Who tops the All-Time Asia Cup rankings?

 BEIRUT (Lebanon) - The FIBA Asia Cup has a long and lengthy history dating back to 1960. There have been 29 editions of the premier competition of the region and with the 30th edition set to be played later this year, let's take a look and see where each team stands in the rankings of these All-Time categories.

Appearances

There are only 8 national teams that have played in over 20 Asia Cups, led by Korea who have never missed a single edition of the competition. Japan are just behind with 28 appearances, missing only Asia Cup 1963. 

Rank	National Team	Asia Cup Appearances
1	Korea	29
2	Japan	28
3	Hong Kong	27
4	Philippines	27
5	India	25
6	Chinese Taipei	24
7	Malaysia	24
8	China	22
9	Thailand	19
10	Iran	17
11	Singapore	17
12	Indonesia	16
13	Jordan	15
14	Kuwait	12
15	Pakistan	10
16	Qatar	10
17	Kazakhstan	9
18	Lebanon	9
19	Bahrain	8
20	Saudi Arabia	8
21	United Arab Emirates	8
22	Sri Lanka	7
23	Uzbekistan	7
24	Syria	6
25	Bangladesh	4
26	Iraq	4
27	Macau	2
28	DPR Korea	2
29	Vietnam	2
30	Australia	1
31	Kyrgyzstan	1
32	New Zealand	1
33	Palestine	1

Titles won

Every team that plays in this prestigious event competes for the grand prize... the Asia Cup trophy! So far, only five national teams have been able to claim an Asia Cup title multiple times. China leads the pack with a whopping amount of 16 titles followed by the Philippines who have 5.

Rank	National Team	Titles won
1	China	16
2	Philippines	5
3	Iran	3
4	Korea	2
5	Japan	2
6	Australia	1

Medals won

There can only be one winner inn each Asia Cup, but there's also no shame in finishing as one of the top three teams of the competition either. Any team that can make their way through to a spot on the podium and get a medal around their necks at the end of the days all deserve a round of applause.

Korea are once again leaders in this category, as the only team so far to surpass 20 medals won. China, however, are right behind them and should surpass the 20-medal milestone soon.

Rank	National Team	Medals won
1	Korea	25
2	China	19
3	Japan	14
4	Philippines	10
5	Iran	5
6	Chinese Taipei	4
7	Lebanon	3
8	Jordan	2
9	Qatar	2
10	Australia	1
11	DPR Korea	1
12	Saudi Arabia	1

Games Won

To win Asia Cups, the teams have to win games. Only five teams have been able to collect more than 100 Asia Cup wins so far in the history of the competition, though Iran is closing in on breaking through into that Elite group soon.

Rank	Team	Games Won
1	Korea	182
2	China	160
3	Japan	143
4	Philippines	140
5	Chinese Taipei	114
6	Iran	87
7	India	71
8	Jordan	59
9	Malaysia	59
10	Thailand	57
11	Hong Kong	53
12	Lebanon	44
13	Qatar	36
14	Singapore	36
15	Indonesia	32
16	Saudi Arabia	29
17	Kuwait	29
18	Kazakhstan	28
19	United Arab Emirates	22
20	Pakistan	21
21	Bahrain	20
22	Uzbekistan	17
23	Syria	16
24	Iraq	14
25	DPR Korea	10
26	Australia	6
27	Palestine	4
28	New Zealand	3
29	Kyrgyzstan	3
30	Vietnam	1

Win Percentage

If we take an even closer look and see how efficient each team is in winning the Asia Cup games they play in, the out look looks slightly a bit different. Only the top 10 teams in the ranking have won more than half of the games they've played in.

Rank	Team	Win%
1	Australia	100.0%
2	China	92.0%
3	Korea	77.1%
4	DPR Korea	71.4%
5	Iran	66.9%
6	Philippines	66.4%
7	Japan	66.2%
8	Chinese Taipei	60.6%
9	Lebanon	60.3%
10	Jordan	52.7%
11	Saudi Arabia	50.9%
12	Qatar	50.0%
13	Palestine	50.0%
14	New Zealand	50.0%
15	Iraq	48.3%
16	Kazakhstan	43.8%
17	Syria	41.0%
18	India	40.6%
19	Thailand	39.3%
20	United Arab Emirates	39.3%
21	Uzbekistan	37.8%
22	Kyrgyzstan	37.5%
23	Kuwait	34.5%
24	Bahrain	33.9%
25	Malaysia	33.7%
26	Pakistan	28.8%
27	Singapore	28.1%
28	Indonesia	27.6%
29	Hong Kong	27.3%
30	Vietnam	5.9%

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