2015 AFC Cup| Tournament details |
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TBA |
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2016 → |
The 2015 AFC Cup will be the 12th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.
Both finalists will qualify for the 2016 AFC Champions League, as long as the club meets the minimum criteria.
Allocation of entries per association
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2014.[1] The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2014 AFC Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:
- An association originally participating in the AFC Cup may apply to participate in the 2015 AFC Champions League. An association may participate in both the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup if it only partially fulfills the AFC Champions League criteria.
- An association originally participating in the AFC President's Cup may apply to participate in the 2015 AFC Cup (the last edition of the AFC President's Cup is to be held in 2014).
Each participating association is given either two entries to the group stage or one entry to the qualifying play-off, based on the AFC Technical Ranking and the number of associations in each zone. Moreover, the six teams which qualify for the 2014 AFC President's Cup final stage will enter the 2015 AFC Cup play-offs, and from 2015 onwards, the centralised qualifiers will determine the six teams which will enter the AFC Cup play-offs.[2]
On 25 January 2014, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions. The MAs ranked 25 to 32 as per the AFC rankings are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup group stage, and the MAs ranked 33 to 47 are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.[3] This proposal has to be ratified by the AFC Executive Committee to take effect.
Teams
- Notes
- ^ Indonesia (IDN): Since the Piala Indonesia had to be cancelled due to tightness of schedule caused by the parliamentary and presidential elections, the league runners-up will be chosen to represent Indonesia in the AFC Cup.
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