2019 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Summary

The 2019 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 18 June to 24 November 2019.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2019 AFC Champions League.[2]

Qualified teams edit

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, with both West Region (Groups A–D) and East Region (Groups E–H) having eight qualified teams.

Region Group Winners Runners-up
West Region A   Zob Ahan   Al-Nassr
B   Al-Wahda   Al-Ittihad
C   Al-Hilal   Al-Duhail
D   Al-Sadd   Al-Ahli
East Region E   Shandong Luneng   Kashima Antlers
F   Sanfrecce Hiroshima   Guangzhou Evergrande
G   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   Urawa Red Diamonds
H   Ulsan Hyundai   Shanghai SIPG

Format edit

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).[2]

Schedule edit

The schedule of each round was as follows.[1] Up to the semi-finals, matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the East Region were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 18–19 June 2019 (E), 5–6 August 2019 (W) 25–26 June 2019 (E), 12–13 August 2019 (W)
Quarter-finals 26–28 August 2019 16–18 September 2019
Semi-finals 1–2 October 2019 22–23 October 2019
Final 9 November 2019 24 November 2019

Bracket edit

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Round of 16 (Group winners host second leg)
Quarter-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, involving four round of 16 winners each in West Region and East Region)
Semi-finals (Winners of QF1 and QF3 host first leg, winners of QF2 and QF4 host second leg)
Final (Winners of SF1 host first leg, winners of SF2 host second leg, as reversed from previous season's final)
  • Winners of SF1 vs. Winners of SF2

The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which was held on 2 July 2019, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
  Al-Nassr 1 3 4
  Al-Wahda 1 2 3
  Al-Nassr 2 1 3
  Al-Sadd 1 3 4
  Al-Duhail 1 1 2
  Al-Sadd 1 3 4
  Al-Sadd 1 4 5
West Region
  Al-Hilal 4 2 6
  Al-Ittihad 2 4 6
  Zob Ahan 1 3 4
  Al-Ittihad 0 1 1
  Al-Hilal 0 3 3
  Al-Ahli 2 1 3
  Al-Hilal 4 0 4
  Al-Hilal 1 2 3
  Urawa Red Diamonds 0 0 0
  Shanghai SIPG (p) 1 1 (5)
  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 1 (3)
  Shanghai SIPG 2 1 3
  Urawa Red Diamonds (a) 2 1 3
  Urawa Red Diamonds 1 3 4
  Ulsan Hyundai 2 0 2
  Urawa Red Diamonds 2 1 3
East Region
  Guangzhou Evergrande 0 0 0
  Guangzhou Evergrande (p) 2 2 (6)
  Shandong Luneng 1 3 (5)
  Guangzhou Evergrande (a) 0 1 1
  Kashima Antlers 0 1 1
  Kashima Antlers (a) 1 2 3
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 3 3

Round of 16 edit

Summary edit

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups determined by the group stage draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Nassr   4–3   Al-Wahda 1–1 3–2
Al-Ittihad   6–4   Zob Ahan 2–1 4–3
Al-Duhail   2–4   Al-Sadd 1–1 1–3
Al-Ahli   3–4   Al-Hilal 2–4 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Kashima Antlers   3–3 (a)   Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 2–3
Guangzhou Evergrande   4–4 (6–5 p)   Shandong Luneng 2–1 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Urawa Red Diamonds   4–2   Ulsan Hyundai 1–2 3–0
Shanghai SIPG   2–2 (5–3 p)   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)

West Region edit

Al-Nassr  1–1  Al-Wahda
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Al-Wahda  2–3  Al-Nassr
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Al-Nassr won 4–3 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad  2–1  Zob Ahan
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Zob Ahan  3–4  Al-Ittihad
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Al-Ittihad won 6–4 on aggregate.


Al-Duhail  1–1  Al-Sadd
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Attendance: 9,548
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Al-Sadd  3–1  Al-Duhail
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Al-Sadd won 4–2 on aggregate.


Al-Ahli  2–4  Al-Hilal
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Attendance: 48,094
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Al-Hilal  0–1  Al-Ahli
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Attendance: 22,706
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Al-Hilal won 4–3 on aggregate.

East Region edit

Kashima Antlers  1–0  Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima  3–2  Kashima Antlers
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Attendance: 4,279
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

3–3 on aggregate. Kashima Antlers won on away goals.


Guangzhou Evergrande  2–1  Shandong Luneng
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Shandong Luneng  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Guangzhou Evergrande
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Penalties
5–6

4–4 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won 6–5 on penalties.


Urawa Red Diamonds  1–2  Ulsan Hyundai
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Ulsan Hyundai  0–3  Urawa Red Diamonds
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Attendance: 3,140
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

Urawa Red Diamonds won 4–2 on aggregate.


Shanghai SIPG  1–1  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
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Attendance: 20,007
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Shanghai SIPG
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Penalties
3–5

2–2 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won 5–3 on penalties.

Quarter-finals edit

Summary edit

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 2 July 2019.[4] In the quarter-finals, the four round of 16 winners from the West Region (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw) played in two ties, and the four round of 16 winners from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Nassr   3–4   Al-Sadd 2–1 1–3
Al-Ittihad   1–3   Al-Hilal 0–0 1–3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Shanghai SIPG   3–3 (a)   Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 1–1
Guangzhou Evergrande   1–1 (a)   Kashima Antlers 0–0 1–1

West Region edit

Al-Nassr  2–1  Al-Sadd
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Al-Sadd  3–1  Al-Nassr
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Al-Sadd won 4–3 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad  0–0  Al-Hilal
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Al-Hilal  3–1  Al-Ittihad
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Al-Hilal won 3–1 on aggregate.

East Region edit

Shanghai SIPG  2–2  Urawa Red Diamonds
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Urawa Red Diamonds  1–1  Shanghai SIPG
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Attendance: 28,533
Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

3–3 on aggregate. Urawa Red Diamonds won on away goals.


Guangzhou Evergrande  0–0  Kashima Antlers
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Kashima Antlers  1–1  Guangzhou Evergrande
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Attendance: 13,835
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

1–1 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals.

Semi-finals edit

Summary edit

In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Sadd   5–6   Al-Hilal 1–4 4–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Urawa Red Diamonds   3–0   Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 1–0

West Region edit

Al-Sadd  1–4  Al-Hilal
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Attendance: 13,753
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Al-Hilal  2–4  Al-Sadd
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Al-Hilal won 6–5 on aggregate.

East Region edit

Urawa Red Diamonds  2–0  Guangzhou Evergrande
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Attendance: 30,068
Guangzhou Evergrande  0–1  Urawa Red Diamonds
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Attendance: 39,999

Urawa Red Diamonds won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final edit

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the West Region, second leg hosted by team from the East Region) reversed from the previous season's final.

Al-Hilal  1–0  Urawa Red Diamonds
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Attendance: 22,549
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Urawa Red Diamonds  0–2  Al-Hilal
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Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 6 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b "2019 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ "Asian clubs continue pursuit for glory". AFC. 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Quarter-final ties confirmed". AFC. 2 July 2019.

External links edit

  • AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
  • AFC Champions League 2019, stats.the-AFC.com