{"id":2186,"date":"2025-07-03T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:49:48","slug":"afc-womens-champions-league-2025-26-preliminary-stage-draw-finalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/2025\/07\/03\/afc-womens-champions-league-2025-26-preliminary-stage-draw-finalised\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Women\u2019s Champions League\u2122 2025\/26 Preliminary Stage draw finalised"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 19 teams who entered for the Preliminary Stage were divided into five groups \u2014 four groups of four and one group of three \u2014 to do battle in a centralised league format between August 23 to 31, with only the five group winners advancing to the Group Stage.<\/div>\n
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They will join the teams from the top seven MAs in the AFC Women\u2019s Club Competition Ranking 2024\/25, namely Melbourne City FC (AUS), Suwon FC Women (KOR), Tokyo Verdy Beleza (JPN), holders Wuhan Jiangda Women\u2019s FC (CHN), Ho Chi Minh City Women\u2019s FC (VIE), Bam Khatoon FC (IRN) and a to-be-determined side from the United Arab Emirates, to form a 12-strong cast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hosts ISPE WFC of Myanmar will face top seeds Philippines\u2019 Stallion Laguna FC, Guam\u2019s Strykers FC and Khovd Western FC of Mongolia in Group A while Uzbekistan\u2019s PFC Nasaf will welcome top-ranked College of Asian Scholars of Thailand, Nepal\u2019s APF FC and Al Nassr Club of Saudi Arabia in Group B.<\/div>\n
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Group C will see Malaysia\u2019s Kelana United FC (H), Etihad Club of Jordan, Singapore\u2019s Lion City Sailors FC and SDYUSHOR SI – Asiagoal of Kyrgyz Republic doing battle while Kaohsiung Attackers FC of Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea\u2019s Naegohyang Women\u2019s FC, Master FC (H) of Laos and Bhutan\u2019s RTC FC are the Group D cast. East Bengal FC of India, Hong Kong, China\u2019s Kitchee SC and hosts Phnom Penh Crown FC of Cambodia will vie for the sole spot in Group E.<\/div>\n
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Following the conclusion of the Preliminary Stage, a draw to determine the Group Stage fate of the 12 qualified teams will be conducted in September, with the thrilling top-class women\u2019s club football action to continue in November.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Draw Result<\/strong>
\nGroup A: Stallion Laguna FC (PHI), ISPE WFC (MYA, H), Strykers FC (GUM), Khovd Western FC (MNG)
\nGroup B: College of Asian Scholars (THA), PFC Nasaf (UZB, H), APF FC (NEP), Al Nassr Club (KSA)
\nGroup C: Kelana United FC (MAS, H), Etihad Club (UAE), Lion City Sailors FC (SGP), SDYUSHOR SI \u2013 Asiagoal (KGZ)
\nGroup D: Kaohsiung Attackers FC (TPE), Naegohyang Women\u2019s FC (DPR), Master FC (LAO, H), RTC FC (BHU)
\nGroup E: East Bengal FC (IND), Kitchee SC (HKG), Phnom Penh Crown FC (CAM, H)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 19 teams who entered for the Preliminary Stage were divided into five groups \u2014 four groups of four and one group of three \u2014 to do battle in a centralised league format between August 23 to 31, with only the five group winners advancing to the Group Stage. They will join the teams from the top seven MAs in the AFC Women\u2019s Club Competition Ranking 2024\/25, namely Melbourne City FC (AUS), Suwon FC Women (KOR), Tokyo Verdy Beleza (JPN), holders Wuhan Jiangda Women\u2019s FC (CHN), Ho Chi Minh City Women\u2019s FC (VIE), Bam Khatoon FC (IRN) and a to-be-determined side from the United Arab Emirates, to form a 12-strong … Continue reading “AFC Women\u2019s Champions League\u2122 2025\/26 Preliminary Stage draw finalised”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":2187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,775],"tags":[1175,1168,1167,1176,1169,1164,1166,767,1106,1172,1171,1101,1174,1173,1170,21,1165],"class_list":["post-2186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afc","category-international","tag-afc-womens-champions-league-2025-26","tag-al-nassr-club-ksa-group-c-kelana-united-fc-mas","tag-apf-fc-nep","tag-east-bengal-fc-ind","tag-etihad-club-uae","tag-ispe-wfc-mya","tag-khovd-western-fc-mng-group-b-college-of-asian-scholars-tha","tag-kitchee-sc-hkg","tag-lion-city-sailors-fc-sgp","tag-master-fc-lao","tag-naegohyang-womens-fc-dpr","tag-pfc-nasaf-uzb","tag-phnom-penh-crown-fc-cam","tag-rtc-fc-bhu-group-e-east-bengal-fc-ind","tag-sdyushor-si-asiagoal-kgz-group-d-kaohsiung-attackers-fc-tpe","tag-slider","tag-strykers-fc-gum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2188,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions\/2188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}