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Actually, the name of the tournament is 2007 AFC Asian Cup but many football fans in Asia like me simply love to call it Asian Cup Football or Asia Cup Football. So, don’t get shocked if I write the name of the tournament this way instead of the official version. Football is the game of the ordinary fans and fans really rule football in Asia. You can hardly find any place on earth where fans are really extremely passionate about football.

Asian Cup 2007 is going to be held from July 7, 2007 to July 29, 2007. Four countries are jointly hosting the event- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. So, it is going to take place in East Asia but this event will surely catch the attention of all the fans of whole of Asia.

The only sad part is that not a single team from South Asia has qualified for Asian Cup Football 2007 and the football fans in South Asia are sad for that. AFC (Asian Football Confederation) should introduce a quota system for South Asian countries and make sure that at least one South Asian country can take part in the final round of Asian Cup Football. After all, South Asia has nearly 35% to 45% of Asian population. South Asia is the only region in the world in which football is losing ground.