The following criteria for participation in the AFC Champions League were proposed by the AFC in July 2012: The member association (MA) has to acquire a minimum number of 600 points out of a possible 1000 according to the AFC evaluating system to qualify for participation.
Kriteria berikut untuk partisipasi di Liga Champions AFC 2013 telah diajukan oleh AFC: Asosiasi Anggota (AA) harus memenuhi syarat minimum 600 poin dari kemungkinan maksimum 1000 poin menurut sistem evaluasi AFC untuk dapat berpartisipasi.