AFC U20 ASIAN CUP CHINA 2025™ FAN-VOTED TOP PLAYERS TERMS & CONDITIONS

This Contest is organised by the Asian Football Confederation (“AFC”) in conjunction with the AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2025™ (“Competition”). Any queries relating to the Contest shall be directed to the AFC only at asiancup.contest@the-afc.com.

1.1. Entry to the Contest is open to all individuals (each, a “Participant”), however any Participant below eighteen (18) years of age as of 3 March 2025 confirms that he/she has obtained the consent of their respective parent/guardian to participate in this Contest. The AFC reserves the right to verify such consent from the respective parent/guardian at any time. Participants should be aware that a breach of this consent requirement (where applicable) will result in the Participant being automatically disqualified.

1.2. Directors, officers, employees and committee members of the AFC, its commercial partners, agents, external service providers (related to this Contest) and immediate families of each respective party are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

2.2. Each Participant shall only be allowed to participate once, using only one (1) registration Account. The AFC reserves the right to disqualify a Participant if it is found that the Participants are the same individual who has participated multiple times using multiple different Accounts.

2.5. Participants shall be solely responsible for all activities conducted on their respective Account and shall ensure that all Account details are kept confidential to avoid misuse or abuse by any third parties.

5.1. There will only be one (1) winner in this Contest (the “Winner”). The Winner will be selected based on whether his/her selection of the top four players in the Competition matches with the top four players who have received the most votes from amongst all the Participants collectively.

5.2. In the event of a tie, the Participant who meets the criteria set out in Clause 5.1 above who has completed the Account registration process earlier during the Contest Period will be declared as the Winner.

5.3. The AFC reserves the right to select the Winner based on the ranking criteria set out in Clause 5. The decision of the AFC will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into with any Participants in this regard. Should the Entries in any category fall below the standard required by the Contest, then the AFC reserves the right not to declare any Winner.

5.5. The AFC reserves the right to declare additional winners of the Contest based on the ranking criteria set out in Clause 5 and award such additional winners such prizes as the AFC may determine in its sole discretion. The AFC’s decision in this regard shall be final and binding on all Participants.

7.3 The Winner shall be responsible for any local taxes and any other expenses relating to the Prize not specifically mentioned herein, including any travel and accommodation expenses to the match. The Prize shall not be transferable or redeemable for cash.

7.6 The Prize has to be validly claimed by the Winner within seven (7) days from when the AFC contacts such Winner (as described in Clause 5.4), after which the Prize will be forfeited, or at the AFC’s discretion, an alternate winner will be selected.

7.1. The AFC may share your personal data with affiliates of the AFC or with other third parties for administrative and/or business purposes. This may involve the storage, use, disclosure or other processing, or transfer of your personal data out of Malaysia or within Malaysia. Third parties receiving your personal data will be bound by requirements under the applicable Personal Data Protection legislation.

7.2. By participating in this Contest, you hereby consent to: (a) the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, and processing of your personal data for the purposes of administering the Contest and selecting the Winner; (b) the AFC’s privacy policy (available at https://assets.the-afc.com/Misc/Privacy-Policy-for-the-AFC.com-and-AFC-Live-App.pdf and the AFC’s Personal Data Protection Notice (PDPA) (available at: https://assets.the-afc.com/Misc/AFC-Asian-Cup-Qatar-2023%E2%84%A2-Quiz-PDPA.pdf; and (c) the AFC’s terms of service (available at https://www.the-afc.com/en/legal/terms__conditions.html).

8.2. By entering this Contest and/or accepting any Prize you may win, you agree that: (a) you have all rights, permissions and consents necessary to grant the rights to AFC as expressed herein; (b) you will abide by and be bound by the Contest Terms and the AFC’s decision and any policies in relation thereto; (c) you release and hold harmless the AFC, its commercial agents and suppliers, and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives from any and all liability for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from your entry submission, the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of any Prize; participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Contest information.

8.3. Prize(s) are awarded on an ‘as is’ basis and shall be without warranty of any kind, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose) and the AFC does not make any representation, warranty, or guarantee, express or implied, relating to the Contest or the Prize.

8.4. A Winner’s acceptance of a Prize constitutes the grant to AFC of an unconditional right to use, and authorise the AFC’s commercial partners to use, the winner's name, profile, image, voice, likeness, photograph, biographical and prize information and/or statements about the Contest for any programming, publicity, advertising, and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where it is prohibited by law.

8.5. In the event of circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the AFC such as without limitation viruses, bugs, unauthorised human intervention, acts of God, acts or regulations of any governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire, riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism , pandemic, epidemic, situations beyond control that would affect the security, fairness or proper play of the Contest, so that it cannot be conducted as originally planned, except where prohibited by law, the AFC has the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these Contest Terms or to cancel, modify, terminate or suspend the Contest; and in such event, to select the Winner by such method as the AFC may in its sole discretion consider equitable.

8.6. By participating in the Contest, each Participant agrees that: (a) the AFC shall not be responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Contest, including without limitation any errors in the advertising, Contest Terms, selection of the Winner, and distribution of the prize; (b) any portion of any Prize not accepted or used by a Winner will be forfeited; (c) the AFC is not responsible for any inability of a Winner to accept or use a Prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; and (d) the AFC shall not be liable financially in any aspect to the Winner and the Participants. The Participant also agrees that they shall not make the following statements regarding the AFC and/or the contest: (a) make inappropriate, illegal or offensive statements regarding the AFC and/or the Contest, (b) make religiously, culturally or politically insensitive statements, (c) defamatory or libellous statement, and (d) statements likely to tarnish the image and reputation of the AFC, its competition and stakeholders.

8.7. The AFC has the right, at any time and at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it suspects to be doing any of the following: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or the Application; (b) violating the Contest Terms; (c) violating the terms of service or other terms, conditions of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any AFC website, property or service; (d) acting in an unsportsmanlike, unethical or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person or (e) for any other good cause as determined solely by the AFC.

8.8. As any attempt by any individual to damage the application or undermine the legitimate operations of this Contest or the application is a violation of these Contest Terms as well as criminal and civil laws, and should the AFC believe or become aware that such an attempt has been, is being, or will be made, it has the right to seek remedies and damages from any responsible individuals to the fullest extent permitted by law, including without limitation criminal prosecution.

8.9. All disputes, claims and causes of action at law or in equity (individually, “Claim”) arising out of or relating to this Contest, the meaning or interpretation of the Rules or any prize awarded shall be resolved by applying the laws of Malaysia, without regard to conflict of laws provisions therein, and shall be solely and exclusively brought in the state or federal courts within Malaysia.

8.10. All claims shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event include attorneys’ fees, and under no circumstances will any participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses and waives all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

8.11. The AFC has the right to modify Prize award procedures at its sole discretion and shall not be responsible for the cancellation, postponement, or unavailability of any Prize, and if such occurs, the Prize may be substituted with an alternate prize (as determined by the AFC in its sole discretion).

8.14. The AFC reserves the right at any time in its absolute discretion and without prior notice to: (a) to cancel, modify, suspend or delay the Contest; (b) to make changes to these Contest Terms, whereupon all Participants be bound by the terms and conditions as varied by the AFC; and/or (c) to substitute, withdraw or cancel any Prize without disclosing any reason thereof and without any payment or compensation whatsoever.

8.16. The AFC reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual that it determines is tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, engaging in any conduct that is deemed detrimental or unfair to the AFC, the Contest or any other participant, acting in breach or potential breach of these Contest Terms and/or the AFC’s website use and access agreement, or is otherwise ineligible to enter or participate in the Contest. No correspondence and/or objection will be entertained.

8.17. These Contest Terms have been prepared in the English language, which language shall govern the interpretation and construction of these Contest Terms. Any translation of these Contest Terms shall be for reference purposes only, and the English language version shall always prevail in the case of any inconsistencies between the English language version and any translations thereof.