Afro-Asian Club Championship
| Founded | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Abolished | 2000 |
| Region |
Africa (CAF) Asia (AFC) |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Last champions |
 Raja Casablanca(1st title)[1] |
| Most successful club(s) |
 Zamalek(2 titles)[2] |
The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup,[2] was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship, the two continents' top club competitions. The championship was modelled on the Intercontinental Cup (organised by Europe's UEFA and South America's CONMEBOL football federations) and ran from 1987 to 1999.
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, who defeated South Korean 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 2006 FIFA World Cup rather than South Africa (who eventually won the bid for the 2010 FIFA World Cup).
List of winners
Key
| # | Winner of African Champions' Cup / CAF Champions League |
| † | Winner of Asian Club Championship |
Single match finals
| Year | Country | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Country | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 Details |
 KOR |
Daewoo Royals † | 2–0 | FAR Rabat # | MAR |
16 January 1987 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
| 1987 Details |
EGY |
Zamalek # | 2–0 | Furukawa Electric † |  JPN |
5 February 1988 | Cairo, Egypt | [3] |
Two-legged finals
| Year | Country | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Country | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Details |
JPN |
Yomiuri † | 1–3 | Al-Ahly # | EGY |
2 September 1989 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| EGY |
Al-Ahly # | 1–0 | Yomiuri † | JPN |
22 September 1989 | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Al-Ahly won 4–1 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1989 |  ALG |
ES Sétif # | 2–0 | Al-Sadd † |  QAT |
12 January 1990 | Constantine, Algeria | |
| QAT |
Al-Sadd † | 1–3 | ES Sétif # | ALG |
19 January 1990 | Doha, Qatar | ||
| ES Sétif won 5–1 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1990 | Was not held Qualified teams: Raja Casablanca # and  Liaoning FC † |
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| 1991 | Was not held Qualified teams: JS Kabylie # and  Esteghlal † |
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| 1992 |  TUN |
Club Africain # | 2–1 | Al-Hilal † |  KSA |
26 December 1992 | Tunis, Tunisia | |
| KSA |
Al-Hilal † | 2–2 | Club Africain # | TUN |
6 January 1993 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Club Africain won 4–3 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1993 | IRN |
PAS Tehran † | 0–0 | Wydad Casablanca # | MAR |
31 December 1993 | Tehran, Iran | |
| MAR |
Wydad Casablanca # | 2–0 | PAS Tehran † | IRN |
16 January 1994 | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Wydad Casablanca won 2–0 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1994 Details |
EGY |
Zamalek # | 2–1 | Thai Farmers Bank † |  THA |
11 September 1994 | El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt | |
| THA |
Thai Farmers Bank † | 1–0 | Zamalek # | EGY |
21 September 1994 | Bangkok, Thailand | ||
| Aggregate 2–2, Thai Farmers Bank won on away goals | ||||||||
| 1995 | THA |
Thai Farmers Bank † | 1–1 | Espérance # | TUN |
29 August 1995 | Suphanburi, Thailand | |
| TUN |
Espérance # | 3–0 | Thai Farmers Bank † | THA |
7 October 1995 | Tunis, Tunisia | ||
| Espérance won 4–1 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1996 |  RSA |
Orlando Pirates # | 0–0 | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma † | KOR |
4 May 1996 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| KOR |
Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma † | 5–0 | Orlando Pirates # | RSA |
18 May 1996 | Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma won 5–0 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1997 Details |
KOR |
Pohang Steelers † | 2–1 | Zamalek # | EGY |
16 November 1997 | Pohang, South Korea | [3][4] |
| EGY |
Zamalek # | 1–0 | Pohang Steelers † | KOR |
5 December 1997 | Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Aggregate 2–2, Zamalek won on away goals | ||||||||
| 1998 | KOR |
Pohang Steelers † | 2–2 | Raja Casablanca # | MAR |
11 April 1999 | Pohang, South Korea | [1][4] |
| MAR |
Raja Casablanca # | 1–0 | Pohang Steelers † | KOR |
25 April 1999 | Casablanca, Morocco | ||
| Raja Casablanca won 3–2 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1999 | Was not held Qualified teams:  ASEC Mimosas # and Júbilo Iwata † |
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Results by club
| Country | Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won[A] | Years runner-up[A] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Zamalek | 2 | 1 | 1987, 1997[2] | 1994 |
| Thailand | Thai Farmers Bank | 1 | 1 | 1994 | 1995 |
| South Korea | Busan IPark[B] | 1 | 0 | 1986 | |
| Egypt | Al-Ahly | 1 | 0 | 1988[5] | |
| Algeria | ES Sétif | 1 | 0 | 1989 | |
| Tunisia | Club Africain | 1 | 0 | 1992 | |
| Morocco | Wydad Casablanca | 1 | 0 | 1993 | |
| Tunisia | Espérance | 1 | 0 | 1995 | |
| South Korea | Seongnam FC | 1 | 0 | 1996[6] | |
| Morocco | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 0 | 1998 | |
| South Korea | Pohang Steelers | 0 | 2 | 1997, 1998[4] | |
| Morocco | FAR Rabat | 0 | 1 | 1986 | |
| Japan | JEF United[C] | 0 | 1 | 1987 | |
| Japan | Tokyo Verdy[D] | 0 | 1 | 1988 | |
| Qatar | Al-Sadd | 0 | 1 | 1989 | |
| Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal | 0 | 1 | 1992 | |
| Iran | PAS Tehran | 0 | 1 | 1993 | |
| South Africa | Orlando Pirates | 0 | 1 | 1996 | |
Results by country
| Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt |
3 | 1 |
| South Korea |
2 | 2 |
| Morocco |
2 | 1 |
| Tunisia |
2 | 0 |
| Thailand |
1 | 1 |
| Algeria |
1 | 0 |
| Japan |
0 | 2 |
| Iran |
0 | 1 |
| Qatar |
0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia |
0 | 1 |
| South Africa |
0 | 1 |
Results by method of qualification
| Cup | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| African Champions' Cup / CAF Champions League | 8 | 3 |
| Asian Club Championship | 3 | 8 |
See also
- Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
- CAF Champions League
- AFC Champions League
- Intercontinental Cup
- FIFA Club World Cup
Notes
- A. a b c d e 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 1985 Asian Club Championship winners Daewoo Royals. However, FIFA designates at least some of these titles according to the year when the final matches were held.[2][1]
- B. ^ Korean club Busan IPark were known as Daewoo Royals until 2000.
- C. ^ Japanese club JEF United Ichihara Chiba were founded as Furukawa Electric Soccer Club until 1991.
- D. ^ Japanese club Tokyo Verdy were called Yomiuri FC from their foundation in 1969 until 1993.
References
- General
- "Afro-Asian Club Championship". RSSSF. 23 May 2004. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- Specific
- 1 2 3 "Classic Clubs: Raja Casablanca". FIFA. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "Classic Clubs: Zamalek". FIFA. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- 1 2 "Zamalek in Afro-Asian Cups". EgyptianFootball.net. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- 1 2 3 "TP Mazembe-Pohang Steelers preview". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ↑ "Classic Clubs: Al Ahly Sporting Club". FIFA. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ↑ "Classic Clubs: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma". FIFA. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
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