Soccer
Two teams of Thai League clubs not a hard battle in AF football Champions League 2022
AFC football battle Champions League group stage BG Pathum is not hard to join the Chunnam Dragons line, Melbourne City with United City from the Philippines.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held the draw for the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage on 17 January 2022 in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia In this round, 40 teams from all over Asia will compete in the competition, which is divided into 2 zones: the west zone and the east zone.
Each zone is divided into 5 groups of 4 teams each, with 10 groups in total, with representatives from Thailand having 2 teams, namely BG Pathum United, the champion of the Thai League last season, and Chiang Rai United, the FA Cup football champion who was eligible. automatically qualified to play in the group stage
As for the other two teams, Buriram United, the runner-up of the Thai League, and Port FC, ranked 3rd in the Thai League, must start in the play-off round.
Group A: Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Al Rayyan (Qatar), FC Istikol (Tajikistan), play-off winners-3.
Group B: Al Jazeera (UAE), Al Shahbab (Saudi Arabia), Mumbai City (India), Air Force Club (Iraq).
Group C: Fulad (Iran), Shahbab Al Ahli (UAE), Ahal FC (Turkmenistan), Al Gahrafa (Qatar).
Group D: Al Duhail (Qatar), Sepahan (Iran), Pakhtagor (Uzbekistan), play-off winners-1.
Group E: Al Sadd (Qatar), Al Faisalli (Saudi Arabia), Al Wehdat (Jordan), play-off winners-2.
Group F: Shandong Taisan (China), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Lions City (Singapore), play-off winners-4 (Daegu FC/Buriram United)
Group G: BG Pathum United (Thailand), Chunnam Dragons (South Korea), United City (Philippines), Melbourne City (Australia).
Group H: Chunbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea), Yokohama F Marinos (Japan), Hong Anh Yalai (Vietnam), play-off winners-1. (China/Australia/Philippines)
Group I: Kawasaki Frontale (Japan), Guangzhou FC (China), Johor Darul Tasim (Malaysia) play-off winners-3 (Ulsan Hu) Nadai/Port Authority FC)
Group J: Shanghai Port (China), Chiang Rai United (Thailand), Kitchee (Hong Kong), play-off winner-2 (Japan/Australia/Myanmar)
for the AFC football match Champions League 2022 group stage The name of the host country will be announced. The competition will be held in the near future, with the Eastern Zone group stage competition program starting from April 15 to May 1, 2022.