AFC Challenge League
The knockout stage will kick off in March with the quarter-finals, with the final scheduled for May, 2025.
The teams were divided into five groups - three in the West Zone and two in the East with the matches held at centralised venues.
#ChallengeLeague | Group A: East Bengal (IND) 3-2 Nejmeh SC (LBN)
India's East Bengal were the Group A winners with seven points, finishing one ahead of Lebanon's Nejmeh SC who missed out on a spot in the quarter-finals.
#ChallengeLeague | Group B: Al Arabi SC (KUW) 3-2 FC Arkadag (TKM)
Turkmenistan's FC Arkadag won Group B ahead of Kuwait's Al Arabi, with both finishing on six points.
Both, however, advanced with Al Arabi going through as the best second-placed team across the three West Zone groups.
#ChallengeLeague | Group C: Al Seeb Club (OMA) 3-0 Hilal Alquds (PLE)
Oman's Al Seeb Club, the AFC Cup™ 2022 champions, were peerless in Group C with a perfect record of nine points seeing them finish seven clear of the other three sides.
The teams advancing to the quarter-finals from the East Zone were Group D winners Shan United FC of Myanmar and runners-up Tainan City FC of Chinese Taipei while Indonesia's Madura United topped Group E ahead of Cambodia's Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC.
#ChallengeLeague | Group D: Shan United FC (MYA) 2-2 Tainan City FC (TPE)
Shan United topped Group D ahead of Tainan City on goal difference with both teams tied on four points.
Madura United won Group E with four points, with Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng one behind.
#ChallengeLeague | Group E: Madura United (IDN) 2-1 Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng (CAM)
The two-leg quarter-finals - scheduled to be played between March 5 and 13, 2025 - will see Al Arabi facing Al Seeb while East Bengal meet FC Arkadag.
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng will square off against Shan United while Tainan City FC will play Madura United.
The semi-finals are scheduled for April 9 to 17 with the final on May 10, 2025.
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