2023–24 AFC Cup
The 2023–24 AFC Cup will be the 20th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This is the first ever AFC Cup season to have a two-year (autumn-to-spring) schedule instead of an all-year-round (spring-to-autumn) schedule. The winners of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League, entering the qualifying play-offs, if they have not qualified through their domestic performance. Association team allocation. The 47 AFC member associations are ranked based on their club's performance  over the last four years in AFC competitions (their national team's FIFA World Rankings are no longer considered). The slots are allocated by the following criteria according to the Entry Manual: Reallocation of Regions Association ranking. For the 2023–24 AFC Cup, the associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published on 24 November 2021, which takes into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup in 2018, 2019 and 2021. Teams. Teams in "italics" will play in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, and will play in the AFC  Cup group stage if they fail to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage. Should they advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, they will not play in the AFC Cup, and will be replaced by the standby team from their association if such team is available. Note: Only teams assured of a place (including standby teams) are displayed.