{"id":14344,"date":"2023-12-02T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/?p=14344"},"modified":"2023-12-03T05:36:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T05:36:49","slug":"saudi-arabia-hosts-first-two-afc-champions-league-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/league-news\/saudi-arabia-hosts-first-two-afc-champions-league-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia hosts first two AFC Champions League finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The AFC selected Saudi Arabia to host the final roles of the AFC Champions League competition &#8220;elite&#8221; in the next two seasons, it said in a statement yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The selection followed an assessment of infrastructure, hosting requirements, as well as other key operational aspects, and outperformed its Iraqi counterpart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">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&#8217;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.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0631\u0633\u0645\u064a\u0627\u064b<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u0633\u062a\u0636\u064a\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0648\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A2%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a_\u0623\u0628\u0637\u0627\u0644_\u0622\u0633\u064a\u0627_\u0644\u0644\u0646\u062e\u0628\u0629<\/a> 2024-2025 \u06482025-2026<\/p>\n<p>\u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0648\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0647\u0627\u0626\u064a\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0637\u0627\u0644 \u0622\u0633\u064a\u0627 \u0644\u0644\u0646\u062e\u0628\u0629 2024-2025 \u062a\u0642\u0627\u0645 \u0645\u0646 25 \u0646\u064a\u0633\u0627\u0646\/\u0623\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0644 \u0648\u0644\u063a\u0627\u064a\u0629 4 \u0623\u064a\u0627\u0631\/\u0645\u0627\u064a\u0648 2025.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQU09V8j1c\">https:\/\/t.co\/aQU09V8j1c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062f\u0648\u0631\u064a \u0623\u0628\u0637\u0627\u0644 \u0622\u0633\u064a\u0627 (@theAFCCL_ar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theAFCCL_ar\/status\/1730496611489329317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According to the Asian Federation&#8217;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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-afc.com\/en\/club\/afc_champions_league\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Asian Champions League<\/a> 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The AFC stated in a statement that &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_231202_170557_358.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AFC selected Saudi Arabia to host the final roles of the AFC Champions League competition &#8220;elite&#8221; in the next two seasons, it said in a statement yesterday. 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