The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) reinforced its commitment to further develop women match officials by organising a Women’s Video Match Officials (VMO) course in the United Arab Emirates from October 23 to November 1, 2021. The 10-day course, which was also aimed at preparing the VMOs for the 2022 AFC …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s unwavering commitment to strengthen its connection with the world’s largest football stadium – Asia’s passionate fans – was applauded by the AFC Media and Communications Committee at its third meeting held online today. Despite the backdrop of uncertainty in 2021, the Committee, chaired by Ganbaatar …
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Asia’s continued rise as global leaders in world refereeing was hailed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Referees Committee at its fourth meeting held virtually today. The Committee, led by Chairperson Du Zhaocai, was pleased to recognise the appointment of Asia’s match officials in three major finals since August this …
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The Korea Football Association (KFA) and the Korea Futsal Federation (KFF) successfully organised an AFC Futsal Coaching Qualification Course Level 1 in Jeonju that ended today. The six-day course was attended by national futsal team players Chun Jin-Woo and Lee Seun-Woo and alongside Korean Football League (KFL) players Lim Oh-kuy, …
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The determination and resilience of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and its Member Associations (MAs) in ensuring the successful and safe resumption of Asian football in 2021 was praised by the AFC Competitions Committee at its fourth meeting held virtually today. Chaired by Dr Tran Quoc Tuan, the Committee reflected …
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The Kyrgyz Football Union (KFU) is the latest Member Association (MA) to be awarded the A Level membership in the widely-acclaimed AFC Coaching Convention for their continuous efforts to further improve coach education in the country. Under the leadership of Technical Director Anarbek Ormombekov, who is also one of the …
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The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), in collaboration with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), organised its first-ever Regional Safeguarding Seminar which welcomed safeguarding officers from the South Zone to share their vision and strategy to safeguard the wellbeing of children in football. Themed “Safeguarding 360”, the two-day seminar was designed …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and ZOLL successfully organised a webinar focused on sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) with the theme ‘Keep Your Heart Safe During Sports’ that was attended by 800 participants. Key speakers AFC Chairperson Dato’ Dr. Gurcharan Singh, FIFA medical officer Dr. Jens Kleinefeld, who saved Danish footballer …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) delivered the first-ever AFC Football Management Diploma (FMD) online course as part of the newly established AFC Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE) that was launched in September. Participants from across the Continent joined the latest education programme designed by the AFC’s partners, the Football Business …
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Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed from the United Arab Emirates has been selected to referee the eagerly anticipated AFC Champions League 2021 Final between Al Hilal SFC of Saudi Arabia and South Korea’s FC Pohang Steelers, which will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 23, 2021. No stranger to …
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