The AFC selected Saudi Arabia to host the final roles of the AFC Champions League competition “elite” in the next two seasons, it said in a statement yesterday.
The selection followed an assessment of infrastructure, hosting requirements, as well as other key operational aspects, and outperformed its Iraqi counterpart.
The tournament will involve 24 clubs, which will be distributed in two sections, with each division comprising 12 clubs in the West and East regions, to compete with the league’s back-and-forth system, to identify teams qualifying for the round of 16, with the winners in the round of 16 qualifying for the final round.
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According to the Asian Federation’s website, the final roles include the last eight, the pre-final and the final, which are held from one confrontation in Saudi Arabia. The decisive roles in the Asian Champions League for the 2024/2025 elite are scheduled to take place from April 25 to May 4, 2025, with the title winner receiving the largest ever prize of $12 million.
The AFC stated in a statement that “the prize money is 3 times the $4 million prize allocated to the champion of the current edition of the tournament, while the second-place winner receives 6 million dollars, compared with the $2 million prize allocated to the runner-up of the current edition.”
