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Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Intercontinental football competition

Summary

Intercontinental football competition

Field	Value
name	Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
organiser	CAF and AFC
founded
abolished
region	Africa
Asia
number of teams	2
current champions	(2007)
most successful team	(2 titles)

Asia

The Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, also called the AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup, was an intercontinental 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.

History

The first edition was in 1978. Iran defeated Ghana 3–0 in the first leg, but the second leg was cancelled due to political problems in Iran, and the trophy was not awarded.
The competition was completed in 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993 and 1995, but the 1989 competition was cancelled.
The 1997 edition was severely delayed to 1999, while the "true" 1999 edition (between Egypt and Iran) was also cancelled.
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 was then cancelled once again.
The competition 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 and statistics

Year	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Venue	Location
	3–0		Aryamehr Stadium	Tehran, Iran	8,000
CancelledThe second leg of the 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations between Ghana and Iran was cancelled due to the Iranian Revolution. In the first leg, Iran beat Ghana 3–0.	Accra Sports Stadium	Accra, Ghana
The trophy was not awarded, because the second leg was cancelled.
	4–1		Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium	Yaoundé, Cameroon	80,000
1–2	King Fahd Stadium	Taif, Saudi Arabia	20,000
Cameroon won 5–3 on aggregate.
	1–1
	Khalifa International Stadium	Doha, Qatar	15,000
	1–2		Azadi Stadium	Tehran, Iran	100,000
1–0	Stade du 5 Juillet	Algiers, Algeria	30,000
Aggregate 2–2, Algeria won on away goals.
	1–0		National Stadium	Tokyo, Japan	53,302
	3–2		Pakhtakor Central Stadium	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	55,000
1–0	National Stadium	Lagos, Nigeria	60,000
Nigeria won 4–2 on aggregate.
	1–0		Green Point Stadium	Cape Town, South Africa	20,000
0–0	King Fahd International Stadium	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	50,000
South Africa won 1–0 on aggregate.
	4–1		Nagai Stadium	Osaka, Japan	41,901

Most successful national teams

Team	Winners	Runners-up
	2 (1993, 2007)
	1 (1985)
	1 (1987)
	1 (1991)
	1 (1995)
	1 (1997)
		2 (1985, 1997)
		2 (1987, 2007)
		1 (1991)
		1 (1993)
		1 (1995)

Results by confederation

Confederation	Winners	Runners-up
CAF	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)
AFC	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)

Notes

References

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