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2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League

The 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League is the second edition of the AFC Women's Champions League, Asia's premier club women's football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Association team allocation
There is one entry per participating member association, with allocation based on the FIFA Women's World Ranking. Teams from the top seven ranked associations qualified directly to the group stage, with the remaining teams starting from the preliminary stage. Ranking for AFC Women's Club Competition are made with 70% of AFC club points and 30% of national team points as per FIFA rankings. ;Legend W: withdrew before the draw Associations that did not enter a team: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (W) • ==Format==
Format
The competition consists of the following: • A preliminary stage (one group of three and four groups of four teams) in centralised venues; • A main tournament with 12 teams (three groups of four teams) in centralised venues; • Quarter-finals hosted by the group winners and the best second-placed team; • Semi-finals and final in a centralised venue. Tiebreakers Teams in the preliminary stage and the group stage are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: • Drawing of lots. ==Schedule==
Teams
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Preliminary stage
SeedingsBold indicates teams qualified for the final tournament (H) Hosts Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Group E ---- ---- Best runners-up ranking Since Group E only had three teams, the results against fourth-placed teams in other groups were omitted for this ranking. ==Group stage==
Group stage
The draw was conducted on September 11, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, with matches to be played in three centralised venues. Seedings (H) Hosts (TH) Title holders Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Ranking of second-placed teams Ranking of third-placed teams ==Knockout stage==
Knockout stage
The knockout stage is being played in a single-leg knockout format. The semi-finals and the final match will be played in a centralised location. Draw The draw was held on 15 January 2026. For the quarter-finals, teams were seeded based on their performance in the group stage. The three group winners and the best second-placed team were seeded, hosting the match. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other. Bracket Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Final ==Top scorers==
Top scorers
; Note • Goals scored in the preliminary stage and matches voided by AFC are not counted when determining top scorer. ==See also==
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