The drawing ceremony for the new edition of the AFC Champions League Elite Championship 2024-2025 was held this afternoon, Friday.

The draw for the group stage of the AFC Champions League Elite Championship was held according to its system. The new headquarters of the Asian Football Confederation in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

The new season witnesses the holding of 3 club championships in the Yellow Continent, which are: The AFC Champions League for the Elite, the AFC Champions League 2, and the AFC Challenge Cup.

The draw divides the 24 teams participating in the AFC Champions League for the Elite into two groups, one for the teams of the East and the other for the West. .

Each group includes 12 teams, and each team plays 8 matches in a home-and-away system, and the draw prevents facing teams from the same country.

Here are the results of the AFC Champions League draw for the elite 2025.

League stage - West

"Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan, Al-Sadd of Qatar , Persepolis of Iran, Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia, Al-Shorta of Iraq, Al-Ain of the Emirates, Al-Nasr of Saudi Arabia, Al-Rayyan of Qatar, Esteghlal of Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia, Al-Gharafa of Qatar, Al-Wasl of the Emirates.”

League stage - East

"Ulsan of South Korea, Shanghai Port of China, Johor of Malaysia, Central Marines of Australia, Buriram of Thailand, Pohang of South Korea, Vissel Kobe of Japan, Shanghai Shinhua of China, Yokohama of Japan, Gwangju of South Korea, Shandong Kaozaki of Japan"

The best 8 clubs in each league qualify for the round of 16, which will be held in March 2025, followed by the final rounds that will be held in the group system starting from the quarter-finals.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the final rounds from April 25 until the final match on May 4, 2025.