Soccer

2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite

The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite will be the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite and first season under a new format featuring 24 teams, where in the league phase each team plays eight games against different opponents.[1]

The final stage will be played in Saudi Arabia from 25 April to 4 May 2025.[2] The tournament winner will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and 2029 FIFA Club World Cup (this is yet to be determined). Additionally, the winner will enter either the qualifying play-off stage or the League stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite if they have not already qualified through their domestic performance

2024–25 AFC Champions League Two

The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two (ACL Two) will be the inaugural edition of the AFC Champions League Two, 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

The 2024–25 AFC Challenge League (ACGL) will be the inaugural edition of the AFC Challenge League, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] It will feature 20 teams.[2] It will be the first third-tier club competition to be held by the AFC since the AFC President's Cup, which was discontinued after the 2014 edition.

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