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If one team wins the championship, the other place will be replaced by the runner-up of the Super League, instead of the two runners-up playing the play-offs, as others say. (For example, Shandong Luneng League and FA Cup won the double crown last year, and Shanghai Shenhua, as the runner-up of the Super League, also got an AFC Champions League qualification. )
In order to better prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, the Football Association decided to suspend the FA Cup this year (it is estimated that it will not resume next year).
The AFC Champions League qualification will be changed to two places ahead of this year. (If the AFC reform decides to add another quota to China, it will make it the top three in the league. )