Reporter Ma Dexing reported on the "Eight-nation Professional League Committee" originally established by the AFC, and Australia was one of them; Australia has made great achievements in the World Cup. But this AFC Champions League reform, Australia has only two seats. In contrast, China's football level is far behind that of Australia, but it has ranked fourth. What's the mystery?
According to the principle announced by AFC in April, the AFC Champions League will be held in 2009. According to last year's and this year's surveys, after the scoring results are announced, football associations with scores above 300 will have four AFC Champions League seats, and those with scores below 300 will only have 1 seat; At the same time, the number of places for a country to participate in the AFC Champions League cannot exceed 1/3 of the total number of teams participating in the league.
According to this standard, the AFC scored 4 15 after evaluating the Super League, ranking third in Asia, only behind Japan's 470 points and South Korea's 438 points. In this way, the Super League, like the Japan-Korea League, can also get four seats. The score of Aochao is 306 points, and you can get 4 seats according to the regulations. However, at present, there are only eight teams in the Australian Super League. According to the principle of "1/3", the Australian Super League can only get two seats.
Therefore, the Super League has four seats and the Australian Super League has only two seats, which does not mean that the level of the Super League must be higher than that of Australia. In fact, China's national team has been eliminated by Australia in the top 20 matches, and in the AFC Champions League in recent two years, the Super League club has not gained the upper hand against Adelaide and Sydney FC. This season, Adelaide eliminated Changchun Yatai in the group stage, and now it has reached the final all the way.
Moreover, it should be noted that the allocation of seats in the AFC Champions League is not static. According to the vision of AFC, after the establishment of the AFC Champions League's strict access mechanism, all countries began to promote or improve their professional leagues. For example, the Australian Super League made it clear that it would expand its army next season, and Qatar and the United Arab Emirates also began to implement the first real professional league. In the future, the AFC will check it every year. As long as a country or region meets the league standards, its teams can participate in the AFC Champions League. At that time, the AFC will redistribute the seats of participating countries.
Therefore, although the Super League may have four teams to participate in the AFC Champions League next year, it does not mean that 20 10 will have four seats. Once the expansion of the Australian Super League is up to standard, and the Super League has a poor record in the AFC Champions League next year, no team has qualified since the group stage, and the number of seats of 20 10 may be reduced. Therefore, this also puts higher demands on the Super League teams participating in next year's AFC Champions League. Moreover, the professionalism of the Super League itself will also affect the seats in the AFC Champions League.