Afc confederation

The AFC was formed in It has 47 members.

However, since the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship were also scheduled in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC decided to move their championship to a less crowded cycle. After , the tournament was next held in , when it was co-hosted by four countries in Southeast Asia : Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Thereafter, it has again been held every four years. The Asian Cup has generally been dominated by a small number of top teams. The other teams which have achieved success are Australia , Iraq and Kuwait Israel won in but was later expelled and has since joined UEFA.

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Today's print edition. The Asian Football Confederation will revamp its continental club competitions next year with an increased prize fund and will also launch an Asian Women's Champions League, the regional body announced on Monday. That sum is a threefold increase in the maximum amount available to previous winners of the competition. The three new competitions will feature a total of 76 teams from across Asia, with 32 teams also taking part in the AFC Champions League 2 while a third strand, to be called the AFC Challenge League, will be comprised of 20 clubs. Details about the AFC Women's Champions League, including a start date, prize amounts and the number of clubs involved, have yet to revealed. The playoff rounds of the AFC Champions League, the last under the current model, are due to kick off on Tuesday. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.

Afc confederation

However, since the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship were also scheduled in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC decided to move their championship to a less crowded cycle. After , the tournament was next held in , when it was co-hosted by four countries in Southeast Asia : Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Thereafter, it has again been held every four years. The Asian Cup has generally been dominated by a small number of top teams. The other teams which have achieved success are Australia , Iraq and Kuwait Israel won in but was later expelled and has since joined UEFA.

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Getty Images. Thereafter, it has again been held every four years. Mes Sungun. Sri Lanka. At the AFC Asian Cup , video assistant referees were used in the tournament for the first time, [22] and the tournament expanded to 24 teams. Joined North Yemen as Yemen. Australia which joined the AFC in , after its poor debut in , rebounded to reach the final in AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, but lost to Japan after extra-time; the win for Japan meant it became the most decorated team in Asian football with four titles. For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament in brackets are shown. Archived from the original on 28 July Retrieved 19 October Read Edit View history.

Clubs from Kuwait have won four titles, making them the most successful nation in the competition. The tournament has been dominated by clubs from West Asia, with the only winners from outside that region being Uzbek side FC Nasaf in and Malaysian side Johor Darul Ta'zim in Al-Seeb are the current champions after defeating Kuala Lumpur City in the final.

Nagoya Oceans. The Economist. South Korea demonstrated its superiority in the early years of the competition as the country won the championship in both and ; this remains as South Korea's best achievements in the tournament. Founding member of OFC in Retrieved 27 October Saudi Arabia. Israel 2 South Yemen 3. No [m 5]. Qatar 2nd title. It is 78 centimeters tall, 42 centimeters wide, and weighs 15 kilograms of silver. During the draw for the group stage on 4 May at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, an all-new trophy made by Thomas Lyte was unveiled. Archived from the original on 17 August