If we were in eastern region, we would have got group stage.. 14th position mostly occupy 6th place in eastern region... Hong Kong got 1.. even earlier Vietnam... mostly it will be same as this year.. play off round for us..
If same slots are allocated, then it may not be possible... at max play off or as usual preliminary round...
Also Iraqi premier league might get AFC club licensing to participate in AFC Champions league from next season.. As Iraqi clubs are doing well in AFC Cup, there are very low chances for us to top them in AFC club ranking..
@Nagendra if BFC win or reaches final of AFC cup that will get as points then also some good performance by our NT will also get as points, which may help as to jump 1 or 2 places, they will use 2019 ranking for 2020 and 2021 tournament so if Iraq fails to get AFC license then we will get a group stage slot.
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http://www.the-afc.com/afc-ranking/latest
Footy rankings is updated one
https://footyrankings.com/afc-ranking/crank2018/
Is AFC planning to increase the slots in 2020...
If same slots are allocated, then it may not be possible... at max play off or as usual preliminary round...
Also Iraqi premier league might get AFC club licensing to participate in AFC Champions league from next season..
As Iraqi clubs are doing well in AFC Cup, there are very low chances for us to top them in AFC club ranking..