The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Grassroots Football Session successfully ended on Thursday, with more than 70 grassroots practitioners benefitting from the highly educational session. The virtual meeting started with AFC Technical Director Andy Roxburgh highlighting the general aim and the development of children’s football. During the session, the Swedish Football …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has taken note of Football Australia’s confirmation of the withdrawals of Sydney FC, Melbourne City FC and Brisbane Roar from the Group, Playoff and Preliminary stages of the 2021 AFC Champions League respectively. The matter will now be referred to the relevant AFC Committees, with …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and CBS Sports today announced a multi-platform agreement for exclusive rights to the AFC competitions in the United States of America. Paramount+ will stream exclusive coverage of the AFC’s world-class competitions including the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Final Round, AFC Champions League, …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirms today that the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA) has agreed to host the centralised Group A matches of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China. The remaining seven matches in Group …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today, May 31 decided to move the remaining centralised Group A matches of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup from China to a neutral venue, which will be decided and announced in the coming days. The …
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Following the recent withdrawal of North Korea from the preliminary competition for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar, the Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers has taken a decision in order to ensure the fairness of the competition for the remaining teams. In accordance with this decision, the …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has taken note of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS)’s decision to withdraw from hosting the AFC Cup Groups H and I matches, which were scheduled to take place from June 29 to July 6, 2021. The AFC acknowledged the challenges caused by the evolving …
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The Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China is set to return with the spotlight shining brightly on Group F leaders and centralised host Japan who will take on Myanmar on Friday at the Fukuda Denshi Arena in Chiba. The …
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The AFC Referees Committee underlined its determination to elevate the development of Asia’s match officials by approving the new criteria for the AFC Member Association (MA)’s International Referees Quota for 2023 to 2024 at its third meeting held virtually on Tuesday, May 25. Led by Chairperson His Excellency (HE) Du …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has decided to postpone the draw ceremonies for the 2022 AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup – Uzbekistan Qualifiers Round 1 and the 2022 AFC U-17 Women’s Asian Cup – Indonesia Qualifiers Round 1, originally scheduled to take place on May 27, 2021, in Kuala Lumpur, …
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