High participation marks 2nd AFC Elite Youth Special Online Session

Fri, 14 Oct, 2022

High participation marks 2nd AFC Elite Youth Special Online Session

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted its 2nd AFC Elite Youth Special Online Session yesterday to highlight the role played by Member Associations (MAs) in youth development in their regions, while also discussing the ways in which the AFC Elite Youth Scheme can assist the MAs in creating National Youth Programmes. 

The session, which was conducted by the AFC Technical Director, Andy Roxburgh and the Head of Youth Development, Laszlo Szalai, saw over a hundred technical directors, youth national coaches, heads of youth academies, and academy directors coming together to share ideas on how to help talented youth footballers in their crucial phase as they aim to transition into the senior teams of their respective nations. 

Japan lead Asian cast for Australia/New Zealand challenge in latest FIFA World Ranking

Sat, 15 Oct, 2022

Japan lead Asian cast for Australia/New Zealand challenge in latest FIFA World Ranking

Kuala Lumpur: Japan will head into next week’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023 draw as the continent’s highest ranked team among the six Asian sides to have qualified. 

Japan, who will be seeking to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup title for a second time, were unchanged at 11th spot in the latest ranking. 

Ice cool Chen Liu stands tall for China PR

Fri, 14 Oct, 2022

Ice cool Chen Liu stands tall for China PR

Navi Mumbai: China PR’s 2-1 defeat of Mexico in the opening round of games in Group C of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2022 owed much to a decision made by their goalkeeper, Chen Liu, three years ago. 

The 16-year-old, who thwarted the Mexicans time and again with the score at 0-0, was a keen ice skater until the age of 13, when she decided to give it up for football.

Uzbekistan 2023: Group H to decide final cast

Thu, 13 Oct, 2022

Uzbekistan 2023: Group H to decide final cast

Kuala Lumpur: The complete cast for the AFC U20 Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2023 will be unveiled on Tuesday upon the conclusion of the Group H Qualifiers.

Postponed and subsequently relocated from Iraq due to security concerns, Kuwait will host Australia, Iraq and India with the action kicking off on Friday.

Join the-AFC.com as we preview the group and how the overall scenario looks like.

AFC conducts WAP Assessment visit to Bhutan

Fri, 14 Oct, 2022

AFC conducts WAP Assessment visit to Bhutan

Thimphu: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted a visit to Bhutan as part of the AFC Women’s Assistance Programme (WAP) from October 7-10 to assess the progress made by the Bhutan Football Federation (BFF) in women’s football in the last decade.

During the visit, the AFC delegation, led by the AFC Head of Women’s Football Bai Lili, met officials of the BFF where the latter enumerated the activities that had been undertaken for strengthening the landscape of women’s football in the country since the last WAP visit. 

AFC team visits PSSI, offers condolences

Thu, 13 Oct, 2022

AFC team visits PSSI, offers condolences

Jakarta: An Asian Football Confederation (AFC) delegation led by the AFC Deputy General Secretary Shin Man Gill and Deputy Chairperson of the AFC Safety and Security Task Force Datuk Dell Akbar Khan met with the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) President Police Commissioner General Dr H. Mochamad Iriawan on Wednesday and expressed their condolences and support in the wake of the Kanjuruhan stadium tragedy earlier this month.

Following the assurance of support provided by the AFC President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa to the PSSI, the AFC delegation also met with several key stakeholders of the PSSI and the Indonesian Government and were briefed on the latest developments.