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	TheFA.com - FA present Asian football blueprint
		A high level FA delegation was in Kuala Lumpur this week as specially-invited guests of the AFC to formally present a Strategic Development Plan for Asian Football to Asian Football Confederation executives and its members.
		The result was a series of recommendations for the development of Asian football from grass roots to elite player development, through to coach education.
		Such was the interest in the plan that new AFC President, Mohammed Bin Hammam, thanking The FA for their ongoing support through the FA/AFC Technical Co-operation Agreement, announced in his first address to his confederation members that the AFC would be adopting some of the recommendations in 2003.
	www.thefa.com /TheFA/InternationalRelations/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2002/08/21693.htm (478 words)

	Asian Football Confederation (AFC) \| YAMAHA MOTOR
		The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of the sport of football and comprised of the six confederations in different regions.
		The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is one of the FIFA’s six confederations, representing 44 countries/regions in South East Asia and the Middle East, including Japan and South Korea.
		The AFC office is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and responsible for International football events and club team activities to develop Asian football to the highest level and to improve infrastructure throughout the region.
	www.yamaha-motor.co.jp /global/afc/index.html (260 words)

	BBC News \| Football \| Asia renews World Cup threat
		Asian countries have renewed their threat to boycott the football World Cup in 2002, complaining that the sport's governing body, Fifa, has not allocated them enough places.
		The Asian countries' complaint is that their share of places in the finals has been cut compared with last year's World Cup in France.
		The Asian countries said it was not their decision to appoint co-hosts rather than the usual single host, and that it was unfair that they should lose a place.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/football/389731.stm (519 words)

	Oceania Football Confederation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The impetus for the discussion was the decision by the Asian Football Confederation, who had only been formed ten years previously, not to accept either Australia or New Zealand for membership.
		Football in the Pacific received a huge boost when the Oceania Football Confederation unveiled a million-dollar plan to groom soccer stars for the future in a purpose-built facility at one of New Zealand's most famous rugby venues.
		Dempsey said he was particularly grateful for the cross-code support in favour of the academy, the first of its kind in Auckland, with rugby union and league as well as athletics, netball and cycling officials all keen to use the facility.
	www.oceaniafootball.com /index.cgi?sID=23 (1510 words)

	Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > WSG inks $ 200 million deal for Asian Football Confederation rights
		The size of the deal is seen by industry watchers as further proof that major corporations, fans and consumers believe Asian football to be on a par with football in Europe and South America, and with the potential to outstrip both.
		For O'Brien, whose association with AFC dates back to 1992, the deal is another significant milestone in the development of Asian football and WSG's growth into Asia's leading sports event, marketing and sponsorship agency.
		AFC president, Mohamed bin Hammam agreed: "This agreement follows months of negotiations by both parties, and I am delighted that we have now gained the commercial security to continue our rapid development and progress at all levels of the game.
	www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k5/june/june197.htm (392 words)

	ESS' deal with the Asian Football Confederation - Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News
		Asian football fans can tune in to ESS over the next three years for coverage of some of the world's and the region's biggest football tournaments.
		The AFC package includes the rights for the 2004 Asian Olympic Qualifiers and the Asian World Cup Qualifies (for the 2006 World Cup) as well as the Asian Cup 2004, the biennial Tiger Cup (2004 and 2006) and the biennial Asian Youth Under-20 Championships (2004 and 2006).
		"Our goal through this calendar of Asian football programming is intended to fan the flames of passion through providing Asian fans with an avenue to see their national team compete at the highest standards in their quest to claim a berth on the world's football stage.
	www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/mar/mar91.htm (306 words)

	Football
		Asian Football Confederation (AFC) General-Secretary Dato Peter Velappan has told The World Game's man at the Asian Cup, Scott Mcintyre, that he believes Oceania will be granted an automatic berth for the 2010 World Cup.
		At the Asian Football Confederation congress in Kuala Lumpur on May 8, there was much buoyancy among the members.
		The Cook Island Football Association (CIFA) is in the midst of final preparations towards the realization of a significant milestone in the history of football in the idyllic pacific island nation.
	www.news.vu /en/sports/football/index-4.shtml (1274 words)

	Soccer - Our Asian example
		It was the occasion of the AFC's 50th anniversary – the jubilee of its foundation in 1954.
		In no confederation in FIFA, and the world, is football as much a second or third class citizen, and nowhere is there a greater need to have the game’s acceptance level lifted.
		Large numbers of football players, in bare feet, in Samoa, the Cooks and Fiji, are crying out for support and the kind of backing that will make them better players and make their sport viable in their countries.
	www.news.vu /en/sports/football/soccer-our-asian-example.shtml (1223 words)

	Asian Football Confederation Awards 2006 :: Soccerphile
		The Asian Football Confederation certainly doesn't as it nominated ten players for the shortlist only to remove most of them when it became apparent that they would not be able to attend the awards ceremony - leaving the sheepish Saudi defender to hold the trophy.
		Perhaps the answer lies in the criteria that states "performances at AFC tournaments" - the biggest of which in 2006 was the Asian Champions League - to be a factor.
		It is strange then that in a confederation where the semi-finalists of the competition make up the four-strong list for 'team of the year' that not one player from winners Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, even the star of the tournament Yeom Ki-hoon makes the list.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/news/korean-soccer/asian-football-confed.html (894 words)

	AFC Asian Football Confederation - Official Website Of The Asian Football Confederation
		This is open only to media professionals, be it written press, electronic media, broadcasters, photographers, PR, and associated bodies.
		The AFC Media Channel is a one-stop-shop for getting yourself registered on the AFC Media Database which makes one eligible to receive regular media alerts, releases, and more importantly, access to the media accreditation services for all AFC competitions and events round the year.
		The AFC Media Channel is important not only for disseminating news about Asian football to registered users but also as the primary tool for accreditation for all AFC tournaments.
	www.the-afc.com /english/afcmediachannel (147 words)

	Asian Football Confederation
		This is the new flag of the Asian Football Confederation -AFC-, adopted in October 2001.
		The flag was seen during the Preliminary Draw of the AFC Nations Cup to be held by the People's Republic of China in 2004.
		The emblem used to be employed on yellow or green clothes.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/int@afc.html (255 words)

	ABC Sport - Football - FIFA confirm Australia's move into Asian confederation
		AFC president Mohamed bin Hammam said he was delighted with the decision.
		The Socceroos are the strongest team in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) but under the current rules, if they win the confederation's qualifying stage they have to play the fifth-placed team in the South American qualifying pool for a place in the World Cup finals.
		The move to the Asian group will in theory make it easier for Australia to qualify for the World Cup as the region has four automatic qualifying places plus one play-off berth.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200506/s1403746.htm (508 words)

	Iran fined $10,000, one fan-free match by Asian Football Confederation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Asian Football Confederation Friday fined Iran 10,000 dollars and banned it from playing its next national match in front of home fans for the crowd trouble on Nov 12, IRNA reported from Kuala Lumpur.
		He added the AFC will announce Korea the 3-0 winner if the doctors confirm the footballer has been seriously injured and Iran will be the winner with the same result if the player had feigned injury.
		The popular right winger of Hamburg, who was named the AFC Player of the Year for 2003 on Dec 10, added such an event never takes place in Germany and the fans are allowed in most of the stadiums to sit off the pitch and watch the games.
	www.payvand.com /news/03/dec/1091.html (641 words)

	CNNSI.com - Soccer - Asia: Officials optimistic of another Cup berth - Wednesday December 11, 2002 12:52 PM
		Confederation President Mohamed bin Hammam said Asian soccer officials had "lobbied sufficiently hard" for an additional automatic entry slot ahead of a FIFA vote on the issue in Madrid next week.
		Eight Pakistani players and four Yemenis selected for the Asian Football Confederation's under-17s competition in September were proven to be over-aged following x-ray examinations, said Confederation President Mohamed bin Hammam.
		The players were suspended for two years from their national teams, while the Pakistan and Yemeni Football Federations were each fined US$10,000 and barred from competing in the next under-17s tournament in 2004, Hammam said.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/news/2002/12/11/asian_rdp (605 words)

	Persian Football News
		Employees of participating sponsors, agencies, Asian Football Confederation, World Sport Football and their immediate families are not eligible.
		Daei who was crowned AFC Player of the Year in 1999, also won the title of Worlds Best Goal Scorer in 1996.
		Other Asians in the top 20 list of the Worlds Best Goal Scorers 2004 are Talal Yousef from Bahrain at number 15 and Do-hoon Kim at number 20 playing for Seongnam Ilhwa FC Chunma with 11 goals.
	www.persianfootball.com /readstory.php?storyid=EEpyElpFyVShmPYZaT (497 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Asian Champions League winners to receive £330,000
		The league has been created by the Asian Football Confederation to give clubs in the continent more incentive to play in Asia-wide tournaments with prize money and subsidies for staging games topping £2,000,000.
		The preliminary stages will finish on November 27 with the big guns of Asian football entering the competition at the 16-team group stage to be played in four venues from March 9-15 next year.
		As we saw at the World Cup, Asian football at an international level is on the rise.
	www.soccernet.com /global/news/2002/0813/20020813asianchamps.html (339 words)

	Emirates reaffirms support for Asian football \| Emirates
		This represents a significant enhancement of Emirates' commitment to Asian football, which started in 1996 when the airline was the Official Airline of the AFC Asian Cup 1996, the continent's premier national team competition.
		'Asian football has taken great strides forward in terms of quality and reach, and this drive for success parallels the ambitions and achievements of Emirates.
		Welcoming Emirates' decision to renew its commitment to Asian football, World Sport Group Senior Vice President Nick Mould said: 'We are delighted Emirates has decided to continue and indeed enhance its support of and involvement in Asian football.
	www.ameinfo.com /59110.html (900 words)

	World Cup berth not out of reach
		The selection of the Sanyo AFC Player of the Year for 2000 will be a close contest as four of Asia’s most gifted players are in the running for this prestigious award.
		The highlight of the AFC Awards 2000 is the Sanyo AFC Player of the Year and this year’s nominees are Nawaf Al Temyat of Saudi Arabia, Korea’s Lee Dong-gook and the Japanese duo of Ryuzo Morioka and Hiroshi Nanami.
		This quartet gave breakthrough performances on the Asian stage last year and was instrumental in the success gained by their respective clubs and countries.
	www.thaifootball.com /story/story2001-6.html (1347 words)

	::::Sri Lanka Football Federation::::
		Among the efforts so far done are the setting up of a relief centre and the donation of equipment, including footballs as well as household equipment.
		Hammam on their visit are scheduled to have a look at the tsunami affected areas to assess the work done from the funds donated by the FIFA and the AFC towards the football family to develop the sport in these areas.
		A very active man who is very keen in seeing that all Asian nations get the equal opportunity towards their progress.
	www.srilankafootball.com /ffsl/news159.shtml (700 words)

	SportsKnowHow.com - Soccer Rules - Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
		AFC, Asia’s foremost soccer governing body, was formed on May 8, 1954 in Manila, Philippines; and was officially recognized by FIFA on June 21,1954.
		Two years after it was founded, AFC held its first major competition, the Asian Cup, in Hongkong.
		AFC’s founding member- nations include Afghanistan, Burma, Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.
	www.sportsknowhow.com /soccer/rules/asian-football-confederation.html (181 words)

	Emirates > About Emirates > Emirates events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Emirates Airline sponsors the Asian Football Confederation/Oceanian Football Confederation Championship, Asia’s premier football series, including the newly formed AFC Champions League and the Asian Cup, which will be held in China in 2004.
		The Asian Football Confederation comprises 44 national associations and is the largest and most diverse of FIFA’s six governing bodies.
		Following the outstanding success of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Asian football’s popularity has never been higher, and with Emirates Airline, Asian football fans can soon be flying high too.
	www.emirates.com /usa/AboutEmirates/EmiratesEvents/Events_11718_1.asp (124 words)

	West Asian Football Federation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The West Asian Football Federation, or WAFF, is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia.
		They organise the West Asian Football Federation Championship which the above 6 nations enter, with some invitees which are not part of the federation, but in the same region of Asia.
		Some West Asian nations enter the Gulf Cup of Nations, who are Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Yemen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Asian_Football_Federation (144 words)

	Oceania Football Confederation
		The oldest OFC emblem was a circular depiction on blue of a sea-scape: palm-trees, sunset, sea and beach.
		The eblem is a depiction of a white-blue football ball with sun-glasses and smiling mouth, and the tournament's name on fl.
		In the past preliminary competition qualifying for the final tournament held in Apia, Samoa, was seen a variant of the OFC Nations Cup's flag.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/int@ofc.html (383 words)

	Asia Football - Asian Football Confederation
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	www.the-football.com /asia.html (348 words)

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