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Continental football championships 
Summary
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 and 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 edit
Ongoing edit
| Confederation | Championship | Inaugural edition |
Teams | Most titles | Current champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Titles | Team(s) | Edition | ||||
| AFC | AFC Asian Cup | 1956 | 24 |  Japan
|
4 |  Qatar
|
2023 |
| CAF | Africa Cup of Nations | 1957 | 24 |  Egypt
|
7 |  Ivory Coast
|
2023 |
| African Nations Championship | 2009 | 16 |  DR Congo  Morocco
|
2 |  Senegal
|
2022 | |
| CONCACAF | CONCACAF Gold Cup | 1963 | 16 |  Mexico
|
12 | Mexico
|
2023 |
| CONCACAF Nations League | 2019–20 | 41 |  United States
|
3 | United States
|
2023–24 | |
| CONMEBOL | Copa América | 1916 | 10 |  Argentina  Uruguay
|
15 | Argentina
|
2021 |
| OFC | OFC Nations Cup | 1973 | 8 |  New Zealand
|
5 | New Zealand
|
2016 |
| UEFA | UEFA European Championship | 1960 | 24 |  Germany  Spain
|
3 |  Italy
|
2020 |
| UEFA Nations League | 2018–19 | 55 |  France  Portugal Spain
|
1 | Spain
|
2022–23 | |
Abolished edit
| Confederation | Championship | Inaugural edition |
Final edition |
Teams | Most titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Titles | |||||
| AFC | AFC Challenge Cup | 2006 | 2014 | 8–16 |  North Korea
|
2 |
| AFC Solidarity Cup | 2016 | 7 |  Nepal
|
1 | ||
| CONCACAF | CONCACAF Cup | 2015 | 2 | Mexico
|
1 | |
Men's club championships edit
Ongoing edit
The champions of the respective first-tier championships qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Abolished edit
Women's national team championships edit
| Confederation | Championship | Inaugural edition |
Teams | Most titles | Current champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Titles | Team(s) | 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 edit
| Confederation | Club championship | Inaugural edition |
Teams | Most titles | Current champions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team(s) | Titles | Team(s) | Season | ||||
| AFC | AFC Women's Club Championship | 2019 | 12 | Tokyo Verdy Beleza  Amman SC  College of Asian Scholars  Sogdiana Jizzakh  Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Urawa Red Diamonds
|
1 | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Urawa Red Diamonds
|
2023 |
| CAF | CAF Women's Champions League | 2021 | 8 | Mamelodi Sundowns
|
2 | Mamelodi Sundowns
|
2023 |
| CONCACAF | CONCACAF W Champions Cup | 2024–25 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| CONMEBOL | Copa Libertadores Femenina | 2009 | 16 | Corinthians
|
4 | Corinthians
|
2023 |
| OFC | OFC Women's Champions League | 2023 | 8 |  AS Academy Auckland United
|
1 | Auckland United
|
2024 |
| UEFA | UEFA Women's Champions League | 2001–02 | 16 | Lyon
|
8 | Barcelona
|
2022–23 |