June 15 – Football Australia has picked up the broadcast rights to all the AFC’s rights in partnership with its new broadcast partner, 10 ViacomCBS. It has been a good week for the Aussies who saw their men’s team guarantee a slot in the Asian Cup 2023 and the final group rounds of World Cup qualifying.
June 11 – It is another big night in Asian Qualifying tonight with Australia, Saudi Arabia and South Korea just one win from guaranteeing their spots in the next round of World Cup 2022 qualifying and a spot in the 2023 Asian Cup in China.
By Paul Nicholson
June 7 – It is a huge night of Asian Qualifier action for both the Qatar 2022 World Cup and Asian Cup 2023 with potentially two of the eight qualifying groups being decided tonight.
June 7 – Following the withdrawal of three Australian clubs from the AFC Champions League, the confederation has move quickly to fill the open slots in East Zone group qualifying rounds to be held at the end of the month.
By Paul Nicholson
May 28 – The long-awaited restart of the Asian Qualifiers for the 2020 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup in China got off to an explosive start today with Japan swamping Myanmar with 10-0 to secure their place in the third round of 2022 qualifying and guarantee a slot for the China 2023 Asian Cup.
May 28 – The AFC Cup hit another bump in its long road to completing a full season, with the Singapore’s decision to withdraw from Groups H and I matches, which were scheduled to take place June 29 to July 6.
May 26 – Palestine’s Markaz Balata, the team that from the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank that won the country’s national league in 2019 and carried the nation’s hopes into the AFC Cup , are on the verge of creating more football history.
May 26 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has issued new referee criteria emphasising the need to “continuously enhance the foundations for AFC MAs through the new criteria”.
May 24 – The AFC Cup, the Asian Football Confederation’s club championship for its developing nations, has moved into the second round of matches in the AFC’s West zone where three groups are in action, one in Bahrain and two in Jordan.
May 19 – The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) have enhanced their AFC Cup 2027 bid hosting credentials following the successful completion of three groups of the East Zone 2021 AFC Champions League.
May 17 – North Korea has officially pulled out of qualification for the 2022 World Cup, the Asian Football Confederation has confirmed, dashing hopes of squaring up on the field against their fierce rivals from the south.
May 17 – The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) celebrated the return of its Grassroots Football Day over the weekend with more than 230,000 participants in member association activity across the region.
May 13 – The AFC Cup returns tomorrow (Friday) with the launch of the 18th edition of the competition as the Central Zone gets underway in Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.
May 11 – With the coronavirus having gripped India as number of cases and deaths in the country have spiralled upwards, The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has decided to postpone the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 Qualifiers Draw.
May 10 – Uzbekistan has stepped up as host for the final two unallocated AFC Champions League (East) groups, to be played June 25-June 11.