Asian_Football_Federation

Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation

International governing body for association football, beach football, and futsal

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries/territories in Asia[lower-alpha 1]. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC.[5]

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NOTE - according to the Coaches Across Continents (CAC) annual report for 2021,[6] the AFC is a partner of CAC. CAC is a worldwide partnership of over 100 organsiations that seeks to create active citizens and achieve social impact through sport.

Executive Committee

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Notes

  1. Also including some countries/territories in Oceania such as Australia, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
  2. also a FIFA Council Member

Member associations

AFC regional federations

The AFC has 47 member associations split into 5 regions (West, Central, South, East, and South-east (ASEAN nations)). Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam were the founding members.[8][9]

Some nations have proposed splitting the confederation, forming a separate South West Asian Federation.[10][11][12]

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Notes

  1. [m 1]
    Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.
  2. [m 2]
    Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.
  3. [m 3]
    Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
  4. [m 4]
    Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member and not an IOC member.
  5. [m 5]
    Part of the United States Olympic Committee.

Former members

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Competitions

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

AFC competitions

AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup, which are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics.

The top-ranked AFC tournament for association football clubs is the AFC Champions League which started in the 2002–03 season (an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup) and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded); this tournament only gathered teams from top country. And AFC Women's Club Championship for women's association football club competition.[21]

A second, lower-ranked tournament is the AFC Cup which was launched by AFC in 2004. A third tournament, the AFC President's Cup which had started in 2005 was absorbed into the AFC Cup in 2015.[22]

AFC runs an annual Asian futsal club tournament, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for futsal club competition.[23]

Current title holders

See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
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Esports

See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2024 in esports, and 2024 in sports
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Defunct tournaments

See also: Category:Defunct association football competitions
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Titles by nation

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Rankings

FIFA World Rankings

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Historical leaders

Men's
Japan national football teamIran national football teamJapan national football teamIran national football teamAustralia national association football teamIran national football teamJapan national football teamIran national football teamJapan national football teamIran national football teamJapan national football teamAustralia national association football teamJapan national football teamAustralia national association football teamJapan national football teamAustralia national association football teamJapan national football teamIran national football teamAustralia national association football teamJapan national football team
Iran national football teamJapan national football teamIran national football teamJapan national football teamKorea Republic national football teamIran national football teamKorea Republic national football teamJapan national football teamKorea Republic national football teamIran national football teamJapan national football teamSaudi Arabia national football teamIran national football teamKorea Republic national football teamJapan national football teamIran national football teamKorea Republic national football teamIran national football teamKorea Republic national football teamSaudi Arabia national football teamKorea Republic national football teamJapan national football teamKorea Republic national football teamJapan national football teamKorea Republic national football teamJapan national football teamSaudi Arabia national football teamKorea Republic national football team
Women's
Japan women's national football teamAustralia women's national football teamNorth Korea women's national football teamAustralia women's national football teamJapan women's national football teamAustralia women's national football teamJapan women's national football teamAustralia women's national football teamJapan women's national football teamNorth Korea women's national football teamChina women's national football team

Team of the Year

Men

FIFA Men's World Ranking

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Performances by countries
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Women

FIFA Women's World Ranking

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Performances by countries

Men's elo rankings

World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members:[28]

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Club Competitions Ranking

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC.[29] Listed here are the top 30 countries.

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Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[30]

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Men's futsal

Per 12 October 2023:[31]

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a number between brackets is the rank of the previous week. (*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches).

Women's futsal

AFC Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon Ba
Update: March 2022

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Tournament record

Legend
  •  1st  – Champion
  •  2nd  – Runner-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
  • R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
  •  Q  — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
  •     — Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
See also: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup
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* Australia qualified for FIFA WC for six times, two as OFC member and four as AFC member.

  1. Indonesia competed as the Dutch East Indies in 1938.

AFC Asian Cup

Main article: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
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FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: FIFA Women's World Cup records and statistics
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Olympic Games

Men's tournament

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations
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Women's tournament

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2
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AFC Women's Asian Cup

See also: AFC Women's Asian Cup § Participating nations
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Notes:

  1. India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the tournament, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.[32]

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Main article: FIFA U-20 World Cup records and statistics
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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

See also: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
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FIFA U-17 World Cup

Main article: FIFA U-17 World Cup records and statistics
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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

See also: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
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FIFA Futsal World Cup

Main article: FIFA Futsal World Cup
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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics
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FIFA Confederations Cup

Main article: FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics
See also: Category:Defunct association football competitions
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See also

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