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Basketball is the most popular sport overall in Asia. Cricket is the second most popular sport in Asia, and is most popular in South Asia. Other popular sports in Asia include association football, baseball, badminton and table tennis among others. There are also some traditional sports that are popular in certain regions of Asia, such as the South Asian sports kabaddi and kho-kho, and sepak takraw in Southeast Asia. Top sporting nations/regions in Asia include China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
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According to FIFA, the earliest form of football (soccer) was played in China and it was dated back to centuries. The game was called cuju and it was played as the same way as football - without using hands or arms and a player had to kick the ball through two goal posts to score a goal where the ball was made of leather.
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The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final was a football match between China PR and South Korea that took place on 6 February 2022. The match determined the winner of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, India. It was the 20th final of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament that consists of the women's national teams from the Asian Football Confederation to determine the best women's football country in Asia.
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- ↑ Bae, Gawon (July 21, 2022). "South Korea breaks out of its old prejudice and embraces women's football". CNN.
- ↑ "'Korean women's football is moving backwards' - Cho determined to take Asian Cup 'opportunity' with South Korea |". Goal . January 22, 2022.
- ↑ "Kang Ga-ae: "We're making women's football in Korea more visible" - FIFPRO World Players' Union".
- ↑ "China stage incredible comeback to win AFC Women's Asian Cup". South China Morning Post. February 6, 2022.
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