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The 2024–25 AFC Challenge League will be the eleventh edition of the Asia's third-tier continental club football competition, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will be the first edition since 2014, with the tournament being re-introduced under a new name (AFC Challenge League) and revamped format.[1] It will feature 20 teams.[2]
Association team allocation
Association ranking
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Teams
Location of the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League group stage teams
Orange: East Region; 
Blue: West Region
Orange: East Region; 
Blue: West RegionThe number of appearances and last appearance include the AFC President's Cup as the predecessor of the AFC Challenge League.
- Notes
- ^ Turkmenistan (TKM): Arkadag, the 2023 Turkmenistan Cup winners, also won the league title and qualified for the Champions League Two. As a result, the 2023 Turkmenistan Cup runners-up, Ahal, qualified for the Challenge League group stage.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows.[5]
| Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Preliminary stage | Preliminary round 1 | TBA | 30 July 2024 | |
| Preliminary round 2 | 6 August 2024 | |||
| Preliminary round 3 | 13 August 2024 | |||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 22 August 2024 | 26–27 October 2024 | |
| Matchday 2 | 29–30 October 2024 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 1–2 November 2024 | |||
| Knockout stage | Quarter-finals | TBA | 5–6 March 2025 | 12–13 March 2025 |
| Semi-finals | 9–10 April 2025 | 16–17 April 2025 | ||
| Final | 4 May 2025 | |||
See also
- 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
- 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two
- 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League
References
- ^ "Asian Champions League to relaunch with fewer teams and more prize money in 2024–25 season". AP News. 14 August 2023.
- ^ "AFC Executive Committee approves biggest prize purse in Asian club football history from 2024/25; announces AFC Women's Champions League". the-AFC.
- ^ a b "AFC Club Competitions Ranking". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 24 November 2021. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b "AFC Club Competitions 2024/25 Slot Allocation" (PDF). fas.org.sg. Football Association of Singapore. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Committee approves key decisions on reformatted competitions". AFC. 1 July 2023.
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