There are five association football sub-continental championships for national team from each sub-continental federation contested every two, three or four years. The governing bodies of five sub-continental confederations are all members of AFC and ultimately part of FIFA, the international association of football governing body.[1][2][3][4][5]
Men's national team championships
edit| Region | Sub-Confederation | Championship | Founded | Teams | Most titles |
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| East Asia | EAFF | EAFF Championship | 2003 | 10 |  South Korea (5)
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| Southeast Asia | AFF | ASEAN Championship | 1996 | 12 |  Thailand (7)
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| Central Asia | CAFA | CAFA Nations Cup | 2023 | 6 |  Iran (1)
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| South Asia | SAFF | SAFF Championship | 1993 | 7 |  India (9)
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| West Asia | WAFF | WAFF Championship | 2000 | 12 | Iran (4)
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| Year | SAFF | AFF | EAFF | WAFF | CAFA |
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| 1993 | India |
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| 1995 |  Sri Lanka |
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| 1996 | Thailand |
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| 1997 | India |
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| 1998 |  Singapore |
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| 1999 | India |
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| 2000 | Thailand |
Iran |
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| 2002 | Thailand |
 Iraq |
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| 2003 |  Bangladesh |
South Korea |
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| 2004 | Singapore |
Iran |
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| 2005 | India |
 China |
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| 2006 | |||||
| 2007 | Singapore |
Iran |
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| 2008 |  Maldives |
 Vietnam |
South Korea |
Iran |
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| 2009 | India |
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| 2010 |  Malaysia |
China |
 Kuwait |
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| 2011 | India |
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| 2012 | Singapore |
 Syria |
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| 2013 |  Afghanistan |
 Japan |
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| 2014 | Thailand |
 Qatar |
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| 2015 | India |
South Korea |
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| 2016 | Thailand |
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| 2017 | South Korea |
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| 2018 | Maldives |
Vietnam |
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| 2019 | South Korea |
 Bahrain |
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| 2020 | Thailand |
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| 2021 | India |
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| 2022 | Thailand |
Japan |
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| 2023 | India |
Iran
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| 2024 | TBD | ||||
| 2025 | TBD |
Men's club championships
edit| Region | Sub-Confederation | Championship | Founded | Teams | Most titles |
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| East Asia | EAFF | Marianas Club Championship | 2023 | 2 |  Eleven Tiger (1)
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| Southeast Asia | AFF | ASEAN Club Championship | 2003 | 12 | East Bengal (1) Tampines Rovers (1)
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| Mekong Club Championship | 2014 | 4 | Buriam United (2)
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| South Asia | SAFF | SAFF Club Championship | 2025–26 | 8 | – |
| West Asia | WAFF | WAFF Club Championship | proposed | – | – |
Women's national team championships
edit| Continent | Confederation | Championship | Founded | Teams | Most titles |
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| East Asia | EAFF | EAFF Women's Championship | 2005 | 10 | Japan (4)
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| South East Asia | AFF | AFF Women's Championship | 2004 | 11 | Thailand (4)
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| South Asia | SAFF | SAFF Women's Championship | 2010 | 7 | India (5)
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| West Asia | WAFF | WAFF Women's Championship | 2005 | 10 |  Jordan (6)
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| Central Asia | CAFA | CAFA Women's Championship | 2018 | 6 |  Uzbekistan (2)
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| Year | AFF | EAFF | WAFF | SAFF | CAFA |
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| 2004 |  Myanmar |
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| 2005 | South Korea |
Jordan |
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| 2006 | Vietnam |
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| 2007 | Myanmar |
Jordan |
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| 2008 |  Australia |
Japan |
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| 2009 | |||||
| 2010 | Japan |
 United Arab Emirates |
India |
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| 2011 | Thailand |
United Arab Emirates |
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| 2012 | Vietnam |
India |
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| 2013 | Japan |
 North Korea |
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| 2014 | Jordan |
India |
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| 2015 | Thailand |
North Korea |
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| 2016 | Thailand |
India |
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| 2017 | North Korea |
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| 2018 | Thailand |
Uzbekistan
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| 2019 | Vietnam |
Japan |
Jordan |
India |
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| 2020 | |||||
| 2021 | |||||
| 2022 |  Philippines |
Japan |
Jordan |
Bangladesh |
Uzbekistan
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| 2023 | |||||
| 2024 | Jordan |
Bangladesh |
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| 2025 | TBD |
Women's club championships
edit| Region | Sub-Confederation | Championship | Founded | Teams | Most titles |
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| West Asia | WAFF | WAFF Women's Clubs Championship | 2019 | 4 | Shabab Al-Ordon (1) Safa (1)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "EAFF.com". Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "SAFF.com". Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "WAFF.com". Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "AFF.com". Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "CAFA.com". Retrieved March 2, 2021.