2019 AFC Champions League knockout stage

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

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 Iran Zob Ahan Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
B United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
C Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Qatar Al-Duhail
D Qatar Al-Sadd Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
East Region E China Shandong Luneng Japan Kashima Antlers
F Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima China Guangzhou Evergrande
G South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
H South Korea Ulsan Hyundai China Shanghai SIPG

Format

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

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

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
                
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1 3 4
United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 1 2 3
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 2 1 3
Qatar Al-Sadd 1 3 4
Qatar Al-Duhail 1 1 2
Qatar Al-Sadd 1 3 4
Qatar Al-Sadd 1 4 5
West Region
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 2 6
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2 4 6
Iran Zob Ahan 1 3 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0 1 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0 3 3
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 2 1 3
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 0 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1 2 3
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 0 0 0
China Shanghai SIPG (p) 1 1 2 (5)
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 1 2 (3)
China Shanghai SIPG 2 1 3
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds (a) 2 1 3
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 1 3 4
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 2 0 2
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 2 1 3
East Region
China Guangzhou Evergrande 0 0 0
China Guangzhou Evergrande (p) 2 2 4 (6)
China Shandong Luneng 1 3 4 (5)
China Guangzhou Evergrande (a) 0 1 1
Japan Kashima Antlers 0 1 1
Japan Kashima Antlers (a) 1 2 3
Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 3 3

Round of 16

Summary

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

West Region

Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia1–1United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
  • Hamdallah 17'
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Attendance: 8,617
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Al-Wahda United Arab Emirates2–3Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
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Attendance: 5,742

Al-Nassr won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia2–1Iran Zob Ahan
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Attendance: 2,380
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Zob Ahan Iran3–4Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
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Attendance: 700

Al-Ittihad won 6–4 on aggregate.

Al-Duhail Qatar1–1Qatar Al-Sadd
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Attendance: 9,548
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Al-Sadd Qatar3–1Qatar Al-Duhail
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Attendance: 9,930

Al-Sadd won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia2–4Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
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Attendance: 48,094
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
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Attendance: 22,706
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Al-Hilal won 4–3 on aggregate.

East Region

Kashima Antlers Japan1–0Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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Attendance: 13,179
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan3–2Japan 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 China2–1China Shandong Luneng
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Attendance: 38,900

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

Urawa Red Diamonds Japan1–2South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
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Attendance: 20,741
Ulsan Hyundai South Korea0–3Japan 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 China1–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
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Attendance: 20,007

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

Quarter-finals

Summary

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

West Region

Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia2–1Qatar Al-Sadd
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Attendance: 16,911
Al-Sadd Qatar3–1Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
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Attendance: 13,262

Al-Sadd won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
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Attendance: 54,390
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia3–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
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Attendance: 22,916
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Al-Hilal won 3–1 on aggregate.

East Region

Shanghai SIPG China2–2Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
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Attendance: 24,573
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan1–1China 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 China0–0Japan Kashima Antlers
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Attendance: 39,998
Kashima Antlers Japan1–1China 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

Summary

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 Qatar 5–6 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1–4 4–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 3–0 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 1–0

West Region

Al-Sadd Qatar1–4Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
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Attendance: 13,753
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia2–4Qatar Al-Sadd
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Attendance: 20,743

Al-Hilal won 6–5 on aggregate.

East Region

Urawa Red Diamonds Japan2–0China Guangzhou Evergrande
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Attendance: 30,068
Guangzhou Evergrande China0–1Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
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Attendance: 39,999

Urawa Red Diamonds won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

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 Saudi Arabia1–0Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
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Attendance: 22,549
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan0–2Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
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Attendance: 58,109

Al-Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Notes

  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

  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

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