The AFC Champions League Elite League 1/8 finals have been played, which means that the top 8 of the AFC Champions League have all been born, and the eight teams that have advanced will compete in Saudi Arabia from April 25 to May 4, 2025 in a centralized format and a single-legged knockout round to finally win the championship.

The top 8 of the AFC Champions League are as follows:

• West Asia Zone: Riyadh Victory, THAAD, Riyadh Crescent, Jeddah Nationals.
• East Asia: Yokohama Mariners, Buriram United, Gwangju FC, Kawasaki Frontale.

If it is divided by league,Saudi Arabia Super League 3 teams, Japan J League 2 teams, South Korea K League, Thai Super League, Qatar League 1 team each, the Chinese Super League was wiped out + fully backward.

The draw ceremony for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of the AFC Champions League Elite League will be held at the headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on the afternoon of March 17. After the new AFC Champions League format enters the top 8, it will disrupt the East Asia and West Asia divisions, and the East Asian teams will definitely play West Asian teams in the quarter-finals. The new season of the AFC Champions League is very exciting, but unfortunately there is no stage for the Chinese Super League team, and if they fall behind, they will be beaten, and the Chinese Super League team will become a weak team in the AFC Champions League. With the Chinese Super League teams wiped out in the AFC Champions League, the points of the Chinese Super League have been surpassed by the Thai Super League, which meansIn the 2026-27 season, the number of places in the AFC Champions League will be changed from 2+1+1 to 1+1+1, which means that the runners-up of the Chinese Super League will play in the play-offs of the AFC Champions League elite league in the future!