There are 32 teams participating in the AFC Champions League group stage. The 32 teams will be divided into 8 groups for competition, including 4 groups each from East Asia and West Asia. The competition will be played at home and away. It will be played in a round-robin format, with the winner of each game getting three points, each draw getting one point, and the loser getting zero points. The top two in each group advance to the top 16.
The top 16 teams will play a knockout round, and the knockout stage will adopt a two-leg knockout system of home and away. In addition, the Asian Champions League only has two awards: championship and runner-up, and there is no competition for third place.
After the teams that advance to the quarter-finals are generated, the competing teams will be drawn, and the promotion table from the quarter-finals to the semi-finals will be determined at the same time. This draw does not have any group ranking, association distinction or home and away restrictions. The semi-finals are played by the winners of the two quarter-finals in each region. The order of home and away games is determined by the promotion table determined during the quarter-final draw.
The final adopts a two-leg system of home and away, with the winners of the semi-finals of each district facing off. The order of home and away is determined by the promotion table determined during the quarter-final draw. The winner of the final will be the Asian Champions League champion that season and can participate in the Club World Cup in the same year.
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The AFC Champions League (AFC Champions League), also known as the Asian Champions League, referred to as the AFC Champions League or the AFC Champions League, is an Asian club held annually by the AFC In football events, the top 12 associations in the "Asian Championship Points" have direct quotas to participate in the group stage, and the remaining 12 group stage quotas will be determined through the qualifiers (Preliminary Stage) and the play-off stage (Playoff Stage).
The AFC Champions League is the highest level of Asian club football, equivalent to the UEFA Champions League in Europe and the Copa Libertadores in South America. It is higher than the AFC Cup. The winning team will represent Asia. The Football Association participated in the FIFA Club World Cup held in December of that year.
The AFC Champions League was formed by the merger of the Asian Club Champions Cup, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup and the Asian Super Cup. The first tournament was held in the 2002/03 season. Due to the reform of the competition system at that time, this was also the only tournament. A multi-year event in which all subsequent events are completed within the same year.
Reference: Asian Games League Rules-Baidu Encyclopedia