AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

Organising body	AFC and OFC
Founded	2001
Abolished	2003
Region	Asia Oceania
Number of teams	2
Last champions	Iran (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran  Japan (1 title each)

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]

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

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

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

15 August 2001

19:14 JST

Japan  (2000 AFC Asian Cup Champion)	3–0	Australia (2000 OFC Nations Cup Champion)
Yanagisawa 19' Hattori 53' Nakayama 65' (pen.)

Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi, Shizuoka

Attendance: 46,404

Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)

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.

12 October 2003

19:00 IRT

Iran  (2002 Asian Games Champion)	3–0	New Zealand (2002 OFC Nations Cup Champion)
Karimi 24', 37' Kaebi 67'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kousa Mohammed (Syria)

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
• CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
• Panamerican Championship

• AFC–OFC Challenge Cup – RSSSF (archived 29 May 2010)