AFC Championship Game

The AFC Championship Game is the annual championship game of the American Football Conference (AFC) and one of the two semifinal playoff games of the National Football League (NFL), the largest professional American football league in the world. The game is played on the last Sunday in January by the two remaining playoff teams, following the AFC postseason's first two rounds. The AFC champion then advances to face the winner of the NFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl.

This article is about the game played annually since the 1970 season. For its predecessor, see AFL championship.
Not to be confused with AFC Champions League.

AFC Championship Game
First playedJanuary 3, 1971 (1970 season)
TrophyLamar Hunt Trophy
2023 season
M&T Bank Stadium
Baltimore, Maryland
January 28, 2024
Kansas City Chiefs 17,
Baltimore Ravens 10

The game was established as part of the 1970 merger between the NFL and the American Football League (AFL), with the merged league realigning into two conferences. Since 1984, each winner of the AFC Championship Game has also received the Lamar Hunt Trophy, named after the founder of both the AFL and the Kansas City Chiefs, Lamar Hunt.

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