With completion of 2017 AFC club competitions today, 2017 AFC Club Competitions Ranking should be published by AFC soon. This ranking will be used by AFC to determine which member associations (MA) are eligible for AFC Champions League and AFC Cup in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. You can view our calculation of the ranking here .

How are the slots allocated?

Nov 25, 2017 Provisional Slot Allocation for AFC Club Competitions 2019 and 2020 With completion of 2017 AFC club competitions today, 2017 AFC Club Competitions Ranking should be published by AFC soon. This ranking will be used by AFC to determine which member associations (MA) are eligible for AFC Champions League and AFC Cup in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Dec 24, 2020 FIFA has since worked closely with the confederations to formulate a proposal for the allocation of slots and the Bureau of the FIFA Council has today confirmed the following berths for the 2023 edition: Direct slot allocation (29 of the 32 participation slots) 6 direct slots for the AFC; 4 direct slots for CAF; 4 direct slots for Concacaf. The AFC Champions League title holders and AFC Cup title holders are each allocated one play-off slot should they not qualify for the tournament through domestic performance (Article 3.6). However, there are no AFC Cup title holders for this season as the 2020 AFC Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The AFC Champions League and AFC Cup. This Entry Manual sets out the mechanism for allocating slots to Member Associations and their eligible clubs to participate in the AFC Club Competitions. Any reference to the AFC Statutes and to AFC and FIFA regulations refer to those valid at the time of application.

All MAs will be splitted into two regions for AFC Champions League and five zones for AFC Cup, to determine the slot allocation for each MA.

For AFC Champions League, MAs ranked 1st to 12th in each region are eligible to submit their club. Here is the default slots allocation for each region :

MAs ranked 1st and 2nd : 3 direct slots and 1 play-off slot
MAs ranked 3rd and 4th : 2 direct slots and 2 play-off slot
MA ranked 5th : 1 direct slot and 2 play-off slot
MA ranked 6th : 1 direct slot and 1 play-off slot
MA ranked 7th to 12th : 1 play-off slot

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MA that have received direct ACL slots is not eligible for AFC Cup. Ranking for each zones then will be determined after removal of those MAs. Here is the default slots allocation for West and ASEAN zone. These zones will be consisted of 12 teams (3 groups @4 teams) :

MAs ranked 1st to 3rd : 2 direct slots
MAs ranked 4th to 6th : 1 direct slot and 1 play-off slot
MAs ranked 7th or below : 1 play-off slot

While Central, South, and East zones will be consisted of 4 teams in 1 group. Station casino apply online. Here is the default slots allocation :

MAs ranked 1st to 3rd : 1 direct slot and 1 play-off slot
MAs ranked 4th or below : 1 play-off slot

Are the slot allocation for each MA fixed?

Although the ranking is fixed, the slots allocation is provisional due to different circumstances. For example, there are many unused slots in 2017 AFC club competitions due to different reasons :

Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria didn’t fulfill AFC Club Licensing Criteria so their slots in AFC Champions League are unused.
Brunei, Indonesia, Macau, Nepal, Pakistan, Timor-Leste and Yemen didn’t submit any club entry for the competition.
Bangladesh and Guam only submitted one club entry despite being eligible to submit two clubs.

Each season, all these reasons will be considered by AFC Competitions Committee to determine the final slots allocation. Usually, AFC finalized the slots allocation in December of the previous year. So the slots allocation for 2018 season should be announced in December 2017.

Source :

Entry Manual AFC Club Competitions 2017-2020
2017 AFC Champions League, Wikipedia
2017 AFC Cup, Wikipedia

Football Federation Australia (FFA) today announced that the FFA Cup will return to the national football calendar in 2021 with some key adjustments intended to improve and enhance the excitement associated with Australia’s largest annual club-based sporting competition.

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FFA Cup Semi-Finals & Final earmarked to be on stand-alone weekends for the first time. Final to be played at neutral venue.
FFA Cup Final Rounds will feature an open draw for the first time – generating more competitive tension and uncertainty.
FFA Cup 2021 winner to be awarded a preliminary round slot representing Australia in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League*.
FFA Cup Final Rounds Slot Allocation for A-League clubs and Member Federations to remain unchanged.
FFA Cup Final Rounds Play-Off matches between the bottom four (4) placed A-League clubs from the A-League 2020/21 season will be played to determine the final two (2) A-League teams to enter the Round of 32.
Wollongong Wolves (NPL 2019 Champions) will be granted entry into the FFA Cup 2021 Final Rounds. Wollongong missed out in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the 2021 iteration of the FFA Cup onwards, the FFA Cup Final will be played at a neutral venue and the FFA Cup Semi-Finals and Final will be contested on stand-alone weekends to ensure that the competition’s showpiece fixtures have the opportunity to establish a significant place on the national sporting calendar.

Additionally, for the first-time next year’s FFA Cup winners will be granted one of Australia’s preliminary round slots in the AFC Champions League*, meaning clubs from all levels of the Australian football ecosystem can aspire to compete against Asia’s best.
FFA Chief Executive Officer, James Johnson, said adjustments to the FFA Cup from 2021 onwards are aligned to Principle IV of the XI Principles for the future of Australian football and will bring a new edge to the competition.
“Principle IV of our XI Principles speaks to the ongoing optimisation of Australia’s competition structures and ensuring that Australia’s football pyramid is aligned and connected. The FFA Cup is unique amongst all other sporting competitions in Australia in that a team of builders, electricians and office-workers might get the chance to compete against five-time A-League Champions Sydney FC,” Johnson said.

“These changes to the FFA Cup from 2021 onwards demonstrate FFA’s commitment to not only enhancing the FFA Cup for the enjoyment of our football community, but to provide players and clubs at all levels of the game with the opportunity to aspire to represent Australia on the global stage.
“Playing the FFA Cup Final on a stand-alone weekend will enable the FFA Cup Final to develop its own identity within the national football calendar, and we envisage that an array of events – such as a national football conference or a national football weekend festival – can in the future be held in parallel with the FFA Cup Final. Furthermore, we believe that by connecting the FFA Cup Final with a variety of supporting football-focused events, we can engage a wide cross-section of the football community and make the event an increasingly attractive proposition to host cities and Governments.”
The 2020 version of the FFA Cup was cancelled earlier this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of cancellation, 765 clubs had registered to participate in the competition – the second most since the competition commenced in 2014.
Johnson is confident that a significant number of the clubs registered to compete in 2020 will return in 2021, as the FFA Cup Round of 32 draw and format is also revised.
“Next year’s FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds will be held much like in years gone by, however we are moving to adjust the structure of the Round of 32 – where professional A-League clubs enter the competition – into four geographic Zones. These Zones will promote local rivalries and competitive tension, and for the first time will feature an open draw to determine matches. The open draw will continue to feature right through to the semi-final stage,

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