119 participants from 38 Member Associations (MAs) joined the AFC Emotions in Football Workshop on Tuesday, March 22 as the Japan Football Association (JFA) and the Qatar Football Association (QFA) presented their comprehensive activities and future action plans. The JFA and QFA are the first pilot MAs to implement the …
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The AFC Referee Academy on Monday welcomed its largest-ever intake of 50 match officials from 28 Member Associations (MAs) who will undergo a three-year educational programme that is specifically and carefully designed to produce more world-class referees in Asia. Batch 4 of the AFC Referee Academy will comprise of 41 …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s latest Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Course set a new milestone with the use of an online simulator to provide participants with case studies from competitions allowing real-time VAR processes to be reproduced. During the simulator sessions, which featured simple and complex situations from matches, the …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today, March 21 confirmed the AFC Dream Asia Foundation Board of Trustees under the Chairmanship of Saudi Arabia’s President of the Olympic and Paralympic Committee, Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al Faisal, for a four-year term from 2021 to 2025. In addition to the President …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s commitment towards establishing a high-performing workforce within the Asian football family by nurturing the future leaders of tomorrow was further strengthened today with the conclusion of the inaugural AFC Football Management Certificate (FMC) programme. As underlined through the AFC’s Vision and Mission, the FMC represents …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed that the 2022 AFC Champions League – Group J centralised matches, scheduled to take place from April 16 to May 1, will be held in Buriram, Thailand. Group J will be headlined by former semifinalists Shanghai Port FC from China, Thailand’s Chiangrai …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) notes the inability of the DPR Korea Football Association (DPRK FA)’s national age-group teams to compete in the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – India and 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup – Costa Rica respectively. The AFC Women’s Football Committee at its third …
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The stage is set for the 2022 AFC Champions League following the conclusion of the playoffs on Tuesday, March 15. South Korea’s Ulsan Hyundai and Daegu FC were joined by 2020 semifinalists Vissel Kobe of Japan from the East Playoffs after an evening of pulsating football. Saudi Arabia’s Al Taawoun, …
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The AFC Elite Youth Scheme has endorsed the first-ever football girls’ academies in the Japan Football Association (JFA) and Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as the gold standard three-star and one-star elite academies respectively. The BFF also joins the AFC Elite Youth Scheme as a full member for their focus on …
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The Kyrgyz Football Union (KFU) and the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) have been endorsed as Bronze members in the AFC Grassroots Charter, bringing the total to 38 approved Member Associations (MAs) in the highly-acclaimed technical initiative. The KFU has prepared an extensive grassroots plan which covers different age-groups, …
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