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On August 16, Beijing time, the AFC Champions League draw ceremony was held, and the draw results of the Taishan team were officially released. Considering the opponents and home and away games, it was a very good draw.

The new season of the AFC Champions League has undergone a major restructuring, divided into the AFC Elite League and the AFC Second League. A total of 24 teams participated in the Elite League, with 12 teams in the East and West Asia regions respectively. The competition no longer uses the original traditional group stage format, but is changed to a league format. Each team plays 8 games, 4 home and 4 away. The home and away games are determined by random draws. The top 8 teams in each group break out of the group and enter the next knockout round.

Compared with previous years, the prize money of this season's AFC Champions League Elite League has also increased significantly. The minimum prize money for each game in the group stage is 100,000 US dollars, and it will be more after entering the knockout stage, which is also a good incentive for each team. According to the lottery rules, teams from the same association will avoid each other. Taishan will not meet Haigang and Shenhua in the first stage. The four teams in the second tier except Shenhua will play against each other. The only suspense is which four of the five teams in the first tier will meet Taishan.