The first Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Coach Education Focus Group Session delivered an engaging programme which focused on the delivery of the Pro Diploma coaching course on Tuesday. Designed for Benchmarking Member Associations (MAs), the meeting welcomed 80 participants from across the Continent. It started with open questions to participants …
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The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) and Para Football facilitated a series of development workshops to support the Member Associations (MAs) in their pursuit of football for all and establishing Para Football programmes. The series of workshops was attended by a wide range of participants, including representatives from majority of …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Technical Committee reinforced the importance of strengthening the development of the Continent’s coaches after it recommended several enhancements to the AFC Coaching Convention at its third meeting on Wednesday. The proposal augments similar changes made to the Grassroots Charter and the Elite Youth Scheme in …
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The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be implemented for the second straight season from the Quarterfinal stage of the 2021 AFC Champions League and in the AFC Cup Final for the first time. After the VAR’s debut in the last edition of the AFC Champions League, which was the …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today announced StarTimes as their new media partner in Sub-Saharan Africa for 2021 to broadcast the AFC’s national team and club competitions including the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Final Round (until December 31, 2021) as well as the Group Stages, Knock-out …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), as part of its continuous dialogue and feedback sessions with Participating Member Associations, has today decided to reschedule the AFC Cup ASEAN Zone Group Stage matches, which were originally scheduled to be held from June 22 – 28. The matches in Group H will now …
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Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has sent his condolences to the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and to the family and loved ones of former India and Mohun Bagan winger Pranab Ganguly who passed away at the age of 75 on Friday. As one …
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15 match officials from Asia have been selected to officiate the Men’s and Women’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics football tournaments. Referees Chris Beath and Kate Jacewicz, along with assistant referees Ashley Beecham and Shchetinin Anton, have been named from Australia. Jordan’s Adham Makhadmeh will be joined by compatriots Mohammad Alkalaf and …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has entered into a commercial agreement with sports media giants Dentsu Inc. to market the AFC’s commercial properties exclusively in Japan. The agreement comprises the AFC’s major national team and club competitions, including Asia’s flagship national team competitions – the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road …
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The AFC Executive Committee has agreed to the criteria of establishing the AFC’s representatives for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup – Lithuania, following the cancellation of the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship – Kuwait due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The AFC Executive Committee decided to combine two sets of criteria …
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