The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and

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(AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the

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, the two continents' top club competitions. The championship was modelled on the Intercontinental Cup (organised by Europe's

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and South America's CONMEBOL football federations and now replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup) and ran from 1987 to 1999.

History

The first two competitions held in 1986 and 1987 were contested over a single match; from 1988 until 1998 the competition was held in a two-legged tie format. The last winners were Moroccan side

Raja Casablanca Raja Club Athletic ( ar, نادي الرجاء الرياضي, Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī, zgh, ⴰⵙⵔⵉⵔ ⵏ ⵕⴰⵊⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵏⵓⵏ), commonly referred to as Raja CA, Raja Casablanca or simply RCA is a professional footb ...

, who defeated

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n side Pohang Steelers in 1998. The competition was officially discontinued following a CAF decision on 30 July 2000, after AFC representatives had supported Germany in the vote for hosting the

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rather than South Africa (who eventually won the bid for the

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). In February 2018, CAF President Ahmad Ahmad stated that CAF would consider re-introducing the competition.

Records and statistics

Finals

Results by club

Results by country

Results by continent

Winning coaches

The following table lists the winning coaches of the Afro-Asian Club Championship.

Notes

:A. For clarity, years given in the winners' list do not necessarily correspond to the years when matches were actually played. The finals were always held between the African Champions' Cup winners from the earlier calendar year (given year minus 1) and the Asian Champions' Cup winners who won the title in the previous season (given year minus 1/given year), e.g. the inaugural 1986 final was held between 1985 African Champions' Cup winners FAR Rabat and the

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winners Daewoo Royals. However, FIFA designates at least some of these titles according to the year when the final matches were held. :B. Korean club Busan IPark were known as ''Daewoo Royals'' until 2000. :C. Japanese club

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were founded as ''Furukawa Electric Soccer Club'' until 1991. :D. Japanese club

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were called Yomiuri FC from their foundation in 1969 until 1993.

References

General * Specific {{AFC competitions Defunct Confederation of African Football club competitions Defunct Asian Football Confederation club competitions Defunct international club association football competitions in Africa Defunct international club association football competitions in Asia Recurring sporting events established in 1987 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2000