AFC Club Competitions Ranking
The AFC Club Competitions Ranking is a ranking system launched by the AFC in 2014.[1] The ranking is based on the results of teams participating in the last four years of the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup. The ranking is used for example to decide who plays who in the Champions League preliminary rounds. The AFC also publishes a club ranking, which currently only has informational value.
Format
| Round | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| AFC Champions League | AFC Cup | |
| Play-off participation | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Win in qualifying round | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Draw in qualifying round | 0.15 | 0.05 |
| Win in group stage | 3 | 2.5 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 2 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 1.67 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 1.43 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 1.25 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final) |
| Draw in group stage | 1 | 0.83 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.67 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.56 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.48 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.42 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final) |
| Knockout Stage participation | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Win in knockout stage | 3 | 2.5 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 2 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 1.67 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 1.43 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 1.25 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final) |
| Draw in knockout stage | 1 | 0.83 (For teams who play 4 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.67 (For teams who play 5 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.56 (For teams who play 6 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.48 (For teams who play 7 Matches from Group Stage to Final) 0.42 (For teams who play 8 Matches from Group Stage to Final) |
Calculation principle
The Club Competitions Ranking (former Member Association Ranking, or MA ranking) is used to rank associations and also used for seeding teams in the competitions. It is also used to allocate the number of entries and entry points to the competitions.[2] There are however many shifts each year with associations not meeting off field requirements.
The ranking consists of the total of points of member association's clubs over the past four year. The points of the leading team were made 100 points in percentage terms. All other associations are adjusted proportionally to the leading team.
Formula : total of real association points / total of real leading association points x 100% = points association in percentage
- example 1 : 40/50x100%=80 points in percentage
- example 2 :
Qatar's points in 2019 rank = 71.150
China's points in 2019 rank (the leading association) = 72.867
Qatar's points as a percentage of the leader : 71.150 / 72.867 x 100 = 97.644% (rounded to three decimal places)
Before 2017 rankings, matches in qualifying stage are not counted and country ranking is solely based on number of points divided by number of participating teams. The ranking consists of 70% club points and 30% FIFA points.
Until 2017 rankings, matches in qualifying stage are counted and added to a country's points. The ranking consists of 90% club points and 10% FIFA points.[3]
From 2019 rankings, matches in qualifying stage are counted and added to country's points. The ranking consists of 100% club points (national team's FIFA points no longer considered).
The club ranking is calculated as 20% association points plus the number of club points in Asian competitions in the last four years.
2021 Ranking
To be used for allocating slots in the 2023 season. The 2020 season did not award points for the ranking because of the cancellation of 2020 AFC Cup due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated on 24 November 2021 (not the finalised ranking for association slots in 2023)
| Ranking | Member Association | Club Points | 100% | ACL 2023 (GS+PO) |
AFC Cup 2023 (GS+PO) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | Mvmt | Region | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total | ||||
| 1 | 3 |  +2 | 1 (W) |  Saudi Arabia |
10.000 | 26.350 | 0.000 | 20.950 | 57.300 | 100.000 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | +4 | 1 (E) |  South Korea |
18.350 | 13.600 | 0.000 | 22.750 | 54.700 | 95.462 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 |  –1 | 2 (E) |  Japan |
13.850 | 21.800 | 0.000 | 17.875 | 53.525 | 93.412 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | +1 | 2 (W) |  Iran |
18.850 | 11.500 | 0.000 | 14.225 | 44.575 | 77.792 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | –1 | 3 (W) |  Qatar |
19.850 | 15.900 | 0.000 | 7.300 | 43.050 | 75.131 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | +4 | 4 (W) |  Uzbekistan |
9.400 | 9.000 | 0.000 | 18.671 | 37.071 | 64.696 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | –6 | 3 (E) |  China |
16.200 | 17.350 | 0.000 | 0.800 | 34.350 | 59.948 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 |  — | 5 (W) |  United Arab Emirates |
8.100 | 7.633 | 0.000 | 14.400 | 30.133 | 52.588 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | –2 | 4 (E) |  Thailand |
16.200 | 5.050 | 0.000 | 8.500 | 29.750 | 51.920 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | +2 | 6 (W) |  Jordan |
7.633 | 7.967 | 0.000 | 10.833 | 26.433 | 46.131 | 1+1 | 1+0 |
| 11 | 25 | +14 | 5 (E) |  Hong Kong |
3.300 | 3.650 | 0.000 | 16.500 | 23.450 | 40.925 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | 7 (W) |  Tajikistan |
4.433 | 3.000 | 0.000 | 13.952 | 21.386 | 37.323 | 1+0 | 1+1 |
| 13 | 9 | –4 | 8 (W) |  Iraq |
8.633 | 8.300 | 0.000 | 3.250 | 20.183 | 35.223 | 1+0 | 2+0 |
| 14 | 16 | +2 | 6 (E) |  Vietnam |
3.267 | 10.752 | 0.000 | 6.000 | 20.018 | 34.935 | 1+1 | 1+0 |
| 15 | 11 | –4 | 7 (E) |  North Korea |
7.433 | 11.067 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 18.500 | 32.286 | 1+0 | 1+1 |
| 16 | 15 | –1 | 9 (W) |  Turkmenistan |
7.583 | 5.267 | 0.000 | 3.119 | 15.969 | 27.869 | 1+0 | 1+1 |
| 17 | 19 | +2 | 10 (W) |  India |
4.417 | 3.217 | 0.000 | 6.856 | 14.489 | 25.286 | 1+0 | 1+1 |
| 18 | 21 | +3 | 11 (W) |  Lebanon |
3.933 | 6.933 | 0.000 | 2.667 | 13.533 | 23.618 | 0+1 | 2+0 |
| 19 | 14 | –5 | 8 (E) |  Philippines |
5.843 | 4.782 | 0.000 | 2.600 | 13.225 | 23.080 | 1+0 | 2+0 |
| 20 | 20 | — | 9 (E) |  Malaysia |
3.633 | 4.450 | 0.000 | 4.000 | 12.083 | 21.087 | 1+0 | 2+0 |
| 21 | 23 | +2 | 12 (W) |  Bangladesh |
1.433 | 6.933 | 0.000 | 2.778 | 11.144 | 19.449 | 0+1 | 1+1 |
| 22 | 33 | +11 | 13 (W) |  Kuwait |
0.000 | 3.433 | 0.000 | 7.056 | 10.489 | 18.305 | 0 | 2+0 |
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7.300 | 2.600 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 9.900 | 17.277 | 1+0 | 2+0 |
| 24 | 18 | –6 | 11 (E) |  Singapore |
5.617 | 4.133 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 9.750 | 17.016 | 0+1 | 1+1 |
| 25 | 27 | +2 | 14 (W) |  Bahrain |
1.633 | 2.500 | 0.000 | 3.583 | 7.717 | 16.812 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 26 | 24 | –2 | 12 (E) |  Indonesia |
4.100 | 5.045 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 9.145 | 15.960 | 0+1 | 1+1 |
| 27 | 22 | –5 | 15 (W) |  Syria |
2.000 | 3.133 | 0.000 | 1.778 | 6.911 | 12.061 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 28 | 28 | — | 13 (E) |  Myanmar |
4.062 | 1.600 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 5.662 | 9.881 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 29 | 26 | –3 | 16 (W) |  Maldives |
4.300 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 4.500 | 7.853 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 30 | 31 | +1 | 14 (E) |  Macau |
4.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 4.000 | 6.981 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 31 | 34 | +3 | 17 (W) |  Palestine |
0.150 | 2.967 | 0.000 | 0.833 | 3.950 | 6.894 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 32 | 32 | — | 18 (W) |  Kyrgyzstan |
0.150 | 2.433 | 0.000 | 0.833 | 3.417 | 5.963 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 33 | 30 | –3 | 15 (E) |  Cambodia |
2.250 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.250 | 5.672 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 34 | 29 | –5 | 19 (W) |  Oman |
1.583 | 1.433 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3.017 | 5.265 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 35 | 39 | +4 | 16 (E) |  Chinese Taipei |
0.000 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 2.000 | 2.333 | 4.072 | 0 | 1+1 |
| 36 | 35 | –1 | 20 (W) |  Nepal |
0.000 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.867 | 1.513 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 37 | 36 | –1 | 17 (E) |  Laos |
0.150 | 0.333 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.483 | 0.843 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 38 | 37 | –1 | 21 (W) |  Sri Lanka |
0.000 | 0.350 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.450 | 0.785 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 39 | 38 | –1 | 22 (W) |  Bhutan |
0.150 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.100 | 0.350 | 0.611 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 40 | 40 | — | 18 (E) |  Mongolia |
0.100 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.349 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 41 | — | 23 (W) |  Afghanistan |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 42 | +1 | 19 (E) |  Brunei |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 42 | +1 | 19 (E) |  Guam |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 42 | +1 | 19 (E) |  Northern Mariana Islands |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 42 | +1 | 23 (W) |  Pakistan |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 42 | +1 | 19 (E) |  Timor-Leste |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0+1 |
| 41 | 42 | +1 | 23 (W) |  Yemen |
0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 0+1 |
Club Ranking
A club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC.[4] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions.[5]
See also
- UEFA coefficient, a similar system used by UEFA
- CAF 5-Year Ranking, a similar system used by the Confederation of African Football
- CONMEBOL ranking of the Copa Libertadores, a similar system used by CONMEBOL (clubs only)
References
- "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- "Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017-2020" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
- "AFC MA Ranking Mechanics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
- "the-afc.com".
- "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
External links
- Ranking at the-afc.com
- Rankings at FootyRankings