The AFC approves the distribution of seats for the Champions League and the Confederation Cup for 2023

The Asian Football Confederation announced today the adoption of the distribution of seats for the AFC Champions League 2023 and the AFC Cup 2023. This came after the issuance of the latest version of the classification of Asian clubs in the Federation, where Saudi Arabia topped the club classification for 2021, and came first in the West Asian region, to get three Direct seats in the group stage and a seat in the preliminary round.

On the other hand, Iran came in second place in the West Asia region, and will get the same number of seats allocated to Saudi Arabia, while Qatar and Uzbekistan won two direct seats in the group stage and two seats in the preliminary rounds. For its part, South Korea ranked first in the eastern region, followed by Japan, where each of them gets three seats in the group stage and a seat in the preliminary rounds. In contrast, China and Thailand ranked third and fourth, respectively, in the eastern region,

Thus, each of them gets two direct seats in the group stage and two seats in the preliminary rounds.

As for the AFC Cup 2023, Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait won two places in the group stage for the western region, the Philippines, Malaysia and Australia won two places in the group stage for the ASEAN region, and India, Bangladesh and Maldives in the southern region, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan in the central region, North Korea, Macau and China Taipei in the East, a direct seat in the group stage and a seat in the preliminary rounds.

It is noteworthy that all national federations have the right to participate in the club competitions for the year 2023, provided that the requirements stipulated in the approved guide to participation are fulfilled. 2023.

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