The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Competitions Committee has requested that the Member Associations affected by travel bans approach their Governments to allow football teams to be exempt from such restrictions. The AFC regulations state that visas should be issued and safety and security should be guaranteed by the host nation …
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The first regional AFC workshop in Central Asia, with participants from the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, concluded today in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. The aim of the workshop was to learn to use different marketing and communications strategies and tools to make football a profitable …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has introduced a new AFC integrity mobile application, which will enable fans, players and officials to report possible suspicious activities or provide information concerning match-fixing or corruption to the AFC Integrity Unit. As part of efforts to expand the fight against match-fixing, the new mobile …
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The AFC elite referees and assistant referees have begun preparing for AFC Competitions in 2018 by attending a seminar which began on Monday in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. 144 participants are gathered in Kuala Lumpur and 139 in Dubai for the five-day seminar. The participants are divided into …
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The AFC Futsal Development Department, in cooperation with the Chinese Football Association (CFA), is holding a Futsal Planning workshop in Jining, Shandong Province. The planning workshop is intended to introduce Futsal Club Licensing System in the Chinese Futsal Super League. The AFC delegation is led by the Head of AFC …
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Experts in tournament delivery will discuss ‘Tournaments for All: Understanding & accounting for stakeholder needs in major event preparations’ at the Soccerex Asian Forum on December 4/5, 2017 in Qatar. Major sporting events are the culmination of years of meticulous planning preparation, bringing together every part of the sporting eco-system …
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Soccerex has announced the first selection of attendees for the Soccerex Asian Forum that will be held in Doha, Qatar, on December 4/5, 2017. In just over a month, the football business community will get together at the Soccerex Asian Forum — Doha, on December 4/5 — for two days …
Read More »The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Club Licensing Task Force reinforced its commitment to enhance the professionalism of club football in the Continent through closer collaboration with the AFC Member Associations and their clubs at its third meeting on Friday, October 6 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. While the Task Force, led …
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Refereeing development in Asia continues to progress as 41 football and 21 futsal referees gather in Malaysia on Tuesday, October 3 for the 2017 AFC Referees Recruitment courses happening concurrently. As the earliest phase of the path leading to the AFC Elite Panel, the three-day course aims to evaluate referees …
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Soccerex have announced that during the Asian Forum in Doha, Qatar, December 4-5, a conference panel featuring legal experts with extensive FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) experience will debate ‘The Governance of Football in Asia’. The speakers will include former AFC Head of Sports Legal Services, Disciplinary and Governance …
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