AFC Cup

infobox football tournament
current = AFC Cup 2008
founded = 2004
region = Asia (AFC)
number of teams = 20
current champions = flagicon|Jordan Shabab Al Ordon
most successful club = flagicon|Jordan Al-Faisaly (2 time champions)The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document [ [http://www.rediff.com/sports/afc-cup04.htm AFC Cup 2004] ] . Countries which are 'mature' nations are entered into the AFC Champions League, and countries which are 'emerging' nations are entered into the AFC President's Cup.The 'developing nations' are the fourteen 'next-best' countries which lie outside the top-14 countries in the AFC region which send their club sides to the more prestigious AFC Champions League. Thus the two competitions are not interlinked as the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup in Europe, and Champions League losers do not compete in the Cup.

Participating nations and regions

Clubs from the following 15 football associations take part in the competition."Italics" are relegated or excluded.

Performance by nations

By Clubs' Statistics

* Thai Clubs at The AFC Cup

ee also

*International club competition records

References

External links

* [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/index.jsp.html AFC Official Web Site]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/as3.html RSSSF - AFC Cup]