Afc champions league elite: the 2002–03 season saw the Asian Club Ch

afc champions league elite The 2002–03 season saw the Asian Club Championship, Asian Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Super Cup combine to become the AFC Champions League. League champions and cup winners would qualify for the qualifying playoffs with the best eight clubs from East Asia and the eight best clubs from West Asia progressing to the group stage. The first winners under the AFC Champions League name were Al-Ain , defeating BEC Tero Sasana 2–1 on aggregate. In 2004 , 29 clubs from fourteen countries participated and the tournament schedule was changed to March–November.. kết quả afc champions league Người hâm mộ từng phàn nàn vòng bảng AFC Champions League cũ hơi dài và nhàm chán, Elite là lời giải để các trận hấp dẫn ngay từ đầu. bảng xếp hạng afc champions league On 23 December 2022, the AFC announced that their club football structure would undergo an overhaul, with the top club competition shrinking from 40 teams in the main stage to 24 teams, divided into East and West regions (12 teams each), with each team in the East and West regions playing eight other teams from their region (four teams at home and four teams away). The top eight teams from each region would advance to the knockout stage, where only the round of 16 would be played over two legs, with all matches from the quarter-finals onward being played in a single-leg format at a centralised venue. [ 18 ] On 14 August 2023, it was confirmed that the new format would come into effect from the 2024–25 season, with the name of the competition changing to AFC Champions League Elite. [ 19 ] The AFC has also confirmed that AFC Champions League records and statistics would be carried forward to the ACL Elite. [ 20 ] In December 2023, Saudi Arabia were awarded hosting duties for the final stage for the first two seasons. [ 21 ]