This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this articlebyadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "AFC–OFC Challenge Cup" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
The AFC–OFC Challenge Cup was a football tournament, set up as the successor of the discontinued Afro-Asian Cup of Nations. It was a biannual event, with Oceania represented by the winners of the OFC Nations Cup and Asia alternately by the winners of the AFC Asian Cup and those of the Asian Games. It is staged as a home and away format.[1]
 | |
| Organising body | AFC and OFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2001 |
| Abolished | 2003 |
| Region | Asia Oceania |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Last champions |  Iran(1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Iran Japan(1 title each) |
The cup was first played with Japan beating Australia 3–0 in 2001.[2]
| Year | Hosts | Winners | Score | Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Japan
|
 Japan |
3–0 |  Australia | |
| 2003 | Iran
|
 Iran |
3–0 |  New Zealand |
| Team | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| Japan
|
1 (2001) | – |
| Iran
|
1 (2003) | – |
 Australia
|
– | 1 (2001) |
 New Zealand
|
– | 1 (2003) |
| Confederation | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| AFC | 2 (2001, 2003) | – |
| OFC | – | 2 (2001, 2003) |
| Japan (2000 AFC Asian Cup Champion) | 3–0 | Australia (2000 OFC Nations Cup Champion) |
|---|---|---|
Yanagisawa  19' Hattori 53' Nakayama 65' (pen.) |
Attendance: 46,404
Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)
The match was originally planned as two-legged tie on 28 March in Auckland and 4 April in Tehran, but then postponed due to Iraq War.
| Iran (2002 Asian Games Champion) | 3–0 | New Zealand (2002 OFC Nations Cup Champion) |
|---|---|---|
| Karimi 24', 37' Kaebi 67' |
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kousa Mohammed (Syria)