AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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.

The cup was first played with Japan beating Australia 3–0 in 2001.

Results and statistics

Finals

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

Most successful national teams

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

Results by confederation

Confederation	Winners	Runners-up
AFC	2 (2001, 2003)	–
OFC	–	2 (2001, 2003)

Editions

2001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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)

2003 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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)

2025 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

September 2024

Qatar (2023 AFC Asian Cup champion)	v	New Zealand (2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup champion)

See also

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

External links

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