Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Organising body	CAF and AFC
Founded	1978 (1978)
Abolished	2007 (2007)
Region	Africa Asia
Number of teams	2
Last champions	Japan (2007)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (2 titles)

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 |- |rowspan=2|1985
Details |align=left| Cameroon |rowspan=2|
Cameroon |4–1 |rowspan=2|
Saudi Arabia |- |align=left| Saudi Arabia |align=center|1–2 |-style="background: #D0E6FF;" |1987
Details |align=left| Qatar |
South Korea |1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p) |
Egypt |- |rowspan=2|1991
Details |align=left| Iran |rowspan=2|
Iran |2–1 |rowspan=2|
Algeria |- |align=left| Algeria |0–1 |-style="background: #D0E6FF;" |1993
Details |align=left| Japan |
Japan |1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Ivory Coast |- |rowspan=2|1995
Details |align=left| Uzbekistan |rowspan=2|
Uzbekistan |2–3 |rowspan=2|
Nigeria |- |align=left| Nigeria |0–1 |-style="background: #D0E6FF;" |rowspan=2|1997
Details |align=left| South Africa |rowspan=2|
South Africa |1–0 |rowspan=2|
Saudi Arabia |-style="background: #D0E6FF;" |align=left| Saudi Arabia |0–0 |- |2007
Details |align=left| Japan |
Japan |4–1 |
Egypt |-style="background: #D0E6FF;" |}

Most successful national teams

Team	Winners	Runners-Up
Japan	2 (1993, 2007)	—
Cameroon	1 (1985)	—
South Korea	1 (1987)	—
Algeria	1 (1991)	—
Nigeria	1 (1995)	—
South Africa	1 (1999)	—
Saudi Arabia	—	2 (1985, 1999)
Egypt	—	2 (1987, 2007)
Iran	—	1 (1991)
Ivory Coast	—	1 (1993)
Uzbekistan	—	1 (1995)

Results by confederation

Confederation	Winners	Runners-up
CAF	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)
AFC	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)

See also

• AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
• Afro-Asian Club Championship
• CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
• Panamerican Championship

External links

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations at the RSSSF
• Coupe Afro-asiatique des nation at Football-the-story.com