AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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 Asian Cup and those of the Asian Games.

Participating in team

2001

• Japan - 2000 AFC Asian Cup Champion
• Australia - 2000 OFC Nations Cup Champion

2003

• Iran - Football at the 2002 Asian Games Gold Medal
• New Zealand - 2002 OFC Nations Cup Champion

Results

Japan v Australia

2001-08-15

Japan	3–0	Australia
Yanagisawa  19' Hattori  53' Nakayama  65' (pen.)

Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi, Shizuoka Attendance: 46,404 Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)

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The match was originally planned as two-legged tie on March 28 in Auckland and April 4 in Tehran, but then postponed due to Iraq war.

Iran v New Zealand

2003-10-12

Iran	3–0	New Zealand
Karimi  24', 37' Kaebi  67'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Kousa Mohammed (Syria)

See also

• Artemio Franchi Trophy
• 1980 Mundialito
• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
• Panamerican Championship

External links

• RSSSF