Sub-continental football championships in Asia

Last updated March 08, 2025

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

Region	Sub-Confederation	Championship	Founded	Teams	Most titles
East Asia	EAFF	EAFF Championship	2003	10	South Korea (5)
Southeast Asia	AFF	ASEAN Championship	1996	12	Thailand (7)
Central Asia	CAFA	CAFA Nations Cup	2023	6	Iran (1)
South Asia	SAFF	SAFF Championship	1993	7	India (9)
West Asia	WAFF	WAFF Championship	2000	12	Iran (4)

List of sub-continental champions
Year	SAFF	AFF	EAFF	WAFF	CAFA
1993	India
1994
1995	Sri Lanka
1996		Thailand
1997	India
1998		Singapore
1999	India
2000		Thailand		Iran
2001
2002		Thailand		Iraq
2003	Bangladesh		South Korea
2004		Singapore		Iran
2005	India		China
2006
2007		Singapore		Iran
2008	Maldives	Vietnam	South Korea	Iran
2009	India
2010		Malaysia	China	Kuwait
2011	India
2012		Singapore		Syria
2013	Afghanistan		Japan
2014		Thailand		Qatar
2015	India		South Korea
2016		Thailand
2017			South Korea
2018	Maldives	Vietnam
2019			South Korea	Bahrain
2020		Thailand
2021	India
2022		Thailand	Japan
2023	India				Iran
2024		Vietnam
2025	TBD		TBD	TBD	TBD

Men's club championships

Region	Sub-Confederation	Championship	Founded	Teams	Most titles
East Asia	EAFF	Marianas Club Championship	2023	2	Eleven Tiger (1)
Southeast Asia	AFF	ASEAN Club Championship	2003	12	East Bengal (1) Tampines Rovers (1)
Southeast Asia	AFF	Mekong Club Championship	2014	4	Buriam United (2)
South Asia	SAFF	SAFF Club Championship	2025–26	8	–
West Asia	WAFF	WAFF Club Championship	proposed	–	–

Women's national team championships

Continent	Confederation	Championship	Founded	Teams	Most titles
East Asia	EAFF	EAFF Women's Championship	2005	10	Japan (4)
South East Asia	AFF	AFF Women's Championship	2004	11	Thailand (4)
South Asia	SAFF	SAFF Women's Championship	2010	7	India (5)
West Asia	WAFF	WAFF Women's Championship	2005	10	Jordan (6)
Central Asia	CAFA	CAFA Women's Championship	2018	6	Uzbekistan (2)

List of sub-continental champions
Year	AFF	EAFF	WAFF	SAFF	CAFA
2004	Myanmar
2005		South Korea	Jordan
2006	Vietnam
2007	Myanmar		Jordan
2008	Australia	Japan
2009
2010		Japan	United Arab Emirates	India
2011	Thailand		United Arab Emirates
2012	Vietnam			India
2013	Japan	North Korea
2014			Jordan	India
2015	Thailand	North Korea
2016	Thailand			India
2017		North Korea
2018	Thailand				Uzbekistan
2019	Vietnam	Japan	Jordan	India
2020
2021
2022	Philippines	Japan	Jordan	Bangladesh	Uzbekistan
2023
2024			Jordan	Bangladesh
2025	TBD	TBD

Women's club championships

Region	Sub-Confederation	Championship	Founded	Teams	Most titles
West Asia	WAFF	WAFF Women's Clubs Championship	2019	4	Shabab Al-Ordon (1) Safa (1)

References

↑ "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.

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[1] "EAFF.com" . Retrieved March 2, 2021.

[2] "SAFF.com" . Retrieved March 2, 2021.

[3] "WAFF.com" . Retrieved March 2, 2021.

[4] "AFF.com" . Retrieved March 2, 2021.

[5] "CAFA.com" . Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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