2016 AFC Champions League knock-out stage

The 2016 AFC Champions League knock-out stage will be played from 17 May to 26 November 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams compete in the knock-out stage to decide the champions of the 2016 AFC Champions League.[2]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualify for the knock-out stage. Both West Zone and East Zone have eight qualified teams.

Zone Group Winners Runners-up
West Zone
(Groups A–D)		 A Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
B Iran Zob Ahan Qatar Lekhwiya
C Iran Tractor Sazi Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
D Qatar El Jaish United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
East Zone
(Groups E–H)		 E South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Japan FC Tokyo
F South Korea FC Seoul China Shandong Luneng
G China Shanghai SIPG Australia Melbourne Victory
H Australia Sydney FC Japan Urawa Red Diamonds

Format

In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams play a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones 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 are used to decide the winner if necessary.[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round is as follows.[1]

Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 17–18 May 2016 24–25 May 2016
Quarter-finals 23–24 August 2016 13–14 September 2016
Semi-finals 27–28 September 2016 18–19 October 2016
Final 19 November 2016 26 November 2016

Bracket

In the round of 16, the winners of one group play the runners-up of another group from the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg. The matchups are determined as follows:[3]

West Zone
  • Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group C
  • Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A
  • Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group D
  • Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group B
East Zone
  • Winner Group E vs. Runner-up Group G
  • Winner Group G vs. Runner-up Group E
  • Winner Group F vs. Runner-up Group H
  • Winner Group H vs. Runner-up Group F

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held after the round of 16 is completed. The four teams from the West Zone are drawn into two ties, and the four teams from the East Zone are drawn into the other two ties. There is no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association can be drawn into the same tie.

In the semi-finals, the two teams from the West Zone play each other, and the two teams from the East Zone play each other. The order of legs is determined by the quarter-final draw, with the winners of quarter-finals 1 and 3 hosting the first leg, and the winners of quarter-finals 2 and 4 hosting the second leg.

In the final, the order of legs is either decided by a draw or determined by the AFC, to be confirmed prior to the quarter-final draw. The entire knock-out stage bracket will be determined after the quarter-final draw.

Round of 16

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent 17 May 24 May
Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates Iran Tractor Sazi 17 May 24 May
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates Iran Zob Ahan 18 May 25 May
Lekhwiya Qatar Qatar El Jaish 17 May 25 May
East Zone
Melbourne Victory Australia South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 17 May 24 May
FC Tokyo Japan China Shanghai SIPG 17 May 24 May
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan South Korea FC Seoul 18 May 25 May
Shandong Luneng China Australia Sydney FC 18 May 25 May

18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)
19:40 UTC+4
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates v Iran Zob Ahan
Report

25 May 2016 (2016-05-25)
20:45 UTC+4:30
Zob Ahan Iran v United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
West Team 1 QF1 West Team 2 23 Aug 13 Sep
West Team 3 QF2 West Team 4 24 Aug 14 Sep
East Zone
East Team 1 QF3 East Team 2 23 Aug 13 Sep
East Team 3 QF4 East Team 4 24 Aug 14 Sep

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23)
East Team 1 v East Team 2

13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)
East Team 2 v East Team 1

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23)
West Team 1 v West Team 2

13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)
West Team 2 v West Team 1

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24)
East Team 3 v East Team 4

14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)
East Team 4 v East Team 3

24 August 2016 (2016-08-24)
West Team 3 v West Team 4

14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)
West Team 4 v West Team 3

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Winner QF1 SF1 Winner QF2 27 Sep 18 Oct
East Zone
Winner QF3 SF2 Winner QF4 28 Sep 19 Oct

27 September 2016 (2016-09-27)
Winner QF1 v Winner QF2

18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)
Winner QF2 v Winner QF1

28 September 2016 (2016-09-28)
Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)
Winner QF4 v Winner QF3

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner SF1/SF2 Winner SF1/SF2 19 Nov 26 Nov

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19)
Winner SF1/SF2 v Winner SF1/SF2

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26)
Winner SF1/SF2 v Winner SF1/SF2

References

  1. 1 2 "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  2. 1 2 "2016 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. 28 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "ACL 2016 Draw Results" (PDF). AFC.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, May 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.