AFC Women's Champions League

This article is about the women's competition. For the men's competition, see AFC Champions League Elite.

AFC Women's Champions League

Organising body	AFC
Founded	2024;1 year ago (2024)
Region	Asia
Number of teams	12 (group stage)
Qualifier for	FIFA Women's Club World Cup FIFA Women's Champions Cup
Current champions	Wuhan Jiangda (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Wuhan Jiangda (1 title)
Website	the-afc.com
2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League

The AFC Women's Champions League is the top-tier women's football club competition in Asia. It involves the top clubs from countries affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was established in 2024. ^[1]

History

The concept of an Asian women's club competition was first recommended in 2018. ^[2] The following year, the inaugural edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship, a pilot women's club championship for Asian teams, was held as a round-robin tournament among four teams. ^[3]

In 2023, the format for the new club competition called AFC Women's Champions League was unveiled. Starting with the 2024–25 edition, the competition includes a preliminary stage, a twelve-team group stage and a knockout stage. Each association gets one team to enter. ^{[1] [4]} In the first four seasons, there will be one entry per participating member association, ^[5] with allocation based on the AFC Women's Club Competitions Ranking, which will combine their clubs' performance in the AFC Women's Champions League and the latest FIFA Women's World Ranking as follow: ^[6]

• up to 2027–28: 70% club points + 30% national team points;
• from 2028–29 to 2029–30: 90% club points + 10% national team points;
• from 2030–31 onwards: 100% club points

Results

AFC Women's Champions League editions

Edition	Year	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Final venue	Number of teams
1	2024–25	Wuhan Jiangda	1–1 ( a.e.t. ) (5–4 p)	Melbourne City	Wuhan Sports Centre Stadium, Wuhan	21

Records and statistics

Performances by club

Performances in the AFC Women's Champions League by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Wuhan Jiangda	1	0	2024–25	—
Melbourne City	0	1	—	2024–25

Performances by nation

Performances in the AFC Women's Champions League by nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
China	1	0
Australia	0	1

Top scorers by year

Year	Player	Club	Goals	Ref.
2024–25	Yuzuho Shiokoshi	Urawa Red Diamonds	4	[7]

Prize money

Starting with the 2024–25 season, the distribution of the prize money is as follows. ^[8]

• Group stage: $100,000
• Quarter-finals: $80,000
• Semi-finals: $120,000
• Runners-up: $500,000
• Champions: $1,000,000

See also

• FIFA Women's Club World Cup
• Continental football championships
• AFC Women's Club Championship

References

1. "AFC unveils key details for inaugural AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
2. "AFC Women's Football Committee recommends women's club competition". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
3. McCullagh, Kevin (30 September 2019). "AFC to pilot women's club championship in November". Sport Business. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
4. "AFC unveils format for new Women's Champions League and revamps national team dates". Inside World Football. 21 August 2023. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
5. "Key principles of landmark AFC Women's Champions League approved by AFC Women's Football Committee". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
6. "AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25 – Competition Regulations" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
7. "Urawa's Shiokoshi takes Top Scorer award". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
8. The AFC Hub (14 June 2024). AFC Women's Champions League™ . Retrieved 20 June 2024– via YouTube.

External links

• Official website