China 0–1 (h) North Korea 3–3 (10–11 pen.) (h) Japan 0–1 (h)	Did not qualify
1978 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round (one group of 5; then play-off.) Final round (one groups of 5)	1st, 6/8 points in 1st round; won in play-off. 5th, 0/16 points in final round	Indonesia 4–1 (n) Singapore 2–2 (a), 1–0 (a) Thailand 2–1 (n) Malaysia 1–1 (n) Iran 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) South Korea 0–1 (h), 2–5 (a) Kuwait 1–3 (h), 0–4 (a) Australia 2–5 (h), 0–3 (a)	Did not qualify
1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (one group of 3 and one group of 4); then knockout.	2nd, 4/6 points; knocked out in semi-finals.	North Korea 0–3 (n) Thailand 0–1 (h) Singapore 3–1 (n) Sri Lanka 5–0 (n) Malaysia 0–0 (4–5 pen.) (n)	Did not qualify
1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round (two groups of 3; then knockout.)	2nd, 2/6 points; then knocked out in zonal semi-finals.	China 0–1 (h) Singapore 1–1 (h) North Korea 2–2 (h) China 0–0 (4–5 pen.) (h)	Did not qualify for final round
1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (two groups of 5 and one group of 6)	4th, 2/8 points	China 0–2 (a) Qatar 0–1 (n) Jordan 1–1 (n) Afghanistan 0–0 (n)	Did not qualify
1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round (two groups of 3 and two groups of 4) 2nd round knockout	1st, 11/12 points in 1st round Knocked out in 2nd round	China 0–0 (h), 2–1 (a) Brunei 8–0 (h), 5–1 (a) Macau 2–0 (h), 2–0 (a) Japan 1–2 (h), 0–3 (a)	Did not qualify for final round
1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (one group of 4, two groups of 5 and one group of 6)	4th, 1/8 points	North Korea 0–1 (n) Syria 0–2 (n) Iran 0–2 (n) Nepal 0–0 (a)	Did not qualify
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round (five groups of 4 and one group of 5)	4th, 3/12 points in 1st round	North Korea 1–2 (h), 1–4 (a) Indonesia 1–1 (h), 2–3 (a) Japan 0–0 (h), 0–0 (a)	Did not qualify for final round
1992 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (four groups of 3 and two groups of 4)	3rd, 3/6 points	Macau 2–2 (n) North Korea 0–0 (a) Chinese Taipei 0–0 (n)	Did not qualify
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round (two groups of 4 and four groups of 5)	4th, 5/16 points in 1st round	Bahrain 2–1 (n), 0–3 (n) Lebanon 2–2 (a), 1–2 (n) South Korea 0–3 (n), 1–4 (a) India 2–1 (n), 1–3 (a)	Did not qualify for final round
1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (one group of 2, five groups of 3 and four groups of 4)	2nd, 6/9 points	China 0–2 (h) Macau 4–1 (h) Philippines 8–0 (h)	Did not qualify
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round (four groups of 3 and six groups of 4)	3rd, 3/12 points in 1st round	South Korea 0–2 (h), 0–4 (a) Thailand 3–2 (h), 0–2 (a)	Did not qualify for final round
2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (one group of 3, six groups of 4 and three groups of 5)	2nd, 7/12 points	Indonesia 1–1 (h), 1–3 (a) Cambodia 4–1 (h), 1–0 (a)	Did not qualify
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round (ten groups of 4)	4th, 4/18 points in 1st round	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 2nd round
2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Preliminary round (one group of 2 and six groups of 3) Qualifying round (seven groups of 4)	1st, 4/6 points in preliminary round 4th, 4/18 points in qualifying round	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)	Did not qualify
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round 2nd round (eight groups of 4)	Bye in 1st round 3rd, 6/18 points in 2nd round	China 0–1 (h), 0–7 (a) Kuwait 0–2 (h), 0–4 (a) Malaysia 2–0 (h), 3–1 (a)	Did not qualify for 3rd round
2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Preliminary round Qualifying round (six groups of 4)	Bye in preliminary round 3rd, 8/18 points in qualifying round	Qatar 0–3 (h), 0–2 (a) Uzbekistan 0–0 (h), 2–2 (a) Bangladesh 2–0 (h), 1–0 (a)	Did not qualify
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round knockout	Won in 1st round Lost in 2nd round	Timor-Leste 3–2 (h), 8–1 (a) Turkmenistan 0–0 (h), 0–3 (a)	Did not qualify for 3rd round
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Preliminary round Qualifying round (five groups of 4)	Bye in preliminary round 4th, 1/18 points in qualifying round	Japan 0–4 (h), 0–6 (a) Bahrain 1–3 (h), 0–4 (a) Yemen 0–0 (h), 0–1 (a)	Did not qualify
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round knockout	Bye in 1st round Lost in 2nd round	Saudi Arabia 0–3 (h), 0–5 (a)	Did not qualify for 3rd round
2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Groups (five groups of 4)	3rd, 4/18 points	United Arab Emirates 0–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Vietnam 1–0 (h), 1–3 (a)	Did not qualify
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5)	Bye in 1st round 3rd, 14/24 points in 2nd round	China 0–0 (h), 0–0 (a) Qatar 2–3 (h), 0–2 (a) Maldives 2–0 (h), 1–0 (a) Bhutan 7–0 (h), 1–0 (a)	Did not qualify for 3rd round
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5) Play-off round 3rd round (six groups of 4)	Bye in 1st round 3rd, 14/24 points in 2nd round Bye in play-off round 3rd, 5/18 points in 3rd round	China 0–0 (h), 0–0 (a) Qatar 2–3 (h), 0–2 (a) Maldives 2–0 (h), 1–0 (a) Bhutan 7–0 (h), 1–0 (a) Lebanon 0–1 (h), 0–2 (a) North Korea 1–1 (h), 0–2 (a) Malaysia 2–0 (h), 1–1 (a)	Did not qualify
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5)	Bye in 1st round 4th, 5/24 points in 2nd round	Iran 0–2 (h), 1–3 (a) Iraq 0–1 (h), 0–2 (a) Bahrain 0–0 (h), 0–4 (a) Cambodia 2–0 (h), 1–1 (a)	Did not qualify for 3rd round
2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round (eight groups of 5) Play-off round 3rd round (six groups of 4)	Bye in 1st round 4th, 5/24 points in 2nd round Bye in play-off round 2nd, 6/9 points, 5th of best runner-up team in 3rd round.	Iran 0–2 (h), 1–3 (a) Iraq 0–1 (h), 0–2 (a) Bahrain 0–0 (h), 0–4 (a) Cambodia 2–0 (h), 1–1 (a) Afghanistan 2–1 (n) Cambodia 3–0 (n) India 0–4 (n)	Qualified
2023 AFC Asian Cup	Six groups of 4	4th, 0/9 points	United Arab Emirates 1–3 (n) Iran 0–1 (n) Palestine 0–3 (n)	Knocked out in group stage, ranked 23rd in overall.
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round (nine groups of 4)	Won in 1st round 4th, 2/18 points in 2nd round	Bhutan 4–0 (h), 0–2 (a) Iran 2–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Turkmenistan 2–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a)	Did not qualify for 3rd round
2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	1st round knockout 2nd round (nine groups of 4) Play-off round 3rd round (six groups of 4)	Won in 1st round 4th, 2/18 points in 2nd round Bye in play-off round To be determined	Bhutan 4–0 (h), 0–2 (a) Iran 2–4 (h), 0–4 (a) Turkmenistan 2–2 (h), 0–0 (a) Uzbekistan 0–2 (h), 0–3 (a) Singapore – (h), – (a) India – (h), – (a) Bangladesh – (h), – (a)	TBD

Regional Tournaments

Tournament	Section	Placing	Results	Notes
1995 Dynasty Cup	One group of 4; then third place match or final.	4th, 1/9 points in group stage. Won in third place match.	Japan 3–0 (h) China 0–0 (h) South Korea 2–3 (h) China 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 pen.) (h)	Came 3rd in the tournament
1998 Dynasty Cup	One group of 4	4th, 0/9 points	China 1–0 (n) Japan 5–1 (a) South Korea 1–0 (a)
2003 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary	One group of 5	1st, 12/12 points	Chinese Taipei 2–0 (h) 3–0 (h) Mongolia 10–0 (h) Guam 11–0 (h)	Qualified
2003 East Asian Football Championship	One group of 4	4th, 0/9 points	South Korea 1–3 (n) Japan 0–1 (a) China 1–3 (n)
2005 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary	One group of 5	2nd, 9/12 points	North Korea 0–2 (n) Chinese Taipei 5–0 (a) Mongolia 6–0 (n) Guam 15–0 (n)	Did not qualify
2008 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary	Stage one Stage two (two groups of 3; then final.)	Bye in stage one 1st, 4/6 points; defeat in final in stage two.	Chinese Taipei 1–1 (n) Guam 15–1 (n) North Korea 0–1 (n)	Did not qualify
2010 East Asian Football Championship Preliminary	Round 1 Round 2 (one group of 4)	Bye in Round 1 1st, 7/9 points in Round 2	Chinese Taipei 4–0 (a) North Korea 0–0 (n) Guam 12–0 (n)	Qualified
2010 East Asian Football Championship	One group of 4	4th, 0/9 points	South Korea 0–5 (n) Japan 0–3 (a) China 0–2 (n)
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary	Round 1 Round 2 (one group of 5)	Bye in Round 1 3rd, 6/12 points in Round 2	Guam 2–1 (h) Australia 0–1 (h) Chinese Taipei 2–0 (h) North Korea 0–4 (h)	Did not qualify
2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary	1st round 2nd round (one group of 4)	Bye in 1st round 2nd, 4/9 points in 2nd round	North Korea 1–2 (n) Chinese Taipei 1–0 (a) Guam 0–0 (n)	Did not qualify
2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Preliminary	1st round 2nd round (one group of 4)	Bye in 1st round 2nd, 6/9 points in 2nd round	Guam 3–2 (h) Chinese Taipei 4–2 (h) North Korea 0–1 (h)	Did not qualify
2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Preliminary	1st round 2nd round (one group of 4)	Bye in 1st round 1st, 7/9 points in 2nd round	Chinese Taipei 2–1 (a) North Korea 0–0 (n) Mongolia 5–1 (n)	Qualified
2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship	One group of 4	4th, 0/9 points	South Korea 0–2 (a) Japan 0–5 (n) China 0–2 (n)
2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship	One group of 4	4th, 0/9 points	Japan 0–6 (a) South Korea 0–3 (n) China 0–1 (n)	Qualified by FIFA Rankings
2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Preliminary	Two groups of 3; then final.	1st, 6/6 points; won in final.	Mongolia 3–0 (h) Chinese Taipei 2–1 (h) Guam 5–0 (h)	Qualified
2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship	One group of 4	To be determined	South Korea – (a) Japan – (n) China – (n)

External links

• Asian Nations Cup at RSSSF
• World Cup at RSSSF
• East Asian Cup at RSSSF
• International Football Results 1872-Present