The 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League was the first edition of the
AFC Women's Champions League
The AFC Women's Champions League is the top-tier women's football club competition in Asia. It involves the top clubs from countries affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was established in 2024.
History
The con ...
, Asia's premier club
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
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tournament organized by the
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ...
(AFC).
Wuhan Jiangda defeated
Melbourne City in the
final
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, becoming the first AFC Women's Champions League winners.
As winners, they also qualified for the
2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup
The 2026 FIFA Women's Champions Cup is the upcoming first edition of FIFA Women's Champions Cup organized by FIFA. The tournament will feature the champion clubs from each of the six continental confederations, competing in a cycle of three year ...
and
2028 FIFA Women's Club World Cup
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.
Association team allocation
Key principles for the competition were released by the AFC on 20 August 2023.
There is one entry per participating member association, with allocation based on the
FIFA Women's World Ranking
The FIFA Women's World Ranking is a ranking system for women's national teams in association football (commonly known as football or soccer) published by the international governing body FIFA. , the United States is ranked #1.
The rankings were ...
as of 15 March 2024. Clubs from the top ranked associations qualified directly to the group stage, with the remaining clubs starting from the preliminary stage.
Originally, 22 (out of 47) member associations applied to enter the competition.
However,
Naegohyang from North Korea withdrew before the draw.
Associations that did not enter a team:
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Format
The competition comprises:
* a preliminary stage (one group of four and three groups of three teams) in centralised venues
* a main tournament with 12 teams (three groups of four teams) in centralised venues
* quarter-finals hosted by the group winners and the best second-placed team
* semi-finals and final in a centralised venue
Tiebreakers
Teams in the preliminary stage and the group stage are ranked according to
points
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
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#Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
#]Goal difference
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in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
#Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
#If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
#Goal difference in all group matches;
#Goals scored in all group matches;
#Penalty shoot-out
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, if only two teams are tied, and the teams in question have played their last group match against each other;
#Lower disciplinary score (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
Schedule
Teams
Clubs from the top eight member associations qualified directly to the group stage, while the remaining 13 clubs entered at the preliminary stage.
Preliminary stage
Bhutan, Jordan, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia were the hosts of each group in the Preliminary stage.
Seedings
(H) Hosts
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group stage
The group stage was played from 6 to 12 October 2024. The four teams in each of the three groups played one another in a centralised single round-robin format.
Seedings
(H) Hosts
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Ranking of second-placed teams
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
The knockout stage will be played in a single-leg knockout format. The semi-finals and the final match will be played in a centralised location.
Draw
The draw was held on 8 January 2025.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
Top scorers
See also
*2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) was the 43rd edition of Asia's premier club football tournament, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Elite. The ...
*2024–25 AFC Champions League Two
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two was the 21st edition of the Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Two.
This was the fi ...
*2024–25 AFC Challenge League
The 2024–25 AFC Challenge League was the eleventh edition of the Asia's third-tier continental club association football, football competition, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the first season since it was rebranded fr ...
Notes
References
External links
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