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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Governing body of football in Kuwait</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Kuwait Football Association</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuwait_FA.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/Kuwait_FA.png/220px-Kuwait_FA.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Kuwait_FA.png 1.5x" data-file-width="232" data-file-height="233" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Short name</th><td class="infobox-data">KFA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1952<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1952</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_City" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1964<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Football_Federation" title="West Asian Football Federation">WAFF</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdullah_Al-Shaheen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdullah Al-Shaheen (page does not exist)">Abdullah Al-Shaheen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kuwait-fa.org">kuwait-fa.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kuwait Football Association</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الإتحاد الكويتي لكرة القدم</span>) is the governing body of <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kuwait" title="Football in Kuwait">association football in Kuwait</a>. </p><p>Kuwait has thrice been suspended by FIFA for political interference since 2007 and were allowed to participate in the 2011 Asian Cup qualifying campaign and other international competitions on a provisional basis.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuwait_football_association.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Kuwait_football_association.jpg/220px-Kuwait_football_association.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Kuwait_football_association.jpg/330px-Kuwait_football_association.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Kuwait_football_association.jpg/440px-Kuwait_football_association.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Headquarters of Kuwait Football Association</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Association_staff">Association staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwait_Football_Association&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Association staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Position </th> <th>Source </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shakh_Ahmad_Yousef_Alsabah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shakh Ahmad Yousef Alsabah (page does not exist)">Shakh Ahmad Yousef Alsabah</a> </td> <td>President (Acting) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Osama_Husain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osama Husain (page does not exist)">Osama Husain</a> </td> <td>Vice-president </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saleh_Almajroub&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saleh Almajroub (page does not exist)">Saleh Almajroub</a> </td> <td>General secretary </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mubarak_Abdulaziz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mubarak Abdulaziz (page does not exist)">Mubarak Abdulaziz</a> </td> <td>Vice-President </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bader_Abduljalil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bader Abduljalil (page does not exist)">Bader Abduljalil</a> </td> <td>Technical director </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juan_Antonio_Pizzi" title="Juan Antonio Pizzi">Juan Antonio Pizzi</a> </td> <td>Team coach (men's) </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>n/a </td> <td>Team coach (women's) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><img alt="Kuwait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattam_Al-Sahli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sattam Al-Sahli (page does not exist)">Sattam Al-Sahli</a> </td> <td>Media/communications manager </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>n/a </td> <td>Futsal Coordinator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/32px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_B%C3%B6ssler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Bössler (page does not exist)">Mike Bössler</a> </td> <td>Director of Refereeing </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FIFA_suspension">FIFA suspension</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwait_Football_Association&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: FIFA suspension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Contrary to the road map established by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Youth_Public_Authority" title="Kuwait Youth Public Authority">Kuwaiti Public Authority for Youth</a> and Sport continued to interfere. Elections were held on 9 October in direct violation of the FIFA Executive Committee's May 2007 decision to the contrary. As a consequence, the committee recommended to the FIFA Executive Committee that the Kuwait Football Association be suspended.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kuwait's football federation board resigned days after world governing body FIFA suspended the Persian Gulf state.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suspension was lifted after the federation said it will ratify new statutes to prevent government interference in the sport as demanded by FIFA. "Otherwise FIFA will immediately suspend the (federation) again," FIFA said in a statement.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suspension was conditionally lifted and extended by the FIFA Congress in June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> FIFA was closely monitoring the situation within Kuwait.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 16 October 2015, FIFA suspended Kuwait and all remaining results from AFC Asian Cup and FIFA World Cup qualification were added as forfeits while all Kuwaiti teams that were participating in international competitions were withdrawn.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kuwait tried to get the suspension lifted at the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Congress" title="FIFA Congress">66th FIFA Congress</a> but this was rejected and therefore from the earlier announcement on 27 April 2016, the hosting of the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Gulf_Cup" title="Arabian Gulf Cup">Arabian Gulf Cup</a> tournament was moved to Qatar.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The suspension was eventually lifted on 6 December 2017 after Kuwait's adoption of a new sports law.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwait_Football_Association&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Premier_League" title="Kuwait Premier League">Zain Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Division_One" title="Kuwaiti Division One">Kuwaiti Division One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Futsal_League" title="Kuwaiti Futsal League">Kuwaiti Futsal League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Joint_League" title="Kuwait Joint League">Kuwait Joint League</a> (defunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Emir_Cup" title="Kuwait Emir Cup">Kuwait Emir Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Crown_Prince_Cup" title="Kuwait Crown Prince Cup">Kuwait Crown Prince Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Khurafi_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Khurafi Cup">Al Khurafi Cup</a> (defunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Federation_Cup" title="Kuwait Federation Cup">Kuwait Federation Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Super_Cup" title="Kuwait Super Cup">Kuwait Super Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Futsal_Federation_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwaiti Futsal Federation Cup">Kuwaiti Futsal Federation Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Futsal_Super_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwaiti Futsal Super Cup">Kuwaiti Futsal Super Cup</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Friendly_Competitions">Friendly Competitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwait_Football_Association&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Friendly Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kuwait Champions Challenge</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_champions">Current champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwait_Football_Association&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Current champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Championship </th> <th>Current champion(s) </th> <th>Title number(s) won </th> <th>Date won </th> <th>Previous Champions </th> <th>Season </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Premier_League" title="Kuwait Premier League">Zain Premier League</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_SC" title="Kuwait SC">Kuwait SC</a> </td> <td align="center">19 </td> <td align="center">26 May 2024 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_SC" title="Kuwait SC">Kuwait SC</a> </td> <td align="center">2023-24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Division_One" title="Kuwaiti Division One">Kuwaiti Division One</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Al-Yarmouk_SC" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Yarmouk SC">Al-Yarmouk</a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">14 May 2024 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Al-Shabab_(Kuwait)" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Shabab (Kuwait)">Al Shabab</a> </td> <td align="center">2023-24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Emir_Cup" title="Kuwait Emir Cup">Kuwait Emir Cup</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Qadsia_SC" title="Qadsia SC">Qadsia SC</a> </td> <td align="center">17 </td> <td align="center">21 May 2024 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_SC" title="Kuwait SC">Kuwait SC</a> </td> <td align="center">2023-24 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Crown_Prince_Cup" title="Kuwait Crown Prince Cup">Kuwait Crown Prince Cup</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Al-Arabi_SC_(Kuwait)" title="Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)">Al-Arabi SC</a> </td> <td align="center">9 </td> <td align="center">6 February 2023 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Al-Arabi_SC_(Kuwait)" title="Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)">Al-Arabi SC</a> </td> <td align="center">2022-23 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Federation_Cup" title="Kuwait Federation Cup">Zain Cup</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Qadsia_SC" title="Qadsia SC">Qadsia SC</a> </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="center">27 March 2023 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Al-Nasr_SC_(Kuwait)" title="Al-Nasr SC (Kuwait)">Al-Nasr</a> </td> <td align="center">2022-23 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Super_Cup" title="Kuwait Super Cup">Kuwait Super Cup</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_SC" title="Kuwait SC">Kuwait SC</a> </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">27 February 2024 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_SC" title="Kuwait SC">Kuwait SC</a> </td> <td align="center">2023-24 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Defunct/paused"><span id="Defunct.2Fpaused"></span>Defunct/paused</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuwait_Football_Association&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Defunct/paused"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Championship </th> <th>Final champion(s) </th> <th>Title number(s) won </th> <th>Date won </th> <th>Previous Champions </th> <th>Season </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Joint_League" title="Kuwait Joint League">Kuwait Joint League</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_SC" title="Kuwait SC">Kuwait SC</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">1989 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Al-Arabi_SC_(Kuwait)" title="Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)">Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)</a> </td> <td align="center">1988-89 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Khurafi_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Khurafi Cup">Al Khurafi Cup</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kazma_SC" title="Kazma SC">Kazma SC</a> </td> <td 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<li>Triathlon</li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li>inc. Beach Volleyball</li></ul></li> <li>Weightlifting</li> <li>Wrestling</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Kuwait.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/160px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/240px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/320px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Winter Olympic Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Biathlon</li> <li>Bobsleigh</li> <li>Curling</li> <li>Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Ice_Hockey_Association" title="Kuwait Ice Hockey Association">Ice Hockey</a></li> <li>Luge</li> <li>Skeleton</li> <li>Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping)</li> <li>Snowboarding</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other IOC Recognised Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Air sports</li> <li>Auto racing</li> <li>Bandy</li> <li>Baseball</li> <li>Billiard Sports</li> <li>Boules</li> <li>Bowling</li> <li>Bridge</li> <li>Chess</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_Kuwait" title="Cricket Kuwait">Cricket</a></li> <li>Dance sport</li> <li>Floorball</li> <li>Karate</li> <li>Korfball</li> <li>Lifesaving</li> <li>Motorcycle racing</li> <li>Mountaineering and Climbing</li> <li>Netball</li> <li>Orienteering</li> <li>Pelota Vasca</li> 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kuwait Football Association</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_football_team" title="Kuwait national football team">Men's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_futsal_team" title="Kuwait national futsal team">Men's Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_under-23_football_team" title="Kuwait national under-23 football team">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_under-20_football_team" title="Kuwait national under-20 football team">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_national_under-17_football_team" title="Kuwait national under-17 football team">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Kuwait women's national football team">Women's</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Premier_League" title="Kuwait Premier League">Zain Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Division_One" title="Kuwaiti Division One">Kuwaiti Division One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Women%27s_League" title="Kuwaiti Women's League">Kuwaiti Women's League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Futsal_League" title="Kuwaiti Futsal League">Futsal League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Emir_Cup" title="Kuwait Emir Cup">Emir Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Crown_Prince_Cup" title="Kuwait Crown Prince Cup">Crown Prince Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Federation_Cup" title="Kuwait Federation Cup">Federation Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Super_Cup" title="Kuwait Super Cup">Super Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Futsal_Federation_Cup" title="Kuwait Futsal Federation Cup">Futsal Federation Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Futsal_Super_Cup" title="Kuwait Futsal Super Cup">Futsal Super Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct Tournaments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Al-Khurafi_Cup" title="Al-Khurafi Cup">Al-Khurafi Cup</a></i> (defunct)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_Joint_League" title="Kuwait Joint League">Joint League</a></i> (defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a 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style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:International_football" title="Template:International football"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:International_football" title="Template talk:International football"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:International_football" title="Special:EditPage/Template:International football"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="International_association_football956" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">International <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_federations" title="List of football federations">Federations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_competitions" title="List of association football competitions">Competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Men%27s_World_Ranking" title="FIFA Men's World Ranking">World Rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Best_FIFA_Football_Awards" title="The Best FIFA Football Awards">The Best FIFA Football Awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_association_football" title="Timeline of association football">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_by_competitive_honours_won" title="List of football clubs by competitive honours won">Most successful clubs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #deb887;">World (<a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_U-20_World_Cup" title="FIFA U-20 World Cup">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="FIFA U-17 World Cup">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Confederations_Cup" title="FIFA Confederations Cup">FIFA Confederations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_World_Champions%27_Gold_Cup" title="1980 World Champions' Gold Cup">FIFA Gold Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Youth_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Youth Olympic Games">Youth Olympic Games</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_Map_FIFA.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/World_Map_FIFA.svg/150px-World_Map_FIFA.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/World_Map_FIFA.svg/225px-World_Map_FIFA.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/World_Map_FIFA.svg/300px-World_Map_FIFA.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="415" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ffb6c1;">Asia (<a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Asian_Cup" title="AFC Asian Cup">AFC Asian Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_U-23_Asian_Cup" title="AFC U-23 Asian Cup">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_U-20_Asian_Cup" title="AFC U-20 Asian Cup">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_U-17_Asian_Cup" title="AFC U-17 Asian Cup">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Challenge_Cup" title="AFC Challenge Cup">AFC Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Solidarity_Cup" title="AFC Solidarity Cup">AFC Solidarity Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Football at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFF_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="AFF Championship">ASEAN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAFA_Nations_Cup" title="CAFA Nations Cup">CAFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EAFF_E-1_Football_Championship" title="EAFF E-1 Football Championship">EAFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAFF_Championship" title="SAFF Championship">SAFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFF_Championship" title="WAFF Championship">WAFF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Gulf_Cup" title="Arabian Gulf Cup">Arabian Gulf Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_East_Asian_Games" title="Football at the East Asian Games">East Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Far_Eastern_Championship_Games" title="Football at the Far Eastern Championship Games">Far Eastern Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_South_Asian_Games" title="Football at the South Asian Games">South Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Southeast_Asian_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Southeast Asian Games">Southeast Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Games#Football" title="West Asian Games">West Asian Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #4682b4;">Africa (<a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">CAF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="Africa Cup of Nations">CAF Africa Cup of Nations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U-23_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-23 Africa Cup of Nations">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-20_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-20 Africa Cup of Nations">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-17_Africa_Cup_of_Nations" title="U-17 Africa Cup of Nations">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Nations_Championship" title="African Nations Championship">CAF African Nations Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_African_Games" title="Football at the African Games">African Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_Cup" title="CECAFA Cup">CECAFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COSAFA_Cup" title="COSAFA Cup">COSAFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CEMAC_Cup" title="CEMAC Cup">UNIFFAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFU_Nations_Cup" title="WAFU Nations Cup">WAFU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Central_African_Games" title="Football at the Central African Games">Central African Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Indian_Ocean_Island_Games" title="Football at the Indian Ocean Island Games">Indian Ocean Island Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #db7093;">North America (<a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">CONCACAF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Gold_Cup" title="CONCACAF Gold Cup">CONCACAF Gold Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Men%27s_Olympic_Qualifying_Championship" title="CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Under-20_Championship" title="CONCACAF Under-20 Championship">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Under-17_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="CONCACAF Under-17 Championship">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Boys%27_Under-15_Championship" title="CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship">U-15</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Championship" title="CONCACAF Championship">CONCACAF Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Nations_League" title="CONCACAF Nations League">CONCACAF Nations League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF_Cup" title="CONCACAF Cup">CONCACAF Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAFC_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NAFC Championship">NAFC Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CCCF_Championship" title="CCCF Championship">CCCF Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Games" title="Football at the Central American and Caribbean Games">Central America and Caribbean Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Nations_Cup" title="North American Nations Cup">North American Nations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Centroamericana" title="Copa Centroamericana">Copa Centroamericana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFU_Championship" title="CFU Championship">CFU Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Cup" title="Caribbean Cup">Caribbean Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_Tournament" title="Leeward Islands Tournament">LIFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windward_Islands_Tournament" title="Windward Islands Tournament">WIFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Central_American_Games" title="Football at the Central American Games">Central America Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ffd700;">South America (<a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">CONMEBOL</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Copa América">CONMEBOL Copa América</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL_Pre-Olympic_Tournament" title="CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_Youth_Football_Championship" title="South American Youth Football Championship">U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_U-17_Championship" title="South American U-17 Championship">U-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_American_U-15_Championship" title="South American U-15 Championship">U-15</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_South_American_Games" title="Football at the South American Games">South American Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Bolivarian_Games" title="Football at the Bolivarian Games">Bolivarian Games</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #8fbc8f;">Oceania (<a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">OFC</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OFC_Men%27s_Nations_Cup" title="OFC Men's Nations Cup">OFC Nations Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/OFC_Men%27s_Olympic_Qualifying_Tournament" title="OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament">U-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OFC_U-19_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="OFC U-19 Championship">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OFC_U-16/U-17_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="OFC U-16/U-17 Championship">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Pacific_Games" title="Football at the Pacific Games">Pacific Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Pacific_Mini_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Pacific Mini Games">Pacific Mini Games</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MSG_Prime_Minister%27s_Cup" title="MSG Prime Minister's Cup">Melanesia Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polynesia_Cup" title="Polynesia Cup">Polynesia Cup</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em">Europe (<a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship" title="UEFA European Under-21 Championship">U-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Under-19_Championship" title="UEFA European Under-19 Championship">U-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Under-17_Championship" title="UEFA European Under-17 Championship">U-17</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Nations_League" title="UEFA Nations League">UEFA Nations League</a></li> <li>Regional <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_European_International_Cup" title="Central European International Cup">Central European Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balkan_Cup" title="Balkan Cup">Balkan Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltic_Cup_(football)" title="Baltic Cup (football)">Baltic Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_Football_Championship" title="Nordic Football Championship">Nordic Championship</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #252525;">Inter-Continental</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL%E2%80%93UEFA_Cup_of_Champions" class="mw-redirect" title="CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions">CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panamerican_Championship" title="Panamerican Championship">CPF Panamerican Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">CAF-AFC Afro-Asian Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AFC%E2%80%93OFC_Challenge_Cup" title="AFC–OFC Challenge Cup">AFC–OFC Challenge Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Arab_Cup" title="FIFA Arab Cup">FIFA Arab Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_Cup_of_Nations" title="Palestine Cup of Nations">Palestine Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Kuneitra_Cup" title="1974 Kuneitra Cup">Kuneitra Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coupe_de_l%27Outre-Mer" title="Coupe de l'Outre-Mer">Overseas Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2003_Afro-Asian_Games" title="Football at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games">Afro-Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Arab_Games" title="Football at the Arab Games">Arab Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Jeux_de_la_Francophonie" title="Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie">Francophone Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GANEFO" title="GANEFO">GANEFO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Goodwill_Games" title="Football at the Goodwill Games">Goodwill Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Islamic_Games" title="Football at the Islamic Games">Islamic Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games">Islamic Solidarity Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Lusofonia_Games" title="Football at the Lusofonia Games">Lusofonia Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Cup_(men%27s_football)" title="Mediterranean Cup (men's football)">Mediterranean Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Mediterranean_Games" title="Football at the Mediterranean Games">Mediterranean Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="Football at the Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;line-height: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Non-FIFA_international_football" title="Non-FIFA international football">Non-FIFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_World_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA World Football Cup">CONIFA World Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_European_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA European Football Cup">CONIFA European Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_South_America_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA South America Football Cup">CONIFA South America Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONIFA_Africa_Football_Cup" title="CONIFA Africa Football Cup">CONIFA Africa Football Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FIFI_Wild_Cup" title="FIFI Wild Cup">FIFI Wild Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_UIAFA_European_Football_Tournament" title="1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament">UIAFA Great European Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Island_Games" title="Football at the Island Games">Island Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Micronesian_Games" title="Football at the Micronesian Games">Micronesian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Universiade" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Summer Universiade">Universiade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Unity_Football_Alliance" title="World Unity Football Alliance">World Unity Football Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_association_football" title="Geography of association football">Geography</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_FIFA_country_codes" title="List of FIFA country codes">Codes</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Player_of_the_Century" title="FIFA Player of the Century">Player</a>/<a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_of_the_Century" title="FIFA Club of the Century">Club of the Century</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_association_football" title="Women's association football">Women's football</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_football_associations_of_Asia_(AFC)442" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:AFC_associations" title="Template:AFC associations"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:AFC_associations" title="Template talk:AFC associations"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:AFC_associations" title="Special:EditPage/Template:AFC associations"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="National_football_associations_of_Asia_(AFC)442" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">National <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> associations of Asia (<a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West Asia (<a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Football_Federation" title="West Asian Football Federation">WAFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_Football_Association" title="Bahrain Football Association">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_Football_Association" title="Iraq Football Association">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Football_Association" title="Jordan Football Association">Jordan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Football_Association" title="Lebanese Football Association">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman_Football_Association" title="Oman Football Association">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Football_Association" title="Palestinian Football Association">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_Football_Association" title="Qatar Football Association">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Football_Federation" title="Saudi Arabian Football Federation">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_Football_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Football Federation">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Football_Association" title="United Arab Emirates Football Association">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen_Football_Association" title="Yemen Football Association">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Central Asia (<a href="/wiki/Central_Asian_Football_Association" title="Central Asian Football Association">CAFA</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_Football_Federation" title="Afghanistan Football Federation">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_Football_Union" title="Kyrgyz Football Union">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan_Football_Federation" title="Tajikistan Football Federation">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Turkmenistan" title="Football Federation of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_Football_Association" title="Uzbekistan Football Association">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South Asia (<a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Football_Federation" title="South Asian Football Federation">SAFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Football_Federation" title="Bangladesh Football Federation">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan_Football_Federation" title="Bhutan Football Federation">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Maldives" title="Football Association of Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Nepal_Football_Association" title="All Nepal Football Association">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Football_Federation" title="Pakistan Football Federation">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Football Federation of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East Asia (<a href="/wiki/East_Asian_Football_Federation" title="East Asian Football Federation">EAFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Football_Association" title="Chinese Football Association">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guam_Football_Association" title="Guam Football Association">Guam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Hong_Kong,_China" title="Football Association of Hong Kong, China">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Football_Association" title="Japan Football Association">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau_Football_Association" title="Macau Football Association">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolian_Football_Federation" title="Mongolian Football Federation">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Football_Association" title="Northern Mariana Islands Football Association">Northern Mariana Islands</a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DPR_Korea_Football_Association" title="DPR Korea Football Association">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea_Football_Association" title="Korea Football Association">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_Football_Association" title="Chinese Taipei Football Association">Chinese Taipei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeast Asia (<a href="/wiki/ASEAN_Football_Federation" title="ASEAN Football Federation">AFF</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_Australia" title="Football Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Brunei_Darussalam" title="Football Association of Brunei Darussalam">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_Cambodia" title="Football Federation of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timor_Football_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor Football Federation">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Indonesia" title="Football Association of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lao_Football_Federation" title="Lao Football Federation">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Malaysia" title="Football Association of Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Football_Federation" title="Myanmar Football Federation">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Football_Federation" title="Philippine Football Federation">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Singapore" title="Football Association of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Thailand" title="Football Association of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_Football_Federation" title="Vietnam Football Federation">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PDR_Yemen_Football_Federation" title="PDR Yemen Football Federation">South Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>†</sup> denote full Member Association is not a <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> member</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Union_of_Arab_Football_Associations218" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_Arab_Cup" title="FIFA Arab Cup">Arab Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Arab_Games" title="Football at the Arab Games">Arab Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Futsal_Cup" title="Arab Futsal Cup">Arab Futsal Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Beach_Soccer_Cup" title="Arab Beach Soccer Cup">Arab Beach Soccer Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Club competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Club_Champions_Cup" title="Arab Club Champions Cup">Arab Club Champions Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="Arab Cup Winners' Cup">Arab Cup Winners' Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Super_Cup" title="Arab Super Cup">Arab Super Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Youth competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Cup_U-20" title="Arab Cup U-20">Arab Cup U-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Cup_U-17" title="Arab Cup U-17">Arab Cup U-17</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Women%27s_Cup" title="Arab Women's Cup">Arab Women's Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Women's youth competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_U-17_Women%27s_Cup" title="Arab U-17 Women's Cup">Arab U-17 Women's Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arab_Gulf_Cup_Football_Federation" title="Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation">AGCFF</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cooperation_Council" title="Gulf Cooperation Council">GCC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Gulf_Cup" title="Arabian Gulf Cup">Arabian Gulf Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GCC_U-23_Championship" title="GCC U-23 Championship">U-23 Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GCC_U-19_Championship" title="GCC U-19 Championship">U-20 Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GCC_U-17_Championship" title="GCC U-17 Championship">U-17 Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGCFF_Gulf_Club_Champions_League" title="AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League">AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GCC_Futsal_Cup" title="GCC Futsal Cup">GCC Futsal Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_North_African_Football_Federations" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of North African Football Federations">UNAF</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="UNAF Tournament">UNAF Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-23_Tournament" title="UNAF U-23 Tournament">U-23 Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-20_Tournament" title="UNAF U-20 Tournament">U-20 Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-18_Tournament" title="UNAF U-18 Tournament">U-18 Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-17_Tournament" title="UNAF U-17 Tournament">U-17 Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-15_Tournament" title="UNAF U-15 Tournament">U-15 Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Futsal_Tournament" title="North African Futsal Tournament">Futsal tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_Women%27s_Tournament" title="UNAF Women's Tournament">Women's tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-21_Women%27s_Tournament" title="UNAF U-21 Women's Tournament">U-21 women's tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_U-20_Women%27s_Tournament" title="UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament">U-20 women's tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAF_Women%27s_Champions_League_UNAF_Qualifiers" title="CAF Women's Champions League UNAF Qualifiers">CAF W-CL UNAF Qualifiers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_Club_Cup" title="UNAF Club Cup">UNAF Club Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Cup_of_Champions" title="North African Cup of Champions">Cup of Champions</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Cup_Winners_Cup" title="North African Cup Winners Cup">Cup Winners Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_African_Super_Cup" title="North African Super Cup">Super Cup</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNAF_Women%27s_Club_Tournament" title="UNAF Women's Club Tournament">W-Club Tournament</a> <i>(defunct)</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Council_for_East_and_Central_Africa_Football_Associations" class="mw-redirect" title="Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations">CECAFA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_Cup" title="CECAFA Cup">CECAFA Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CECAFA_U-20_Championship" 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