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AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

The AFC–OFC Challenge Cup was a football tournament, set up as the successor of the discontinued Afro-Asian Cup of Nations. It was a biannual event, with Oceania represented by the winners of the OFC Nations Cup and Asia alternately by the winners of the AFC Asian Cup and those of the Asian Games. It is staged as a home and away format.[1]

AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
Organising bodyAFC and OFC
Founded2001
Abolished2003
RegionAsia
Oceania
Number of teams2
Last champions Iran
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Iran
 Japan
(1 title each)

The cup was first played with Japan beating Australia 3–0 in 2001.[2]

Results and statistics edit

Finals edit

Year Hosts Winners Score Runners-up
2001   Japan  
Japan
3–0  
Australia
2003   Iran  
Iran
3–0  
New Zealand

Most successful national teams edit

Team Winners Runners-Up
  Japan 1 (2001)
  Iran 1 (2003)
  Australia 1 (2001)
  New Zealand 1 (2003)

Results by confederation edit

Confederation Winners Runners-up
AFC 2 (2001, 2003)
OFC 2 (2001, 2003)

Editions edit

2001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup edit

Japan  
(2000 AFC Asian Cup Champion)
3–0  Australia
(2000 OFC Nations Cup Champion)
Yanagisawa   19'
Hattori   53'
Nakayama   65' (pen.)
Attendance: 46,404
Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)

2003 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup edit

The match was originally planned as two-legged tie on 28 March in Auckland and 4 April in Tehran, but then postponed due to Iraq War.

Iran  
(2002 Asian Games Champion)
3–0  New Zealand
(2002 OFC Nations Cup Champion)
Karimi   24', 37'
Kaebi   67'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kousa Mohammed (Syria)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "AFC-OFC challenge cup 2001". ProQuest 203082498.
  2. ^ "New Zealand to play Iran in AFC/OFC Challenge Cup". ProQuest 453147255.

External links edit

  • RSSSF (archived 29 May 2010)

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