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]
| Region | Sub-Confederation | Championship | Founded | Teams | Most titles |
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| 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) |
| Year | SAFF | AFF | EAFF | WAFF | CAFA |
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| 1993 | India | ||||
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| 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 U23 | ||||
| 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 | TBD | Iran | ||
| 2024 | TBD |
| 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 | 10 | Thailand (4) |
| South Asia | SAFF | SAFF Women's Championship | 2010 | 7 | India (5) |
| West Asia | WAFF | WAFF Women's Championship | 2005 | 5–8 |  Jordan (5) |
| Central Asia | CAFA | CAFA Women's Championship | 2018 | 6 |  Uzbekistan (2) |
| 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 |
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