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Ho Chi Minh City Women: East Bengal FC were drawn alongside Kitchee SC (Hong Kong) and Phnom Penh Crown FC (Cambodia) in Group E of the AFC Women’s Champions League Preliminary Stage, following the draw conducted at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday.

East Bengal, the champions of the 2024-25 Indian Women’s League (IWL), will travel to Cambodia to play the Preliminary Stage, which will be held in a centralised round-robin format from August 25 to 31.

Nineteen clubs from across the continent will play the Preliminary Stage, which features five groups – four groups of four teams each, and one group consisting of three clubs.