According to reporter Ma Dexing, Iran's Perspolis and Estegral teams were revoked by the AFC AFC AFC To participate in the AFC Champions League for the new season, and Iran's "3+1" seats were directly changed to 2, while Qatar directly won 4 group stage seats.
Every year, the AFC's independent qualification authority will review the qualifications of the AFC Champions League teams, and the Iranian duo of Perspolis and Estegral will not be able to grant the AFC Champions League entry permit because they "fail to meet all the mandatory rules and conditions". The two clubs, which were originally part of the Iranian government's Ministry of Sport and Youth, were allegedly required to convert the owners of the clubs into companies and get out of government control at the request of the Iranian government, but failed to complete them before the AFC time due to slow work or too late start. There are also issues such as debt.
Persepolis was the Iranian league winner last season, while Estegral was third in the Iranian league last season. Iran has only two seats left in the AFC Champions League this year, namely last season's league runner-up Sephahan and FA Cup winner Vlad.
Since Estegral was supposed to play in the play-offs against Qatar Galafa, after the Egyptian team failed, the Galafa team will directly advance to the group stage. As a result, Qatar's original seat was "3+1", and with the direct promotion of the Galafa team, the seat in this year's AFC Champions League became 4 seats.
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