The Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, also called the AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup, was an intercontinental football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between representative nations from these confederations, usually the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations and the winners of the AFC Asian Cup or the Asian Games. All editions were official competitions of CAF and AFC[1]
Organising body | CAF and AFC |
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Founded | 1978; 46 years ago (1978) |
Abolished | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) |
Region | Africa Asia |
Number of teams | 2 |
Last champions | Japan (2007) |
Most successful team(s) | Japan (2 titles) |
Year | Hosts | Final | |||
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Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | |||
1978 Details |
Iran | Iran |
3–0 | Ghana | |
Ghana | Cancelled[n 1] | ||||
1985 Details |
Cameroon | Cameroon |
4–1 | Saudi Arabia | |
Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | ||||
1987 Details |
Qatar | South Korea |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
Egypt | |
1991 Details |
Iran | Iran |
2–1 | Algeria | |
Algeria | 0–1 | ||||
1993 Details |
Japan | Japan |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | Ivory Coast | |
1995 Details |
Uzbekistan | Uzbekistan |
2–3 | Nigeria | |
Nigeria | 0–1 | ||||
1997 Details |
South Africa | South Africa |
1–0 | Saudi Arabia | |
Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | ||||
2007 Details |
Japan | Japan |
4–1 | Egypt |
Team | Winners | Runners-Up |
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Japan | 2 (1993, 2007) |
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Cameroon | 1 (1985) |
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South Korea | 1 (1987) |
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Algeria | 1 (1991) |
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Nigeria | 1 (1995) |
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South Africa | 1 (1999) |
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Saudi Arabia |
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2 (1985, 1999) |
Egypt |
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2 (1987, 2007) |
Iran |
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1 (1991) |
Ivory Coast |
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1 (1993) |
Uzbekistan |
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1 (1995) |
Confederation | Winners | Runners-up |
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CAF | 4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997) | 3 (1987, 1993, 2007) |
AFC | 3 (1987, 1993, 2007) | 4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997) |