The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach football, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in OFC, joined AFC in 2006. Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, both territories of the United States, are also AFC members that are geographically in Oceania. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC who managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986 ALFC merged with AFC. Executive Committee Notes Sponsors Member associations It has 47 member associations split into 5 regions. Some nations proposed a South West Asian Federation that would not interfere with AFC zones. Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Republic of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam were founding members. Notes Former members Tournaments National teams Men's AFC Asian Cup AFC Solidarity Cup AFC U-23 Asian Cup AFC U-20 Asian Cup AFC U-17 Asian Cup Asian Games men's football tournament Asian Youth Games boys' football tournament AFC Futsal Asian Cup AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games men's futsal tournament AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Asian Beach Games men's beach soccer tournament Women's AFC Women's Asian Cup Asian Games women's football tournament AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games women's futsal tournament AFC runs the AFC Asian Cup and the AFC Women's Asian Cup, and the AFC Solidarity Cup replace AFC Challenge Cup for a country that has few chances to play in the Asian Cup. The 3 tournaments are held every 4 years. AFC organises the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, various age-level international association football, youth futsal tournaments and the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA World Cup and for football at the Summer Olympics. Clubs Men's AFC Champions League AFC Cup AFC Futsal Club Championship Women's AFC Women's Club Championship The top-ranked AFC tournament for association football clubs is the AFC Champions League which started in the 2002–03 season (an amalgamation of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup) and gathers the top 1–4 teams of each country (the number of