AFC Women's Champions League

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AFC Women's Champions League
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2024; 0 years ago (2024)
RegionAsia
Websitethe-afc.com
2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League

The AFC Women's Champions League is the top-tier women's football club competition in Asia. It involves the top clubs from countries affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was established in 2024.[1]

History[edit]

The concept of an Asian women's club competition was first recommended in 2018.[2] The following year, the inaugural edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship, a pilot women's club championship for Asian teams, was held as a round-robin tournament among four teams.[3]

In 2023, the format for the new club competition called AFC Women's Champions League was unveiled. Starting with the 2024–25 edition, the competition includes a preliminary stage, a twelve-team group stage and a knockout stage. Each association gets one team to enter.[1][4] In the first four seasons, there will be one entry per participating member association, with allocation based on the FIFA ranking of participating member associations up to 2027–28. Thereafter, an AFC Women's Club Competition Ranking will be used.[5]

Results[edit]

AFC Women's Champions League editions
Edition Year Winners Runners-up Final venue Number of teams
1 2024–25

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "AFC unveils key details for inaugural AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee recommends women's club competition". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ McCullagh, Kevin (30 September 2019). "AFC to pilot women's club championship in November". Sport Business. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ "AFC unveils format for new Women's Champions League and revamps national team dates". Inside World Football. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Key principles of landmark AFC Women's Champions League approved by AFC Women's Football Committee". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.