AFC Champions League Elite stands for the AFC Champions League Elite, the leading club tournament on the Asian continent, governed by the Asian Football Confederation. Its 2026-27 league stage takes in 32 clubs rather than the previous 24 and sorts them into two 16-club leagues, West Region on one side and East Region on the other. A club faces eight different opponents drawn from its own region, hosting four and travelling four times, and is kept apart from any club of the same national association.
The top eight in the West Region table and the top eight in the East Region table go through to the round of 16, a two-legged round that never crosses the regional border: 1st meets 8th, 2nd meets 7th, 3rd meets 6th, 4th meets 5th, and the club ranked lower plays the first leg at home. The eight winners then head for Saudi Arabia and a centralised Finals, where a draw pairs a West club with an East club in each of the four quarter-finals, followed by two semi-finals and the final, every tie decided in a single match. The league stage was launched on 14-15 September 2026 and closes in mid-February 2027, the round of 16 falls in March 2027, and the Finals run from 23 April 2027 to the final on 1 May 2027. On a match page of this competition the blocks appear in a set order, 1X2, 1X2 (2UP), Double chance, Both teams to score and 1X2 + Each team to score, below the search-by-market field, while the fixture list tags every game with its round, Round 4 or Round 5 for instance.
Stage | West, East or both |
|---|---|
League stage | Each region apart: 16 clubs, eight games per club |
Round of 16 | Still inside the region, home and away, March 2027 |
Quarter-finals | First West v East meeting, pairings by draw |
Semi-finals | One match each, in Saudi Arabia |
Final | One match, 1 May 2027 |
AFC Champions League Elite fixtures scroll through pre-match with their date and round; under each one, the W1, draw and W2 prices give the first reading. The match page then opens Over and Under totals, double chance and goals for both sides.
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