TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WHO WE ARE

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed the Local Organising Committee AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 Pty Ltd (LOC) to plan and deliver the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 (WAC 2026). The AFC owns, and the LOC (and its nominees) operate, the WAC2026 website www.womensasiancup2026.com.au (including any related mobile websites or applications which link directly to this Policy) (WAC 2026 Website).

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Your access to, and use of, the WAC 2026 Website is conditional upon your acceptance of, agreement to and compliance with the terms, conditions, notices and disclaimers, contained here and elsewhere on the WAC 2026 Website (together, the Terms and Conditions). By using and accessing the WAC 2026 Website you agree to the Terms and Conditions.

The AFC and LOC (we) reserve the right to amend, update or change the Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN CONTENT ON LOC SITES
Unless otherwise stated on the WAC 2026 Website, the content of the WAC 2026 Website (including copyright works, text, material, software, images, graphics, advertisements, databases, sound recordings, cinematograph films, animation, downloads, e-cards, streaming audio and streaming video) (together, Content) is copyright © Asian Football Confederation and/or its licensors. All Rights Reserved.

You must not modify, adapt, copy, reproduce, decompile, communicate, transmit, make available, broadcast, perform, store, republish, print, commercialise, frame, upload or otherwise distribute the Content in any way except as expressly permitted on the WAC 2026 Website. Provided that you keep all Content intact and in the same form as made available by us on the WAC 2026 Website, you may, using an industry-standard web browser, temporarily download and view the Content for your personal, non-commercial use but only in the course of browsing the WAC 2026 Website. Otherwise, no part of the Content of the WAC 2026 Website may be reproduced in any form without our written consent. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by us. The Content has been carefully compiled from sources believed to be reliable, but all Content is provided on the basis that we do not warrant or guarantee and accept no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness from time to time of any Content for any purpose. Subject to any statutory provisions which may not be excluded by law, we will not be held liable for any damages whatsoever resulting from any action arising in connection with the use of any Content or its publication, including any action for copyright infringement, trademark infringement or defamation.

TRADE MARKS
You agree that all of the AFC’s trademarks and other AFC names, logos and brand features, are the property of the AFC (the AFC Marks). Without AFC's prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner the AFC Marks.

USER LICENCE AND CONSENT
If you submit, post or place any information or other material on the WAC 2026 Website (together, Material) or access the WAC 2026 Website, you grant to us a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide licence to do the following in respect of the Material:

• use, copy, reproduce, adapt, communicate, transmit, broadcast, make available, publish, print, publicly perform or display; and

• sublicense to any person the unrestricted right to exercise any of these rights.

You warrant that the Material and its use does not infringe any copyright, trademark, patent, design, privacy, confidentiality or any right of any party or any law. You indemnify us and any of our assignees or licensees from any claim, liability, loss or damage arising in respect of your breach or alleged breach of this warranty. You will procure that any author of Material, unconditionally and irrevocably, to the fullest extent permitted by law (i) waives in favour of us and our licensees and their assigns all of the author's moral rights; and (ii) consents to any and all acts or omissions of us and our licensees and their assigns which would, but for this consent, infringe any of the author's moral rights, in relation to all forms of works and other copyright subject matter (both existing and future) howsoever arising anywhere in the world in connection with the Material and its use. Where the law requires us and our licensees and their assigns to specify acts or omissions (or specified classes or types of acts or omissions) to which the author consents, you will procure the author's consent to the following with respect to the Material: (a) alteration of size, colour and shape; (b) editing and adaptation, including use with other materials and the overlay or superimposition of other materials; (c) digitisation, including communication to the public; and (d) non-attribution of the author. If requested by us, you shall execute and deliver to us any instruments or documents which we believe are required to carry out any licence, waiver or consent.

USE OF THE WAC 2026 WEBSITE

‍You are responsible for obtaining access to the WAC 2026 Website, and that access may involve third-party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the WAC 2026 Website. You also understand and agree that the WAC 2026 Website may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for us to provide the WAC 2026 Website.

The WAC 2026 Website may contain one or more bulletin board, chat forum, comment section or other communication facility (Forum). By using and accessing the WAC 2026 Website or a Forum, you agree that you will not do any of the following:

• post, communicate or transmit any unlawful, criminal, threatening, abusive, defamatory, libellous, contemptuous, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane or indecent Material;

• post, communicate or transmit Material which violates or infringes the rights of any other person or party or infringes any law;

• inhibit or restrict any other user from using the WAC 2026 Website;

• interfere with the computer systems which support the WAC 2026 Website

• overload a service; engage in a denial-of-service attack or attempt to disable a host;

• post, communicate or transmit any file which contains viruses, worms, "Trojan horses" or any other harmful, contaminating or destructive features;

access or attempt to access information resources you are not authorised to use;

• impersonate or falsely represent your association with any person or organisation;

• attempt to modify, adapt, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the WAC 2026 Website, including the use of automated tools;

• post, communicate or transmit or use any material of any kind for commercial purposes, or which contains any promotional material or advertising;

• delete, circumvent or alter any author attribution, legal notices, rights management information or technological protection measures; or

• post, download or communicate any file or material posted by another user of the WAC 2026 Website if you know, or reasonably ought to know, that the file or material cannot legally be downloaded or communicated in that manner.

You acknowledge that we may or may not pre-screen Material, but that we and our designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or remove any Material that is available via the WAC 2026 Website. It is your sole responsibility to be aware of the lawfulness of the Material. You acknowledge that all Forum communications are public and not private communications. We reserve the right to cooperate fully with any law enforcement authority in any jurisdiction in respect of any lawful direction or request to disclose the identity or other information in respect of anyone (including you) posting material which violate or allegedly violate any law. You agree and acknowledge that:

• we are not responsible for any content or material in any Forum (including, without limitation, any information, comments and/or advice of any individual or party referred to as a guest or expert whose statements on a Forum are their own);

• we do not authorise or endorse the comments or material of users of the WAC 2026 Website or any Forum.

• we may use your personal information that is collected on the WAC 2026 Website or any Forum for the purposes specified in these Terms and Conditions.

Any personal information collected by LOC will be handled in accordance with the LOC’s Privacy Policy.

Complaints and comments regarding potentially prohibited material on a Forum should be submitted via our e-mail:

MODIFICATIONS TO LOC SITES
We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the WAC 2026 Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the WAC 2026 Website (or any part thereof).

LINKING TO LOC SITES
You must not link to the WAC 2026 Website without first obtaining our prior written consent.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The WAC 2026 Website may contain links or references to Internet websites operated by third parties (Third Party Sites). We provide these links as a courtesy and this should not be interpreted in any way as an endorsement of any Third Party Site. Third Party Sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the content of any Third Party Site. We make no representations or warranties and accept no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, content or use of the information accessible from Third Party Sites. Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the WAC 2026 Website, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that we shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the WAC 2026 Website.

TERMINATION
These Terms and Conditions are effective until terminated by us and we may terminate this agreement and/or your access to the WAC 2026 Website at any time without prior notice to you. In the event that we terminate your access to the WAC 2026 Website, you are no longer authorised to access the WAC 2026 Website, however, all restrictions imposed on you, licences granted by you and all of our disclaimers and limitations of liability contained in the Terms and Conditions will survive termination.

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
We do not exclude any rights and remedies which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. However, we do exclude all other rights, remedies, conditions and warranties in respect of goods, services and the WAC 2026 Website arising under custom, law or statute which may be excluded. To the fullest extent permitted by law:

• We make no warranties, either express or implied, regarding the WAC 2026 Website, the Content or any goods or services including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that your access to the WAC 2026 Website, the delivery of the WAC 2026 Website or the Content shall be free from errors, defects, bugs or viruses, uninterrupted, or reparable if damaged or impaired.

• We will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive and/or consequential damages, loss of profits and/or income, loss of data, loss of use, claims of third parties, or other losses of any kind which result from any use or access of, or any inability to use or access, the WAC 2026 Website or any Content, or any product or service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages or losses.

• Our liability in respect of any product or service purchased from the WAC 2026 Website is limited to the lesser of: (i) the replacement of any product or service purchased; and (ii) the purchase price paid by you to us for that product or service.

• We are not liable to you or anyone else in respect of any interference with or damage to your computer system or any other device which occurs in connection with your use of the WAC 2026 Website or a Third Party Site.

INDEMNITY
You indemnify us, our licensees and/or assignees in respect of any claims, loss, damage or costs (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) arising from or in connection with any breach or alleged breach by you of these Terms and Conditions or any other legal obligation.

WAIVER
Our failure to exercise or enforce any one or more of our rights under these Terms and Conditions will not constitute a waiver of our rights.

SEVERABILITY
If any part of these Terms and Conditions are or become illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any relevant jurisdiction, the legality, validity or enforceability of the remainder of these Terms and Conditions will not be affected and these Terms and Conditions will be read as if the part had been deleted in that jurisdiction only.

ASSIGNMENT
We may assign our rights in whole or in part to any person in our absolute discretion.

GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions will be governed and interpreted in accordance with laws of the State of New South Wales, Australia and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that State.