| Afro-Asian Club Championship |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1986 |
| Dissolved |
| 2000 |
| Regions |
| Africa (CAF) Asia (AFC) |
| Number of teams |
| 2 |
| Number of editions |
| 11 |
| Most successful club |
| Zamalek (2 titles)[1] |
| Last champions (1998)[A] |
| Raja Casablanca[2] |
| Replaced by |
| FIFA Club World Cup |
The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup,[1] 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 after 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).
In 2000 the FIFA Club World Cup was launched, and from 2005 it effectively replaced both the Afro-Asian Club Championship and the Intercontinental Cup as it includes both African and Asian continental club champions, in addition to European, South American, North American, and Oceanian premier club competition winners.
Contents |
| # | Winner of African Champions' Cup / CAF Champions League |
| † | Winner of Asian Club Championship |
| Year[A] | Country | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Country | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | KOR | Daewoo Royals † | 2–0 | FAR Rabat # | MAR | 16 January 1987 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |
| 1987 | EGY | Zamalek # | 2–0 | Furukawa Electric † | JPN | 5 February 1988 | Cairo, Egypt | [3] |
| Year[A] | Country | Home team | Score | Away team | Country | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 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 | Sétif, 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 † |
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| 1991 | Was not held Qualified teams: JS Kabylie # and Esteghlal † |
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| 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 | 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 | Ilhwa Chunma † | KOR | 4 May 1996 | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| KOR | Ilhwa Chunma † | 5–0 | Orlando Pirates # | RSA | 18 May 1996 | Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Ilhwa Chunma won 5–0 on aggregate | ||||||||
| 1997 | KOR | Pohang Steelers † | 2–1 | Zamalek # | EGY | 16 November 1997 | Pohang, South Korea | [3][4] |
| 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 | [2][4] |
| 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 † |
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| Country | Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won[A] | Years runner-up[A] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Zamalek | 2 | 1 | 1987, 1997[1] | 1994 |
| Thailand | Thai Farmers Bank | 1 | 1 | 1994 | 1995 |
| South Korea | Busan I'Park[B] | 1 | 0 | 1986 | |
| Egypt | Al-Ahly | 1 | 0 | 1988[5] | |
| 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 | Ilhwa Chunma | 1 | 0 | 1996[6] | |
| Morocco | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 0 | 1998 | |
| South Korea | Pohang Steelers | 0 | 2 | 1997, 1998[4] | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cup | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| African Champions' Cup / CAF Champions League | 8 | 3 |
| Asian Club Championship | 3 | 8 |
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