The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), in consultation with FIFA, has approved China’s request to play their upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – Asian Qualifiers at a neutral venue. Due to the recent coronavirus outbreak, China are unable to play in the People’s Republic and …
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India has been recommended as the first South Asian hosts for the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup by the AFC Women’s Football Committee which met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today, February 19 as part of the AFC’s commitment to grow the women’s game. It was felt that India, who will …
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The All India Football Federation received the AFC Grassroots charter- Bronze Level membership for its stupendous work towards promoting grassroots football. In a letter to AIFF general secretary Kushal Das, AFC general secretary Dato Windsor John wrote, “We are pleased to inform you that your application for membership at the …
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During its meeting held in Kuala Lumpur, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Electoral Committee approved the regional candidates for the AFC Executive Committee as eligible to stand at the elections which will be held at the AFC’s 30th Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 16, 2020. After conducting the …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has been informed by the Vietnam Football Federation that the Vietnam Government will not be allowing the hosting of any sporting event in the country in February 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. This decision affects the AFC Cup 2020 Group Stage matches involving Vietnamese …
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Representatives of the six Member Associations taking part in the AFC Champions League East decided to postpone matches involving Chinese clubs from the first three match days at an Emergency meeting convened by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday, February 4. It was also …
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Following consultation with all relevant stakeholders, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has taken the decision to postpone the AFC Futsal Championship which was scheduled for Turkmenistan between February 26 and March 8, 2020. This move was taken because of concerns about the current Coronavirus situation and in order to ensure …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has called an Emergency meeting of all key stakeholders – Member Associations, Leagues, clubs and commercial agency – participating in the AFC Champions League – East Zone. The meeting, to be held on February 4, 2020, will discuss the impact of various Government travel restrictions …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Sportradar – the world’s leading supplier of sports integrity solutions – have renewed one of the longest standing integrity partnerships in world sport through to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in China. Under the agreement, Sportradar will continue to support the AFC Integrity Unit …
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62 match officials were appointed for the upcoming 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand which kicks-off on Wednesday, January 8. Each referee will be accompanied by two assistant referees, and receive support from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system, which is set to make its full tournament debut across all …
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