Although the allocation of seats in the AFC Champions League in 2024 has not yet been determined, according to the regulations of AFC, seats will still be allocated according to the technical points ranking of AFC member associations. A major change is that the technical score will be changed from calculating the achievements of the past four years to "eight years".
Accordingly, we can refer to the situation in 2023. In the AFC Champions League in 2023, the Chinese Super League qualified for two group matches, namely 1 qualification for directly participating in the third round of play-offs and 1 qualification for starting from the second round of play-offs. However, the specific seat allocation of the AFC Champions League in 2024 still needs to be officially announced by the AFC.
Generally speaking, the AFC Champions League places are divided into two qualifications in the group stage (Super League champion and FA Cup champion), 1 qualification for directly participating in the third round of play-offs (runner-up in Super League) and 1 qualification for starting from the second round of play-offs (runner-up in Super League).
Basic knowledge about AFC Champions League.
The AFC Champions League, also known as the Asian Champions League, is an Asian club football championship founded by the AFC in 2002, formerly known as the Asian Champions Club Championship and the Asian Club Championship.
The AFC Champions League is the highest level of club football in Asia, equivalent to the European Champions League and the Libertadores Cup in South America, and higher than the AFC Champions Cup. The winning team will represent AFC in the FIFA Club World Cup.
The top 10 associations of "Asian Games Points" have places to directly participate in the group competition, and the remaining eight group competition places will be generated through play-offs. The first match (the AFC Champions League in 2002/03) was held in different years, and the previous AFC Champions League matches were all completed in the same natural year. In February 2022, the AFC officially announced that the AFC Champions League would resume the New Year's Eve system from 2023, and the number of foreign aid places would increase from "3+ 1" to "5+ 1" from the 2023/24 season.