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2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) is 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. The revamped format, along with the rebranding, sees 24 teams playing eight games against different opponents in the brand new league phase.[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 the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup. Additionally, the winner will enter the league stage of the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, if they have not already qualified through domestic performance.[3] Al-Ain are the defending champions, as the AFC Champions League records and statistics are carried forward to the ACL Elite.[4] Association team allocationThe associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed.[5]
TeamsIn the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count since the 2002–03 season, when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.
ScheduleThe schedule of the competition is as follows.[7] All matches will be played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, apart from the quarter-finals and the final. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final matches will be played at a centralized venue in Saudi Arabia.
Qualifying play-offsThe two winners of the play-off round (one from West Region and one from East Region) advanced to the league stage to join the 22 direct entrants. The losers of the qualifying play-offs entered the group stage of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two.[8] Preliminary roundA total of 2 teams played in the preliminary round.
Play-off roundA total of 4 teams played in the play-off round: 3 teams which entered in this round, and 1 winners of the preliminary round.
League stage
  Riyadh Qatar Tehran Greater Tokyo Yeongnam Shanghai  Location of the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite league stage teams  Orange: East Region;  Blue: West RegionWest Region
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2024. Source: Asian Football Confederation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) penalty shoot-out if only two teams remain tied and played each other on the final matchday 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
East Region
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2024. Source: Asian Football Confederation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) penalty shoot-out if only two teams remain tied and played each other on the final matchday 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots (E) Eliminated
Knockout stageRound of 16A total of 16 teams will qualify for the knockout stage, with each region having 8 teams to qualify. The first legs will be played on 3–5 March, and the second legs will be played on 10–12 March 2025.
FinalTop scorers
Team eliminated for this round. Player is not in the team but the team is still active for this round.
See alsoNotesReferences
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