@EastBengalPride No. Not in present format of AFC cup. Since in West and Asean zones, clubs from same country drawn into different group, they can get more points and two clubs from same country can qualify for knock out stages. Which gives even more points.
We are at present ranked below iraq and syria in west zone. Both have above mentioned advantage . So forget about direct qualification to ACL as far as this format of AFC cup exists,unless some miracle happens and clubs from these two nations have couple of bad season ie non of the clubs from these countries enter knock out stage for two years and both clubs from us perform well in that time.
@mohammed_87hassan no. Iraq and syrian clubs also moved to west zone semifinals. Due to two clubs in diff groups and both qualifying to knock out, they can surpass india's points ( in case of our club wining afc cup) , by entering semifinals itself. You need two clubs in knock out which done the trick for Vietnam and Hong Kong.
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We are at present ranked below iraq and syria in west zone. Both have above mentioned advantage . So forget about direct qualification to ACL as far as this format of AFC cup exists,unless some miracle happens and clubs from these two nations have couple of bad season ie non of the clubs from these countries enter knock out stage for two years and both clubs from us perform well in that time.
Hope I am wrong.