They may not have lifted the trophy, but Asian teams have delivered some of the World Cup's greatest shocks and most inspiring underdog runs.

This is the first Asian side entering a World Cup where success and failure will be judged not by group-stage survival or an upset, but by how far they progress in the knockouts.

They may not have lifted the trophy, but Asian teams have delivered some of the World Cup's greatest shocks and most inspiring underdog runs.