2024–25 AFC Challenge League

The associations were allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking, which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed. ;Notes ==Teams==

''The number of appearances and last appearance include the AFC President's Cup as the predecessor of the AFC Challenge League.'' ;Notes ==Schedule==

The schedule of the competition is as follows. ==Preliminary stage==

The bracket of the preliminary stage was determined based on each team's association ranking and their seeding within their association, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. The two winners of the preliminary stage advanced to the group stage and joined the 16 direct entrants. ---- ==Group stage==

Teams of every group will play at a neutral venue of a single-legged tie against every opponent. {{Location map+|AFC|width=900|float=center|caption=Location of the 2024–25 AFC Challenge League group stage teams Brown: Group A; Cyan: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Red: Group E |places= {{Location map~ |AFC |lat=29.357765 |long=47.999952 |label_size=90 {{location map~ |AFC {{Location map~ |AFC |lat=-7.194444 |long=113.480833 |label_size=90 {{Location map~ |AFC |lat=20.778651 |long=97.037978 |label_size=90 {{Location map~ |AFC |lat=11.082625 |long=105.802882 |label_size=90 {{Location map~ |AFC |lat=23.320805 |long=120.312915 |label_size=90 {{Location map~ |AFC |lat=18.343 |long=102.4214 |label_size=90 {{Location map~ |AFC |lat=47.5400 |long=106.5458 |label_size=90 West Region Group A Group B Group C Ranking of runners-up teams East Region Group D Group E ==Knockout stage==

Bracket Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final ==Top scorers==

;Note • Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4) ==See also==