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 1
Draw in group stage 1 0.33
Knockout Stage participation 3 1
Win in knockout stage 3 1.6 (All)
0.89 (ASEAN)
Draw in knockout stage 1 0.53 (All)
0.3 (ASEAN)

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 point in 2019 rank = 71.150

China's point in 2019 rank(the leading associations) = 72.867

Qatar's point in percentage : 71.150/72.867x100=97.643652133 or 97.644%

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 is consisted of 70% club points and 30% FIFA points.

Until 2017 rankings, matches in qualifying stage are counted and added to country’s points. The ranking is consisted 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 is consisted 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.

2019 Ranking

Used for allocating slots in 2021 and 2022 seasons.[4] The 2020 season did not award points for the ranking because of the cancellation of tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Published on 24 November 2019

Ranking Member Association Club Points 100%
2019 2018Mvmt 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total
1 2 +1 China 14.750 24.567 16.200 17.350 72.867 100.000
2 1 -1 Qatar 22.000 13.400 19.850 15.900 71.150 97.644
3 5 +2 Japan 10.500 21.850 13.850 21.800 68.000 93.321
4 7 +3 Saudi Arabia 9.500 18.600 10.000 26.350 64.450 88.449
5 3 -2 South Korea 20.750 9.950 18.350 13.600 62.650 85.430
6 6 - Iran 13.000 16.200 18.850 11.500 59.550 81.724
7 4 -3 United Arab Emirates 18.000 11.350 8.100 7.633 45.083 61.870
8 8 — Thailand 1.000 15.050 16.200 5.050 37.300 51.189
9 10 +1 Iraq 9.833 8.933 8.633 8.300 35.700 48.993
10 11 +1 Uzbekistan 9.750 5.050 9.400 9.000 33.200 45.562
11 9 -2 Australia 14.000 5.900 7.300 2.600 29.800 40.896
12 15 +3 Jordan 4.167 4.900 7.633 7.967 24.667 33.580
13 17 +4 Philippines 4.667 8.120 5.843 4.782 23.412 32.130
14 25 +11 North Korea 0 3.433 7.433 11.067 21.933 30.100
15 14 -1 India 7.667 6.250 4.417 3.217 21.550 29.574
16 21 +5 Vietnam 4.000 2.800 3.267 10.752 20.818 28.570
17 12 -5 Tajikistan 0.333 12.900 4.433 3.000 20.667 28.363
18 13 -5 Malaysia 7.167 4.395 3.633 4.450 19.645 26.960
19 20 +1 Singapore 4.500 5.138 5.617 4.133 19.338 26.539
20 19 -1 Turkmenistan 2.000 4.483 7.583 5.267 19.333 26.532
21 23 +2 Lebanon 6.333 0.833 3.933 6.933 18.033 24.738
22 16 -6 Syria 5.333 5.933 2.000 3.133 16.400 22.507
23 18 -5 Hong Kong 5.833 1.750 3.300 3.650 14.533 19.945
24 22 -2 Bahrain 5.333 3.467 1.633 2.500 12.933 17.749
25 33 +8 Bangladesh 1.000 1.333 1.433 6.933 10.700 14.684
26 24 -2 Maldives 1.333 4.300 4.300 0 9.933 13.632
27 26 -1 Myanmar 2.333 1.300 4.062 1.600 9.295 12.756
28 27 -1 Indonesia 0 0 4.100 5.045 9.145 12.550
29 29 — Oman 1.000 2.200 1.583 1.433 6.217 8.532
30 30 - Palestine 2.000 0.200 0.150 2.967 5.317 7.297
31 31 - Cambodia 0 1.683 2.250 1.000 4.933 6.770
32 32 - Macau 0 0 4.000 0 4.000 5.489
33 34 +1 Kyrgyzstan 0 1.400 0.150 2.433 3.983 5.466
34 28 -6 Kuwait 0 0 0 3.433 3.433 4.711
35 35 — Laos 1.000 0.150 0.150 0.333 1.633 2.241
36 39 +3 Nepal 0 0 0 0.667 0.667 0.915
37 43 +6 Sri Lanka 0 0.100 0 0.350 0.450 0.618
38 40 +2 Bhutan 0 0.150 0.150 0.100 0.400 0.549
39 36 -3 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.457
40 41 +1 Mongolia 0 0 0.100 0.100 0.200 0.306
41 38 -3 Afghanistan 0 0.150 0 0 0.150 0.274
42 37 -5 Yemen 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000
42 46 +4 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000
42 44 +2 Brunei 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000
42 45 +3 Timor-Leste 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000
42 42 — Guam 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000

Club Ranking

A club ranking was introduced in 2014 by the AFC.[5] It was an informative ranking and not used to seed clubs in the club competitions.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Al Hilal lead the way as AFC announces Club Ranking system". www.the-afc.com. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  2. "Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017-2020" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  3. "AFC MA Ranking Mechanics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
  4. http://www.fas.org.sg/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Encl-3-Slot-Allocation-ACL-20212022.pdf
  5. http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/latest/news/al-hilal-lead-the-way-as-afc-announces-club-ranking-system-22414
  6. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
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