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 Asian Cup and those of the Asian Games.

Participating in team

2001

• Japan – 2000 AFC Asian Cup Champion
• Australia – 2000 OFC Nations Cup Champion

2003

• Iran – Football at the 2002 Asian Games Gold Medal
• New Zealand – 2002 OFC Nations Cup Champion

Results

2001-08-15

Japan	3–0	Australia
Yanagisawa 19' Hattori 53' Nakayama 65' (pen.)

Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi, Shizuoka

Attendance: 46,404

Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)

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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.

2003-10-12

Iran	3–0	New Zealand
Karimi 24', 37' Kaebi 67'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kousa Mohammed (Syria)

See also

• Artemio Franchi Trophy
• 1980 Mundialito
• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
• Panamerican Championship

External links

• RSSSF