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The 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League is the first edition of the AFC Women's Champions League, Asia's premier club women's football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

This is the first season using a revised format and the new name of 2024-25 AFC Women's Champions League

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 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.

Rank		Member association	Slots
			Group stage	Play-off
AFC	World
1	7	Japan	1	0
3	12	Australia	1	0
4	19	China	1	0
5	20	South Korea	1	0
6	37	Vietnam	1	0
7	39	Philippines	1	0
8	40	Chinese Taipei	1	0
9	47	Thailand	1	0
10	48	Uzbekistan	0	1
11	54	Myanmar	0	1
12	61	Iran	0	1
13	66	India	0	1
14	74	Jordan	0	1
15	79	Hong Kong	0	1
17	93	Laos	0	1
18	96	Malaysia	0	1
19	100	Nepal	0	1
22	114	United Arab Emirates	0	1
28	137	Singapore	0	1
38	173	Bhutan	0	1
40	175	Saudi Arabia	0	1
Total		Participating associations: 21	9	13
			21

Associations that did not enter a team

•  Brunei
•  Cambodia
•  East Timor
•  Indonesia
•  Afghanistan
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Tajikistan
•  Turkmenistan
•  North Korea (W)
•  Guam
•  Macau
•  Mongolia
•  Northern Mariana Islands
•  Bangladesh
•  Maldives
•  Pakistan
•  Sri Lanka
•  Bahrain
•  Iraq
•  Kuwait
•  Lebanon
•  Oman
•  Palestine
•  Qatar
•  Syria
•  Yemen

Legend

• W withdrew before the draw

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 (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:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out, if only two teams are tied, and the teams in question have played their last group match against each other;
8. Lower disciplinary score (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point);
9. Drawing of lots

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.

Group stage direct entrants Team Qualifying method Urawa Red Diamonds 2023–24 WE League champions Melbourne City 2023–24 A-League Women premiers Wuhan Jiangda 2023 Chinese Women's Super League champions Incheon Red Angels 2023 WK League champions Hồ Chí Minh City 2023 Vietnamese Women's National League champions Kaya–Iloilo 2023 PFF Women's League champions Taichung Blue Whale 2023 Taiwan Mulan Football League champions College of Asian Scholars 2024 Thai Women's League 1 champions

Preliminary stage participants Team Qualifying method Nasaf 2024 Uzbekistan Women's League champions Myawady 2023 Myanmar Women's League champions Bam Khatoon 2023–24 Kowsar Women Football League champions Odisha 2023–24 Indian Women's League champions Etihad 2023 Jordan Women's Pro League champions Kitchee 2023–24 Hong Kong Women League champions Young Elephants 2023 Lao Women League champions Sabah 2023 Malaysia National Women's League champions APF 2022 Nepalese National Women's League champions Abu Dhabi Country Club 2023–24 UAE Women's Football League champions Lion City Sailors 2023 Women's Premier League champions Royal Thimphu College 2023–24 Women's National League champions Al Nassr 2023–24 Saudi Women's Premier League champions

Preliminary stage

Bhutan, Jordan, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia were the hosts of each group in the Preliminary stage.

Seedings

(H) Hosts

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Abu Dhabi Country Club	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to group stage
2	Al Nassr (H)	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	Young Elephants	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Myawady	3	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

Young Elephants	1–2	Abu Dhabi Country Club
Yon Y. 83'	Report	Tetteh 38' Poudel 46'

Myawady	0–3	Al Nassr
	Report	Luvanga 21', 28' Al-Saiari 63'

Abu Dhabi Country Club	1–0	Myawady
Al Marzooqi 87'	Report

Al Nassr	3–0	Young Elephants
Boussaha 37' Kipoyi 39' Luvanga 52'	Report

Myawady	0–3	Young Elephants
	Report	Sone 24' Yanagisawa 45', 77'

Abu Dhabi Country Club	1–0	Al Nassr
Poudel 68'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Odisha	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Advance to group stage
2	Etihad (H)	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	3
3	Lion City Sailors	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Lion City Sailors	1–4	Odisha
R. Ee 43'	Report	D. Chu 20' (o.g.) Kom 54', 57' Ruzi 88' (o.g.)

Etihad	5–0	Lion City Sailors
Jbarah 29', 35', 57', 59' Fraij 45+2'	Report

Odisha	2–1	Etihad
Yeboah 27', 70'	Report	Jbarah 57'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sabah (H)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to group stage
2	Nasaf	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	APF	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

APF	0–1	Nasaf
	Report	Niber-Lawrence 49'

Sabah	0–0	APF
	Report

Nasaf	1–2	Sabah
Njolle 83'	Report	Win Theingi Tun 32', 44'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bam Khatoon	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to group stage
2	Kitchee	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Royal Thimphu College (H)	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Royal Thimphu College	1–2	Bam Khatoon
Chakma 27'	Report	Hamoudi 34' Jafarizadeh 75'

Kitchee	1–0	Royal Thimphu College
Fu Chiu Man 41'	Report

Bam Khatoon	2–0	Kitchee
Amineh 45+2' Hamoudi 64'	Report

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. The top two finishers in each group, together with the two best third-placed teams, advanced to the knockout stage. China, Thailand and Vietnam were the hosts of the three groups.

Seedings

(H) Hosts

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon Red Angels	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Abu Dhabi Country Club	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Wuhan Jiangda (H)	3	1	0	2	8	4	+4	3
4	Sabah	3	0	1	2	2	12	−10	1

Wuhan Jiangda	1–2	Abu Dhabi Country Club
Mupopo 4'	Report	Juma 90', 90+3'

Incheon Red Angels	3–0	Sabah
Jang Chang 25' Engesha 32', 45+3'	Report

Sabah	0–7	Wuhan Jiangda
	Report	Mupopo 31' Song Duan 39' Deng Mengye 44', 55', 81' Traoré 53' Yao Wei 57'

Abu Dhabi Country Club	2–2	Incheon Red Angels
Ivanuša 3' Kuliš 55'	Report	Engesha 34', 90+8'

Sabah	2–2	Abu Dhabi Country Club
Narita 10' Intan Sarah 77'	Report	Ibrahim 30' Tetteh 44'

Wuhan Jiangda	0–2	Incheon Red Angels
	Report	Tanaka 43' Engesha 79'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne City	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Bam Khatoon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Kaya–Iloilo	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2
4	College of Asian Scholars (H)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Melbourne City	2–1	Bam Khatoon
Pollicina 40' Speckmaier 43'	Report	Hamoudi 70'

Kaya–Iloilo	0–0	College of Asian Scholars
	Report

Bam Khatoon	1–1	Kaya–Iloilo
Ghanbari 39' (pen.)	Report	Onrubia 90+4'

College of Asian Scholars	0–3	Melbourne City
	Report	Speckmaier 16' Vlajnic 51' Bosch 67'

Melbourne City	4–0	Kaya–Iloilo
Speckmaier 4' Stott 7' Bosch 10', 38'	Report

College of Asian Scholars	1–2	Bam Khatoon
Waenngoen 30'	Report	Jafarizadeh 35' Ghanbari 90'+3'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Hồ Chí Minh City (H)	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Taichung Blue Whale	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Odisha	3	0	0	3	1	24	−23	0

Urawa Red Diamonds	17–0	Odisha
Endo 5' Fujisaki 9' Takatsuka 13' Shiokoshi 15', 18', 30' Shimada 17', 44' Tanno 53' Kurishima 54' Ito 56', 59', 62', 90+4' Ibrahim 66' (o.g.) Tsunoda 68' Takeuchi 83'	Report

Hồ Chí Minh City	3–1	Taichung Blue Whale
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Ngân 50' Huỳnh Như 65', 67'	Report	Huang Ke-sin 85'

Taichung Blue Whale	0–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Report	Shiokoshi 65' (pen.) Tanno 70'

Odisha	1–3	Hồ Chí Minh City
Yeboah 63'	Report	Nguyễn Thi Kim Yên 1' Huỳnh Như 42' Ngô Thị Hồng Nhung 90+4'

Taichung Blue Whale	4–0	Odisha
Chen Jin-wen 42', 69' Tanaka 45' Silawan 57'	Report

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Hồ Chí Minh City
Shimada 25' Tsunoda 50'	Report

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Hồ Chí Minh City	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Seeded in Quarter-finals draw
2	A	Abu Dhabi Country Club	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5	Unseeded in Quarter-finals draw
3	B	Bam Khatoon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Wuhan Jiangda	3	1	0	2	8	4	+4	3	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	C	Taichung Blue Whale	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
3	B	Kaya–Iloilo	3	0	2	1	1	5	−4	2

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

• For the quarter-finals draw, teams will be seeded based on their performance in the group stage.
  • Three group winners and the best second-placed team will be seeded, and the remaining four teams will be unseeded.
  • The seeded teams will be drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the quarter-final match.
  • Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.
• In the semi-finals, the winners of the quarter-final 1 will play against the winners of the quarter-final 2 and the winners of the quarter-final 3 against the winners of the quarter-final 4.
• The winners of the semi-final 1 will be designated as the "home" team for the final.

Top scorers

As of 12 October 2024

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	QF	SF	F	Total
1	Terry Engesha	Incheon Red Angels	2	2	1				5
2	Miki Ito	Urawa Red Diamonds	4						4
	Yuzuho Shiokoshi	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	1
4	Lourdes Bosch	Melbourne City		1	2				3
	Deng Mengye	Wuhan Jiangda		3
	Huỳnh Như	Hồ Chí Minh City	2	1
	Mei Shimada	Urawa Red Diamonds	2		1
	Mariana Speckmaier	Melbourne City	1	1	1
9	Zahra Ghanbari	Bam Khatoon		1	1				2
	Chen Jin-wen	Taichung Blue Whale	2
	Naeema Juma	Abu Dhabi Country Club	2
	Kabange Mupopo	Wuhan Jiangda	1	1
	Ririka Tanno	Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1
	Fuka Tsunoda	Urawa Red Diamonds	1		1

Note

• Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer.

See also

• 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite
• 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two
• 2024–25 AFC Challenge League

Notes

1. This pot contained the winners of the preliminary stage, whose identity was not known at the time of draw.

References

1. ^ "AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25 Statistics". AFC. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
2. "AFC Executive Committee approves biggest prize purse in Asian club football history from 2024/25; announces AFC Women's Champions League". AFC. 14 August 2023.
3. "Key principles of landmark AFC Women's Champions League approved by AFC Women's Football Committee". AFC. 20 August 2023.
4. ^ "AFC unveils key details for inaugural AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25". The AFC. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
5. ^ "Landmark AFC Women's Champions League™ to kick off with 22 clubs". the-AFC. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
6. ^ "#AWCL draw to mark battle lines for maiden season". AFC. 12 July 2024.
7. "FIFA Women's World Ranking as of 15 March 2024". AFC. 15 March 2024.
8. ^ "AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25 - Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
9. "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

External links

• Official website

• 2024 in women's association football
• 2025 in women's association football
• 2024 in Asian football