January 3 – The inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League is now down to the final eight teams for the knock-out stages with the draw set to take place next Wednesday, January 8 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
The Champions League kicked off last August with a preliminary stage that then moved to a group stage that completed in October.
The top two finishers from each of the three groups and the two best third-placed teams, will now be drawn in the single-leg Quarter-finals. The final eight teams come from eight different nations.
The three group winners and the best-ranked runner-up have been allocated to Pot 1 for the draw, with the remaining quartet in Pot 2.
Draw Pots:
Pot 1: Hyundai Steel Red Angels Women’s FC (KOR), Melbourne City FC (AUS), Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies (JPN), Ho Chi Minh City Women’s FC (VIE)
Pot 2: Abu Dhabi Country Club (UAE), Bam Khatoon FC (IRN), Wuhan Jiangda Women’s FC (CHN), Taichung Blue Whale Women’s Football Team (TPE)
Teams that advanced from the same Group will not be paired with each other, while teams from Pot 1 will be the home side for the Quarter-finals, which will be played on March 22 and 23, 2025.
The four winners will qualify for a centralised Finals to be played May 21-24, 2025, with the winning team earning $1.3 million in prize money.
The host venue for the final four has yet to be released.
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