Here is the list of nations who finished in top four
Most finishes in the top four
| # | Team | Years | |||||||||
| 10 | South Korea | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1972 | 1980 | 1988 | 2000 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 |
| 8 | Iran | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1996 | 2004 | ||
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2007 | ||||
| China PR | 1976 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 2000 | 2004 | |||||
| 5 | Japan | 1992 | 2000 | 2004 | 2007 | 2011 | |||||
| 4 | Israel | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | ||||||
| Kuwait | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1996 | |||||||
| 3 | Iraq | 1976 | 2007 | 2015 | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 1992 | 1996 | 2015 | ||||||||
| 2 | Australia | 2011 | 2015 | ||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1956 | 1964 | |||||||||
| Vietnam | 1956 | 1960 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 1960 | 1968 |