Continental football championships

There are nine association football continental championships for national teams from each continental confederation, contested every two to four years. There are also fourteen continental club championships contested yearly by club teams from within each continental confederation.

The six continental confederations

The governing bodies of the six continental confederations are all members of FIFA, the international association football governing body.

Men's national team championships

ContinentConfederationChampionshipFoundedTeamsMost titles
AsiaAFCAsian Cup195624 Japan (4)
AfricaCAFAfrica Cup of Nations195724 Egypt (7)
African Nations Championship200916 DR Congo (2)
South AmericaCONMEBOLCopa América191612 Uruguay (15)
North AmericaCONCACAFGold Cup196316 Mexico (11)
Nations League201841TBD
OceaniaOFCNations Cup19738 New Zealand (5)
EuropeUEFAEuropean Championship196024 Germany
 Spain (3 each)
Nations League201855 Portugal (1)

Notes:

  • The Copa América, as well as previously the Gold Cup, also include invited teams from outside the respective continental confederations.
  • The number of teams includes only those teams participating in the championship group phase; it does not include teams competing in preliminary or qualifying rounds.
List of continental champions
YearCONMEBOLCAFAFCOFCCONCACAFUEFA
1916 Uruguay
1917 Uruguay
1918
1919 Brazil
1920 Uruguay
1921 Argentina
1922 Brazil
1923 Uruguay
1924 Uruguay
1925 Argentina
1926 Uruguay
1927 Argentina
1928
1929 Argentina
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935 Uruguay
1936
1937 Argentina
1938
1939 Peru
1940
1941 Argentina
1942 Uruguay
1943
1944
1945 Argentina
1946 Argentina
1947 Argentina
1948
1949 Brazil
1950
1951
1952
1953 Paraguay
1954
1955 Argentina
1956 Uruguay South Korea
1957 Argentina Egypt
1958
1959 Argentina (Apr)
 Uruguay (Dec)
 Egypt
1960 South Korea Soviet Union
1961
1962 Ethiopia
1963 Bolivia Ghana Costa Rica
1964 Israel Spain
1965 Ghana Mexico
1966
1967 Uruguay Guatemala
1968 Congo-Kinshasa Iran Italy
1969 Costa Rica
1970 Sudan
1971 Mexico
1972 Congo Iran West Germany
1973 New Zealand Haiti
1974 Zaire
1975 Peru
1976 Morocco Iran Czechoslovakia
1977 Mexico
1978 Ghana
1979 Paraguay
1980 Nigeria Kuwait Australia West Germany
1981 Honduras
1982 Ghana
1983 Uruguay
1984 Cameroon Saudi Arabia France
1985 Canada
1986 Egypt
1987 Uruguay
1988 Cameroon Saudi Arabia Netherlands
1989 Brazil Costa Rica
1990 Algeria
1991 Argentina United States
1992 Ivory Coast Japan Denmark
1993 Argentina Mexico
1994 Nigeria
1995 Uruguay
1996 South Africa Saudi Arabia Australia Mexico Germany
1997 Brazil
1998 Egypt New Zealand Mexico
1999 Brazil
2000 Cameroon Japan Australia Canada France
2001 Colombia
2002 Cameroon New Zealand United States
2003 Mexico
2004 Brazil Tunisia Japan Australia Greece
2005 United States
2006 Egypt
2007 Brazil Iraq United States
2008 Egypt New Zealand Spain
2009 DR Congo Mexico
2010 Egypt
2011 Uruguay Tunisia Japan Mexico
2012 Zambia Tahiti Spain
2013 Nigeria United States
2014 Libya
2015 Chile Ivory Coast Australia Mexico
2016 Chile DR Congo New Zealand Portugal
2017 Cameroon United States
2018 Morocco
2019 Brazil Algeria Qatar Mexico Portugal
2020
2021

Men's club championships

Ongoing competitions

ContinentConfederationFirst tier championshipTeamsMost titlesSecond tier competitionSuper cup
AsiaAFCAFC Champions League40 Al-Hilal
Pohang Steelers (3 each)
AFC Cup
AfricaCAFCAF Champions League16 Al-Ahly (9)CAF Confederation CupCAF Super Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOLCopa Libertadores32 Independiente (7)Copa SudamericanaRecopa Sudamericana
North AmericaCONCACAFCONCACAF Champions League16 América (7)CONCACAF League
OceaniaOFCOFC Champions League16 Auckland City (9)
EuropeUEFAUEFA Champions League32 Real Madrid (13)UEFA Europa LeagueUEFA Super Cup

The champions of the respective club championships qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup the following December, along with the champion of the host country's domestic league (if the respective continental championship is won by a team from the host country, then the highest finishing team not from the host country takes the qualification spot from that continental championship).

Abolished competitions

ContinentConfederationChampionshipTeamsMost titles
AfricaCAFAfrican Cup Winners' Cup15–41 Al-Ahly (4)
CAF Cup31–37 JS Kabylie (3)
AsiaAFCAsian Cup Winners' Cup17–29 Al-Hilal
Yokohama Marinos (2 each)
AFC President's Cup12 Regar TadAZ (3)
Asian Super Cup2 Al-Hilal
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2 each)
EuropeUEFAUEFA Cup Winners' Cup32 Barcelona (4)
UEFA Intertoto Cup50 VfB Stuttgart (3)
North AmericaCONCACAFCONCACAF Cup Winners Cup4–11 Atlético Marte
Monterrey
Necaxa
Tecos
América (1 each)
CONCACAF Giants Cup12 América (1)
OceaniaOFCOceania Cup Winners' Cup2 Sydney City (1)
OFC President's Cup6 Auckland City (1)
South AmericaCONMEBOLSupercopa Sudamericana13–17 Cruzeiro
Independiente (2 each)
Copa CONMEBOL16 Atlético Mineiro (2)
Copa Merconorte16 Atlético Nacional (2)
Copa Mercosur20 Palmeiras
Flamengo
San Lorenzo
Vasco da Gama (1 each)

Women's national team championships

ContinentConfederationChampionshipFoundedTeamsMost titles
AsiaAFCAFC Women's Asian Cup197512 China PR (8)
AfricaCAFAfrica Women Cup of Nations19918 Nigeria (11)
South AmericaCONMEBOLCopa América Femenina199110 Brazil (7)
North AmericaCONCACAFCONCACAF Women's Championship19918 United States (8)
OceaniaOFCOFC Women's Nations Cup19838 New Zealand (6)
EuropeUEFAUEFA Women's Euro198416 Germany (8)
YearCONMEBOLCAFAFCOFCCONCACAFUEFA
1975 New Zealand
1976
1977 Chinese Taipei
1978
1979 Chinese Taipei
1980
1981 Chinese Taipei
1982
1983 Thailand New Zealand
1984 Sweden
1985
1986 China PR Chinese Taipei
1987 Norway
1988
1989 China PR Chinese Taipei West Germany
1990
1991 Brazil Nigeria China PR New Zealand United States Germany
1992
1993 China PR United States Norway
1994 United States
1995 Brazil Nigeria China PR Australia Germany
1996
1997 China PR Germany
1998 Brazil Nigeria Australia Canada
1999 China PR
2000 Nigeria United States
2001 North Korea Germany
2002 Nigeria United States
2003 Brazil North Korea Australia
2004 Nigeria
2005 Germany
2006 Argentina Nigeria China PR United States
2007 New Zealand
2008 Equatorial Guinea North Korea
2009 Germany
2010 Brazil Nigeria Australia New Zealand Canada
2011
2012 Equatorial Guinea
2013 Germany
2014 Brazil Nigeria Japan New Zealand United States
2015
2016 Nigeria
2017 Netherlands
2018 Brazil Nigeria Japan New Zealand  United States
2019
2020
2021

Women's club championships

ContinentConfederationClub ChampionshipTeams*Most titles
AsiaAFCAFC Women's Club Championship8 Beleza (1)
AfricaCAFCAF Women's Champions League8TBD
South AmericaCONMEBOLCopa Libertadores Femenina16 São José (3)
EuropeUEFAUEFA Women's Champions League32 Lyon (7)

Note: The number of teams includes only those teams that participate in the group stage; it does not include all teams participating in preliminary or qualifying rounds.

See also

References

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