The 2026–27 AFC Women's Champions League will be the third edition of the AFC Women's Champions League, Asia's premier club women's football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Naegohyang are the defending champions.
Association team allocation The defending champions enter directly to the group stage without taking from their member association team allocation, if not already qualified through their domestic performance. Aside from that, there is only one entry per participating member association, with allocation based on AFC Women's Club ranking made with 70% of AFC club points and 30% of national team points as per FIFA Women's World Ranking. The defending champions and teams from the top five ranked associations qualify directly to the group stage, with the remaining teams starting from the preliminary stage.
RankMemberassociationPointsSlotsGroupstagePlay-inqualifier 197.66210 275.85210 374.800 10 474.58310 570.393 10 650.763 01 750.389 01 848.14901 937.175011033.771011130.737011230.443011329.1360 11424.634 011523.653 011622.008 011721.376 011819.960012218.077012317.618 012417.245012516.541012616.425012716.421012816.362012916.343013214.640013314.382013614.21101TotalParticipating associations: 2962430
Associations that did not enter a team:
Format The competition comprises: a preliminary stage in centralised venues (number of groups depends on number of total teams). a group stage 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: Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out, if only two teams are tied, and the teams in question have played their last group match against each other; Lower disciplinary score (direct red card = 3 points; double yellow card = 3 points; single yellow card = 1 point); Drawing of lots.
Schedule StageRoundDraw date DatesPreliminary stageMatchday 1 2 July 2026 17 August 2026Matchday 2 20 August 2026Matchday 3 23 August 2026Group stageMatchday 1 3 September 2026 1–7 November 2026Matchday 2Matchday 3Knockout stageQuarter-finals 14 January 2027 27–28 March 2027Semi-finals 19 May 2027Final 22 May 2027
Teams Team locations
Entrants
+Group stage direct entrantsTeamQualifying method Naegohyang2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League champions2nd Melbourne City2025–26 A-League Women premiers3rd 2025 WK League champions1st Kobe Leonessa2025–26 WE League champions1st Beijing Jingtan2025 Chinese Women's Super League champions1st Hồ Chí Minh City2025 Vietnamese Women's National League champions3rd +Preliminary stage participantsTeamQualifying method 2025–26 Taiwan Mulan Football League champions1st Kaya–Iloilo2025 PFF Women's League champions2nd College of Asian Scholars2026 Thai Women's League 1 champions3rd East Bengal2025–26 Indian Women's League champions2nd Sabah2025 Malaysia National Women's League champions2nd April 252024–25 DPR Korea Women's Premier League champions1st Nasaf2025 Uzbekistan Women's League champions3rd Bam Khatoon2025–26 Kowsar Women's Pro League champions3rd Ayeyawady2025–26 Myanmar Women's League champions1st Etihad2025–26 Jordan Women's Pro League champions3rd TSL2025–26 Hong Kong Women's League champions1st Master2025 Lao Women's League champions2nd Rovers2026 Women's G League champions1st FC Jurong2025 Women's Premier League champions1st Phnom Penh Crown2025 Cambodian Women's League champions2nd Kharaatsai2026 Women's National Football League champions1st Al-Nassr2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League champions3rd Ilbirs Bishkek2025 Kyrgyzstan Women's League champions1st Royal Thimphu College2025 Women's National League champions3rd Banaat2025–26 UAE Women's Football League champions1st Rajshahi Stars2025–26 Bangladesh Women's Football League champions1st S'Amuser2025–26 Timorese Women's Football League champions1st CSKA Dushanbe2026 Tajikistan Women's Football League champions1st No Limits2025–26 Lebanese Women's Football League champions1st
Preliminary stage The draw was held on 2 July 2026 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group A All matches were held in Malaysia. Times listed are UTC+8.
Group B All matches were held in Kyrgyzstan. Times listed are UTC+6.
Group C All matches were held in Uzbekistan. Times listed are UTC+5.
Group D All matches were held in Thailand. Times listed are UTC+7.
Group E All matches were held in Tajikistan. Times listed are UTC+5.
Group F All matches were held in Myanmar. Times listed are UTC+6:30.
Group stage The draw was conducted on 3 September, 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, with matches to be played in three centralised venues.
Seedings Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Melbourne City (1) Hwacheon KSPO (2) Beijing Jingtan (4) Hồ Chí Minh City (5) Kaya–Iloilo (9) East Bengal (11) (H) Nasaf (14) (H) Ayeyawady (15) (H)
(H) Hosts (TH) Title holders
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of second-placed teams
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage The knockout stage will be played in a single-leg knockout format. The semi-finals and the final match will be played in a centralised location.
Draw The draw will be held in January 2027. For the quarter-finals, teams will be seeded based on their performance in the group stage. The three group winners and the best second-placed team will be seeded and will also be the hosts for the match. Teams from the same group will not be drawn against each other.
Seeded Unseeded
Bracket
See also 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two 2026–27 AFC Challenge League
Notes References
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