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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Region | Africa / Asia |
| Current champions |  Uzbekistan (2003) |
| Most successful team(s) | Uzbekistan (1 title) |
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer, has been included Afro-Asian Games in since the first edition in 2003 as a men's competition sport.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2003 Details |  Hyderabad |  Uzbekistan | 1 - 0 |  India |  Zimbabwe | 2 - 2 pen. 5 - 3 |  Rwanda | ||
| 2007 |  Algiers | cancelled | cancelled | ||||||
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