Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation
Abbreviation	AFC
Formation	7 May 1954
Founded at	Manila, Philippines
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Region served	Asia and Oceania
Membership	47 member associations
Official language	English, Arabic[1]
President	Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa
Vice Presidents	See list • Faisal Saleh Hayat; (SAFF) ; • Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar; (EAFF) ; • Mehdi Taj; (CAFA) ; • Saoud Al-Mohannadi; (WAFF) ; • Zaw Zaw; (AFF);
General Secretary	Dato' Windsor John[2][3]
Parent organization	FIFA
Subsidiaries	AFF (Southeast Asia); CAFA (Central Asia); EAFF (East Asia); SAFF (South Asia); WAFF (Western Asia);
Website	the-afc.com

The Asian Football Confederation is a governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in OFC, joined AFC in 2006. Guam, a territory of the United States, and the Northern Mariana Islands, 1 of the 2 commonwealths of the United States are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania.

History

It was founded on 7 May 1954 in Manila, Philippines.[4] Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China, Hong Kong, Iran, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia and South Vietnam were founding members.[5][6]

The AFC Asian Cup is the second-oldest continental football competition in the world, with four teams taking part in the first edition in the then-British Hong Kong in 1956.[7]

The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) is the section of AFC who manage women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC.[8]

Executive Committee

AFC President and FIFA Senior Vice President[9]
Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
FIFA Council Members[9]
Du Zhaocai Praful Patel Kohzo Tashima Mariano Araneta Saoud Al-Mohannadi Mahfuza Akhter Kiron
AFC Vice Presidents[9]
Saoud Al-Mohannadi Mehdi Taj Faisal Saleh Hayat Zaw Zaw Ganbaatar Amgalanbaatar
AFC Executive Committee Members[9]
Abed-Alkhaliq Masoud Ahmed Hachem Haider Salem Said Salem Al Wahaibi Hamid Mohammed Ali Al-Shaibani Dasho Ugen Tsechup Dorji Chris Nikou Hamidin Mohd Amin Tran Quoc Tuan Fok Kai Shan Eric Susan Shalabi Molano Kanya Keomany Han Un-gyong
General Secretary
Dato' Windsor John

Member associations

AFC regional federations

It has 47 member associations split into 5 regions. Some nations proposed a South West Asian Federation that would not interfere with AFC zones.[11][12][13]

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	FIFA affiliation	AFC affiliation	IOC member
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) (12)
BHR	Bahrain	(M, W)	1957	1968	1969	Yes
IRQ	Iraq	(M, W)	1948	1950	1970	Yes
JOR	Jordan	(M, W)	1949	1956	1970	Yes
KUW	Kuwait	(M, W)	1952	1964	1964	Yes
LBN	Lebanon	(M, W)	1933	1936	1964	Yes
OMA	Oman	(M, W)	1978	1980	1980	Yes
PLE	Palestine	(M, W)	1928	1998	1998	Yes
QAT	Qatar	(M, W)	1960	1972	1974	Yes
KSA	Saudi Arabia	(M, W)	1956	1956	1972	Yes
SYR	Syria	(M, W)	1936	1937	1970	Yes
UAE	United Arab Emirates	(M, W)	1971	1974	1974	Yes
YEM	Yemen	(M, W)	1962	1980	1980	Yes
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) (6)
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)	1933	1948	1954	Yes
IRN	Islamic Republic of Iran	(M, W)	1920	1948	1954	Yes
KGZ	Kyrgyz Republic	(M, W)	1992	1994	1993	Yes
TJK	Tajikistan	(M, W)	1936	1994	1993	Yes
TKM	Turkmenistan	(M, W)	1992	1994	1993	Yes
UZB	Uzbekistan	(M, W)	1946	1994	1993	Yes
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) (7)
BAN	Bangladesh	(M, W)	1972	1976	1974	Yes
BHU	Bhutan	(M, W)	1983	2000	1993	Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	1937	1948	1954	Yes
MDV	Maldives	(M, W)	1982	1986	1984	Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	1951	1972	1954	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)	1947	1948	1954	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)	1939	1952	1954	Yes
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) (12)
AUS	Australia[m 1]	(M, W)	1961	1963	2006	Yes[m 2]
BRU	Brunei Darussalam	(M, W)	1952	1972	1969	Yes
CAM	Cambodia	(M, W)	1933	1954	1954	Yes
IDN	Indonesia	(M, W)	1930	1952	1954	Yes
LAO	Laos	(M, W)	1951	1952	1968	Yes
MAS	Malaysia	(M, W)	1933	1954	1954	Yes
MYA	Myanmar	(M, W)	1947	1948	1954	Yes
PHI	Philippines	(M, W)	1907	1930	1954	Yes
SIN	Singapore	(M, W)	1892	1952	1954	Yes
THA	Thailand	(M, W)	1916	1925	1954	Yes
TLS	Timor-Leste	(M, W)	2002	2005	2002	Yes
VIE	Vietnam	(M, W)	1960	1952	1954	Yes
East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) (10)
CHN	China PR	(M, W)	1924	1931	1974	Yes
TPE	Chinese Taipei[m 3]	(M, W)	1936	1954	1954	Yes
PRK	DPR Korea	(M, W)	1945	1958	1974	Yes
GUM	Guam	(M, W)	1975	1996	1991	Yes[m 2]
HKG	Hong Kong	(M, W)	1914	1954	1954	Yes
JPN	Japan	(M, W)	1921	1921	1954	Yes
KOR	Korea Republic	(M, W)	1928	1948	1954	Yes
MAC	Macau	(M, W)	1939	1978	1978	No[m 4]
MNG	Mongolia	(M, W)	1959	1998	1993	Yes
NMI	Northern Mariana Islands	(M, W)	2005	N/A	2020	No[m 5]

Notes

Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1966–1972, 1978–2006), joined AFC.
Oceania country or territory is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees rather than the Olympic Council of Asia.
Former member of the Oceania Football Confederation (1976–1982), joined AFC.
Macau's Olympic Committee is an OCA member and not an IOC member.
Part of the United States Olympic Committee.

Former members

Association	Year	Note
Israel	1954–1974	Expelled from AFC competitions in 1974, as a result of a proposal by Kuwait which was adopted by a vote of 17 to 13 with 6 abstentions.[14] Became a full UEFA member in 1994.
New Zealand	1964[15]	Founding member of OFC in 1966.
South Yemen	1972–1990[16]	Joined North Yemen as Yemen.
Kazakhstan	1993–2002	Joined UEFA in 2002.

Tournaments

National teams

Men's

Women's

AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup, and the AFC Solidarity Cup replace AFC Challenge Cup for a country that has few chances to play in the Asian Cup. The 3 tournaments are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics.

Clubs

Men's

Women's

AFC Women's Club Championship

The top-ranked AFC tournament for association football clubs is the AFC Champions League which started in the 2002–03 season (an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup) and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country (the number of teams depend on that country's ranking and can be upgraded or downgraded); this tournament only gathered teams from top country. And AFC Women's Club Championship for women's association football club competition.[17]

A 2nd, lower-ranked tournament is the AFC Cup which was launched by AFC in 2004. A 3rd tournament, the AFC President's Cup which had started in 2005 was absorbed into the AFC Cup in 2015.[18]

AFC runs an annual Asian futsal club tournament, the AFC Futsal Club Championship for futsal club competition.[19]

Defunct

National teams

AFC Challenge Cup
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
AFC U-14 Championship[20]
AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship[21]

Clubs

Current title holders

National teams
Tournament	Year	Host country	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition	Dates
Asian Cup	2019	United Arab Emirates	Qatar	1st	Japan	2023	Qualification: 6 June 2019 – 14 June 2022
Asian Cup	2019	United Arab Emirates	Qatar	1st	Japan	2023	Finals: 16 June – 16 July 2023
Solidarity Cup	2016	Malaysia	Nepal	1st	Macau	2024
Men's Asian Games Football Tournament	2018	Indonesia	South Korea	5th	Japan	2022
U-23 Asian Cup	2020	Thailand	South Korea	1st	Saudi Arabia	2022	Qualification: 23 October – 2 November 2021
U-23 Asian Cup	2020	Thailand	South Korea	1st	Saudi Arabia	2022	Finals: 1–19 June 2022
U-20 Asian Cup	2018	Indonesia	Saudi Arabia	3rd	South Korea	2023	Qualification: 10–18 September
U-20 Asian Cup	2018	Indonesia	Saudi Arabia	3rd	South Korea	2023	Finals: TBD
U-17 Asian Cup	2018	Malaysia	Japan	3rd	Tajikistan	2023	Qualification: 1–9 October 2022
U-17 Asian Cup	2018	Malaysia	Japan	3rd	Tajikistan	2023	Finals: TBD
Boys' Asian Youth Games Football Tournament	2013	China	South Korea	2nd	Iran	2021
Futsal Asian Cup	2018	Chinese Taipei	Iran	12th	Japan	2022	Qualification: 1–15 April 2022
Futsal Asian Cup	2018	Chinese Taipei	Iran	12th	Japan	2022	Finals: 25 September – 20 October 2022
Men's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Tournament	2017	Turkmenistan	Iran	5th	Uzbekistan	2021	November 2023
U-20 Futsal Asian Cup	2019	Iran	Japan	1st	Afghanistan	2023
Beach Soccer Asian Cup	2019	Thailand	Japan	3rd	United Arab Emirates	2023
Men's Asian Beach Games Beach Soccer Tournament	2016	Vietnam	Japan	1st	Oman	2020
National teams (women)
Women's Asian Cup	2022	India	China PR	9th	South Korea	2026
Women's Asian Games Football Tournament	2018	Indonesia	Japan	2nd	China PR	2022
U-20 Women's Asian Cup	2019	Thailand	Japan	6th	North Korea	2024	Qualification: First round: 4–12 March 2023 Second round: 3–11 June 2023
U-20 Women's Asian Cup	2019	Thailand	Japan	6th	North Korea	2024	Finals: 3–16 March 2024
U-17 Women's Asian Cup	2019	Thailand	Japan	4th	North Korea	2024	Qualification: First round: 22–30 April 2023 Second round: 16–24 September 2023
U-17 Women's Asian Cup	2019	Thailand	Japan	4th	North Korea	2024	Finals: 7–20 April 2024 (expected)
Women's Futsal Asian Cup	2018	Thailand	Iran	2nd	Japan	2022
Women's Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Tournament	2017	Turkmenistan	Thailand	1st	Japan	2021
Club teams
Champions League	2021	Home and Away	Al-Hilal	4th	Pohang Steelers	2022	Qualifying: 8–15 March 2022
Champions League	2021	Home and Away	Al-Hilal	4th	Pohang Steelers	2022	Competition proper: 7 April 2022 – 26 February 2023
AFC Cup	2021	–	Al-Muharraq	2nd	Nasaf	2022	Qualifying: 5–19 April 2022
AFC Cup	2021	–	Al-Muharraq	2nd	Nasaf	2022	Competition proper: 18 May – 22 October 2022
Futsal Club Championship	2019	Thailand	Nagoya Oceans	4th	Mes Sungun	2022	3–14 August 2022
Club teams (women)
Women's Club Championship	2021	Jordan	Amman	1st	Shahrdari Sirjan	2022

Defunct tournaments

National teams
Competition	Year	Host country	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Most titles
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	2007	Japan	Japan	2nd	Egypt	Japan (2)
AFC-OFC Challenge Cup	2003	Iran	Iran	1st	New Zealand	Iran Japan (1)
Challenge Cup	2014	Maldives	Palestine	1st	Philippines	North Korea (2)
U14 Championship	2014	Iran	Iraq	1st	North Korea	Iraq (1)
Club teams
Afro-Asian Club Championship	1998	South Korea (1st leg) Morocco (2nd leg)	Raja Casablanca	1st	Pohang Steelers	Zamalek (2)
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2001–02	–	Al-Hilal	2nd	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Al-Hilal Yokohama Marinos (2)
President's Cup	2014	Sri Lanka (final stage) Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage)	HTTU Asgabat	1st	Rimyongsu	Regar TadAZ (3)
Asian Super Cup	2002	South Korea (1st leg) Saudi Arabia (2nd leg)	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2nd	Al-Hilal	Al-Hilal Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2)

Titles by nation

Nation	Men									Women				Futsal					Beach Soccer		Club							Inter Conf.			Nation	Total
Nation	Asia	Sol	Cha	Asiad	U23	U20	U17	U14	AYG	Asia	Asiad	U20	U17	Men	AIMm	U20	Wmn	AIMw	BS	ABG	ACL	ACC	APC	AWC	ASC	WCC	FCC	AAN	AO	AAC	Nation	Total
Japan	4			1	1	1	3			2	2	6	4	3		1		3	3	1	7			5	2	1	4	2	1		Japan	57
Iran	3			4		4	1							12	5	1	2		2	2	3			1			4		1		Iran	45
South Korea	2			5	1	12	2		2			2	1								12				3			1		2	South Korea	45
Saudi Arabia	3					3	2														6			6	3						Saudi Arabia	23
China PR						1	2			9	3	1									3										China PR	19
North Korea			2	1		3	2			3	3	1	3																		North Korea	18
Iraq	1			1	1	5	1	1														3									Iraq	13
Israel	1					6															3										Israel	10
Myanmar				2		7																	1								Myanmar	10
Thailand						2	1			1								1			2						2			1	Thailand	10
Chinese Taipei				2						3													1								Chinese Taipei	6
Qatar	1			1		1	1														2										Qatar	6
Kuwait	1																					4									Kuwait	5
Tajikistan			1																				4								Tajikistan	5
United Arab Emirates						1													2	1	1										United Arab Emirates	5
Uzbekistan				1	1		1											1				1									Uzbekistan	5
India			1	2		1																									India	4
Jordan																						3				1					Jordan	4
Oman							2												1	1											Oman	4
Australia	1									1											1										Australia	3
Bahrain																			1			2									Bahrain	3
Syria						1																2									Syria	3
Kyrgyzstan																							2								Kyrgyzstan	2
Turkmenistan																							2								Turkmenistan	2
Indonesia						1																									Indonesia	1
Lebanon																						1									Lebanon	1
Malaysia																						1									Malaysia	1
Nepal		1																													Nepal	1
New Zealand										1																					New Zealand	1
Palestine			1																												Palestine	1

Rankings

FIFA World Rankings

FIFA Men's Rankings (as of 31 March 2022)[22]
AFC*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	21		Iran	1564.49
2	23		Japan	1553.44
3	29		South Korea	1519.54
4	42	5	Australia	1462.29
5	49	4	Saudi Arabia	1444.69
6	51	1	Qatar	1441.41
7	68	1	United Arab Emirates	1356.99
8	72	2	Iraq	1338.91
9	75	4	Oman	1324.16
10	77	2	China PR	1304.02
11	83	2	Uzbekistan	1286.55
12	88	3	Syria	1265.03
13	89		Bahrain	1262.55
14	91	1	Jordan	1259.84
15	95	1	Kyrgyzstan	1218.48
16	96	2	Vietnam	1215.38
17	97	2	Lebanon	1211.71
18	100		Palestine	1208.9
19	106	2	India	1174.04
20	109	1	North Korea	1169.96
21	111	1	Thailand	1167.68
22	114	1	Tajikistan	1159.42
23	133	4	Philippines	1117.89
24	134		Turkmenistan	1117.6
25	146	3	Kuwait	1059.94
26	147	1	Hong Kong	1053.39
27	150		Afghanistan	1049.77
28	151		Yemen	1046.26
29	152		Myanmar	1044.56
30	154		Malaysia	1035.06
31	156	1	Maldives	1025.5
32	157	1	Chinese Taipei	1017.78
33	158	3	Singapore	1012.27
34	159	1	Indonesia	1001.61
35	168	1	Nepal	978.86
36	171		Cambodia	966.61
37	182		Macau	922.1
38	185	2	Laos	914.66
39	186	2	Mongolia	911.49
40	187	2	Bhutan	910.96
41	188	2	Bangladesh	903.98
42	191	3	Brunei	898.96
43	197		Pakistan	866.81
44	198		Timor-Leste	865.47
45	205	1	Sri Lanka	842.93
46	207	1	Guam	838.33
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

FIFA Women's Rankings (as of 25 March 2022)[23]
AFC*	FIFA	+/-	National Team	Points
1	10		North Korea	1940
2	12	1	Australia	1911.1
3	13		Japan	1910.67
4	16	3	China PR	1858.99
5	17	1	South Korea	1843.21
6	32		Vietnam	1655.25
7	40	1	Chinese Taipei	1585.21
8	43	5	Thailand	1541.05
9	45	2	Myanmar	1523.8
10	48	3	Uzbekistan	1518.37
11	54	10	Philippines	1438.9
12	59	4	India	1417.27
13	63		Jordan	1389.38
14	70		Iran	1361.16
15	78	1	Hong Kong	1307.29
16	83	1	Laos	1272.76
17	87		Bahrain	1254.12
18	88		Malaysia	1252.58
19	96	2	Indonesia	1220.39
20	97		Guam	1218.07
21	102	1	Nepal	1196.73
22	106		United Arab Emirates	1181.72
23	126		Kyrgyzstan	1118
24	128	1	Mongolia	1111.95
25	129	1	Palestine	1103.05
26	135	1	Singapore	1074.76
27	139	1	Tajikistan	1044.07
28	141	1	Lebanon	1032.23
29	145	2	Bangladesh	1004.61
30	150	1	Sri Lanka	968
31	152		Maldives	952.73
32	169	1	Bhutan	769
*Local rankings based on FIFA ranking points

Historical leaders

Men's

Women's

Team of the Year

Teams ranking in the top four – Men's[22]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2022	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Australia
2021	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Australia
2020	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2019	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2018	Iran	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2017	Iran	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2016	Iran	South Korea	Japan	Australia
2015	Iran	South Korea	Japan	Australia
2014	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Uzbekistan
2013	Iran	Japan	South Korea	Australia
2012	Japan	South Korea	Australia	Iran
2011	Japan	Australia	South Korea	Iran
2010	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Iran
2009	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Bahrain
2008	Australia	Japan	South Korea	Iran
2007	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Australia
2006	Iran	Australia	Uzbekistan	Japan
2005	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
2004	Japan	Iran	South Korea	Saudi Arabia
2003	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Japan
2002	South Korea	Japan	Iran	Saudi Arabia
2001	Iran	Saudi Arabia	Japan	South Korea
2000	Saudi Arabia	Iran	Japan	South Korea
1999	Saudi Arabia	Iran	South Korea	United Arab Emirates
1998	South Korea	Japan	Kuwait	Iran
1997	Japan	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Australia
1996	Japan	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Australia
1995	Japan	South Korea	Australia	Saudi Arabia
1994	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Japan	China PR
1993	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	Japan	Australia

Teams ranking in the top four – Women's[23]
Year	First	Second	Third	Fourth
2022	North Korea	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2021	North Korea	Australia	Japan	South Korea
2020	Australia	Japan	China PR	South Korea
2019	Australia	Japan	North Korea	China PR
2018	Australia	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2017	Australia	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2016	Australia	Japan	North Korea	China PR
2015	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China PR
2014	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China PR
2013	Japan	Australia	North Korea	South Korea
2012	Japan	Australia	North Korea	South Korea
2011	Japan	North Korea	Australia	South Korea
2010	Japan	North Korea	Australia	China PR
2009	North Korea	Japan	China PR	Australia
2008	North Korea	Japan	China PR	Australia
2007	North Korea	Japan	Australia	China PR
2006	North Korea	China PR	Japan	South Korea
2005	North Korea	China PR	Japan	South Korea
2004	China PR	North Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei
2003	China PR	North Korea	Japan	Chinese Taipei

Men's elo rankings

World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members:[24]

AFC	Elo Rankings	Country	Elo ratings	1 year change
1	27	South Korea	1,771	4
2	30	Japan	1,744	5
3	32	Iran	1,739	13
4	40	Australia	1,712	2
5	46	Qatar	1,670	28
6	56	Iraq	1,622	12
7	64	Uzbekistan	1,578	4
8	68	Saudi Arabia	1,554	6
9	73	Bahrain	1,534	30
10	82	Oman	1,500	10
11	86	Syria	1,483	28
12	87	Jordan	1,475	7
13	90	China PR	1,460	13
14	94	United Arab Emirates	1,449	12
15	101	Kuwait	1,416	1
16	104	Vietnam	1,408	24
17	106	Lebanon	1,404	15
18	110	Palestine	1,381
19	113	North Korea	1,375	16
20	116	Thailand	1,358	5
21	138	Kyrgyzstan	1,271	1
22	142	Turkmenistan	1,265	9
23	148	Tajikistan	1,233	10
24	156	Yemen	1,207	8
25	157	Malaysia	1,201	18
26	160	India	1,190	4
27	166	Hong Kong	1,170	11
28	170	Singapore	1,159	11
29	172	Philippines	1,152	1
30	177	Afghanistan	1,137	7
31	179	Indonesia	1,118	16
32	185	Myanmar	1,047	1
33	194	Maldives	947	2
34	195	Chinese Taipei	941	1
35	197	Nepal	918	4
36	204	Pakistan	873	6
37	207	Cambodia	838	1
38	208	Bangladesh	831	2
39	214	Guam	734	7
40	215	Mongolia	730	1
41	219	Macau	696	6
42	221	Laos	690	1
43	225	Sri Lanka	669	8
44	226	Timor-Leste	638	1
45	228	Brunei	619	1
46	232	Bhutan	563	1
47	238	Northern Mariana Islands	409

Club Competitions Ranking

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking ranks its member associations by results in the AFC competitions. Rankings are calculated by AFC.[25] Listed here are the top 30 countries.

AFC	Country	Points
1	China PR	100.000
2	Qatar	97.644
3	Japan	93.321
4	Saudi Arabia	88.449
5	South Korea	85.979
6	Iran	81.724
7	United Arab Emirates	61.870
8	Thailand	51.189
9	Iraq	48.992
10	Uzbekistan	45.562
11	Australia	40.896
12	Jordan	33.852
13	Philippines	32.130
14	North Korea	30.100
15	India	29.576
16	Vietnam	28.571
17	Tajikistan	28.361
18	Malaysia	26.96
19	Singapore	26.607
20	Turkmenistan	26.532
21	Lebanon	24.746
22	Syria	22.505
23	Hong Kong	19.945
24	Bahrain	17.749
25	Bangladesh	14.683
26	Maldives	13.632
27	Myanmar	12.756
28	Indonesia	12.550
29	Oman	8.531
30	Palestine	7.297

Beach soccer national teams

Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[26]

AFC rank	World rank	Country	Points
1	6	Japan	1549
2	7	Iran	1486
3	14	United Arab Emirates	945
4	21	Oman	555
5	40	Lebanon	217
6	47	Palestine	177
7	55	China	129
8	56	Bahrain	128
9	65	Malaysia	95
10	70	Iraq	78
11	71	Thailand	77
12	74	Afghanistan	69
13	79	Qatar	61
14	82	Syria	56
15	85	Kuwait	46
15	85	Kyrgyzstan	46
17	94	Saudi Arabia	30
18	108	Australia	0
19	111	Yemen	0
20	112	Philippines	0
21	113	Indonesia	0
22	115	Uzbekistan	0
23	115	Vietnam	0
24	115	Laos	0

Men's futsal

Per 26 April 2022:[27]

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points	+/-
1	6	Iran	1580	1
2	15	Japan	1353	1
3	21	Thailand	1288	3
4	25	Uzbekistan	1243	2
5	37	Australia	1119	4
6	38	Vietnam	1116	1
7	42	Indonesia	1061	6
8	43	Lebanon	1061	2
9	44	Kuwait	1058	1
10	45	Kyrgyzstan	1032	3
11	51	Iraq	984	7
12	56	Tajikistan	953	1
13	64	Turkmenistan	907	7
14	71	Bahrain	881	8
15	73	Malaysia	876	5
16	75	Myanmar	858	15
17	76	South Korea	857	3
18	80	China	848	1
20	83	Saudi Arabia	827	3
21	88	Qatar	807	1
22	89	Chinese Taipei	803	1
23	90	Oman	783	3
24	93	Afghanistan	757	3
25	97	United Arab Emirates	737	8
26	105	Palestine	647	1
27	107	Hong Kong	622
28	108	Mongolia	595
29	109	Cambodia	576
30	110	East Timor	571
31	112	Macau	535	1
32	116	Brunei	524
33	117	Maldives	454
–	–	Jordan**	877
–	–	Singapore**	614
–	–	Laos**	596
–	–	Philippines**	540
–	–	Guam**	486
–	–	Yemen*	578
–	–	Nepal*	568
–	–	Bhutan*	543

a number between brackets is the rank of the previous week. (*)= Provisional ranking (played at least 10 matches) (**)= Inactive for more than 24 months

Women's futsal

AFC Women's National Futsal Team Ranking by The Roon Ba
Update: March 2022

AFC	FIFA	Country	Points
1	7	Iran	5721
2	10	Japan	5636
3	11	Thailand	5614
4	23	Vietnam	5317
5	25	China	5252
6	26	Jordan	5252
7	29	Chinese Taipei	5721
8	34	Indonesia	5127
9	35	Australia	5167
10	37	Uzbekistan	5092
11	40	Malaysia	5007
12	42	Syria	4991
13	45	Myanmar	4901
14	46	Hong Kong	4897
15	48	Lebanon	4870
16	49	Bahrain	4852
17	51	Philippines	4745
18	53	Palestine	4720
19	61	Iraq	4391
20	62	Laos	4390
21	64	Kyrgyzstan	4314
22	66	Bangladesh	4126
23	67	Tajikistan	3995
24	68	Macau	3991
25	69	United Arab Emirates	3987
26	70	Turkmenistan	3945
27	72	Saudi Arabia	3669
28	73	Qatar	3660
29	74	Kuwait	3553
30	75	Afghanistan	3368

Controversy

AFC Champions League

In 2020 AFC Champions League, the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran received a letter from AFC on 17 January 2020 announcing that teams from Iran would not be allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.[28][29] The 4 AFC Champions League teams from Iran announced on 18 January 2020 that they would withdraw from the tournament if the ban was not reversed.[30][31] AFC announced on 23 January 2020 that any group stage matches which the Iranian teams were supposed to host on matchdays 1, 2 and 3 would be switched with the corresponding away matches to allow time to reassess the security concerns in the country.[32][33][34]

Hakeem al-Araibi

Hakeem al-Araibi, Bahraini footballer turned political refugee in Australia, was arrested by Thai police on his honeymoon to Thailand in November 2018. He faced extradition charges from the Bahraini government on the accusation over his involvement in the Bahraini uprising of 2011 that he instigated the attack on a police station. As Thailand did not sign the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Thai economic interests with Bahrain, and the ruling president of AFC, Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, is a member of Bahraini Royal family, fear that AFC might set up as culprit for the deportation, triggered international outcry. Australia and FIFA eventually intervened and Thai officials would release Hakeem in February 2019.[35][36]

Israel and Iranian–Saudi rivalry

The AFC Asian Cup is marked with instances of political interference. There was the case of Israel, as the team used to be a member of AFC and following the Arab defeat in the Yom Kippur War, Israel was expelled from the AFC in 1974 and had to compete in OFC until being granted UEFA membership in 1990.[37] Cases exist in other AFC tournaments like the one between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Following the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, Saudi Arabia has rejected playing with Iran and threatens to withdraw if AFC refuses to follow, and extended it to international level.[38]

World Cup qualifiers

Tensions between the 2 Koreas during the 2010 World Cup qualification had led North Korea to withdraw from hosting South Korean team and refusing to display the South Korean flag and play their national anthem. As a result, North Korea's home matches were moved to Shanghai.[39]

During the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, North Korea reluctantly agreed to host the South Korean team in Pyongyang, the first time North Korea hosted South Korea at home in a competitive match. North Korean government banned supporters from entering the stadium. The match ended a goalless draw, and as for the result of controversies, South Korea decided to pull out the bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, and accused North Korea of political meddling in sports. AFC was accused of doing little about the case, which led to AFC to decide the final of the 2019 AFC Cup would not be hosted in North Korea.[40]

On 9 March 2020, FIFA announced in a statement that matches between Asian qualifiers for World Cup 2022, which were scheduled for March and June, are postponed to a later time. The decision has been made due to the spread of SARS-CoV-2.[41] On 12 August 2020, FIFA and AFC have jointly decided that the upcoming qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, originally scheduled to take place during the international match windows in October and November 2020, will be rescheduled to 2021.[42]

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[1] "AFC STATUTES Edition 2017" (PDF). AFC. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[2] "AFC GENERAL SECRETARY: DATO' WINDSOR JOHN". Arabian Football Confederation. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[3] Christopher Raj (3 December 2015). "Prime choice to lead FIFA". The Star. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[4] "All-Asia football association". The Straits Times. 8 May 1954. Retrieved 21 November 2020. The Asian Games (sic) Football Confederation was formed in Manila yesterday.

[5] 香港足球總會九十週年紀念特刊 (Hong Kong Football Association 90th Anniversary Booklet) 2004

[6] "AFC 60th Anniversary: Back to where it all began". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018.

[7] "The remarkable rise of Asia's greatest showpiece". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

[8] "Football (Soccer) − Asian Football Confederation". Asian Sports Net. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

[AFC_Congress_2019-9] (in English) "29th AFC Congress concludes in Kuala Lumpur".

[10] "AFC Asian Cup | AFC". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

[11] "New Football Bloc for South West Asia Launched in Jeddah". reuters. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[12] "New football bloc for South West Asia launched in Jeddah". nytimes.com. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[13] "New football federation to feature teams from South, West Asia". Geo TV. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[19] "Aust-Asian bid fails". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 September 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

[20] "AFC TELLS INDONESIA: PAY OR BE SACKED". The Straits Times. 28 August 1964.

[21] "Arabia and Yemen are new members". The Straits Times. 28 July 1972. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[22] AFC Women's Club Championship the-afc.com

[23] Griffiths, Ian. "Clubs sandwiched". FootballAsia.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2005. Retrieved 19 July 2005.

[24] AFC Futsal Club Championship the-afc.com

[25] "the-afc.com".

[26] "the-afc.com".

[FIFA_World_Rankings-27] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-28] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

[29] "World Football Elo Rankings (men) – AFC Region". Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[30] "AFC Club Competitions Ranking". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[31] "World Ranking: Asia-AFC". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[32] "Futsal World Ranking". Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[33] "اطلاعیه روابط عمومی". Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. 17 January 2020.

[34] "Another blow to Iranian sport as AFC ban country from hosting Champions League football". Inside The Games. 17 January 2020.

[35] "Iranian football teams stand against AFC's decision". Tehran Times. 18 January 2020.

[36] "Iran: 'Clubs to quit AFC Champions League over home game ban'". BBC Sport. 18 January 2020.

[37] "AFC Statement". AFC. 23 January 2020.

[38] "Iran: Clubs back down on Asian champions League boycott". BBC Sport. 23 January 2020.

[39] "AFC Statement on AFC Champions League Group Stage matches". AFC. 29 January 2019.

[40] "Why Hakeem al-Araibi matters".

[41] "YouTube".

[42] Conor Heffernan (20 November 2014). "The Controversial Case of Israel & International Football". punditarena.com. Pundit Arena. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[43] "Saudi-Iranian Tension Extends To Sports – Saudi Arabian Football Federation Announces: We Will Not Play In Iran". memri.org. The Middle East Media Research Institute. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

[44] Mark Ledsom (7 March 2008). "Koreas match moved to Shanghai after anthem row". Reuters. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

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