| Tourney Name: | AFC Champions League Two |
| Year: | 2025–26 |
| Num Teams: | Competition proper: 32 |
| Associations: | 24 |
| Prevseason: | 2024–25 |
| Nextseason: | 2026–27 |
The 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two will be the 22nd edition of the Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the second under the AFC Champions League Two title.[1] [2] It will feature 32 teams in the group stage.[3] The winner will be given an indirect preliminary stage slot for the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite, if they have not already qualified through their domestic performance.
The associations are allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking which was published after the 2023–24 competitions were completed.[4] [5]
| bgcolor=#f7f8ff colspan=2 | Participation for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#90ee77 width=20 | Participating | ||
| bgcolor=#ffcccc width=20 | Not participating |
| +West Region (4 groups) | |||||
| Rank | Member Association | Points | Slots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Play-off | ||||
| --> | |||||
| — | — | 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | — | 1 or 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 103.148 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4 | 74.873 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 5 | 70.330 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 6 | 68.640 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 9 | 47.259 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 10 | 37.118 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 13 | 30.403 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 16 | 23.368 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | 17 | 22.806 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 18 | 22.493 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | 19 | 20.217 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 20 | 20.048 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | Participating associations: 12 | 11–12 | 6 | ||
| 5--> | |||||
| 17–18 | |||||
| +East Region (4 groups) | |||||
| Rank | Member Association | Points | Slots | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Play-off | ||||
| --> | |||||
| — | — | 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | — | 1 or 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 96.999 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | 93.600 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 7 | 57.764 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 8 | 49.546 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 11 | 34.703 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 12 | 31.331 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 14 | 28.657 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 15 | 26.888 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | 23 | 17.350 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 25 | 16.230 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | 28 | 14.816 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | 29 | 13.923 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | Participating associations: 12 | 11–12 | 6 | ||
| 6--> | |||||
| 17–18 | |||||
The number of appearances and last appearance include the AFC Cup as the predecessor of the AFC Champions League Two.
| width=25% | Team | width=60% | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | |||
| 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | |||
| 2024–25 Saudi Pro League third place | |||
| 2024–25 UAE Pro League third place | |||
| 2024–25 Qatar Stars League third place | |||
| 2024–25 Hazfi Cup winners | |||
| FK Andijon | 2024 Uzbekistan Cup winners | ||
| 2024–25 Iraq FA Cup winners | |||
 | 2024–25 Jordanian Pro League champions | ||
| 2024–25 Bahraini Premier League champions | |||
| 2024–25 Indian Super League premiers | |||
| Istiklol | 2024 Tajikistan Higher League Champions[6] |
| width=25% | Team | width=60% | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 Jordan FA Cup winners | |||
| 2024–25 Bahrain FA Cup winners | |||
| 2025 Indian Super Cup winners | |||
| Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda | 2024 Tajikistan Cup winners | ||
| 2024 Ýokary Liga champions | |||
| 2024–25 Oman Professional League champions |
| width=25% | Team | width=60% | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | |||
| 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite qualifying round losers | |||
| 2024 J1 League fourth place | |||
| Pohang Steelers | 2024 Korean FA Cup winners | ||
| Beijing Guoan | 2024 Chinese Super League fourth place | ||
| 2024–25 Thai League 1 runners-up | |||
| Macarthur FC | 2024 Australia Cup winners | ||
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2024 Malaysia FA Cup winners | ||
| 2024–25 V.League 1 champions | |||
| 2024–25 Hong Kong Premier League champions | |||
| 2024–25 Singapore Premier League champions | |||
| 2024–25 Philippines Football League champions |
| width=25% | Team | width=60% | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 Vietnamese Cup winners | |||
| 2024–25 Hong Kong FA Cup winners | |||
| 2024–25 Singapore Cup winners | |||
| 2024 Copa Paulino Alcantara winners | |||
| 2024–25 Liga 1 champions | |||
| 2024–25 DPR Korea Premier Football League champions |
| width=25% | Team | width=60% | Qualifying method | width=16% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 AFC Challenge League winners |