AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

{{Short description|Intercontinental football tournament between Asia and Oceania}}

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

| image = AFCOFCChallengeCupTrophy.png

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| alt =

| caption =

| organiser = AFC
OFC

| founded = 2001

| abolished = 2003

| region = Asia
Oceania

| related comps =

| domestic cup =

| confed cup =

| number of teams = 2

| current champions = {{fb|IRN}}
(1st title)

| most successful team = {{fb|IRN}}
{{fb|JPN}}
(1 title each)

| broadcasters =

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The AFC–OFC Challenge Cup was a football tournament, set up as the successor of the discontinued Afro-Asian Cup of Nations. It was a biannual event, with Oceania represented by the winners of the OFC Nations Cup and Asia alternately by the winners of the AFC Asian Cup and those of the Asian Games. It was staged as a single match format.{{Cite news|title=AFC-OFC challenge cup 2001|last=|first=|date=|id = {{ProQuest|203082498}}}}

The cup was first played with Japan beating Australia 3–0 in 2001.{{Cite news|title=New Zealand to play Iran in AFC/OFC Challenge Cup|last=|first=|date=|id = {{ProQuest|453147255}}}}

Results

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ List of AFC–OFC Challenge Cup matches
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" style="width:80px" \| Winners ! scope="col" \| Score ! scope="col" style="width:80px" \| Runners-up ! scope="col" \| Venue ! scope="col" \| Location ! scope="col" \| Attendance
scope="row" style="text-align:center" \| 2001 \| {{fb-big\|JPN}} \| 3–0 \| {{fb-big\|AUS}} \| style="text-align:left" \| Shizuoka Stadium \| style="text-align:left" \| Fukuroi, Japan \| 46,404
scope="row" style="text-align:center" \| 2003 \| {{fb-big\|IRN}} \| 3–0 \| {{fb-big\|NZL}} \| style="text-align:left" \| Azadi Stadium \| style="text-align:left" \| Tehran, Iran \| 50,000

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ List of AFC–OFC Challenge Cup matches

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:80px" | Winners

! scope="col" | Score

! scope="col" style="width:80px" | Runners-up

! scope="col" | Venue

! scope="col" | Location

! scope="col" | Attendance

scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2001

| {{fb-big|JPN}}

| 3–0

| {{fb-big|AUS}}

| style="text-align:left" | Shizuoka Stadium

| style="text-align:left" | Fukuroi, Japan

| 46,404

scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003

| {{fb-big|IRN}}

| 3–0

| {{fb-big|NZL}}

| style="text-align:left" | Azadi Stadium

| style="text-align:left" | Tehran, Iran

| 50,000

= Results by nation =

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Results by nation
Team ! Winners ! Runners-up
style="background:#FFF68F" \| {{fb\|JPN}} \| style="background:#FFF68F" \| 1 (2001) \| {{Sdash}}
style="background:#FFF68F" \| {{fb\|IRN}} \| style="background:#FFF68F" \| 1 (2003) \| {{Sdash}}
style="background:#C0C0C0" \| {{fb\|AUS}} \| {{Sdash}} \| style="background:#C0C0C0" \|1 (2001)
style="background:#C0C0C0" \| {{fb\|NZL}} \| {{Sdash}} \| style="background:#C0C0C0" \|1 (2003)

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Results by nation

Team

! Winners

! Runners-up

style="background:#FFF68F" | {{fb|JPN}}

| style="background:#FFF68F" | 1 (2001)

| {{Sdash}}

style="background:#FFF68F" | {{fb|IRN}}

| style="background:#FFF68F" | 1 (2003)

| {{Sdash}}

style="background:#C0C0C0" | {{fb|AUS}}

| {{Sdash}}

| style="background:#C0C0C0" |1 (2001)

style="background:#C0C0C0" | {{fb|NZL}}

| {{Sdash}}

| style="background:#C0C0C0" |1 (2003)

= Results by confederation =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Results by confederation
Confederation ! Winners ! Runners-up
scope="row" \| AFC \| 2 \| 0
scope="row" \| OFC \| 0 \| 2

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Results by confederation

Confederation

! Winners

! Runners-up

scope="row" | AFC

| 2

| 0

scope="row" | OFC

| 0

| 2