ABU DHABI (AFC) - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the full list of nominees for this year's AFC Annual Awards gala to be held in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on December 1, 2016.
The AFC will announce more awards at a later time and information on these will be made available in due course.
The nominees for the awards to be presented at the AFC Annual Awards 2016 event are:
AFC Dream Asia Award
Japan Football Association
* Korea Football Association
* Qatar Football Association
AFC Member Association of the Year

Inspiring
* Japan Football Association
* Korea Football Association
* United Arab Emirates Football Association
Developing
* All India Football Federation
* Football Association of Malaysia
* Vietnam Football Federation
Aspiring
* Bhutan Football Federation
* Football Federation of Cambodia
* Football Federation of Sri Lanka
AFC President Recognition Awards for Grassroots Football

Inspiring
* Football Federation Australia
* Japan Football Association
* Qatar Football Association
Developing
* Hong Kong Football Association
* Philippine Football Federation
* Vietnam Football Federation
Aspiring
* Football Federation of Sri Lanka
* Macau Football Association
* National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam
AFC Coach of the Year
Men
* Choi Kang-hee (Korea Republic)
* Makoto Teguramori (Japan)
* Atsushi Uchiyama (Japan)
Women
* Chan Yuen Ting (Hong Kong)
* Miyo Okamoto (Japan)
* Ri Un-suk (DPR Korea)
AFC Player of the Year
Men
* Omar Abdulrahman (United Arab Emirates)
* Hammadi Ahmed (Iraq)
* Wu Lei (China PR)
Women
* Lisa De Vanna (Australia)
* Caitlin Foord (Australia)
* Tan Ruyin (China PR)