Unofficial ranking AFC Asian Cup-2004 (China)
The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was held in China with 16 teams. Japan won the tournament, beating China PR in the final 3:1. China PR finished second, Iran third and Bahrain 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 |  Japan ★★★★ 1 | AFC | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 000 |
| 2 |  China PR 2 2 | AFC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 3 950 |
| 3 |  Iran ★★★ 6 | AFC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 3 900 |
| 4 |  Bahrain | AFC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 6 | 3 850 |
| 5 |  Uzbekistan | AFC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 800 |
| 6 |  Korea Republic ★★ 4 4 | AFC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 780 |
| 7 |  Jordan 1 | AFC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 760 |
| 8 |  Iraq ★ | AFC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 | 3 740 |
| 9 |  Oman | AFC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 690 |
| 10 |  Kuwait ★ 1 1 | AFC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 | 3 670 |
| 11 |  Indonesia | AFC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 | 3 650 |
| 12 |  Turkmenistan | AFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 3 630 |
| 13 |  Saudi Arabia ★★★ 3 | AFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 | 3 610 |
| 14 |  Qatar ★★ | AFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 3 590 |
| 15 |  United Arab Emirates 1 1 | AFC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 | 3 570 |
| 16 |  Thailand 1 | AFC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 | 3 550 |