2023/24 AFC club competitions (AFC Champions League, AFC Cup)

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Yep... almost thought that FIFA's ''Last dance #1519010'' CWC 2025 project would be over so quickly.

The only way of Al Nassr missing the competition was Al Ittihiad winning AFC champions league which seems unlikely.
They will play tommorrow Al Hilal in what can be 28th record consecutive win for al Hilal. Al Hilal are by far the best team of Saudi Arabia and most likely Asia.

But I would love to have Messi there and not him.

Are you sure about this?

Al Nassr are currently behind the two Korean clubs with no way to pass either one. If Al Hilal wins AFC then the Korean teams will grab both AFC ranking spots. If someone else wins they will grab one spot and one of the Korean teams will grab the other. What am I missing?

Pretty sure they're completely out

[rpo.castro]

Yep... almost thought that FIFA's ''Last dance #1519010'' CWC 2025 project would be over so quickly.

The only way of Al Nassr missing the competition was Al Ittihiad winning AFC champions league which seems unlikely.
They will play tommorrow Al Hilal in what can be 28th record consecutive win for al Hilal. Al Hilal are by far the best team of Saudi Arabia and most likely Asia.

But I would love to have Messi there and not him.

Are you sure about this?

Al Nassr are currently behind the two Korean clubs with no way to pass either one. If Al Hilal wins AFC then the Korean teams will grab both AFC ranking spots. If someone else wins they will grab one spot and one of the Korean teams will grab the other. What am I missing?

You are right. I was thinking (don't know why) only 1 south Korean team could qualify.

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The only way of Al Nassr missing the competition was Al Ittihiad winning AFC champions league which seems unlikely.
They will play tommorrow Al Hilal in what can be 28th record consecutive win for al Hilal. Al Hilal are by far the best team of Saudi Arabia and most likely Asia.

But I would love to have Messi there and not him.

Are you sure about this?

Al Nassr are currently behind the two Korean clubs with no way to pass either one. If Al Hilal wins AFC then the Korean teams will grab both AFC ranking spots. If someone else wins they will grab one spot and one of the Korean teams will grab the other. What am I missing?

You are right. I was thinking (don't know why) only 1 south Korean team could qualify.

Al Nassr cannot qualify for the Club World Cup.

Only Jeonbuk or Ulsan can qualify though the ranking criteria. At least one of them will qualify.

If the ACL is won by Al Hilal or either of the Korean teams, both Korean teams will qualify.

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AFC Champions League, quarter-finals second leg fixtures, East Region

12 March: Ulsan Hyundai FC (KOR) v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (KOR)

13 March: Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN) v Shandong Taishan FC (CHN)

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AFC Champions League, quarter-finals second leg result, East Region

12 March: Ulsan Hyundai FC (KOR) 1-0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC (KOR)
Ulsan Hyundai FC (KOR) won 2-1 on aggregate.

https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cha ... onbuk.html

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Al Hilal scores the 2nd in injury time and they are in the Guinness book of records.

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AFC Champions League, quarter-finals second leg result, West Region

12 March: Al Ittihad FC (KSA) 0-2 Al Hilal SFC (KSA)
Al Hilal SFC (KSA) won 4-0 on aggregate.

https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cha ... ourse.html

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AFC Cup, Inter-Zone semi-final second leg fixtures

13 March: Taichung Futuro FC (TPE) v FK Abdysh-Ata Kant (KGZ)

14 March: Odisha FC (IND) v Central Coast Mariners FC (AUS)

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AFC Cup, Inter-Zone semi-final second leg result

13 March: Taichung Futuro FC (TPE) 1-3 FK Abdysh-Ata Kant (KGZ)

FK Abdysh-Ata Kant (KGZ) won 8-1 on aggregate.

https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cup ... gz__2.html

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AFC Champions League, quarter-finals second leg result, East Region

13 March: Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN) 1-0 Shandong Taishan FC (CHN)

Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN) won 3-1 on aggregate.

https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cha ... rth_1.html

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Semi-finalists confirmed

https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cha ... ed__1.html

Kuala Lumpur: The AFC Champions League™ 2023/24 is down to four teams following the conclusion of the quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Yokohama F. Marinos were the final side to book their last four spot after defeating Shandong Taishan FC 1-0, with the Japanese side advancing 3-1 on aggregate.

Inaugural AFC Champions League winners Al Ain were the first to advance, beating Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr 3-1 on penalties after a thrilling quarter-final which ended 4-4 on aggregate.

The UAE side, who won the title in 2003, are making a return to the semi-finals for the first time since 2016.

Up next for Al Ain are four-time Asian champions Al Hilal SFC, who cruised 4-0 on aggregate past fellow Saudi Arabia side Al Ittihad.

Tuesday's 2-0 second leg win stretched Al Hilal's winning run to 28 - a new world record - and the Riyadh-based side will be confident of lifting the AFC Champions League trophy for a third time after losing last year's final to Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds.

Ulsan Hyundai FC are the other two-time AFC Champions League winners who advanced to the semi-finals, edging fellow Korea Republic side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-1 on aggregate.

Ulsan will be appearing in the semi-finals for the third time in four seasons, having won the second of their two titles in 2020.

F. Marinos are the only team in the semi-finals not to have won the continental title before but the Japanese side will believe this is their year after progressing past the Round of 16 for the first time.

Semi-finals (1st Leg)

April 16
Al Ain FC (UAE) v Al Hilal SFC (KSA)

April 17
Ulsan Hyundai FC (KOR) v Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)

Return Leg: April 23, 24

Final (May 11, 18)
Winners of East Region v Winners of West Region

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AFC Cup, Inter-Zone semi-final second leg result

14 March: Odisha FC (IND) 0-0 Central Coast Mariners FC (AUS)

Central Coast Mariners FC won 4-0 on aggregate.

https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cup ... final.html

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AFC Cup

West Zonal Final (two legs)
April 16; 23
Al Ahed FC (LBN) v Al Nahda (OMA)

Inter-Zone Final (two legs)
April 17; 24
FC Abdysh-Ata v (KGZ) v Central Coast Mariners (AUS)

Final (single leg)
May 5
West Zone winners v Inter-Zone final winners

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https://x.com/footyrankings/status/1768 ... 70972?s=46

This week's action of #ACL and #AFCCup sees four teams qualified into the last 4 of each competition.

For the rankings update, only two movements happened
UAE overtake Qatar into 4th spot
Kyrgyzstan overtake DPR Korea to 28th

AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2024: https://footyrankings.com/crank2024/

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Possible slot allocation for 2025/26 AFC club competitions, based on AFC Club Competitions Ranking 2024 after completion of March 2024 matches

Note: This is the slot allocation according to the default scheme. Slot reallocation may take place due to unused berths, so it is always potentially better to have a higher ranking within your region.


West Region

https://twitter.com/FootyRankings/statu ... 4885580017



Association 1 (3+0 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
Saudi Arabia (1 team left in ACL) will finish in 1st spot.

Associations 2-3 (2+1 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
UAE (1 team left in ACL) and Qatar will finish in 2nd and 3rd spot.

Association 4 (1+1 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
Iran will finish in 4th spot.

Associations 5-6 (1+0 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
Uzbekistan and Iraq will finish from 5th to 6th spot.

Associations 7-10 (1+1 in ACL2)
Jordan, Tajikistan and Bahrain are certain of three of the four spots.
India and Oman (1 team left in AFC Cup) are in contention for the other spot.

Associations 11-12 (0+1 in ACL2, 1+0 in ACGL)
if India fail to finish within 7-10, they will finish in 11th spot.
Turkmenistan, Oman (if they fail to finish within 7-10), Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan (both with 1 team left in AFC Cup) are also in contention for one of the two spots.

All other associations cannot finish above 13th spot (1+0 or 0+1 in ACGL).


East Region

https://twitter.com/FootyRankings/statu ... 1905315895



Association 1 (3+0 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
Japan (1 team left in ACL) and Korea Republic (1 team left in ACL) are in contention of 1st spot.

Associations 2-3 (2+1 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
The loser of the Japan-Korea Republic battle will finish in 2nd spot.
China PR will finish in 3rd spot.

Association 4 (1+1 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
Thailand will finish in 4th spot.

Associations 5-6 (1+0 in ACLE, 1+0 in ACL2)
Australia (1 team left in AFC Cup) and Malaysia will finish from 5th to 6th spot.

Associations 7-10 (1+1 in ACL2)
Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Philippines will finish from 7th to 10th spot.

Associations 11-12 (0+1 in ACL2, 1+0 in ACGL)
Indonesia and DPR Korea will finish from 11th to 12th spot.

All other associations cannot finish above 13th spot (0+1 in ACGL).