2022 Chinese Champions League


The 2022 Chinese Champions League, officially known as the Wisense Life 2022 Chinese Football Association Member Association Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season since its establishment in 2002.
33 of the 50 member associations pre-elected 61 teams through leagues, cups or recommendations.
Following the 2021 season when Xinjiang PCC FA became new member association of the CFA and recommended club to enter the CMCL, this season, the new members, Federation of University Sports of China and Chinese Enterprise Sports Association also introduced 4 clubs to the CMCL.

Name Changes

According to CMCL's Format & Rules, the leagues organised by the member associations should be round-robin tournaments with more than 8 clubs, and at most 4 clubs are eligible to apply for CMCL. In fact, of the 57 teams, only 4 teams, Xiamen Lujian Tiancheng, Suzhou Deehero, Xinjiang Lingmengzhe, and Qingdao Great Star, fully complied with top 4 clubs in their leagues.
There are 7 teams, which were either competing in the city-level associations or directly recommended by them, then got the qualification of CMCL through the member associations.
Italic in the Position column means the qualificated competition fixtures is still uncompleted.
Football associationQualificated competitionSeasonPositionTeamCityHead Coach
Yunnan FACMCL202111stYuxi YukunYuxiShi Jun
Yunnan FAYunnan Province National Counties Social Tournament2021WinnersLijiang 07 UnitedLijiangHe Shijian
Yunnan FAYunnan Province National Counties Social Tournament20213rdLijiang YuanhengLijiang

Regional competitions

The draw for the regional competitions took place on 2 June 2022.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Group O

Group P

Elimination round

First leg

Second leg

Finals

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Promotion play-offs

First round

Second round

Final

First leg

Second leg