The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has revealed the seeding order of the teams before the group draw for the AFC Champions League 2 or ACL 2. Port FC, the representative club from Thailand that will be playing this year, will be in Pot 2.
The ACL 2 group stage draw will take place on Friday, August 16, 2024, with teams from the same league not being drawn in the same group for the first round of the competition.
The order of the seeding before the draw for the 2024/25 ACL 2 season is as follows:
Pot 1
Shandong Taishan (China) or True Bangkok United (Thailand) **(Loser from ACL ELITE qualifying round)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Japan)
Chunbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)
Zhejiang FC (China)
Pot number 2
Port FC (Thailand)
Sydney FC (Australia)
Selangor FC (Malaysia)
Nam Dinh (Vietnam)
Pot number 3
Lee Man FC (Hong Kong)
Kaya FC (Philippines)
Lion City Sailors (Singapore)
Muangthong United (Thailand)
Pot number 4
Eastern Sports (Hong Kong)
Dynamic Herb Cebu FC (Philippines)
Tampines Rovers (Singapore)
Persib Bandung (Indonesia)
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For the ACL 2 competition in the first round, it will be divided into 4 groups, 4 teams each, competing in a home-and-away format, with a total of 6 games. The group champions and group runners-up will advance to the next round. The first match will begin between 17-19 September 2024.