The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian and Australian continent.

The AFC Asian Cup ... not part of Asia and is technically part of the Australian continent which consists of Oceanic nations. Until 2006 Australia was part of the Oceanic Football Confederation ...

The same applies to the Asian Cup. The Asian Football Confederation allows teams to "replace any of the registered participating players up to six hours prior to their first match". Squads of up ...