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The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE) will be the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 1st under the current name.[1]
Saudi Arabia was announced as host of the final stage in December 2023.[2]
Association team allocation
The associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed.[3]
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Teams
The following teams will also qualify to the West or East region unless they had already qualified based on their domestic performance.
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- ^ South Korea (KOR): Pohang Steelers had already qualified as the 2023 K League 1 runners-up when they won the 2023 Korean FA Cup. Thus, third-placed Gwangju FC qualified instead.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[4]
| Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Preliminary stage | Preliminary round 1 | TBD | 30 July 2024 | |
| Preliminary round 2 | 6 August 2024 | |||
| Preliminary round 3 | 13 August 2024 | |||
| League stage | Matchday 1 | TBD | 16–18 September 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | 30 September – 1 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 21–23 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 4–6 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 25–27 November 2024 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 2–4 December 2024 | |||
| Matchday 7 | 3–4 & 11–12 February 2025 | |||
| Matchday 8 | 17–19 February 2025 | |||
| Round of 16 | TBD | 3–5 March 2025 | 10–12 March 2025 | |
| Final stage | Quarter-finals | TBD | 25–26 April 2025 | |
| Semi-finals | 29–30 April 2025 | |||
| Final | 4 May 2025 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "AFC Executive Committee approves biggest prize purse in Asian club football history from 2024/25; announces AFC Women's Champions League". AFC. 14 August 2023.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia to host AFC Champions League Elite – Final Stage". the-AFC. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ↑ "AFC Club Competitions Ranking". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee approves key decisions on reformatted competitions". AFC. 1 July 2023.
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