Continental football championships

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The six continental confederations

This page is a list of the continental championships for clubs and national teams in association football.

The championships are organised by the respective FIFA-affiliated continental confederations: AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe).

The numbers of participating teams presented in this article only account for teams appearing in the competitions proper, and do not include those entering preliminary or qualifying rounds.

Men's national team championships[]

Ongoing[]

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champions
				Team(s)	Titles
AFC	AFC Asian Cup	1956	24	Japan	4	Qatar
CAF	Africa Cup of Nations	1957	24	Egypt	7	Senegal
	African Nations Championship	2009	16	DR Congo  Morocco	2	Morocco
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Gold Cup	1963	16	Mexico	11	United States
	CONCACAF Nations League	2019–20	41	United States	1	United States
CONMEBOL	Copa América	1916	12	Argentina  Uruguay	15	Argentina
OFC	OFC Nations Cup	1973	8	New Zealand	5	New Zealand
UEFA	UEFA European Championship	1960	24	Germany  Spain	3	Italy
	UEFA Nations League	2018–19	55	France  Portugal	1	France

Men's club championships[]

Ongoing[]

The champions of the respective first-tier championships qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup.

Confederation	Tier	Championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champion
					Team	#
AFC	First-tier	AFC Champions League	1967	40	Al-Hilal	4	Al-Hilal
	Second-tier	AFC Cup	2004	40	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Al-Kuwait	3	Al-Muharraq
CAF	First-tier	CAF Champions League	1964–65	16	Al-Ahly	10	Al-Ahly
	Second-tier	CAF Confederation Cup	2004	16	Sfaxien	3	Raja Casablanca
	Super Cup	CAF Super Cup	1993	2	Al-Ahly	8	Al-Ahly
CONCACAF	First-tier	CONCACAF Champions League	1962	16	América	7	Monterrey
	Second-tier	CONCACAF League	2017	22	Alajuelense Comunicaciones Herediano Olimpia Saprissa	1	Comunicaciones
CONMEBOL	First-tier	Copa Libertadores	1960	32	Independiente	7	Palmeiras
	Second-tier	Copa Sudamericana	2002	32	Athletico Paranaense Boca Juniors Independiente	2	Athletico Paranaense
	Super Cup	Recopa Sudamericana	1989	2	Boca Juniors	4	Defensa y Justicia
OFC	First-tier	OFC Champions League	1987	16	Auckland City	7	Hienghène Sport
UEFA	First-tier	UEFA Champions League	1955–56	32	Real Madrid	13	Chelsea
	Second-tier	UEFA Europa League	1971–72	32	Sevilla	6	Villarreal
	Third-tier	UEFA Europa Conference League	2021–22	32	N/A		N/A
	Super Cup	UEFA Super Cup	1973	2	Barcelona Milan	5	Chelsea

Abolished[]

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Final edition	Teams	Most titles
					Team	#
AFC	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1990–91	2001–02	17–29	Al-Hilal Yokohama Marinos	2
	AFC President's Cup	2005	2014	12	Regar TadAZ	3
	Asian Super Cup	1995	2002	2	Al-Hilal Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2
CAF	African Cup Winners' Cup	1975	2003	15–41	Al-Ahly	4
	CAF Cup	1992	2003	31–37	JS Kabylie	3
CONCACAF	CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup	1991	1998	4–11	América Atlético Marte Monterrey Necaxa Tecos	1
	CONCACAF Giants Cup	2001		12	América	1
CONMEBOL	Supercopa Libertadores	1988	1997	13–17	Cruzeiro Independiente	2
	Copa Master de Supercopa	1992	1995	2–4	Boca Juniors Cruzeiro	1
	Copa CONMEBOL	1992	1999	16	Atlético Mineiro	2
	Copa de Oro	1993	1996	4	Boca Juniors Cruzeiro Flamengo	1
	Copa Master de CONMEBOL	1996		4	São Paulo	1
	Copa Merconorte	1998	2001	16	Atlético Nacional	2
	Copa Mercosur	1998	2001	20	Flamengo Palmeiras San Lorenzo Vasco da Gama	1
OFC	Oceania Cup Winners' Cup	1987		2	Sydney City	1
	OFC President's Cup	2014		6	Auckland City	1
UEFA	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1960–61	1998–99	32	Barcelona	4
	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1995	2008	50	VfB Stuttgart	3

Women's national team championships[]

Confederation	Championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champion
				Team	#
AFC	AFC Women's Asian Cup	1975	12	China PR	9	China PR
CAF	Africa Women Cup of Nations	1991	8	Nigeria	11	Nigeria
CONCACAF	CONCACAF W Championship	1991	8	United States	8	United States
CONMEBOL	Copa América Femenina	1991	10	Brazil	7	Brazil
OFC	OFC Women's Nations Cup	1983	8	New Zealand	6	New Zealand
UEFA	UEFA Women's Championship	1984	16	Germany	8	Netherlands

Women's club championships[]

Confederation	Club championship	Inaugural edition	Teams	Most titles		Current champion
				Team	#
AFC	AFC Women's Club Championship	2019	4	Tokyo Verdy Beleza Amman SC	1	Amman SC
CAF	CAF Women's Champions League	2021	8	Mamelodi Sundowns	1	Mamelodi Sundowns
CONMEBOL	Copa Libertadores Femenina	2009	16	Corinthians São José	3	Corinthians
UEFA	UEFA Women's Champions League	2001–02	16	Lyon	7	Barcelona

See also[]

• Sub-continental football championships in Asia
• Timeline of association football

References[]