AFC General Secretary hails AFC Asian Cup China 2023 preparations

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC General Secretary hails AFC Asian Cup China 2023 preparations

Kuala Lumpur: Asian Football Confederation (AFC) General Secretary Dato’ Windsor John expressed his confidence in China PR’s infrastructure and its ability to host the biggest AFC Asian Cup China 2023 during a virtual interview with Chinese media today. 

The AFC General Secretary said early preparations are underway and the construction of the stadiums have shown significant progress.

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AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ competition dates confirmed

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ competition dates confirmed

Kuala Lumpur: The upcoming edition of Asia’s flagship national team competition – the AFC Asian Cup China 2023™ – will take place from June 16 to July 16, 2023, across ten cities after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) confirmed the decision today.

The 18th edition of the tournament, which will see Asia’s top 24 national teams compete for the most coveted prize in Asian football, aims to engage more fans than ever before, and will maximise the advantage of playing the opening game on a Friday and the final on a weekend.

Best Goal of AFC Champions League 2020: Six finalists confirmed

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Best Goal of AFC Champions League 2020: Six finalists confirmed

Kuala Lumpur: Theerathon Bunmathan, Abdulrahman Al Obaid and Mehdi Abdi Qara have completed the cast for the Best Goal of AFC Champions League 2020 final following the conclusion of Semi-final 2 on Wednesday.

Yokohama F. Marinos' Theerathon topped the second semi-final with 45.75 percent of the votes with Al Nassr's Ol Obaid finishing second with 18.67 percent. Persepolis FC's Abdi Qara finished third with 17.98 percent.

Abdi Qara will have two goals in contention in the final after topping Semi-final One with Esteghlal FC's Cheick Diabate and Al Nassr's Abderrazak Hamdallah, the 2020 AFC Champions League top scorer with seven goals, also in the running.

Check out the Semi-final Two nominees and results below. The final kicks off on Friday at 16:00 (UTC+8) so don't forget to vote for your best goal of the 2020 AFC Champions League.

AFC publishes Bid Books for AFC Asian Cup 2027™

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC publishes Bid Books for AFC Asian Cup 2027™

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today published the AFC Asian Cup 2027™  Bid Books of the four Member Associations that remain in contention to host the AFC’s flagship competition – the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), the Qatar Football Association (QFA) and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF).

All four Member Associations had submitted their Bid Books for the tournament within the stipulated deadline and in the interest of conducting a fair and transparent Bidding Process, the AFC is for the first time providing, for the benefit of fans, members of the media and all stakeholders of Asian football, the opportunity to access the proposals on the-AFC.com.

Vote for your best 2020 AFC Champions League Team: Goalkeeper

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Vote for your best 2020 AFC Champions League Team: Goalkeeper

Kuala Lumpur: Fans of Asian football have voted for their Best XI at each edition of the AFC Champions League between 2016 and 2019, so now the-AFC.com turns to the most recently concluded chapter, the 2020 competition, to determine the top 11 players.

To select the candidates for each position, we have reflected on match data from the tournament to draw up a statistics-based approach to present the outstanding performers.

We kick things off with five standout goalkeepers for the all-important number one jersey. Review the nominees and then choose who you think should take the position as the last line of defence in this all-star XI in the poll below.

AFC rebrands major national team and club competitions

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC rebrands major national team and club competitions

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today launched an exciting and dynamic range of brand-new logomarks and visual identities for its major national team tournaments - the AFC Asian Qualifiers, AFC Asian Cup, AFC Women’s Asian Cup, AFC U23 Asian Cup, and the hugely popular annual club competitions - the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup. 

The new look and feel will be prominently featured across all fan focused touch-points with the AFC competitions in the coming years, from the match venues, to television broadcasts and social media channels.

Asia’s Choice – Fan Awards: Voting closes for Best Young Player in 2020

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Asia’s Choice – Fan Awards: Voting closes for Best Young Player in 2020

Kuala Lumpur: Voting for Asia's Choice - Fan Awards: Best Young Player in 2020 has closed.

The winner will be revealed on January 24, with 60 percent of the votes supplied by the direct participation of fans on the-AFC.com and 40 percent by a panel of Asian football experts.

Check out the nominees once again and don't forget, the result will be announced on January 24. Thank you for voting.