| Competition: | Chinese Champions League |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Dates: | 18 June – 20 November 2022 |
| Winners: | Yuxi Yukun |
| Promoted: | Yuxi Yukun Chongqing Tongliangloong Guangxi Lanhang Dalian Duxing |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
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.
According to CMCL's Format & Rules,[1] 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 (excludes 4 teams that entered the CMCL Finals last season), 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 (Fujian FA, Shandong FA and Anhui FA).
Italic in the Position column means the qualificated competition fixtures is still uncompleted.
| Football association | Qualificated competition | Season | Position | Team[2] | City | Head Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yunnan FA | CMCL | 2021 | 11st | Yuxi Yukun | Yuxi | Shi Jun | |
| Yunnan Province National Counties Social Tournament | 2021 [3] | Winners | Lijiang 07 United | Lijiang | He Shijian | ||
| 3rd | Lijiang Yuanheng | Lijiang |  Dragan Stančić | ||||
| Sichuan FA | CMCL | 2021 | 14th | Sichuan Tianfu | Chengdu | Liu Wentao | |
| Gansu FA | CMCL | 2021 | 15th | Jingchuan Wenhui | Jingchuan | Yin Youyou | |
| Xi'an FA | CMCL | 2021 | 16th | Xi'an Ronghai | Xi'an | Tan Baiqiang | |
| Guangxi FA | Guangxi Clubs Championship League | 2022 [4] | 1st | Guangxi Lanhang | Laibin | Xie Yuxin | |
| 2nd | Guangxi Hengchen | Nanning | Wang Jun | ||||
| 3rd | Guangxi Yong City | Nanning | Wang Zhenchuang | ||||
| Guangxi Super League | 2021 [5] | 3rd | Liuzhou Ranko | Liuzhou | Yang Ke | ||
| Fujian FA | Fuzhou National Fitness Amateur League One (Fuzhou FA) | 2021 [6] | 1st | Fuzhou Hengxing | Fuzhou | Fan Wenlong | |
| recommendation (Fuzhou FA) | – | – | Fuzhou Changle Jingangtui | Fuzhou | Guo Yabin | ||
| Quanzhou Super League (Quanzhou FA) | 2021 [7] | 2nd | Fujian Quanzhou Qinggong | Quanzhou | Zhao Wanli | ||
| Xiamen FA | Xiamen FA Super League | 2021 [8] | 2nd | Xiamen Lujian Tiancheng | Xiamen | Shen Jinglong | |
| Guangdong FA | Guangdong FA Super League | 2021 [9] | 1st | Guangdong Red Treasure | Guangzhou | Wu Wenbing | |
| Shanghai FA | Shanghai FA Super League Group A | 2021 [10] | 1st | Shanghai Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Flying Lion | Shanghai | Huang Yi | |
| 3rd | Shanghai Luckystar | Shanghai | Chi Jianfeng | ||||
| 5th | Shanghai Huazheng | Shanghai | Wu Changqi | ||||
| 6th | Shanghai Tongji | Shanghai | Xu Lei | ||||
| Jiangsu FA | Jiangsu FA Champions League | 2021 [11] | 2nd | Suzhou Deehero | Suzhou | Zhao Libin | |
| Nanjing FA | Nanjing FA Super League | 2022 [12] | 1st | Nanjing Tehu | Nanjing | Tang Bo | |
| Jiangxi FA | Jiangxi FA Super League | 2021 [13] | 2nd | Jiujiang LY | Jiujiang | Ren Xin | |
| Zhejiang FA | Zhejiang Super League Division A | 2021 [14] | 1st | Hangzhou Qiantang | Hangzhou | Gu Zhongqing | |
| Ningxia FA | Ningxia FA Super League | 2021 [15] | 2nd | Yinchuan Sanyuan | Yinchuan | Zhai Nan | |
| 3rd | Shizuishan Hengxing | Shizuishan | Men Wenfeng | ||||
| Xinjiang FA | Xinjiang FA Champions League | 2021 [16] | 2nd | Xinjiang Lingmengzhe | Ürümqi |  Quim | |
| Tianjin FA | Tianjin FA Super League | 2022 [17] | 2nd | Tianjin Fusheng | Tianjin | Gao Qiming | |
| 3rd | Tianjin Yiteng Haitian Xinmei Zhicai | Tianjin | Dong Peng | ||||
| 4th | Tianjin Shengde | Tianjin | Liu Bing | ||||
| 5th | Tianjin Hopeful | Tianjin | Shi Meng | ||||
| Hubei FA | Hubei Public League | 2021–22 [18] | Finals | Hubei Wuhan Athletics Zaiming | Wuhan | Zhao Peng | |
| Changchun FA | Changchun Amateur League | 2021 [19] | Group stage | Changchun Shenhua | Changchun | Cao Tianbao | |
| recommendation | – | – | Changchun Xidu | Changchun | Cheng Yuqi | ||
| Changchun Golden Kirin | Changchun | Du Xianchao | |||||
| Liaoning FA | Liaoning Cities Super League | 2021 [20] | 2nd | Yingkou Chaoyue | Yingkou | Ma Kai | |
| 4th | Anshan Feiyang | Anshan | Aleksandar Dončić | ||||
| recommendation | – | – | Liaoning Leading | Benxi | Sun Jiasen | ||
| Qingdao FA | Qingdao City Super League | 2021 [21] | 2nd | Qingdao Great Star | Qingdao | Chen Jidong | |
| Yanbian FA | Yanbian Amateur League | 2021 | 1st | Yanbian Sports School | Yanbian | Cui Guangri | |
| Shandong FA | Rizhao Championship League (Rizhao FA) | 2021 [22] | 1st | Rizhao Yuqi | Rizhao | Yan Tengfei | |
| Weifang Super Tournament (Weifang FA) | 2021 [23] | Runners-up | Shandong Yitong | Weifang | Li Xingcan | ||
| recommendation (Linyi FA) | – | – | Linyi Red Arrow | Linyi | Liu Yu | ||
| Guizhou FA | Guizhou Amateur Championship | 2022 [24] | Runners-up | Guizhou GOU | Guiyang | Jiang Baihong | |
| Dalian FA | CMCL Dalian Qualification | 2022 | unknown | Dalian Duxing | Dalian | Li Guoxu | |
| unknown | Dalian Jinshiwan | Dalian | Liu Yujian | ||||
| recommendation | – | – | Dalian LFTZ Huayi | Dalian | Yu Ming | ||
| Shaanxi FA | recommendation | – | – | Xi'an Yilian | Xi'an | Huang Qixiang | |
| Anhui FA | recommendation (Hefei FA) | – | – | Hefei City | Hefei | Huang Chong | |
| Xinjiang PCC FA | recommendation | – | – | Xinjiang Alar 359 | Aral |  Ihor Heraskin | |
| Hebei FA | recommendation | – | – | Baoding Xuecheng Athletic | Baoding | Di You | |
| Chongqing FA | recommendation | – | – | Chongqing Tongliangloong | Chongqing | Lin Lin | |
| Chongqing Rich | Chongqing | Chen Zheng | |||||
| Chongqing Benbiao | Chongqing | Zu Wentao | |||||
| Hunan FA | recommendation | – | – | Xiangtan Zero Point | Xiangtan | Teng Renjun | |
| Hunan HBS Mangguoba | Changsha | Jia Hong | |||||
| Chinese Enterprise Sports Association | recommendation | – | – | Beijing Smart Sky | Beijing | Wang Shuo |
The draw for the regional competitions took place on 2 June 2022.[25]