AFC Nations Cup

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AFC Nations Cup
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Organising bodyAdula Football Confederation
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997)
RegionAdula
Number of teams32
2024 AFC Nations Cup

The AFC Nations Cup is an annual international football competition played by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of AFC, the sport's Adulan governing body. The first tournament was held in 1997.

Format

According to the approved format, the AFC national teams are divided into five divisions (called "Federations"): the East (EAFF), the Central (CAFF), the Southeast (SEAFF), the Southwest (SWAFF), and the West (WAFF). In each association, four or five groups were formed and teams played each other both home and away.

Season

Each season of the AFC Nations League is played in a typical AFC competition season format: the league phase (or "group stage") in the first half of the season from June to September, and the knockout phase in the second half of the season in October (quarter finals of League A) and November (semifinals and finals of League A) respectively, meaning a AFC Nations League champion is crowned every year.

Finals

At the end of the regular season, the top two teams in each of the three associations go on to play in the Nations Cup Finals, with the top teams overall granted a bye. This is a sudden-death tournament, with two semi-finals, one third and fourth-place decider, and one final to decide which team becomes the AFC Nations Cup champion.

Results

Season Final Third place play-off
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1997 winner score
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1998 winner score
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1999 winner score
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2000 winner score
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2001 winner score
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2002 winner score
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2003 winner score
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2004 winner score
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2005 winner score
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2006 winner score
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2007 winner score
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2008 winner score
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2009 winner score
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2010 winner score
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2011 winner score
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2012 winner score
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2013 winner score
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2014 winner score
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2015 winner score
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2016 winner score
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2017 winner score
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2018 winner score
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2019 winner score
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2020 winner score
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2021 winner score
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2022 winner score
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2023 winner score
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2024 winner score
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