Continental football championships
This page is a list of the continental championships for clubs and national teams in association football.
The championships are organised by the respective FIFA-affiliated continental confederations: AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North America – comprising Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe).
The numbers of participating teams presented in this article only account for teams appearing in the competitions proper, and do not include those entering preliminary or qualifying rounds.
Men's national team championships
Current
| Confederation | Championship | Editions | Inaugural edition |
Teams | Most titles | Current champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Title(s) | Team | Edition | |||||
| AFC | AFC Asian Cup | 18 | 1956 | 24 | Japan | 4 | Qatar | 2023 |
| CAF | Africa Cup of Nations | 34 | 1957 | 24 | Egypt | 7 | Ivory Coast | 2023 |
| African Nations Championship | 7 | 2009 | 16 | DR Congo Morocco |
2 | Senegal | 2022 | |
| CONCACAF | CONCACAF Gold Cup | 17 | 1991 | 16 | Mexico | 10 | Mexico | 2025 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | 4 | 2019–20 | 41 | United States | 3 | Mexico | 2024–25 | |
| CONMEBOL | Copa América | 48 | 1916 | 10 | Argentina | 16 | Argentina | 2024 |
| OFC | OFC Men's Nations Cup | 10 | 1973 | 8 | New Zealand | 6 | New Zealand | 2024 |
| UEFA | UEFA European Championship | 17 | 1960 | 24 | Spain | 4 | Spain | 2024 |
| UEFA Nations League | 4 | 2018–19 | 55 | Portugal | 2 | Portugal | 2024–25 | |
Former
| Confederation | Championship | Edition(s) | Inaugural edition |
Final edition |
Teams | Most titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Title(s) | ||||||
| AFC | AFC Challenge Cup | 5 | 2006 | 2014 | 8–16 | North Korea | 2 |
| AFC Solidarity Cup | 1 | 2016 | 7 | Nepal | 1 | ||
| CONCACAF | CONCACAF Championship | 10 | 1963 | 1989 | 5–9 | Costa Rica Mexico |
3 |
| CONCACAF Cup | 1 | 2015 | 2 | Mexico | 1 | ||
Men's club championships
Current
The champions of the respective first-tier championships qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Former
Women's national team championships
| Confederation | Championship | Inaugural edition |
Teams | Most titles | Current champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Title(s) | Team | Year | ||||
| AFC | AFC Women's Asian Cup | 1975 | 12 | China | 9 | China | 2022 |
| CAF | Women's Africa Cup of Nations | 1991 | 12 | Nigeria | 11 | South Africa | 2022 |
| CONCACAF | CONCACAF W Gold Cup | 2024 | 12 | United States | 1 | United States | 2024 |
| CONCACAF W Championship | 1991 | 8 | United States | 9 | United States | 2022 | |
| CONMEBOL | Copa América Femenina | 1991 | 10 | Brazil | 8 | Brazil | 2022 |
| OFC | OFC Women's Nations Cup | 1983 | 9 | New Zealand | 6 | Papua New Guinea | 2022 |
| UEFA | UEFA Women's Championship | 1984 | 16 | Germany | 8 | England | 2022 |
| UEFA Women's Nations League | 2023–24 | 51 | Spain | 1 | Spain | 2023–24 | |
Women's club championships
Current
| Confederation | Championship | Inaugural edition |
Teams | Most titles | Current champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Title(s) | Team | Season | ||||
| AFC | AFC Women's Champions League | 2024–25 | 21 | Wuhan Jiangda | 1 | Wuhan Jiangda | 2024–25 |
| CAF | CAF Women's Champions League | 2021 | 8 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2 | TP Mazembe | 2024 |
| CONCACAF | CONCACAF W Champions Cup | 2024–25 | 10 | Gotham FC | 1 | Gotham FC | 2024–25 |
| CONMEBOL | Copa Libertadores Femenina | 2009 | 16 | Corinthians | 5 | Corinthians | 2024 |
| OFC | OFC Women's Champions League | 2023 | 8 | Auckland United | 2 | Auckland United | 2025 |
| UEFA | UEFA Women's Champions League | 2001–02 | 16 | Lyon | 8 | Arsenal | 2024–25 |
Former
| Confederation | Championship | Inaugural edition |
Final edition |
Teams | Most titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Title(s) | |||||
| AFC | AFC Women's Club Championship | 2019 | 2023 | 4–8 | Amman SC College of Asian Scholars Sogdiana Jizzakh Tokyo Verdy Beleza Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies |
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See also
- Domestic football champions
- Sub-continental football championships in Asia
- Timeline of association football