Afro-Asian Club Championship

Afro-Asian Club Championship

Founded	1986
Abolished	2000
Region	Africa (CAF) Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	2
Last champions	Raja Casablanca (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Zamalek (2 titles)

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 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

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 †
1991	Was not held Qualified teams: JS Kabylie # and Esteghlal †
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
	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
	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 †

Results by club

Country	Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won[A]	Years runner-up[A]
Egypt	Zamalek	2	1	1987, 1997	1994
Thailand	Thai Farmers Bank	1	1	1994	1995
South Korea	Busan IPark[B]	1	0	1986
Egypt	Al-Ahly	1	0	1988
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
Morocco	Raja Casablanca	1	0	1998
South Korea	Pohang Steelers	0	2		1997, 1998
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.

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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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