Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Organising body	CAF and AFC
Founded	1978; 43 years ago
Region	Africa ; Asia
Number of teams	2
Current champions	Japan (2007)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (2 titles)

The Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was an international football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between representative nations from these confederations, usually the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations and the winners of the AFC Asian Cup or the Asian Games. All editions were official competitions of CAF and AFC^[1] and indirectly also of FIFA.^[2] For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. The most successful team is Japan with 2 championships.

History[]

The first edition in 1978, where Iran defeated Ghana 3-0, the trophy was not awarded: because the second leg was cancelled due to political problems in Iran. The 1989, 2005 editions were cancelled. The 1997 edition was severely delayed to 1999, while the "true" 1999 edition (between Egypt and Iran) was also canceled.

The competition was discontinued following a CAF decision on July 30, 2000, after AFC representatives had supported Germany rather than South Africa in the vote for hosting the 2006 World Cup. The competition was scheduled to be resumed in 2005 with the match Tunisia-Japan, but then was cancelled. However the trophy was resumed in 2007 under the name "AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup". The 2008 edition was scheduled to be played in November 2008 between Iraq and Egypt in the neutral venue of Saudi Arabia but was eventually cancelled.

Results & Statistics[]

Finals[]

Year	Host nation	Final
Year	Host nation	Team 1	Score	Team 2
1978 Details	Iran	Iran	3–0	Ghana
1978 Details	Ghana	Iran	Cancelled^{[n 1]}	Ghana
1985 Details	Cameroon	Cameroon	4–1	Saudi Arabia
1985 Details	Saudi Arabia	Cameroon	1–2	Saudi Arabia
1987 Details	Qatar	South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Egypt
1991 Details	Iran	Iran	2–1	Algeria
1991 Details	Algeria	Iran	0–1	Algeria
1993 Details	Japan	Japan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
1995 Details	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	2–3	Nigeria
1995 Details	Nigeria	Uzbekistan	0–1	Nigeria
1997 Details	South Africa	South Africa	1–0	Saudi Arabia
1997 Details	Saudi Arabia	South Africa	0–0	Saudi Arabia
2007 Details	Japan	Japan	4–1	Egypt

Most successful national teams[]

Team	Champions	Runners-Up
Japan	2 (1993, 2007)	—
Cameroon	1 (1985)	—
South Korea	1 (1987)	—
Algeria	1 (1991)	—
Nigeria	1 (1995)	—
South Africa	1 (1999)	—
Saudi Arabia	—	2 (1985, 1999)
Egypt	—	2 (1987, 2007)
Iran	—	1 (1991)
Ivory Coast	—	1 (1993)
Uzbekistan	—	1 (1995)

Most successful teams by continent[]

Continent	Champions	Runners-up
Africa	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)
Asia	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

^ The second leg of the 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations between Ghana and Iran was cancelled due to political problems in Iran. In the first leg, Iran beat Ghana 3–0.

References[]

^ "Ahmad Ahmad confident that Afro-Asian Cup will return". espn.com. Ed Dove. 3 February 2018.
^ "Afro-Asian Cup of Nations". FIFA World Football Museum. 11 November 2019.

External links[]

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations - rsssf.com
Coupe afro asiatique des nations - football-the-story.com

[3] The second leg of the 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations between Ghana and Iran was cancelled due to political problems in Iran. In the first leg, Iran beat Ghana 3–0.

[1] "Ahmad Ahmad confident that Afro-Asian Cup will return". espn.com. Ed Dove. 3 February 2018.

[2] "Afro-Asian Cup of Nations". FIFA World Football Museum. 11 November 2019.

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