Qualification Participating Nations By Year of First Participation
- 2011:None
- 2007: Australia
- 2004: Timor-Leste
- 2000: Palestine, Laos, Bhutan, Mongolia
- 1996: Guam, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Yemen, Maldives
- 1992:None
- 1988:None
- 1984: North Yemen, Pakistan, Oman, Nepal
- 1980: Bangladesh, Macau, United Arab Emirates
- 1976: Afghanistan, South Yemen, North Korea, China PR, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
- 1972: Brunei, Iraq, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain
- 1968: Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Burma
- 1964:None
- 1960: Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Iran
- 1956: South Korea, Philippines, Republic of China, Malaya, Cambodia, South Vietnam, Israel
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