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East Bengal become first Indian club to reach AFC Women’s Champions League quarter-finals
East Bengal became the first Indian club to reach the AFC Women’s Champions League quarter-finals after the group stage.
The Kolkata team lost 2-0 to North Korea’s 4.25 SC on Saturday, November 7, but still advanced as one of the two best third-placed teams.
A 2-1 win over Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City WFC helped secure their place; East Bengal also lost 1-4 to South Korea’s Hwacheon KSPO.
The club had reached the group stage in the previous season but missed the quarter-finals on goal difference.
This is the first time an Indian club has reached the competition’s knockout stage, a milestone for Indian women’s club football.
The quarter-final draw is scheduled for December 3 in Kuala Lumpur.
East Bengal will be unseeded, and the quarter-finals are scheduled for March 27 and 28, 2027.
East Bengal became the first Indian club to reach the AFC Women’s Champions League quarter-finals.
The team qualified as one of the two best third-placed sides across the three groups.
East Bengal secured its place despite losing 0-2 to North Korea’s 4.25 SC on November 7.
A 2-1 win over Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City WFC proved crucial to the team’s qualification.
East Bengal missed the quarter-finals on goal difference in its debut campaign the previous season.
The quarter-final draw is scheduled for December 3 in Kuala Lumpur.
- Who
- East Bengal Women, an Indian football club.
- What
- They became the first Indian club to reach the AFC Women’s Champions League quarter-finals.
- When
- They secured qualification on Saturday, November 7, 2026.
- Where
- In Group B of the AFC Women’s Champions League; their final fixture was at Kishore Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
- Why
- A 2-1 win over Ho Chi Minh City WFC helped East Bengal finish among the two best third-placed teams across the three groups.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
East Bengal won its maiden Indian Women’s League title.
East Bengal reached the AFC Women’s Champions League group stage but missed the quarter-finals on goal difference.
East Bengal lost 0-2 to 4.25 SC but secured a quarter-final place.
The quarter-final draw is scheduled to take place at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
The quarter-finals are scheduled to be played.
- Qualification
- First Indian club to reach the AFC Women’s Champions League quarter-finals
- Final group match
- East Bengal 0-2 4.25 SC
- Group B points
- 4.25 SC: 9; Hwacheon KSPO: 6; East Bengal: 3
- Decisive win
- East Bengal 2-1 Ho Chi Minh City WFC
- Quarter-final draw
- December 3, AFC House, Kuala Lumpur
- Quarter-finals
- March 27-28, 2027