Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Organiser(s)	CAF andAFC
Founded	1978; 47 years ago (1978)
Abolished	2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Region	Africa Asia
Teams	2
Last champions	Japan(2007)
Most championships	Japan (2 titles)

TheAfro-Asian Cup of Nations, also called theAFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup, was an intercontinentalfootball competition endorsed by theConfederation of African Football (CAF) and theAsian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between representative nations from these confederations, usually the winners of theAfrica Cup of Nations and the winners of theAFC Asian Cup or theAsian Games. All editions were official competitions of CAF and AFC^[1]

• The first edition was in 1978. Iran defeated Ghana 3–0 in the first leg, but the second leg was cancelled due topolitical problems in Iran, and the trophy was not awarded.
• The competition was completed in 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993 and 1995, but the 1989 competition was cancelled.
• The 1997 edition was severely delayed to 1999, while the "true" 1999 edition (between Egypt and Iran) was also cancelled.
• The competition was discontinued following aCAF decision on July 30, 2000, afterAFC representatives had supported Germany rather than South Africa in the vote for hosting the2006 World Cup. The competition was scheduled to be resumed in 2005 with the match Tunisia-Japan, but was then cancelled once again.
• The competition resumed in 2007 under the name "AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup". The 2008 edition was scheduled to be played in November 2008 betweenIraq andEgypt in the neutral venue ofSaudi Arabia, but was eventually cancelled.

List of Afro-Asian Cup of Nations matches

Year	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Venue	Location	Attendance
1978	Iran	3–0	Ghana	Aryamehr Stadium	Tehran, Iran	8,000
		Cancelled[n 1]		Accra Sports Stadium	Accra, Ghana	—
	The trophy was not awarded, because the second leg was cancelled.
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	Attendance
1985	Cameroon	4–1	Saudi Arabia	Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium	Yaoundé, Cameroon	80,000
		1–2		King Fahd Stadium	Taif, Saudi Arabua	20,000
	Cameroon won 5–3 on aggregate.
1987	South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3p)	Egypt	Khalifa International Stadium	Doha, Qatar	15,000
1991	Algeria	1–2	Iran	Azadi Stadium	Tehran, Iran	100,000
		1–0		Stade du 5 Juillet	Algiers, Algeria	30,000
	Aggregate 2–2, Algeria won onaway goals.
1993	Japan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast	National Stadium	Tokyo, Japan	53,302
1995	Nigeria	3–2	Uzbekistan	Pakhtakor Central Stadium	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	55,000
		1–0		National Stadium	Lagos, Nigeria	60,000
	Nigeria won 4–2 on aggregate.
1997	South Africa	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Green Point Stadium	Cape Town, South Africa	20,000
		0–0		King Fahd International Stadium	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	50,000
	South Africa won 1–0 on aggregate.
2007	Japan	4–1	Egypt	Nagai Stadium	Osaka, Japan	41,901

Team	Winners	Runners-up
Japan	2 (1993, 2007)	—
Cameroon	1 (1985)	—
South Korea	1 (1987)	—
Algeria	1 (1991)	—
Nigeria	1 (1995)	—
South Africa	1 (1997)	—
Saudi Arabia	—	2 (1985, 1997)
Egypt	—	2 (1987, 2007)
Iran	—	1 (1991)
Ivory Coast	—	1 (1993)
Uzbekistan	—	1 (1995)

• AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
• Afro-Asian Club Championship
• Finalissima
• Panamerican Championship

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

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
• Men's international association football competitions in Africa
• Men's international association football competitions in Asia
• Asian Football Confederation competitions for national teams
• Confederation of African Football competitions for national teams
• Recurring sporting events established in 1978
• Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2007

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