Tag Archives: Asia

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s ambitions to maximise the power and passion of the beautiful game to provide much needed support to vulnerable communities across the Continent through the AFC Dream Asia Foundation was further strengthened today at the 3rd AFC Social Responsibility Committee meeting. In his opening address at …

Nearly 100 Technical Directors, Coach Education Tutors and Heads of Grassroots Football from across 43 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Member Associations (MAs) were presented with an opportunity to obtain valuable insights on the best practices by the Japan Football Association (JFA), an AFC Grassroots Charter Gold Member, in the latest …

The club allocations for the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup in 2023 have been determined following the latest AFC Club Competitions Ranking. Saudi Arabia, who lead the AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2021, are ranked first in the AFC Champions League (West), with three of their clubs automatically qualifying to …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s remarkable strides in ensuring its Member Associations (MAs) and Regional Associations (RAs) continue to uphold the highest standards of good governance was further emphasised by the AFC Associations Committee at its third meeting held virtually today. Chairperson Hachem Haidar noted the vast challenges faced by …

Al Hilal SFC’s record breaking victory in the AFC Champions League 2021 Final has propelled Saudi Arabia to the top of the latest AFC Club Competitions Ranking. With the results of clubs participating in the four previous sporting seasons, Saudi Arabia lead the rankings on 100 points as South Korea …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s Member Associations (MAs) and Regional Associations (RAs) will be in a stronger position to develop football across the Continent with the new AFC Enhance Member Association Programme and AFC Enhance Regional Association Programme, which were ratified by the AFC Executive Committee at its eighth meeting …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) tested the lower-cost video assistant referee (VAR Light) concept at the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021 Pilot Tournament (West) in Jordan from November 7 to 13. As part of its efforts to adopt more technological advances in the sport, the AFC examined the new concept, …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) organised the third Coach Education Special Online Session with participants learning from the comprehensive analysis of selected Euro 2020 matches. AFC Technical Director Andy Roxburgh opened the session, that was attended by more than 100 participants from 43 Member Associations, by emphasising the importance of …

Registration for the highly anticipated 7th AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022 with the theme – ‘Football and Sports Medicine – Celebrating Diversity’ – is now officially open for participants. Those interested can register here to be part of the conference that will welcome renowned medical speakers from the AFC, FIFA, …

Eagerly anticipated reforms designed to elevate AFC’s club competitions to the next level are set to be introduced in the near future. While addressing the AFC Executive Committee on November 21, 2021, AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said: “I am pleased to note that the AFC competitions …