1. AFC Champions League
AFC Champions League, also known as the Asian Champions League, is an Asian club football tournament founded by AFC in 2002. Its predecessor was the Asian Champions Club Championship and the Asian Club Championship.
The AFC Champions League is the highest level of club football in Asia, equivalent to the European Champions League and the Libertadores Cup in South America, and higher than the AFC Champions Cup. The winning team will represent AFC in the FIFA Club World Cup.
Second, reorganization.
In the 2007 season, the AFC Champions League began to allow Australian clubs to participate. In the 2009 AFC Champions League, the number of participating clubs increased to 32, and the number of participating countries/associations decreased. Only 1 1 with the highest score can participate. In addition, the champion and runner-up of the AFC Champions Cup can also participate in the new qualifying stage.
The form of the group competition will be the same as before, except that the first and second place of the eight groups can get the right to qualify for the final of 1/8. Starting from this tournament, the new logo of AFC Champions League will be launched.
Starting from the 20021season, the AFC Champions League will become 40 teams, from 4 teams in East Asia and West Asia to 5 teams in each region. The number of teams participating in the AFC Champions League has also become the largest on the African continent. The number of six technical points in Asia will not change, that is, the number of China AFC Champions League is still 3+ 1.
202165438+1October 27th is the draw day after the AFC Champions League group match. Different from previous years, in 20021,the AFC was divided into 40 teams, and the teams in China, Japan and South Korea were scattered, and the number of teams increased from 4 to 5. On July 5th, 2002/KLOC-0, the AFC announced that the AFC Champions League and AFC Champions Cup knockout round will be held from the final of this season 1/4.
In February, 2022, AFC officially announced that the AFC Champions League would increase the number of foreign aid from "3+ 1" to 5+ 1 from the 2023-24 season, that is, five foreign players with unlimited nationality and 1 players from AFC member associations, and the competition system would be changed from spring and autumn to autumn-spring New Year's Eve. On August 1 day, AFC officially announced that the AFC Champions League will cancel the away goal rule in the 2023-24 season.