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A-League clubs in line for additional place in ACL

Submitted by Dave Williams on Thu, 11/24/2011 - 17:20

The Asian Football Confederation this week is expected to ratify a move to give Australia the chance to have three teams in the 2013 Asian Champions League.

Australia's A-League is ranked joint eighth in Asia at the moment and is allowed only two teams in the event.

Japan, Korea Republic, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran have four teams each.

But if the AFC's approval comes through, a third A-League club would be eligible to play in the tournament albeit via a playoff against a club from lowly-ranked Indonesia, Thailand or Vietnam.

The three teams to represent the A-League in 2013 would be the one finishing first in the premiership, the winner of the grand final and either the runner-up in the premiership or the beaten grand finalist.

 
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 02:23.

Actually, the proposal is set to start in 2012 - not 2013. Which means (if ratified) the A-League would need to nominate a team for the play-offs in February next year in time for the draw on 6 December (ie, next week). (The link - http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league/935-afc...)

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