Afro-Asian Cup for national teams
The Afro-Asian Cup for National Teams was an intercontinental football competition for national teams between the continental champions of Africa and Asia, which was held irregularly between 1978 and 2007. Participants for Africa were the current African football champions and for Asia, the current winners of the Asian championship or winners of the Asian football games alternately . The competition was the counterpart at national team level to the Afro-Asian Cup at club level. As a rule, the competition was decided in a two-way leg, three times also in one game, and held in the following year of the qualifying competitions. Along with the Artemio Franchi Cup, it is considered to be one of the forerunners of the King Fahd Cup and later the FIFA Confederations Cup . After this competition, which encompasses all continents, became more and more important. Due to disputes between the football associations in Africa and Asia over the voting of the Asian representatives in favor of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, it was no longer played or canceled at the beginning of the millennium. The Asian side tried to create a replacement for national teams with the Asia-Oceania Cup, which was first played in 2001 . The 2007 edition was a one-time attempt to revive the competition.
The events at a glance
| date | venue | Match pairing (winner in bold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African champions | Overall result | Asian champions / winners of the Asian Games |
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| May 19, 1978 | Tehran |
 Ghana African champions 1978 |
0: 3 |
 Iran Asian Champion 1976 |
| 1981 and 1983 not held. | ||||
| September 15, 1985 / October 4, 1985 |
Yaoundé ( Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium ) / Ta'if ( King Fahd Stadium ) |
 Cameroon African Champion 1984 |
4: 1/2: 1 |
 Saudi Arabia Asian Champion 1984 |
| January 6, 1988 (played 1987) |
Doha ( Qatar ) |
 Egypt Africa Champion 1986 |
0: 0/3 : 4 i. E. . |
 South Korea winner of the 1986 Asian Games |
| 1989 canceled (African champions 1988 Cameroon against Asian champions 1988 Saudi Arabia) | ||||
| September 27, 1991 / October 13, 1991 |
Tehran / Algiers |
 Algeria African Champion 1990 |
1: 2/1: 0 ( a ) |
 Iran Winner Asian Games 1990 |
| 4th October 1993 | Tokyo |
 Ivory Coast African Champion 1992 |
 Japan Asian Champion 1992 |
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| October 21, 1995 / November 10, 1995 |
Tashkent / Lagos |
 Nigeria African Champion 1994 |
3: 2/1: 0 |
 Uzbekistan winner of the 1994 Asian Games |
| September 18, 1999 / September 30, 1999 (release 1997) |
Cape Town / Riyadh |
 South Africa African Champion 1996 |
Saudi Arabia Asian Champion 1996 |
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| 1999 canceled (African champions 1998 Egypt against winners Asian Games 1998 Iran) | ||||
| 2001 and 2003 not held | ||||
| 2005 canceled (Africa champions 2004 Tunisia against Asian champions 2004 Japan) | ||||
| October 17, 2007 |
Osaka ( Nagai Stadium ) |
Egypt African Champion 2006 |
1: 4 |
Japan Asian champion 2004 and third 2007 |
- ↑ The return leg did not take place due to the political situation in Iran, so the title and trophy were not awarded.
- ↑ Decided in just one game in a neutral location.
- ↑ a b Decided in just one game.