# Afro-Asian Club Championship

The Afro-Asian Club Championship, sometimes referred to as the Afro-Asian Cup, was a football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between the winners of the African Champions' Cup and the Asian Club Championship, the two continents' top club competitions. The championship was modelled on the Intercontinental Cup (organised by Europe's UEFA and South America's CONMEBOL football federations and now replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup) and ran from 1987 to 1999.

## History

The first two competitions held in 1986 and 1987 were contested over a single match; from 1988 until 1998 the competition was held in a two-legged tie format. The last winners were Moroccan side Raja Casablanca, who defeated South Korean side Pohang Steelers in 1998.
The competition was officially discontinued following a CAF decision on 30 July 2000, after AFC representatives had supported Germany in the vote for hosting the 2006 FIFA World Cup rather than South Africa (who eventually won the bid for the 2010 FIFA World Cup).
In February 2018, CAF President Ahmad Ahmad stated that CAF would consider re-introducing the competition.

## Records and statistics
### Finals

Key :
| † | Match was won during extra time |
| # | Match was won on away goals |
| * | Match was won on a penalty shoot-out |
List of Afro-Asian Club Championship finals :
| Single match format |||||||||
| Year | Winner | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Runner-up | Venue | Attendance | Ref |
| Year | Nation | Club | Score | Club | Nation | Venue | Attendance | Ref |
| 1986 | South Korea | Daewoo Royals | 2–0 | FAR Rabat | Morocco | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh | 20 000 | |
| 1987 | Egypt | Zamalek | 2–0 | Furukawa Electric | Japan | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo | 40 000 | |
| Two-legged format |||||||||
| Season | Home | Home | Score | Away | Away | Venue | Attendance | Ref |
| Season | Nation | Club | Score | Club | Nation | Venue | Attendance | Ref |
| 1988 | Japan | Yomiuri | 1–3 | Al Ahly | Egypt | Nishigaoka Stadium, Tokyo | | |
| 1988 | Egypt | Al-Ahly | 1–0 | Yomiuri | Japan | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo | | |
| 1989 | Algeria | ES Sétif | 2–0 | Al-Sadd | Qatar | 17 June Stadium, Constantine | | |
| 1989 | Qatar | Al-Sadd | 1–3 | ES Sétif | Algeria | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha | | |
| 1990 | Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held | Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held | Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held | Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held | Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held | Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held | Raja Casablanca and Liaoning FC not held | |
| 1991 | JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held | JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held | JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held | JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held | JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held | JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held | JS Kabylie and Esteghlal not held | |
| 1992 | Tunisia | Club Africain | 2–1 | Al-Hilal | Saudi Arabia | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | | |
| 1992 | Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal | 2–2 | Club Africain | Tunisia | King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh | | |
| 1993 | Iran | PAS Tehran | 0–0 | Wydad Casablanca | Morocco | Azadi Stadium, Tehran | | |
| 1993 | Morocco | Wydad Casablanca | 2–0 | PAS Tehran | Iran | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca | | |
| 1994 | Egypt | Zamalek | 2–1 | Thai Farmers Bank | Thailand | El Mahalla Stadium, El-Mahalla El-Kubra | | |
| 1994 | Thailand | Thai Farmers Bank | 1–0 | Zamalek | Egypt | Kasikorn Bank Stadium, Bangkok | | |
| 1995 | Thailand | Thai Farmers Bank | 1–1 | Espérance | Tunisia | Suphanburi | | |
| 1995 | Tunisia | Espérance | 3–0 | Thai Farmers Bank | Thailand | Stade El Menzah, Tunis | | |
| 1996 | South Africa | Orlando Pirates | 0–0 | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | South Korea | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg | | |
| 1996 | South Korea | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | 5–0 | Orlando Pirates | South Africa | Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul | | |
| 1997 | South Korea | Pohang Steelers | 2–1 | Zamalek | Egypt | Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang | | |
| 1997 | Egypt | Zamalek | 1–0 | Pohang Steelers | South Korea | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo | | |
| 1998 | South Korea | Pohang Steelers | 2–2 | Raja Casablanca | Morocco | Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang | | |
| 1998 | Morocco | Raja Casablanca | 1–0 | Pohang Steelers | South Korea | Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca | | |

### Results by club

| Country | Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| Egypt | Zamalek | 2 | 1 | 1987, 1997 | 1994 |
| Thailand | Thai Farmers Bank | 1 | 1 | 1994 | 1995 |
| South Korea | Busan IPark | 1 | 0 | 1986 | |
| Egypt | Al Ahly | 1 | 0 | 1988 | |
| Algeria | ES Sétif | 1 | 0 | 1989 | |
| Tunisia | Club Africain | 1 | 0 | 1992 | |
| Morocco | Wydad Casablanca | 1 | 0 | 1993 | |
| Tunisia | Espérance | 1 | 0 | 1995 | |
| South Korea | Seongnam FC | 1 | 0 | 1996 | |
| Morocco | Raja Casablanca | 1 | 0 | 1998 | |
| South Korea | Pohang Steelers | 0 | 2 | | 1997, 1998 |
| Morocco | FAR Rabat | 0 | 1 | | 1986 |
| Japan | JEF United | 0 | 1 | | 1987 |
| Japan | Tokyo Verdy | 0 | 1 | | 1988 |
| Qatar | Al-Sadd | 0 | 1 | | 1989 |
| Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal | 0 | 1 | | 1992 |
| Iran | PAS Tehran | 0 | 1 | | 1993 |
| South Africa | Orlando Pirates | 0 | 1 | | 1996 |

### Results by country

| Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 |
| Morocco | 2 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 0 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 2 |
| Iran | 0 | 1 |
| Qatar | 0 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 |

### Results by continent

| Cup | Winners | Runners-up |
| African Champions' Cup / CAF Champions League | 8 | 3 |
| Asian Club Championship | 3 | 8 |

### Winning coaches

The following table lists the winning coaches of the Afro-Asian Club Championship.
| Year | Winning Club | Coach |
| 1986 | Busan Daewoo Royals | Lee Cha-Man |
| 1987 | Zamalek SC | Essam Baheeg |
| 1988 | Al Ahly | Dietrich Weise |
| 1989 | ES Sétif | Bouzid Cheniti |
| 1992 | Club Africain | Youssef Zouaoui |
| 1993 | Wydad Casablanca | Yuri Sebastianko |
| 1994 | Thai Farmers Bank | Charnwit Polcheewin |
| 1995 | Esperance Tunis | Roberto di Baldos Amilton |
| 1996 | Ilhwa Chunma | Lee Jang-soo |
| 1997 | Zamalek SC | Ruud Krol |
| 1998 | Raja Casablanca | Oscar Fullone |