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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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed the withdrawal of the DPR Korea Football Association (North Korea) from the Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – China. The matter will now be referred to the Organising Committee for FIFA Competitions …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today decided to postpone the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup – India Qualifiers Draw, originally scheduled for May 27, 2021 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, until further notice. Taking into careful consideration the current challenges and logistical arrangements, the AFC agreed that the postponement of …
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The AFC President Mr. Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa extended his condolences for the demise of former India International Fortunato Franco, dated today om Monday, May 10, 2021. In a letter addressed to AIFF President Mr. Praful Patel, the AFC President said, “I am deeply saddened to learn of the …
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The All India Football Federation is extremely grateful to the Asian Football Confederation for their support and belief in AIFF’s organisation capabilities in successfully hosting the Group E matches of the AFC Champions League 2021 in Goa from April 14-29, 2021. The AIFF also wants to put on record its …
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2022 will be a landmark year for women’s football with two major international events – the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup and the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – set to be hosted in India. As we build up to the mega-events and move forward together, another first-of-its-kind milestone …
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I would like to congratulate FC Goa for their great overall performance in the 2021 AFC Champions League and by doing so, they made Indian football proud! An expanded 2021 AFC Champions League from 32 to 40 teams resulted in India getting finally a fixed group stage slot and no …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has agreed to the proposal by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) to reschedule the AFC Cup East Zone Group J matches, originally scheduled for May 14 to 20, to June 23 to 29, 2021. After close consultation with the HKFA, the decision was confirmed, …
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