Challengers Cup 7

IFCF Challengers Cup 7

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 2021 Competition proper:
Teams	Competition proper: 48 Total:

Challengers Cup 7 was the 7th season of the world club football championship organized by the IFCF.

Association team allocation

Associations are allowed to submit 3 teams for the competition.

Distribution

The following was the access list for this season:

Access list for IFCF Challengers Cup 7

			Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round	Teams transferred from Champions’ League
Extra preliminary round (132 teams)			17 top seeds from unranked associations 54 second seeds from associations 41-137 & unranked associations 61 third seeds from associations 33-137 & unranked associations
First preliminary round (148 teams)			43 top seeds from associations 34-137 23 second seeds from associations 13-39 14 third seeds from associations 13-32 2 fourth seeds from association 7, 27	66 winners from extra preliminary round
Second preliminary round (110 teams)			8 third seeds from associations 5-12 1 top seed from association 33	74 winners from first preliminary round	27 losers from Champions League first preliminary round (Champions Path)
Third preliminary round (112 teams)			4 third seeds from associations 1-4 8 second seeds from associations 5-12 16 top seeds from associations 13-32	55 winners from second preliminary round	17 losers from Champions League second preliminary round (Champions Path) 12 losers from Champions League second preliminary round (Non-champions Path)
Playoff round (84 teams)				56 winners from third preliminary round	16 losers from Champions League third preliminary round (Champions Path) 12 losers from Champions League third preliminary round (Non-champions Path)
Qualifying round (48 teams)				42 winners from playoff round	6 losers from Champions League playoff round (Non-champions Path)
Group Stage (48 teams)			12 top seeds from associations 1-12 4 second seeds from associations 1-4	24 winners from playoff round	8 losers from Champions League playoff round (Champions Path)
Round of 32 (32 teams)				12 group winners from group stage 12 group runners-up from group stage	8 third-placed teams from Champions League Group Stage