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]
Organising body | AFC and OFC |
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Founded | 2001 |
Abolished | 2003 |
Region | Asia Oceania |
Number of teams | 2 |
Last champions | (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | (1 title each) |
The cup was first played with Japan beating Australia 3-0 in 2001. [2]
Results & Statistics
Finals
Year | Host nation | Final | |||
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Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | |||
2001 Details | Japan |
3–0 | Australia | ||
2003 Details | Iran |
3–0 | New Zealand | ||
Most successful national teams
Team | Champions | Runners-Up |
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1 (2001) | - | |
1 (2003) | - | |
- | 1 (2001) | |
- | 1 (2003) |
Most successful teams by continent
Continent | Champions | Runners-up |
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Asia | 2 (2001, 2003) | - |
Oceania | - | 2 (2001, 2003) |
Editions
2001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
Japan (2000 AFC Asian Cup Champion) | 3–0 | (2000 OFC Nations Cup Champion) |
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Yanagisawa Hattori Nakayama |
2003 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
The match was originally planned as two-legged tie on March 28 in Auckland and April 4 in Tehran, but then postponed due to Iraq War.
Iran (2002 Asian Games Champion) | 3–0 | (2002 OFC Nations Cup Champion) |
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Karimi Kaebi |
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