AFC and Yili announce global sponsorship rights deal

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC and Yili announce global sponsorship rights deal

Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today announced its partnership with dairy giant Yili for the 2021 to 2024 rights cycle. Yili joins the AFC family as the first Official Global Partner of the AFC national team competitions from China PR and will be the exclusive sponsor in the dairy products category, the water category, and other selected beverage categories.

The agreement encompasses all major AFC national team competitions, including but not limited to the final round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar featuring the Continent’s top-12 football nations, and Asia’s flagship national team competition – the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 – which will be played in 10 state-of-the-art venues across China PR, as well as the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 and the AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022.

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AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Group A: What they said

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Group A: What they said

Kuala Lumpur: The virtual draw for the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar was conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.

Islamic Republic of Iran, Korea Republic, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon were drawn in Group A while Group B will see Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, China PR, Oman and Vietnam vying for the two automatic spots available in the group to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Join the-AFC.com as we take a look at the Group A cast's reaction to the draw.

AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Group B: What they said

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar Group B: What they said

Kuala Lumpur: The virtual draw for the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar was conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.

Islamic Republic of Iran, Korea Republic, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon were drawn in Group A while Group B will see Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, China PR, Oman and Vietnam vying for the two automatic spots available in the group to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Join the-AFC.com as we take a look at the Group B cast's reaction to the draw.

AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar groups unveiled

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar groups unveiled

Kuala Lumpur: Asia's best learnt of their opponents following the conclusion of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar virtual draw in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.

The 12 teams were drawn into two groups with Japan, the continent's top team in the FIFA World Ranking, drawn in Group B while second-ranked Islamic Republic of Iran were drawn in Group A.

Asian Qualifiers: A look back at Group E

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Asian Qualifiers: A look back at Group E

Kuala Lumpur: With the draw for the final round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar set to be held on July 1, excitement is building as the 12 teams get set to learn their opponents.

The 12 sides went through extremely challenging times to advance to the final round, where the two group winners and runners-up will join hosts Qatar in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals while the third-placed teams from the two groups will advance to the Confederation Playoff, with the winners moving into the Inter-Confederation Playoff.

Ahead of the draw, the-AFC.com retraces how the 12 teams booked their places from the second round of qualifying with the focus on Group E.

Asian Qualifiers: A look back at Group F

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Asian Qualifiers: A look back at Group F

Kuala Lumpur: With the draw for the final round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar set to be held on July 1, excitement is building as the 12 teams get set to learn their opponents.

The 12 sides went through extremely challenging times to advance to the final round, where the two group winners and runners-up will join hosts Qatar in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals while the third-placed teams from the two groups will advance to the Confederation Playoff, with the winners moving into the Inter-Confederation Playoff.

Ahead of the draw, the-AFC.com retraces how the 12 teams booked their places from the second round of qualifying with the focus on Group F.

Asian Qualifiers: A look back at Group G

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Asian Qualifiers: A look back at Group G

Kuala Lumpur: With the draw for the final round of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar set to be held on July 1, excitement is building as the 12 teams get set to learn their opponents.

The 12 sides went through extremely challenging times to advance to the final round, where the two group winners and runners-up will join hosts Qatar in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Finals while the third-placed teams from the two groups will advance to the Confederation Playoff, with the winners moving into the Inter-Confederation Playoff.

Ahead of the draw, the-AFC.com retraces how the 12 teams booked their places from the second round of qualifying with the focus on Group G.