International governing body for association football, beach football, and futsal
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football , beach football , 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 and the Northern Mariana Islands , both territories of the United States , are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed 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.[5]
Member associations
It has 47 member associations split into 5 regions. Some nations proposed a South West Asian Federation that would not interfere with AFC zones.[8] [9] [10] Afghanistan , Burma (Myanmar) , Republic of China , Hong Kong , India , Indonesia , Japan , South Korea , Pakistan , Philippines , Singapore and Vietnam were founding members.[11] [12]
Notes
Former members
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
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
Clubs
Current title holders
Defunct tournaments
Titles by nation
Rankings
FIFA World Rankings
Historical leaders
Men's
Women's
Team of the Year
Men's elo rankings
World Football Elo Ratings for AFC members:[26]
AFC
Elo Rankings
Country
Elo ratings
1 year change
1
27
South Korea 1,771
2
30
Japan 1,744
3
32
Iran 1,739
4
40
Australia 1,712
5
46
Qatar 1,670
6
56
Iraq 1,622
7
64
Uzbekistan 1,578
8
68
Saudi Arabia 1,554
9
73
Bahrain 1,534
10
82
Oman 1,500
11
86
Syria 1,483
12
87
Jordan 1,475
13
90
China 1,460
14
94
United Arab Emirates 1,449
15
101
Kuwait 1,416
16
104
Vietnam 1,408
17
106
Lebanon 1,404
18
110
Palestine 1,381
19
113
North Korea 1,375
20
116
Thailand 1,358
21
138
Kyrgyzstan 1,271
22
142
Turkmenistan 1,265
23
148
Tajikistan 1,233
24
156
Yemen 1,207
25
157
Malaysia 1,201
26
160
India 1,190
27
166
Hong Kong 1,170
28
170
Singapore 1,159
29
172
Philippines 1,152
30
177
Afghanistan 1,137
31
179
Indonesia 1,118
32
185
Myanmar 1,047
33
194
Maldives 947
34
195
Chinese Taipei 941
35
197
Nepal 918
36
204
Pakistan 873
37
207
Cambodia 838
38
208
Bangladesh 831
39
214
Guam 734
40
215
Mongolia 730
41
219
Macau 696
42
221
Laos 690
43
225
Sri Lanka 669
44
226
Timor-Leste 638
45
228
Brunei 619
46
232
Bhutan 563
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.[27]
Beach soccer national teams
Rankings are calculated by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[28]
Men's futsal
Per 16 May 2022:[29]
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
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
5252
7
29
Chinese Taipei
5721
8
34
Indonesia
5127
9
35
Australia
5167
10
37
5092
11
40
Malaysia
5007
12
42
4991
13
45
4901
14
46
4897
15
48
Lebanon
4870
16
49
Bahrain
4852
17
51
Philippines
4745
18
53
4720
19
61
Iraq
4391
20
62
4390
21
64
4314
22
66
4126
23
67
3995
24
68
3991
25
69
3987
26
70
3945
27
72
Saudi Arabia
3669
28
73
3660
29
74
Kuwait
3553
30
75
3368
Tournament record
Legend 1st – Champion 2nd – Runner-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth placeQF – Quarter-finals (1934–1938, 1954–1970, and 1986–present: knockout round of 8)
R2 — Round 2 (1974–1978, second group stage, top 8; 1982: second group stage, top 12; 1986–2022: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1 (1930, 1950–1970 and 1986–present: group stage; 1934–1938: knockout round of 16; 1974–1982: first group stage)
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament • — Did not qualify × — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified — HostsFor each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
FIFA World Cup
* Australia qualified for FIFA WC for six times, two as OFC member and four as AFC member.
AFC Asian Cup
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