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Ho Chi Minh City Women: East Bengal FC were placed alongside defending champions Wuhan Jiangda Women’s FC of China in Group B of the AFC Women’s Champions League Group Stage, following the draw conducted at the AFC House here on Thursday.

Twelve teams were divided into three groups for the second edition of the AFC Women's Champions League and will battle in a centralised league format between November 9 to 23.

East Bengal, the champions of the 2024-25 Indian Women’s League, qualified for the Group Stage in their maiden continental appearance after emerging as Group E toppers in the Preliminary Stage, ahead of Kitchee SC (Hong Kong) and Phnom Penh Crown FC (Cambodia), which was played in Cambodia last month.