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India Demoted To Third-tier Challenge League As AFC Revises Slot Allocation For 2027-28
AFC Champions League Two: Indian football suffered another major continental setback after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) revised its slot allocation for the 2027-28 club competition cycle, pushing India down to the AFC Challenge League, which is the third tier of Asian club football.
The revised allocation, released by the AFC in its official slot allocation document for the 2027-28 season, confirms that Indian clubs will no longer enjoy a direct place in the AFC Champions League Two (ACL2), Asia’s second-tier competition. However, Indian football clubs will play in the second-tier AFC Champions League 2 in 2026-27.
India had earlier been allocated one direct and one playoff slot in ACL2 for the 2026-27 cycle, but the latest revision effectively demotes the country into the AFC Challenge League structure from the 2027-28 season.
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- 05 May 2026 10:06
