There are several rounds in the AFC Champions League group stage
The AFC Champions League is divided into two stages: group stage and knockout stage, the participating teams are divided into East Asia and West Asia, each region has 5 groups, each group has 4 teams, and the teams play a home-and-away round-robin match, that is, a team in the group stage has to play 6 games, that is, there are 6 rounds. The first place in the group is definitely qualified, and the second place in the group is pending.
For example, Shandong Taishan are still competing in the 2023-24 AFC Champions League, they have already qualified from the group, and they have also advanced to the first round of the knockout round, and will compete with Yokohama Mariners for a place in the East Asian semi-finals on the 6th of this month (the 12th is the second leg).
At that time, Shandong Taishan team was divided into Group G of the East Asian zone in the group stage, and the opponents in the group at that time were: Yokohama Mariner (Japan), Kaya FC (Philippines), and Incheon United (South Korea). In the group stage, Shandong Taishan team defeated Kaya FC (Philippines) and Incheon United (South Korea), but was also beaten by Yokohama Mariner (Japan), with 4 wins and 2 losses in 6 group games, 12 points, and 2nd place in the group.
In the knockout round of the East Asian zone 8-in-4, he met the Kawasaki Frontale, and eliminated the opponent 6-5 in the two legs to advance to the top 4 of the East Asian zone. In 4 into 2 is the opponent in the game is Yokohama Mariner (Japan), although the group stage was killed by its double, but the Yokohama Mariner team has changed a lot, the head coach has changed, the main force has also changed several, Shandong Taishan team is not a remnant of the game, one in and one out of the strength of the change, so that fans are optimistic that Shandong Taishan team can continue to advance.