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The Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, also called the AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup, was an intercontinental football competition endorsed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), contested between representative nations from these confederations, usually the winners of the Africa Cup of Nations and the winners of the AFC Asian Cup or the Asian Games. All editions were official competitions of CAF and AFC^[1]

History

The first edition was in 1978. Iran defeated Ghana 3–0 in the first leg, but the second leg was cancelled due to political problems in Iran, and the trophy was not awarded.
The competition was completed in 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993 and 1995, but the 1989 competition was cancelled.
The 1997 edition was severely delayed to 1999, while the "true" 1999 edition (between Egypt and Iran) was also cancelled.
The competition was discontinued following a CAF decision on July 30, 2000, after AFC representatives had supported Germany rather than South Africa in the vote for hosting the 2006 World Cup. The competition was scheduled to be resumed in 2005 with the match Tunisia-Japan, but was then cancelled once again.
The competition resumed in 2007 under the name "AFC Asia/Africa Challenge Cup". The 2008 edition was scheduled to be played in November 2008 between Iraq and Egypt in the neutral venue of Saudi Arabia, but was eventually cancelled.

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ed.	Year	Hosts	Final
1	1978	Iran	Iran	3–0	Ghana
1	1978	Ghana	Iran	Cancelled^{[n 1]}	Ghana
2	1985	Cameroon	Cameroon	4–1	Saudi Arabia
2	1985	Saudi Arabia	Cameroon	1–2	Saudi Arabia
3	1987	Qatar	South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Egypt
4	1991	Iran	Algeria	(a)1–2	Iran
4	1991	Algeria	Algeria	1–0	Iran
5	1993	Japan	Japan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ivory Coast
6	1995	Uzbekistan	Nigeria	3–2	Uzbekistan
6	1995	Nigeria	Nigeria	1–0	Uzbekistan
7	1997	South Africa	South Africa	1–0	Saudi Arabia
7	1997	Saudi Arabia	South Africa	0–0	Saudi Arabia
8	2007	Japan	Japan	4–1	Egypt

Confederation	Winners	Runners-up
CAF	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)
AFC	3 (1987, 1993, 2007)	4 (1985, 1991, 1995, 1997)

^ The second leg of the 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations between Ghana and Iran was cancelled due to the Iranian Revolution. In the first leg, Iran beat Ghana 3–0.