The 2019 Asian Cup saw for the first time 24 teams competing for the biggest international prize in the continent and seeing the many positives that came with that expansion, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has earmarked the same to be done to their club competitions.
Improvements shown by the likes of Vietnam and Philippines seemed to have paved the way for AFC to believe an expansion to their existing AFC Champions League (ACL) and AFC Cup formats must be done. AFC general secretary Dato Windsor John is a firm believer that this latest development with set to benefit respective countries from a quality and facility standpoint.