2024 SAFF Club Championship


2024 SAFF Club Championship


The 2024 SAFF Club Championship or the 2024 SCC will be the inaugural edition of the SAFF Club Championship, an annual international men's club football championship of South Asia organised by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).

Format

Initially, a centralized venue was planned for the tournament. Eventually, a home-and-away format over six or seven months was finalized as the AIFF expressed reservations over allotting two weeks during the regular Indian football calendar.

Association team allocation

A total of 8 teams from 7 SAFF member associations are set to participate in the 2024 SAFF Club Championship. The association ranking based on the FIFA World Ranking is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association. This will include two teams from India and one team from Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Qualification

Pakistan

In December 2023, it was announced by the PFF that the Pakistani spot in 2024 SAFF Club Championship would be decided through qualifiers. However, none of the clubs have yet confirmed their participation.

Sri Lanka

Football Sri Lanka named Blue Star to represent Sri Lanka as the club were the champions of the sole Sri Lanka Super League held in 2021.

India

Two teams that finish the highest in the 2023–24 Indian Super League and have not qualified for 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two or 2024–25 AFC Challenge League will represent India.

Bangladesh

Maldives

Teams and locations

The following teams will participate in the tournament:

Bracket

The matches will be played in home and away knockout format.

Brackets

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

See also

  • 2024–25 ASEAN Club Championship

References


Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: 2024 SAFF Club Championship by Wikipedia (Historical)



 


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