This competition was discontinued following a CAF decision on July 30, 2000, after AFC representatives had supported Germany in the vote for hosting the 2006 World Cup rather than South Africa. The AFC then set up a biannual showdown between the AFC and OFC champions. In 2007, a one-off AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup was organised.
1978 presumably not awarded 1985 Cameroon 1987 South Korea 1989 not held 1991 Algeria 1993 Japan 1995 Nigeria 1997 South Africa 1999 cancelled 2001 not held 2003 not held 2005 announced but cancelled 2007 Japan
19- 5-78 Tehran Iran 3-0 Ghana
NB: return leg not played
15- 9-85 Yaoundé Cameroon 4-1 Saudi Arabia
4-10-85 Taif Saudi Arabia 2-1 Cameroon
6- 1-88 Doha South Korea 0-0 Egypt [4-3 pen]
1989 edition (Saudi Arabia vs Cameroon) cancelled.
27- 9-91 Tehran Iran 2-1 Algeria
13-10-91 Algiers Algeria 1-0 Iran
4-10-93 Tokyo Japan 1-0 Ivory Coast [aet]
21-10-95 Toshkent Uzbekistan 2-3 Nigeria
10-11-95 Lagos Nigeria 1-0 Uzbekistan
18- 9-99 Cape Town South Africa 1-0 Saudi Arabia [for the 1997 edition!]
30- 9-99 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-0 South Africa
- 3-00 Egypt vs Iran [for the 1999 edition]
[postponed then cancelled]
2005 edition (Tunisia vs Japan) cancelled
17-10-07 Osaka Japan 4-1 Egypt
First Leg [Tehran, May 19, 1978] Iran 3-0 Ghana Second leg not played due to internal political problems in Iran.
First Leg [Yaoundé, Sep 15, 1985]
Cameroon 4-1 Saudi Arabia
[O.Biyick 8, Milla 33, 84, Kunde 87pen; Kunde 44og]
[ref: Tesfaye (Ethiopia); att: 60,000;
Cameroon: Boe, Toube, Kunde, Ebwea, Voungai, Mbouh, Milla (Ebendeng),
K.Biyick, Adaman (Oumarou), O.Biyick, Mfede;
Saudi Arabia: El Doei, Bahda, Abdel Shakour, Samada (El Bishi), Abdel
Gawad, Khalifa, Orefi, Faghe, Husain, Majed, Gamal]
Second Leg [Taif, Oct 4, 1985]
Saudi Arabia 2-1 Cameroon
[Gamal 9, Abdel Gawad 86; Eman 57]
[ref: Jassam Mendi (Bahrain); att: 20,000;
Saudi Arabia: El Doei, El Mansour, Naimah, Abdel Shakour, Abdel Gawad,
El Hrifi, El Bishi (Khalifa), El Mossibih, Gamal,
Abou Daoud, Gomeian;
Cameroon: Boe, Toube, Voungai, Ebwea, Enoka, Kunde, Mfede, Mbouh, Omama,
Akama (Dang), Oumarou (Misse)]
Played in one leg [Doha, Jan 6, 1988]
South Korea 1-1 Egypt [aet, 4-3 pen]
[Lee Dae-Ho 65; Ayman Younes 88]
[ref: Jassem Mendi (Bahrain);
South Korea: Cho Byung Duk, Park Kyung Hoon, Gu Sang Bum, Che Young Gyen,
Yoo Dong Gwan, No Soo Jin, Kim Sam Soo, Choi Soon Ho,
Lee Dae Ho, Chung Hae Won, Byun Byung Joo (Choi Sang Kuk);
Egypt: Ahmed Choubir, Ali Chehata, Hamada Sedqi, Mohamed Omar, Mohamed
Saad, Alaa Mihoub, Iyman Younes, Ismail Youssef, Mohamed Ramadhan,
Imad Souleiman, Jamel Abdel Hamid (Ahmed Al Kaas)]
27/09/1991, Tehran, Azadi Stadium, 100000
Afro-Asian Cup
IRAN 2 (Samad Marfavi 13', 78')
ALGERIA 1 (Mahieddine Meftah 23')
Iran: Ahmedreza Abedzadeh, Reza Hassanzadeh, Javad Zarincheh,
Mehdi Fonoonizadeh, Mohammad Panjali (Nader Mohammadkhani 46'),
Majeed Namjoo-Mutlaq, Samad Marfavi, Mojtaba Moharrami,
Ali Asghar Modei-Rosta (Nasser Mohammedkhani 79'), Mehdi Abtahi,
Hamid Darakhshan.
Algeria: Antar Osmani, Tarek Lazizi, Omar Balatoui, Mahieddine Meftah,
Mourad Rahmouni, Tahar Cherif El-Ouazani, Moussa Saib (?. Al-Faeadh 86'),
Malik Zorgane (Khaled Lounici 79'), Kader Ferhaoui, Liazad Sandjak,
Rabah Madjer.
Referee: Nezar Watti (Syria).
Coaches: Iran: Ali Parvin.
Algeria: Abdelhamid Kermali.
Note: Not a full FIFA international.
13/10/1991, Alger, Stade du 5 Juillet, 30000
Afro-Asian Cup
ALGERIA 1 (Ali Benhalima 78')
IRAN 0
Algeria: Antar Osmani, Fodil Megharia, Ali Benhalima, Kamel Adjas,
Tahar Cherif El-Ouazani, Moussa Saïb, Malik Zorgane (Khaled Lounici),
Kader Ferhaoui, Djamel Menad, Rabah Madjer, Liazid Sandjak.
Iran: Ahmedreza Abedzadeh, Reza Hassanzadeh, Javad Zarincheh, Mehdi Fonoonizadeh,
Nader Mohammadkhani, Majeed Namjoo-Mutlaq, Samad Marfavi,
Mojtaba Moharrami, Hamid Darakhshan, Mehdi Abtahi, Farshad Peyous.
Referee: Nacer Jouini (Tunisia).
Coaches: Algeria: Abdelhamid Kermali.
Iran: Ali Parvin.
04/10/1993, Tokyo, Yoyoki National Stadium, 53302
JAPAN 1 (Kazuyoshi Miura 116')
IVORY COAST 0
After Extra Time
Japan: Shigetetsu Matsunaga, Takumi Horiike, Tetsuji Hashiratani [c],
Masami Ihara, Yasutoshi Miura, Hajime Moriyasu, Mitsunori Yoshida
(Kenta Hasegawa 73'), Ruy Ramos, Masahiro Fukuda, Takuya Takagi,
Kazuyoshi Miura.
Ivory Coast: Losséni Konaté, Nagueu Georges Lignon, Arsène Hobou, Sam Dominique,
Ruffin Biagné Lué (Celestine Amani 91'), Sibi Badra Aliou,
Donald-Olivier Sié, Tchiressoa Guel, Yaya Dombia (Adama Clofie Kone 59'),
Abdoulaye Traoré, Ahmed Ouattara.
Referee: Jihong Wei (China).
Coaches: Japan: Hans Ooft (Netherlands).
Ivory Coast: Yeo Martial.
Cards: Japan: Masami Ihara [Y 34'], Ruy Ramos [Y 80'].
Ivory Coast: Abdoulaye Traoré [Y 7'], Ahmed Ouattara [Y 29'].
21/10/1995, Toshkent, Stadion Pakhtakor, 50000
UZBEKISTAN 2 (Mirdzhalal Kasymov 70', Andrei Fyodorov 85')
NIGERIA 3 (Sunday Oliseh 10', Victor Ikpeba 65', Nwankwo Kanu 71')
Uzbekistan: Oleg Belyakov, Andrei Zakharov, Farkhad Magometov, Andrei Fyodorov,
Mirdzhalal Kasymov [c], Gennadi Denisov (Dilmurod Nazarov 55'),
Ilkhom Sharipov, Abdikakhor Marifaliev (Ravshan Bazarov 65'),
Sergei Lebedev (Shukhrat Maksudov 75'), Igor Shkvyrin, Azamat Abduraimov.
Nigeria: Alloysius Agu, Augustine Eguavoen, Wasiu Ipaye, Uchenna Okafor,
Taribo West, Sunday Oliseh, Wilson Oruma (Nwankwo Kanu 60'), Mutiu Adepoju,
Victor Ikpeba (Karibe Ojigwe 85'), Samson Siasia, Daniel Amokachi.
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE).
Coaches: Uzbekistan: Aleksandr Ivankov.
Nigeria: Jo Bonfrère (Netherlands).
Note: Attendance also reported as 15000.
10/11/1995, Lagos, National Stadium, 60000
NIGERIA 1 (Emmanuel Amunike 80')
UZBEKISTAN 0
Nigeria: Alloysius Agu, Augustine Eguavoen, Celestine Babayaro, Uchenna Okafor,
Uche Okechukwu, Finidi George, Mutiu Adepoju
(Augustine 'Jay-Jay' Okocha 60'), Sunday Oliseh, Victor Ikpeba,
Nwankwo Kanu [c] (Samson Siasia 60'), Daniel Amokachi
(Emmanuel Amunike 46').
Uzbekistan: Pavel Bugalo, Andrei Zakharov, Farkhad Magometov [c], Ulugbek Ruzimov
(Bakhtier Namazov 80'), Akmal Khashimov, Ilkhom Sharipov, Ravshan Bazarov,
Sergei Lebedev (Abdikakhor Marifaliev 42'), Azamat Abduraimov,
Mirdzhalal Kasymov, Shukhrat Maksudov (Dilmurod Nazarov 46').
Referee: Sidi Bekaye Magassa (Mali).
Coaches: Nigeria: Jo Bonfrère (Netherlands).
Uzbekistan: Aleksandr Ivankov.
First Leg [Cape Town, Sep 18, 1999 (!)]
South Africa 1-0 Saudi Arabia
[Pollen Ndlanya 48]
[ref: Felix Tangwarima (Zimbabwe); att: 20,000;
South Africa: John Tlale - Papi Khomane, Mark Fish, Pierre Issa, Eric
Tinkler, Thabo Mngomeni (Helman Mkhalele 52), John Moshoeu,
Ivan McKinley (Quinton Fortune 46), Joel Masilela,
Pollen Ndlanya, Benedict McCarthy (Shaun Bartlett 74);
Saudi Arabia: Mohamed Al-Deayea - Mohamed Al-Khilawi, Abdullah Zuberomawi,
Saleh Al-Dawood, Hussain Sulaimani, Ibrahim Al Harbi,
Mohamed Al-Jahni, Fahad Al-Subaie, Abdullah Al-Sharani
(Nawaf Al-Temyat 61), Hamzah Falatah (Fahad Mehalel 80),
Marzouk Al-Otaibi (Obed Al-Dossary 56)]
Second Leg [Riyadh, Sep 30, 1999 (!)]
Saudi Arabia 0-0 South Africa
[att: 50,000;
Saudi Arabia: Mohamed Al-Deayea - Saleh Al-Dawood, Mohamed Al-Khilawi,
Abdullah Sulaiman, Mohammed Sheliah, Hassan Abdul Ghani,
Ibrahim Mater, Nawaf Al-Temyat, Khaled Al-Timawi
(Fahad Al-Subaie 80), Sami Al-Jaber (Fahad Mehalel 63),
Obed Al-Dossary (Marzouk Al-Otaibi 71);
South Africa: Andre Arendse - Joel Masilela (Mnguni 61), Schoeman,
Bapela, Mudau, Mark Fish, Ivan McKinley, Mokoena,
Phil Masinga, Ngobe (Godfrey 65), Eric Tinkler]
Note: in 1997 (when the matches were due to be played), South Africa
couldn't be bothered to find time on the calendar. In 1999,
they finally did. Coincidentally, there was a Saudi Arabian
member on the committee which in 2000 were to decide the venue
of the World Cup 2006, for which South Africa were candidates.
It didn't help.
NB: official name: AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup,
17/10/2007, Osaka, Yanmar Stadium Nagai, 41,901
JAPAN 4 (Yoshito Ōkubo 21', Yoshito Ōkubo 42', Ryōichi Maeda 53', Akira Kaji 68')
EGYPT 1 (Mohamed Fadl 58')
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Yūichi Komano, Akira Kaji, Yuji Nakazawa, Yuki Abe, Keita Suzuki (Jungo Fujimoto 73'), Kengo Nakamura, Yasuhito Endō (Yasuyuki Konno 73'),
Satoru Yamagishi (Hideo Hashimoto 73'), Ryōichi Maeda, Yoshito Ōkubo.
Egypt: Mohamed Abdel Monsef, Hany Said, Mahmoud Fathalla, Ahmed Elmohamady, Mohamed Homos, Sayed Moawad,
Abdul-Rahman Mohie (Gomaa Mashour 52'), Hosny Abd Rabo, Amr Zaki (Ahed Abdel Majeed 79'), Mohamed Fadl, Ahmed Hassan Farag (Omar Gamal 46').
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland).
Coaches: Japan: Ivica Osim (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Egypt: Hassan Shehata
Cards: Japan: Yuji Nakazawa [Y 58']
Egypt: Ahed Abdel Majeed [Y 92']
Partial source: [Tho 88]
With thanks to Majeed Panahi
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