The 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 (ACL2) will be the inaugural edition of the

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's new second-tier club

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tournament organized by the

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(AFC). It will feature 32 teams.

Association team allocation

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

Teams

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Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage is determined as follows:

The bracket will be decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which will be held after the round of 16 is completed.

Round of 16

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Final

References

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Scheduled association football competitions