Two main types of matches.In Asia, there are two main types of matches: Asian championships and the Asian Cup, played every four years each, with a period of two years between them. Championship tournament is Asia, where football is only one of the disciplines. During the first professional football next appeared weightlifting, cycling and basketball, and the match lasted 80 minutes and not 90. In 2002, the championship game was changed to 23 years in which the team could leave the three older players. In a tournament in Qatar, in 2006, football was one of 36 disciplines. From the first Asian Cup tournament held in Hong Kong, in which participated, only four teams. Asia Cup quickly gained prestige. Eliminations for the twelve seats in the trades carried out and the Lebanon, attracted 42 teams. In recent years, teams have been dominant from the Middle East, as, for example, Japan and Saudi Arabia. China in 2004, when the tournament expanded to 16 teams, was hosting the games. Many Europeans then the surprise teams. For example, Uzbekistan won all matches in the group. The final match between Japan and China viewed more than 250 million people in 60 countries.