2016 AFC Champions League knock-out stage

The 2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 17 May to 26 November 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout 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 qualified for the knockout stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had 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 knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. Each tie was 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 12.3).[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was 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

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

  • Round of 16: (group winners host second legs)
  • Quarterfinals: (matchups and order of legs decided by draw)
  • Semifinals: (Winners QF1 and QF3 host first leg, Winners QF2 and QF4 host second leg)
  • Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (Winner SF2 host first leg, Winner SF1 host second leg)
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
Japan FC Tokyo 2 0 2
China Shanghai SIPG (a) 1 1 2
China Shanghai SIPG 0 0 0
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 5 5
Australia Melbourne Victory 1 1 2
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 2 3
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4 1 5
South Korea FC Seoul 1 2 3
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 1 2 3 (6)
South Korea FC Seoul (p) 0 3 3 (7)
South Korea FC Seoul 3 1 4
China Shandong Luneng 1 1 2
China Shandong Luneng (a) 1 2 3
Australia Sydney FC 1 2 3
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 1 1 2
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 1 2 3
Iran Zob Ahan 1 0 1
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 0 1 1
Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0 1 1
Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent 0 2 2
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3 2 5
Qatar El Jaish 1 2 3
Qatar Lekhwiya 0 4 4
Qatar El Jaish 4 2 6
Qatar El Jaish (1st leg awd.) 3 1 4
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 0 0 0
United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 4 1 5
Iran Tractor Sazi 1 3 4

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1–2 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent 0–0 1–2
Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates 5–4 Iran Tractor Sazi 4–1 1–3
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 3–1 Iran Zob Ahan 1–1 2–0
Lekhwiya Qatar 4–6 Qatar El Jaish 0–4 4–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Melbourne Victory Australia 2–3 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–1 1–2
FC Tokyo Japan 2–2 (a) China Shanghai SIPG 2–1 0–1
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 3–3 (6–7 p) South Korea FC Seoul 1–0 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Shandong Luneng China 3–3 (a) Australia Sydney FC 1–1 2–2

West Zone

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–0Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
Report
Attendance: 14,132
Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan2–1Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Tukhtakhodjaev 26'
Fayziev 56'		 Report Al-Shalhoub 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,271

Lokomotiv Tashkent won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates4–1Iran Tractor Sazi
Al-Yassi 15'
Saleh 41', 77'
Khamees 89'		 Report Augusto 59'
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Tractor Sazi Iran3–1United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
Hatami 47', 73'
Iranpourian 61'		 Report Saleh 16'
Attendance: 65,100

Al-Nasr won 5–4 on aggregate.

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–1Iran Zob Ahan
Douglas 9' Report Abbasi 75'
Attendance: 10,708
Zob Ahan Iran0–2United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Lee Myung-joo 12'
Asprilla 62'
Attendance: 9,960

Al-Ain won 3–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya Qatar0–4Qatar El Jaish
Report Romarinho 17', 86'
Hamdallah 44'
Mothnani 54'
Attendance: 3,020
El Jaish Qatar2–4Qatar Lekhwiya
Rashidov 37'
Romarinho 70'		 Report Kaluyituka 8'
Mohammad 48', 52'
Nam Tae-hee 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

El Jaish won 6–4 on aggregate.

East Zone

Melbourne Victory Australia1–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Berisha 5' Report Leonardo 14'
Attendance: 11,542
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea2–1Australia Melbourne Victory
Leonardo 28', 71' Report Berisha 84'
Attendance: 12,811

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

FC Tokyo Japan2–1China Shanghai SIPG
Mizunuma 43', 65' Report Wu Lei 55'
Attendance: 9,052
Shanghai SIPG China1–0Japan FC Tokyo
Wu Lei 90+1' Report
Attendance: 26,768

2–2 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won on away goals.

Urawa Red Diamonds Japan1–0South Korea FC Seoul
Ugajin 14' Report
Attendance: 21,182

3–3 on aggregate. FC Seoul won 7–6 on penalties.

Shandong Luneng China1–1Australia Sydney FC
Tardelli 56' Report Carney 15'
Attendance: 16,917
Sydney FC Australia2–2China Shandong Luneng
O'Neill 2'
Grant 46'		 Report Montillo 12'
Hao Junmin 90'
Attendance: 9,451
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

3–3 on aggregate. Shandong Luneng won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Zone were drawn into two ties, and the four teams from the East Zone were drawn into the other two ties, with the order of legs also decided by the draw.[4]

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 June 2016, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] There was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 1–0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent 0–0 1–0
El Jaish Qatar 4–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr 3–0 (awd.) 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Shanghai SIPG China 0–5 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–0 0–5
FC Seoul South Korea 4–2 China Shandong Luneng 3–1 1–1

West Zone

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates0–0Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
Report
Attendance: 15,733
Lokomotiv Tashkent Uzbekistan0–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Report Caio 38'
Attendance: 7,661

Al-Ain won 1–0 on aggregate.

El Jaish Qatar3–0
Awarded		United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
Report Wanderley 45', 86'
Pitroipa 55'
Attendance: 5,120
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

The El Jaish v Al-Nasr first leg, originally won 3–0 by Al-Nasr, was forfeited and awarded 3–0 to El Jaish by the AFC Disciplinary Committee on 12 September 2016, as Al-Nasr fielded the player Wanderley, who was found to be registered using a fake Indonesian passport.[6]

Al-Nasr United Arab Emirates0–1Qatar El Jaish
Report Romarinho 9'
Attendance: 6,000

El Jaish won 4–0 on aggregate.

East Zone

Shanghai SIPG China0–0South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Report
Attendance: 33,378
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea5–0China Shanghai SIPG
Leonardo 52', 83' (pen.)
Shi Ke 58' (o.g.)
Lee Dong-gook 84', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 27,351

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–0 on aggregate.

FC Seoul South Korea3–1China Shandong Luneng
Damjanović 19'
Park Chu-young 31'
Adriano 69'		 Report Montillo 35'
Attendance: 16,044
Shandong Luneng China1–1South Korea FC Seoul
Montillo 59' Report Yun Ju-tae 82'
Attendance: 20,187

FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Zone play each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Zone play each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 5–3 Qatar El Jaish 3–1 2–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 5–3 South Korea FC Seoul 4–1 1–2

West Zone

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates3–1Qatar El Jaish
Douglas 17'
O. Abdulrahman 22'
Caio 90+1'		 Report Rashidov 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,067
El Jaish Qatar2–2United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Romarinho 67', 81' Report O. Abdulrahman 57'
M. Abdulrahman 90+3'
Attendance: 5,105

Al-Ain won 5–3 on aggregate.

East Zone

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea4–1South Korea FC Seoul
Leonardo 22' (pen.), 40'
Lopes 26'
Kim Shin-wook 84'		 Report Ju Se-jong 46'
Attendance: 23,481
FC Seoul South Korea2–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Adriano 38'
Ko Kwang-min 90+2'		 Report Lopes 59'
Attendance: 14,677

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2016 AFC Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners play each other, with the order of legs reversed from the previous season's final, with the team from the East Zone hosting the first leg, and the team from the West Zone hosting the second leg.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 3–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2–1 1–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Leonardo 70', 77' (pen.) Report Asprilla 63'
Attendance: 36,158
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates1–1South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Lee Myung-joo 34' Report Han Kyo-won 30'
Attendance: 23,239
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ a b "2016 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. 28 November 2015.
  3. ^ "ACL 2016 Draw Results" (PDF). AFC.
  4. ^ a b c d "AFC Champions League draw produces intriguing quarter-final ties". 9 June 2016.
  5. ^ "ACL 2016 quarter-finalists to learn opponents on Thursday". AFC. 8 June 2016.
  6. ^ "El Jaish (QAT) vs Nasr (UAE) match forfeited". AFC. 12 September 2016.

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