Article source: Daily News
The AFC Champions League group stage is not over yet, but for the Guangzhou team and the Beijing Guoan team, because they have already left the game early, the subsequent game has become an uncomfortable cutscene. Although this season’s AFC Super League teams are all youth echelons, the inability to qualify for the group is long foreseen by the outside world, but the “annihilation of the army” is faceless after all, especially in the past ten years, this situation has not occurred. , The last time “no promotion at all” was in 2009.
Previously, people in the circle estimated that the results of the AFC Champions League in the 2021 season may be included in the technical scores of the various leagues in the AFC, which will affect the subsequent AFC quota allocation. At present, the AFC Champions League quotas for the Chinese Super League and the Japanese J-League are 3+1, and the Korean K-League is 2+2. This year, the AFC implemented an expansion of the participating teams in the AFC. There are as many as 20 East Asian teams entering the group stage. Compared with the previous four places, they were directly allocated to Southeast Asian teams. Based on the performance of the Super League teams this year and the retiring of all Australian teams, it is possible that the number of seats for the Super League teams will be reduced to 2+2, the Korean K-League team regained the 3+1 quota, and if the number of Australian participating teams is reduced, there is a high probability that they will become the Thai league team.
In fact, since the AFC fully restructured the AFC Champions League in 2009 and added bonuses, the “returns” of participating in the AFC Champions League have been steadily increasing. The 2009 season’s championship bonus was only US$1 million. The AFC had planned to increase the AFC Champions’ bonus to US$10 million this year. Of course, the bonuses for other rankings have also risen. Once it is achieved, the AFC Champions League’s rewards will be, At the level of intercontinental club competitions, it will be second only to the Champions League. In addition to ranking awards, the AFC Champions League also has group match win awards, away participation subsidies, etc. Theoretically speaking, a chance to play in the AFC is not “losing money” for the club. However, considering various factors, the current It is true that the Chinese Super League teams’ willingness to participate is very low. The future is not only a question of how the AFC treats the Chinese Super League teams, but also how the Chinese Super League teams treat the AFC.Return to Sohu to see more
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