AFC should introduce quota
The Asian Football Confederation was founded on 8th May in 1954. Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore and South Vietnam were founding members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) is a section of the AFC who manage women’s football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. In 1986, the ALFC merged with the AFC. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation helped organise the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, first held in 1975, as well as the AFC’s AFC U-19 Women’s Championship and the AFC U-17 Women’s Championship.
The AFC has 47 member associations split into five regions.
Of them, 12 are from West Asia, six from Central Asia, seven from South Asia, 10 from East Asia and 12 from South East Asia.
Australia are the current Asia champions, while Iran are at the top in FIFA ranking. As Bangladesh are member of South Asia, they have a chance to move into the final round of the Asia Cup Football from next time if AFC introduces quota system.
Abdullah Rahi
Dhaka
