AFC Club Competitions Ranking

The AFC Club Competitions Ranking is a ranking system launched by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 2014.[1] The ranking is based on the results of teams participating in the last four years of the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. The ranking is used for example to decide who plays who in the Champions League preliminary rounds. The AFC also publishes a club ranking, which currently only has informational value.

Format
Round Points
AFC Champions League AFC Cup
Play-off participation 0.3 0.1
Win in qualifying round 0.3 0.1
Draw in qualifying round 0.15 0.05
Win in group stage 3 1
Draw in group stage 1 0.33
Knockout Stage participation 3 1
Win in knockout stage 3 1.6 (All)
0.89 (ASEAN)
Draw in knockout stage 1 0.53 (All)
0.3 (ASEAN)

Calculation principle

The Club Competitions Ranking (former Member Association Ranking, or MA ranking) is used to rank associations and also used for seeding teams in the competitions. It is also used to allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions.[2] There are however many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements. The ranking consists of average points the member association's clubs over the past four year. The leading team in each category is given 100 points. All other associations are adjusted proportionally to the leading team. So the theoretical maximum of the ranking is 100 points, when the association's team have won the most points in the four year ranking and also are the number one AFC team in the FIFA rankings. Until 2016, the weighting for the FIFA ranking part was 10%.[3] Associations earn points in the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup starting at the group stage.

Country Ranking
Map of AFC countries whose teams have reached the group stage of the AFC Champions League
  AFC member country that has been represented in the group stage
  AFC member country that has not been represented in the group stage
  Not a AFC member

The ranking below takes into account of each association's performance in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup from 2017 to 2020, with the 2020 season currently taking place.

The final ranking at the end of the 2020 season will be used to determine the number of places for each association in the 2022 AFC Champions League and the 2022 AFC Cup.

As of 11 March 2020 the points are as follows[4]

Ranking Member Association Club Points Points
(100%)		 Possible ACL 2022 Slots Possible AFC Cup 2022 Slots
2020 2019Mvmt 2017 2018 2019 2020 Points Group Stage Play-Off Prelim. round Group Stage Play-Off Prelim. round2 Prelim. round1
1 3 +2 Japan 21.850 13.850 21.800 6.233 63.733 100.000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 4 +2 Saudi Arabia 18.600 10.000 26.350 5.600 60.550 95.006 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 1 –2 China 24.567 16.200 17.350 1.350 59.467 93.306 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 –2 Qatar 13.400 19.850 15.900 4.250 53.400 83.787 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 6 +1 Iran 16.200 18.850 11.500 2.900 49.450 77.589 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 5 –1 South Korea 9.950 18.350 13.600 1.850 43.750 68.646 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 8 +1 Thailand 15.050 16.200 5.050 0.900 37.200 58.368 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 10 +2 Uzbekistan 5.050 9.400 9.000 6.900 30.350 47.621 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 7 –2 United Arab Emirates 11.350 8.100 7.633 1.850 28.933 45.397 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
10 9 –1 Iraq 8.933 8.633 8.300 1.200 27.167 42.626 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
11 14 +3 North Korea 3.433 7.433 11.067 0 21.933 34.414 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
12 17 +5 Philippines 8.120 5.843 4.782 2.900 21.645 33.962 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
13 13 – Tajikistan 12.900 4.433 3.000 1.300 21.633 33.944 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
14 12 –2 Jordan 4.900 7.633 7.967 0.465 20.965 32.895 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
15 16 +1 Vietnam 2.800 3.267 10.752 2.133 18.951 29.735 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
16 11 –5 Australia 5.900 7.300 2.600 2.233 18.033 28.295 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
17 20 +3 Turkmenistan 4.483 7.583 5.267 0.000 17.333 27.196 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 18 – Singapore 5.138 5.617 4.133 1.967 16.855 26.446 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
19 19 – Malaysia 4.395 3.633 4.450 3.600 16.078 25.228 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
20 15 –5 India 6.250 4.417 3.217 1.033 14.916 23.404 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
21 21 – Lebanon 0.833 3.933 6.933 1.000 12.699 19.925 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
22 22 – Syria 5.933 2.000 3.133 1.000 12.066 18.932 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
23 28 +5 Indonesia 0 4.100 5.045 2.067 11.212 17.591 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
24 25 +1 Bangladesh 1.333 1.433 6.933 1.200 10.900 17.103 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
25 24 –1 Bahrain 3.467 1.633 2.500 1.767 9.367 14.696 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
26 26 – Hong Kong 1.750 3.300 3.650 0.400 9.100 14.278 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
27 23 –4 Maldives 1.750 3.300 3.650 0.467 9.067 14.226 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
28 27 –1 Myanmar 1.300 4.062 1.600 1.767 8.728 13.695 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
29 29 – Oman 2.200 1.583 1.433 1.150 6.366 9.989 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
30 31 +1 Cambodia 1.683 2.250 1.000 1.300 6.233 9.780 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 34 +3 Kuwait 0 0 3.433 1.765 5.198 8.156 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
32 33 +1 Kyrgyzstan 1.400 0.150 2.433 0.200 4.183 6.563 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
33 32 –1 Macau 0 4.000 0 0.000 4.000 6.276 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
34 30 –4 Palestine 0.200 0.150 2.967 0.250 3.567 5.597 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 35 – Laos 0.150 0.150 0.333 0.100 0.733 1.150 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
36 36 – Nepal 0 0 0.667 0 0.667 1.047 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
37 37 – Sri Lanka 0.100 0 0.350 0.200 0.650 1.020 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
38 38 – Bhutan 0.150 0.150 0.100 0.200 0.600 0.941 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
39 39 – Chinese Taipei 0 0 0.333 0.100 0.433 0.680 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
40 40 – Mongolia 0 0.100 0.100 0.100 0.300 0.471 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
41 41 – Afghanistan 0.150 0 0 0 0.150 0.235 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
42 42 – Brunei 0 0 0 0.100 0.100 0.157 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
42 42 – Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0.100 0.100 0.157 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
44 42 –2 Yemen 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
44 42 –2 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
44 42 –2 Guam 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
44 42 –2 Northern Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Club Ranking

A club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC.[5] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. "Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017-2020" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  3. "AFC MA Ranking Mechanics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-01-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/al-hilal-lead-the-way-as-afc-announces-club-ranking-system-22414
  6. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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