IFCF Challengers Cup 7|
| Dates | Qualifying:
2021
Competition proper:
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| Teams | Competition proper: 48
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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
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Teams entering in this round
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Teams advancing from previous round
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Teams transferred from Champions’ League
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Extra preliminary round
(132 teams)
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- 17 top seeds from unranked associations
- 54 second seeds from associations 41-137 & unranked associations
- 61 third seeds from associations 33-137 & unranked associations
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First preliminary round
(148 teams)
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- 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
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- 66 winners from extra preliminary round
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Second preliminary round
(110 teams)
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- 8 third seeds from associations 5-12
- 1 top seed from association 33
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- 74 winners from first preliminary round
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- 27 losers from Champions League first preliminary round (Champions Path)
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Third preliminary round
(112 teams)
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- 4 third seeds from associations 1-4
- 8 second seeds from associations 5-12
- 16 top seeds from associations 13-32
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- 55 winners from second preliminary round
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- 17 losers from Champions League second preliminary round (Champions Path)
- 12 losers from Champions League second preliminary round (Non-champions Path)
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Playoff round
(84 teams)
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- 56 winners from third preliminary round
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- 16 losers from Champions League third preliminary round (Champions Path)
- 12 losers from Champions League third preliminary round (Non-champions Path)
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Qualifying round
(48 teams)
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- 42 winners from playoff round
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- 6 losers from Champions League playoff round (Non-champions Path)
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Group Stage
(48 teams)
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- 12 top seeds from associations 1-12
- 4 second seeds from associations 1-4
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- 24 winners from playoff round
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- 8 losers from Champions League playoff round (Champions Path)
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Round of 32
(32 teams)
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- 12 group winners from group stage
- 12 group runners-up from group stage
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- 8 third-placed teams from Champions League Group Stage
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