The 2024–25 AFC Challenge League will be the eleventh edition of the

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's third-tier continental club

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competition, organized by the

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(AFC). It will be the first edition since

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, with the tournament being re-introduced under a new name (

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) and revamped format. It will feature 20 teams. Ýedigen FC (as HTTU Aşgabat) are the defending champions, as the AFC President's Cup records were transferred to the AFC Challenge League, but they did not qualify.

Association team allocation

The associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking, which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed. ;Notes

Teams

''The number of appearances and last appearance include the AFC President's Cup as the predecessor of the AFC Challenge League.'' ;Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Preliminary stage

The bracket of the preliminary stage was determined based on each team's association ranking and their seeding within their association, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. The two winners of the preliminary stage advanced to the group stage and joined the 16 direct entrants. ----

Group stage

Notes

References

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Scheduled association football competitions