Jame Jam Online - Asian football may witness a significant change in the national team's calendar in the coming years; the Asian Football Confederation is designing the Asian Nations League; a competition that can replace some friendly matches with more formal and targeted ones. AFC officially announced in December 2025 that the program to introduce the AFC Nations League is on the agenda. The declared goal of this plan is to create a more structured and stable framework for national team matches and provide more competitive opportunities for AFC members. Based on the proposed plan, if the competition is finalized, Asian national teams can hold more matches in a competitive and official level against each other in the gap between the Asian Cup periods. The implementation of such a tournament may be important for the Iranian national team. Iran has faced limitations in finding strong opponents in some FIFA windows in recent years and creating a formal competition at the continental level can provide more opportunities for playing against prominent Asian teams. In such conditions, confrontations like Iran - Japan, Iran - South Korea, Iran - Australia or Iran - Saudi Arabia may be repeated more than ever in the national team's calendar; although none of these matches have been announced as the official program of the Asian Nations League yet. One of the main goals of this plan is to create a more regular calendar for national teams and increase the quality of international matches. The experience of the European Nations League has shown that a structured competition can turn many friendly matches into more motivated and important ones. In Asia, such a structure can allow national teams to face opponents close to their level in different cycles. This issue is more important for Asian big teams; because in some international windows, finding a strong opponent outside the continent is difficult due to the congestion of the continental calendar. If this plan is implemented with a structure similar to the ranking systems, only the big teams will benefit from it. Teams like Uzbekistan, Jordan, Qatar, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Indonesia can also use such competitions to increase their international experience and improve their national team's level. In the case of using a promotion and relegation system between different levels, the competition will be more attractive for Asian medium and even developing teams. However, the number of groups, seeding, promotion and relegation, number of matches and start date of the competition have not been officially announced by AFC yet. The Asian Cup is the most important national tournament in the continent, but it is only held every four years and the draw determines when the teams will face each other. The Asian Nations League can partially fill this gap and allow fans to see the confrontation of the continent's big football powers with a shorter interval. For example, if the competition structure is designed so that the top teams are in one level, the likelihood of repeated confrontations between teams like Iran, Japan, South Korea and Australia will increase. Holding official matches between Asian national teams can also be economically important for AFC and its member associations. Selling broadcasting rights, attracting sponsors, increasing ticket sales and holding matches in large stadiums in cities like Tehran, Tokyo, Seoul, Riyadh, Doha and Jakarta can help create a large market for Asian national football. On the other hand, such competitions can lead to an increase in the attractiveness of FIFA windows and the attraction of more fans to national football. AFC has so far approved the principle of launching the Asian Nations League, but the details of this competition are still under review. Therefore, the exact start date of the first round, the format of the competition, the number of teams and the division of them cannot be determined. AFC has emphasized in its official statement that this plan is designed to create a more regular and stable framework for national team matches.