2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Free kick for Al-Ittihad (2004 & 2005 AFC winner) against Persepolis. That match ended 3-0.

The 2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage was contested by a total of 16 teams (8 from West Zone and 8 from East Zone). They included the 8 group winners and the 8 group runners-up from the group stage.

Each round of this single-elimination tournament was played over one or two matches. In the round of 16, each tie was played in one match, hosted by the winners of each group against the runners-up of another group. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The final was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by draw. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

The matchups for the round of 16 were decided based on the results from the group stage.[2] After the completion of the round of 16, the draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 June 2012, 16:00 UTC+08:00.[3] In this draw, the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two clubs from the same country, they may not face each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two clubs from the same country, they may face each other in the quarter-finals.

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up
A United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira Iran Esteghlal
B Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad United Arab Emirates Baniyas
C Iran Sepahan Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
D Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Iran Persepolis
E Australia Adelaide United Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
F South Korea Ulsan Hyundai Japan FC Tokyo
G South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Japan Nagoya Grampus
H China Guangzhou Evergrande Japan Kashiwa Reysol

Bracket

While the bracket below shows the entire knockout stage, the draw for the round of 16 matches was determined at the time of the group draw, and kept teams from West Zone and East Zone completely separate for that round.

The draw for the quarter-finals and beyond was held separately, after the conclusion of the round of 16.

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Australia Adelaide United 1
Japan Nagoya Grampus 0
Australia Adelaide United 2 2 4
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor (a.e.t.) 2 3 5
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 0
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 1
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 1 0 1
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 3 2 5
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 3
Japan Kashiwa Reysol 2
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 1 4 5
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 7
United Arab Emirates Baniyas 1
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 3
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 3
Iran Persepolis 0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 4 1 5
China Guangzhou Evergrande 2 2 4
China Guangzhou Evergrande 1
Japan FC Tokyo 0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 0 2 2
Iran Sepahan 2
Iran Esteghlal 0
Iran Sepahan 0 1 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 0 4 4
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 3 (2)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli (p) 3 (4)

Round of 16

The matches were played 22 and 23 May (West Zone) and 29 and 30 May 2012 (East Zone).[4][5]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 3–3 (aet)
(2–4 p) 		Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Sepahan Iran 2–0 Iran Esteghlal
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 3–0 Iran Persepolis
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 7–1 United Arab Emirates Baniyas
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Zone
Adelaide United Australia 1–0 Japan Nagoya Grampus
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea 0–1 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea 3–2 Japan Kashiwa Reysol
Guangzhou Evergrande China 1–0 Japan FC Tokyo

Matches

Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates3–3 (a.e.t.)Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Oliveira 33', 114'
Delgado 62'		 Report Camacho 22'
Al Hosni 75'
Simões 118'
Penalties
Oliveira soccer ball with red X
Al Menhali soccer ball with check mark
Esmaeell soccer ball with check mark
Neill soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Camacho
soccer ball with check mark Al-Mayouf
soccer ball with check mark Al-Fahmi
soccer ball with red X Palomino
soccer ball with check mark Simões
Attendance: 13,355
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Sepahan Iran2–0Iran Esteghlal
Correa 8'
Bengar 34'		 Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 12,351
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia3–0Iran Persepolis
Hazazi 36' (pen.)
Abdelghani 45+1'
Otaif 87'		 Report
Attendance: 15,300
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia7–1United Arab Emirates Baniyas
Yoo Byung-Soo 23', 38', 53', 61'
Wilhelmsson 26', 59'
Al-Dawsari 86'		 Report[permanent dead link] Yeste 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,518
Adelaide United Australia1–0Japan Nagoya Grampus
McKain 42' Report
Attendance: 9,758
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma South Korea0–1Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Report Karimov 53' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,808
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Guangzhou Evergrande China1–0Japan FC Tokyo
Cléo 31' Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 39,560

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played 19 September 2012, and the second legs were played 2 and 3 October 2012.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 5–4 China Guangzhou Evergrande 4–2 1–2
Sepahan Iran 1–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 0–0 1–4
Adelaide United Australia 4–5 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 2–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea 5–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1–0 4–0

First legs

Adelaide United Australia2–2Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Ramsay 7'
Kostopoulos 16'		 Report Hasanov 44'
Salomov 75'
Attendance: 10,366
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Rafinha 10' Report
Attendance: 5,955
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Sepahan Iran0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Report
Attendance: 9,280
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia4–2China Guangzhou Evergrande
Diego Souza 28'
Noor 49' (pen.)
Hazazi 61', 88'		 Report Gao Lin 27'
Huang Bowen 39'
Attendance: 15,971

Second legs

Al-Ittihad won 5–4 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia4–1Iran Sepahan
Simões 30' (pen.)
Al Hosni 35', 45+1'
Jaizawi 70'		 Report Talebi 37'
Attendance: 16,838

Al-Ahli won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bunyodkor Uzbekistan3–2 (a.e.t.)Australia Adelaide United
Turaev 20'
Shorakhmedov 72'
Rakhmatullaev 114'		 Report Ramsay 4'
Neumann 63'
Attendance: 7,212

Bunyodkor won 5–4 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–4South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
Report Rafinha 24', 27'
Kim Shin-Wook 54'
Lee Keun-Ho 65'
Attendance: 19,573
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Ulsan Hyundai won 5–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played 22 and 24 October 2012, and the second legs were played 31 October 2012.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 1–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1–0 0–2
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 1–5 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 1–3 0–2

First legs

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Hazazi 67' Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 17,050
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan1–3South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
Ibrokhimov 5' Report Rafinha 31'
Kim Shin-Wook 53'
Lee Keun-Ho 72'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Second legs

Ulsan Hyundai South Korea2–0Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Kim Shin-Wook 53'
Lee Keun-Ho 75'		 Report
Attendance: 7,864

Ulsan Hyundai won 5–1 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Al-Musa 44'
Simões 84'		 Report
Attendance: 17,200

Al-Ahli won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

The final of the 2012 AFC Champions League was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by a draw.[1] According to the draw on 14 June 2012, the winner of semi-final 2 would host the final.[6] Therefore, Ulsan Hyundai was the home team.

Ulsan Hyundai South Korea3–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
Kwak Tae-Hwi 13'
Rafinha 68'
Kim Seung-Yong 75'		 Report
Attendance: 42,153

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Champions League 2012 Competitions Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-23.
  2. ^ "Mouth-watering ties await in R16". AFC. 2012-05-17. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09.
  3. ^ "First-timers face experienced campaigners". AFC. 2012-06-14.
  4. ^ a b c "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012" (PDF). AFC.
  5. ^ "ACL Round of 16 matches rescheduled". AFC. 2012-04-08.
  6. ^ "SF2 winners to host ACL Final". AFC. 2012-06-14. Archived from the original on 2012-12-17.

External links

  • AFC Champions League (in English)
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