The winners, if eligible, would be assured a place in the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stage.
Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) are the two-time defending champions, having beaten Kuala Lumpur City in the last final.
[1] They retained the trophy after beating Selangor 6–1 in the final, and became the first team to win the competition in three successive seasons.
[2][3] The winner of the FA Cup earns automatic qualification to the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stages.
The FA Cup is a knockout competition with 16 teams taking part all trying to reach the final at Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 24 August 2024.
[8] Accordingly, if in a two-legged tie two teams scored the same number of aggregate goals, the winner of the tie would not be decided by the number of away goals scored by each team but always by 30 minutes of extra time, and if the two teams scored the same number of goals in extra time, the winner would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.