AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

Intercontinental football tournament between Asia and Oceania

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Football tournament

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]

## Results and statistics

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### Finals

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Year  | Hosts  |  | Winners  | Score  | Runners-up

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2001 |  Japan |
Japan | 3–0 |
Australia
2003 |  Iran |
Iran | 3–0 |
New Zealand

### Most successful national teams

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Team  | Winners  | Runners-Up

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Japan | 1 (2001)  | –
Iran | 1 (2003)  | –
Australia | –  | 1 (2001)
New Zealand | –  | 1 (2003)

### Results by confederation

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Confederation  | Winners  | Runners-up

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AFC | 2 (2001, 2003)  | –
OFC | –  | 2 (2001, 2003)

## Editions

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### 2001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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15 August 2001

19:14 JST

Japan
(2000 AFC Asian Cup Champion)| 3–0|  Australia
(2000 OFC Nations Cup Champion)

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Yanagisawa 19'
Hattori 53'
Nakayama 65' (pen.) |  |

Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi, Shizuoka

Attendance: 46,404

Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)

### 2003 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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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)

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Karimi 24', 37'
Kaebi 67' |  |

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kousa Mohammed (Syria)

## See also

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

## References

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

## External links

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

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AFC competitions

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* Asian Cup
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Age-restricted|

* U-23
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Futsal|

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Beach soccer|

* Asian Cup
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* Intercontinental
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* Olympic Qualifying Tournament
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Men's club|

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* Champions League Elite
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* Futsal Club Championship

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Women's national team|

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* Asian Cup
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Age-restricted|

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* Club Championship

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* MSG Prime Minister's Cup
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* OFC Women's Nations Cup
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* OFC U-19 Women's Championship
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* Pacific Games

Clubs|

* OFC Champions League
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Defunct|

* AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
* Polynesia Cup
* OFC U-16 Pacific Cup
* Wantok Cup
* Oceania Cup Winners' Cup
* OFC President's Cup

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