The schedule of the competition was as follows. In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the championship stage. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:  In the championship stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule would be used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg. The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results in the group stage. The bracket of the championship stage was determined by the seeding as follows: