Unofficial ranking AFC Asian Cup-1988 (Qatar)
The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was held in Qatar with 10 teams. Saudi Arabia won the tournament, beating Korea Republic in the final 0:0 (4:3 on penalties). Korea Republic finished second, Iran third and China PR fourth. Below you will find the final order of the teams, the group tables, the knockout bracket and the rating points every team received.
| # | Team | Conf | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Saudi Arabia ★★★ 3 | AFC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 000 |
| 2 |  Korea Republic ★★ 4 4 | AFC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 950 |
| 3 |  Iran ★★★ 6 | AFC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 | 3 900 |
| 4 |  China PR 2 2 | AFC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 850 |
| 5 |  Qatar ★★ | AFC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 800 |
| 6 |  Syria | AFC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 | 3 780 |
| 7 |  Kuwait ★ 1 1 | AFC | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 | 3 760 |
| 8 |  United Arab Emirates 1 1 | AFC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 | 3 740 |
| 9 |  Bahrain | AFC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 | 3 690 |
| 10 |  Japan ★★★★ 1 | AFC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 1 | 3 670 |