Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club gets direct entry to the group stage of "Asian Cup C1" next season

VHO - At the 2025/26 Asian Women's Club Championship - a playground likened to the "Asian Champions League", the only representative of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club, will go straight to the group stage thanks to their achievement of reaching the semi-finals in the 2024/25 season.

Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club gets direct entry to the group stage next season

Accordingly, Ho Chi Minh City Women's Club, along with the teams in the top 7 clubs with the highest achievements in the 2024/25 AFC Women's Club season, including Melbourne City Club (Australia), Suwon FC Women Club (Korea), Tokyo Verdy Beleza Club (Japan), defending champion Wuhan Jiangda Women (China) and Bam Khatoon Club (Iran), will not participate in the preliminary round.

The above teams, along with an undetermined representative from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be the teams participating in the 2025/26 AFC Women's Club Championship from the group stage along with the five best teams in the preliminary round.

The 2025/26 season marks a significant expansion as the number of participating clubs increases from 21 (first season) to 26, of which 19 will start from the Preliminary Round.

Five clubs representing each country are participating in the continental competition for the first time: Cambodia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Guam, the Kyrgyz Republic and Mongolia.

At the preliminary round draw ceremony held on the afternoon of July 3, 19 teams were divided into 5 groups, including 4 groups of 4 teams and 1 group of 3 teams.

The preliminary round matches will take place in a centralized tournament format from August 23 to 31, with the 5 teams with the best results qualifying for the Group Stage.

Following the conclusion of the preliminary round, a draw will be held in September 2025 for the 12 clubs that have qualified for the 2025/26 AFC Women's Club Championship group stage, which is expected to kick off in November.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/clb-nu-tphcm-duoc-vao-thang-vong-bang-cup-c1-chau-a-mua-toi-149026.html