Historically, Lebanon has been considered as one of the weakest Asian teams in football as both their qualification results and lack of participation in the tournament show; a lack of financing, poor infrastructures and numerous conflicts in the country have also undermined Lebanon's football ability.[3] Also, prior to 2019 Asian Cup, they were the only Arab country, alongside Yemen, to not qualify to the Asian Cup through regular qualification. In the last years, however, Lebanon have been going through a footballing "renaissance": following the narrow miss to the 2014 World Cup, the team managed to maintain a 15-game unbeaten streak[lower-alpha 1] from 2016 to 2018[4][5] and qualify for the 2019 Asian Cup undefeated in the third round of qualifications.[6]