AFC Champions League 2023 Shandong Taishan
The AFC Champions League in 2023-24 season, referred to as AFC Champions League in 2023-24 season, is the highest level competition of Asian football clubs in 2023-24 season. The winning team will represent Asia in the FIFA Club World Cup.
On February 25th, 2022, AFC officially announced that the AFC Champions League competition system in 2023/24 season would be changed to New Year's Eve, and the number of foreign aid would be increased from "3+ 1" to "5+ 1". On August 1 1, the AFC officially announced the specific time and venue of the AFC Champions League play-off. The four teams that win the play-offs will participate in the AFC Champions Group draw on August 24th as the fourth level.
On August 24th, 2023, the draw ceremony for the AFC Champions League group stage of the 2023-24 season was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with the participation of the three towns of Wuhan, Taishan and Zhejiang teams. In the end, Taishan met Yokohama sailors, Sanzhen met Red Diamond, Zhejiang Zhanwuli Nanlian and Jiafu LAM Raymond.
AFC Champions League 2023 Rules:
Under the new rules, the competition of AFC Champions Group will be more intense. The previous group match consisted of 32 teams, divided into 8 groups with 4 teams in each group. However, from the beginning of this season, the number of teams in the group stage will increase to 40, divided into 10 groups. This means that more teams in each group will compete for the right to qualify, and the competition between teams will be more intense.
In addition, the new rules also introduced the mechanism that the top two players in the standings directly advanced to the knockout stage. Traditionally, before the group stage, the two teams will play a play-off with the third team in the AFC Champions Cup group stage to compete for the qualification to advance to the knockout stage. According to the new rules, the top two in the standings will be promoted directly, and no play-offs are needed. This will make the group stage more urgent and suspenseful.
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