AFC to revamp club competitions with increased prize fund FMTNews FMTSports
The Asian Football Confederation is looking to also launch an Asian Women’s Champions League next year.
Kicking off in September 2024, the leading 24 club sides from across the continent will play in the new AFC Champions League Elite, with the winners earning US$12 million. The AFC Champions League Elite headlines a new three-tier set-up and replaces the existing format, in which clubs complete in either the AFC Champions League or the secondary AFC Cup.
“Today the AFC is embarking on a new and historic era with these forward-looking initiatives in both men’s and women’s Asian club football,” AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said in a statement.
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