For the sixth World Cup in a row, no team from the Asian Football Confederation made it past the first knockout round, winning only three games out of 29. Asian teams are competitive — up to a point.

Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, president of the Asian Football Confederation, has welcomed FIFA's decision to withdraw the FIFA Forward Enterprise project, which had aimed to establish a new commercial entity allowing private-sector investors to take part in the commercial rights of FIFA tournaments.

Saudi Arabia has hosted the last two Asian Champions League Elite finals and has now been confirmed for the next three.

The AFC has accused Fifa of undermining the foundations of football by failing to consult confederations over its plan to sell off World Cup stakes