2024–25 AFC Champions League 2
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International football competition
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 (ACL2) will be the inaugural edition of the AFC Champions League 2, Asia's new second-tier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1][2] It will feature 32 teams in the group stage.[3]
Association team allocation
The associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking,[4] which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed.[5]
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- ^ Malaysia (MAS): Johor Darul Ta'zim, the 2023 Malaysia FA Cup winners, also won the league title. As a result, the 2023 Malaysia Super League runners-up, Selangor, qualified for the Champions League 2.
- ^ Singapore (SIN): Albirex Niigata (S), the 2023 Singapore Premier League champions, are a team from Japan and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. As a result, Lion City Sailors, the Singapore Premier League runners-up, qualified for the Champions League 2 group stage. Since Lion City Sailors also won the 2023 Singapore Cup, Tampines Rovers FC, qualified for the qualifying play-offs as the second-best placed local team in the 2023 Singapore Premier League.
- ^ South Korea (KOR): Pohang Steelers had already qualified for the Champions League Elite as the 2023 K League 1 runners-up when they won the 2023 Korean FA Cup. Thus, third-placed Gwangju FC qualified for the Champions League Elite qualifying play-off, while the fourth-placed Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors qualified for the Champions League 2 group stage.
- ^ Tajikistan (TJK): Istiklol qualified for the group stage directly by winning the 2023 Tajikistan Higher League. Thus, Ravshan Kulob, the 2023 Tajikistan Cup runners-up, qualified for the qualifying play-offs.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[6]
Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Preliminary stage | Preliminary round 1 | TBA | 31 July 2024 | |
Preliminary round 2 | 7 August 2024 | |||
Preliminary round 3 | 14 August 2024 | |||
Group stage | Matchday 1 | TBA | 17–19 September 2024 | |
Matchday 2 | 1–3 October 2024 | |||
Matchday 3 | 22–24 October 2024 | |||
Matchday 4 | 5–7 November 2024 | |||
Matchday 5 | 26–28 November 2024 | |||
Matchday 6 | 3–5 December 2024 | |||
Knockout stage | Round of 16 | TBA | 11–13 February 2025 | 18–20 February 2025 |
Quarter-finals | 4–6 March 2025 | 11–13 March 2025 | ||
Semi-finals | 8–9 April 2025 | 15–16 April 2025 | ||
Final | 17 May 2025 |
See also
- 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
- 2024–25 AFC Challenge League
- 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League
References
- ^ "Asian Champions League to relaunch with fewer teams and more prize money in 2024-25 season". AP News. August 14, 2023.
- ^ "History beckons for AFC Cup 2023/24 contenders as final edition of popular competition kicks off". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ "AFC Executive Committee approves biggest prize purse in Asian club football history from 2024/25; announces AFC Women's Champions League". the-AFC.
- ^ "AFC Club Competitions 2024/25 Slot Allocation" (PDF). fas.org.sg. Football Association of Singapore. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "AFC Club Competitions Ranking". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Committee approves key decisions on reformatted competitions". AFC. 1 July 2023.
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