Talk:AFC Champions League Elite

Champions Table

Perhaps the table with the champions/finals etc. could be broken up into two tables to more clearly identify the pre-champions league finals and those after the competition changed? -Mike 'TinTin'

Also, could it specify who won what? is the table the Asian Super cup?The Cup Winners Cup? Burning phoneix 19:08, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

The success of the Asian Club Championship led, in 1991, to the creation of the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup and, four years later, the Asian Super Cup which saw the winners of the two competitions meet. The three competitions duly merged in 2002 to create the AFC Champions League, www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/afc-champions-league-the-drama-the-glory-22276 Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:31, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

One-year lag

I read from the A-League_06-07 article that the Australia representatives for each year will be the previous year's premiers and champions, not the current year, giving a one-year lag. Is this the same for other teams wrt their respective leagues or is Australia unusual in this? Pimlottc 04:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Around the world it's not that uncommon. Some of the Nordic countries enter UEFA competions based on the previous season results. In Japan the winners of the Emperor's Cup also go into the next seaons champions league (in the same way the Australian teams do)Tancred 10:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

New format and A-league club places

has the AFC Champions league increasing to 32 teams for 2006 been confirmed because I watched Total Football on FoxSports in Australia last night (10 Nov 2005), and they have said it will be very unlikly that a A-league team will be included for the champions league for 2006 because the a-league champions are not decided untill march 2006 and the draw made up for the AFC Champions league is done in december , they said it was still possible but very unlikly that the A-league teams will not be added untill 2007

aticle on this from theworldgame.com.au

A-League clubs Asian setback

Its now looking like the new format will start in 2007 --Tancred

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Sorting the list

Look http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Football_Championship , they don't have 3rd place anymore, but they still use 3rd place, and even 4th place in the all-time ranking, so don't remove the 3rd place just cause you don't like the results, 3rd place is used in ranking everywhere. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurdo777 (talk • contribs) 22:38, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

The 3rd place just added as a Bonus addition, there is no 3rd place value in this competition. Mussav (talk) 22:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

there was a 3rd place between 1971 to 2002, you can't determine value for it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurdo777 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

the 3rd place dose not decide which one is the most successful because simply it did not exist in all editions, so by deciding it on something dose not exist any more and in matter of fact is not valuable at all and canceled from the competition, is something incorrect. Mussav (talk) 23:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

in all rankings, 3rd place is the decider after 1st and 2nd, this is a universal rule. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurdo777 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Kurdo, assuming things like this without backing of some source should be refraimed. I think you guys should take it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Football and see what they say about the issue. Chaldean (talk) 06:31, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Most Successful Club

• Al Hilal is the most successful club in Asia not Esteghlal FC.--Sina (talk) 14:18, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

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"Participating Associations" table

I know the group stage is designed to stay at 32 teams, but wouldn't it be more appropriate to use the total number of teams that are accepted into the competition, i.e. include the teams that were knocked out in the playoff stage(s)? As it is right now, it's hiding all recent growth. CyMoahk2 (talk) 18:28, 7 January 2014 (UTC)

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Map of AFC countries whose teams reached the group stage of the AFC Champions League.

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Allocation

AFC Champions

2: rank (1-6)

Iran Australia DR Korea Uzbekistan Japan Saudi Arabia

1: rank (7-18)

UAE China Qatar Syria Kyrgyzstan Jordan Iraq Turkmenistan Palestine Bahrain Philippines PR Korea

AFC Cup

2: rank (19-24)

Oman Yemen Vietnam India Hong Kong Tajikistan

1: rank (25-30) and playoffs.

Afghanistan Thailand Lebanon Myanmar Maldives Chinese Taipei

AFC Qualifying

Playoffs: rank (31-36)

Malaysia Kuwait Cambodia Singapore Laos Indonesia

Preliminaries: rank (37-46)

Bhutan Guam Timor-Leste Nepal Bangladesh Brunei Sri Lanka Macau Pakistan Mongolia

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Record

According to AFC, AFC Champions League doesn't succeeded Asian Club Championship's record. AFC isn't UEFA. http://prd-afc-en.deltatre.net/afc/documents/pdffiles/afc-champions-league-2019-media-guide

So? See UEFA1 and 2, UEFA media guide also doesnt include seasons prior 1992, but we have all records for European Cup and UEFA CL in the same articles. Media reports also includes records from pre-2002, like CCTV – Pohang won their 3rd title, not their 1st title. Same with RSSSF and Soccerway, they also includes everything prior 2002. Just because a competition was re-branded in 2002 (like UEFA rebranded European Cup into CL in 1992), it doesnt mean that its not the same competition. Snowflake91 (talk) 09:35, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

And by the way, you cannot simply delete everything prior 2002 from all articles (including sources) without moving it to ANY other article on the Wikipedia. Snowflake91 (talk) 09:38, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TheAFCCL/status/1150631073388355584 Can one of them become the first ever 3⃣-time winner of the AFC Champions League at #ACL2019? 대한민국 헌법 (talk) 18:05, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

https://twitter.com/TheAFCCL/status/1189416920182734848 🥇 🇰🇷 🥈 🇯🇵 🥉 🇸🇦 / 🇨🇳 대한민국 헌법 (talk) 00:53, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Thats a primary source and it says "since 2003", all independent sources (reliable media reports, RSSSF, soccerway, worldfootball.net and tons of others) are counting asian champions cup and champions league as the same competition. Snowflake91 (talk) 09:38, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Asia Club Championship

Stop creating separate tables and stats for 2003-present, all reliable sources (RSSSF, globalsportsarchive.com, soccerway, worldfootball etc.) have one single list of winners for 1967-2020 and we will also use this format per common sense and reliable sources, UEFA doesnt have two different tables either just because the competition rebranded and renamed in 1991. Snowflake91 (talk) 11:07, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

The success of the Asian Club Championship led, in 1991, to the creation of the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup and, four years later, the Asian Super Cup which saw the winners of the two competitions meet. The three competitions duly merged in 2002 to create the AFC Champions League, www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/afc-champions-league-the-drama-the-glory-22276 Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:30, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

The competition is not a continuation of the Asian Club Championship

The success of the Asian Club Championship led, in 1991, to the creation of the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup and, four years later, the Asian Super Cup which saw the winners of the two competitions meet. The three competitions duly merged in 2002 to create the AFC Champions League, a tournament that would determine the undisputed champions of Asia, and with an increased prize fund and a place at the FIFA Club World Cup acting as an added incentive Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:00, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

reference: reference 1 (the AFC site) Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:04, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

See literally one post above, all sources (including the AFC itself - see this at official tournament presentation) treats the winners of the previous tournament as the present AFC CL winners, we wont make two articles about this. Snowflake91 (talk) 21:08, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

But afc also mentioned this point on afc website.And recognizes the champions of the previous season as the Asian champions, not the tonnage champions of the Asian Champions League Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:18, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/afc-champions-league-the-drama-the-glory-22276 Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:24, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

See the site above Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:25, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

The AFC website can be the most reliable source in this case Chivasguadalajara1 (talk) 21:27, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Add to article

I believe it should be added to the article.

Medals (1967-2022)

This table is statistical. Since 2002–03 AFC Champions League there will be no bronze medal match and the losers of the semifinals will be considered third.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	12	7	10	29
2	Japan	8	4	7	19
3	Saudi Arabia	6	10	10	26
4	Iran	3	6	8	17
5	China	3	2	6	11
6	Israel	3	1	0	4
7	Qatar	2	1	6	9
8	Thailand	2	1	1	4
9	United Arab Emirates	1	3	3	7
10	Australia	1	1	0	2
11	Iraq	0	2	2	4
12	Malaysia	0	1	2	3
13	Oman	0	1	0	1
	Syria	0	1	0	1
15	Uzbekistan	0	0	5	5
16	Indonesia	0	0	2	2
17	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		41	41	64	146

No, because those are not Olympic Games and there are no medals for countries, and this table is already in the article in "Performances by nation" section, only winners and runners-up should be listed, not some fake "bronze medals". And according to what and who are the semifinalists considered as the bronze medalists? Snowflake91 (talk) 21:47, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

This table shows how many medals the clubs of each country have won. Instead of the table of medals, the title can be written as the performance of the countries.

This table is only statistical. It is used in athletics articles such as the Diamond League and European team competitions. While in reality a medal is not given. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MHcc20 (talk • contribs) 22:25, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Top 4

Who said the first to fourth teams should not be in the main article? Like the FIFA World Cup article? Why should they be in another article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup#Results

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Champions_League#Records_and_statistics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Club_Championship_and_AFC_Champions_League_finals

pt.wiki

https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_dos_Campe%C3%B5es_da_AFC#Campe%C3%B5es

It is clear that it is a matter of taste and there is no standard or law. The Portuguese article is correct and complete, but the English article is weak and lacks content. The results of the four semi-final teams are not in the main article, which means that it is not the most important part that it should be.

Stick to the Portuguese wiki then and don't read this weak and incomplete English article, and again the semifinal losers are NOT "bronze medalists", neither are they "third-placed teams", or at least provide an official AFC source that calls semifinal losers as "third place teams" or "bronze medalists". Snowflake91 (talk) 22:36, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Be aware of Iranian promotion/ads in the article

Since 2017, many IP/Users from Iran tried editing this article in many Wikipedia projects to promote their favorite teams. Usually Persepolis, Esteghlal and Tractor. If you saw any thing related to Iran adding to the article, check the sources, and check if it is important enough to be added? BTW, I'm not talking about women's rights in Iranian football. This section is important and should be on the article but don't let them add anything about little Iranian sides like Esteghlal/Persepolis. Thanks Mikeimi (talk) 18:14, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Broadcasters

Please add their broadcasting rights menu when this event is Aired on all Asian Broadcasters is same with Premier League broadcasters list menu on Wikipedia article. Andreazrns (talk) 01:56, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

AFC Champions League Elite

Hello,Articles related to club cups in Asia such as: Asia Champions League 2, Challenge League, etc. are available in English and other languages on Wikipedia, but there is no article with the title of AFC Champions League Elite, several attempts have been made to create but after some time it is linked to the AFC Asian Champions League and removed. These two are different and the need to create such an article on Wikipedia is felt as a football issue. Please, if anyone can guide or create an English page related to the AFC Champions League Elite do it, the tournament is close and there is still no English page related to it that provides complete information about the tournament to everyone. Thank you. MMMM97 (talk) 09:31, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

There won't be two different articles for the same but renamed competition, AFC Champions League will be simply renamed to AFC Champions League Elite after the final match will be played. Snowflake91 (talk) 09:39, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks to your response. MMMM97 (talk) 20:07, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

final match played...article still not changed by mentioned user... 93.140.199.156 (talk) 20:31, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Where did you get an idea that the competition will magically rebrand 5 minutes after the final was played? None of the sources are referring to the competition by "Al Ain won the AFC Elite" yet, so there is absolutely no need to change anything for now at least until the draw for the new season is actually made in a month or so, even the AFC itself did not change shit yet at their website and is still named AFC Champions League everywhere. Snowflake91 (talk) 21:05, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE)

Hi, I have a question. When AFC Champions League Elite page will create as AFC Champions League finished a few weeks ago and next season will begin by new name and construction soon and it need to create new page or at least change this page title and writes topics related to this on it. I think it is forgotten to pay it having such page not only to English but also to other languages. July2806 (talk) 11:04, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Do not move pages to some bullshit like "AFC Champions League Elite ACLE" just because the AFC Champions League Elite is already taken, you should have started a WP:RM, now go and fix the mess you've created yourself, the redirects needs to be deleted so the page can be moved back to AFC Champions League - or start a RM to move it to AFC Champions League Elite, without stupid "ACLE". Snowflake91 (talk) 11:29, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

https://sr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0#

For the record, subpage refusing to accept name/logo updates. 93.140.157.68 (talk) 15:05, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

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AFC Champions League → AFC Champions League Elite – New name of the competition for the upcoming 2024–25 season (1, 2, 3) Snowflake91 (talk) 14:45, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

It is the best and correct job thanks July2806 (talk) 08:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Support: Back to the name prior to the various page moves. Matilda Maniac (talk) 12:19, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

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