Asian Football Confederation

KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 have confirmed that the upcoming edition of Asia’s flagship national team competition will be held from January 12 to February 10, 2024.

The quadrennial continental championship was awarded to China in 2019 but the world’s most populous country relinquished the rights this year as it pursued a now rescinded zero-COVID policy.

Jul 10, 2019 17:07
NEW DELHI: Acting true to predicted script, the All India Football Federation's executive committee, which met here Tuesday, confirmed that the AIFF has decided to recommend to the Asian Football Confederation that the winner of Indian Super League (ISL) should get a berth for the qualifiers of the AFC Champions League.
Jun 04, 2019 17:06
PARIS: The Asian Football Confederation confirmed China as the hosts for the Asian Cup 2023 at the AFC Extraordinary Congress here Tuesday. The unanimous decision marks the second time Asia’s crown jewel will be played in the People’s Republic of China which also hosted the 13th edition in 2004 when the tournament was expanded to 16 teams for the first time.
May 08, 2019 16:05
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Wednesday issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for its package of football media rights for the 2021-2024 cycle in Saudi Arabia. The ITT offers the media rights for national team and club competitions, including the pinnacle national team events of the AFC Asian Cup and the Asian qualifying competition for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Apr 22, 2019 14:04
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has recently signed an agreement with the Asian Football Confederation focused on coaching rules and methods.
Mar 30, 2019 11:03
DOHA: The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has announced its support for Bahrain’s HE Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa for yet another term as AFC President at the General Assembly of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in Kuala Lumpur on 6 April.
Mar 27, 2019 16:03
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will further ensure that passionate football fans in the continent get even closer to the action as its website, the-AFC.com launched Monday its latest live score feature, which will serve as a one-stop hub of the latest results in the leagues across all 47 of the AFC Member Associations.
Mar 13, 2019 06:03
DOHA: In response to the extraordinary announcement by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Tuesday that it will live-stream matches featuring Saudi Arabian clubs in the AFC Asian Champions League for free into Saudi Arabia on the AFC’s own digital channels, Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports announced it would launch a major international legal dispute against the football's Asian governing body for material breach of its mu
Feb 20, 2019 18:02
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is increasing its determination to fight intellectual property (IP) theft by appointing experts to continue to protect AFC’s broadcast and commercial partners rights.
Nov 21, 2018 13:11
BANGKOK: The Hero I-League won silver at the Asian Sports Industry (SPIA) 2018 Awards in the “Best Developing Football League of the Year” category nominated by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in the city on Tuesday. The Hero I-League is the premier league in the country and the ongoing edition is being played among 11 clubs, the champions of whom get a slot for the AFC Champions League qualifier.
Nov 05, 2018 15:11
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has notified its member associations that, in line with Article 32.1 of the AFC Statutes, the election for the members of the AFC executive committee (for a four-year term, 2019 – 2023) will be held at the 29th AFC Congress in here on April 6, 2019.