2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage

International club football tournament The 2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 17 May to 26 November 2016.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2016.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 PDF A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 AFC Champions League.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/acl_2016_competition_regulation_30062016.pdf 2016 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations AFC PDF 28 November 2015 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. ZoneGroupWinnersRunners-upWest Zone(Groups A–D)AUZB Lokomotiv TashkentUAE Al-NasrBIRN Zob AhanQAT LekhwiyaCIRN Tractor SaziKSA Al-HilalDQAT El JaishUAE Al-AinEast Zone(Groups E–H)EKOR Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsJPN FC TokyoFKOR FC SeoulCHN Shandong LunengGCHN Shanghai SIPGAUS Melbourne VictoryHAUS Sydney FCJPN 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). Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows. RoundFirst legSecond legRound of 1617–18 May 201624–25 May 2016Quarter-finals23–24 August 201613–14 September 2016Semi-finals27–28 September 201618–19 October 2016Final19 November 201626 November 2016 Bracket The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows: Round of 16: (group winners host second legs) 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 Quarterfinals: (matchups and order of legs decided by draw) West Zone QF1 QF2 East Zone QF3 QF4 Semifinals: (Winners QF1 and QF3 host first leg, Winners QF2 and QF4 host second leg) West Zone SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 East Zone SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (Winner SF2 host first leg, Winner SF1 host second leg) 2 y n 200 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final JPN FC Tokyo 2 0 2 CHN Shanghai SIPG (a) 1 1 2 AUS Melbourne Victory 1 1 2 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 2 3 JPN Urawa Red Diamonds 1 2 3 (6) KOR FC Seoul 0 3 3 (7) CHN Shandong Luneng (a) 1 2 3 AUS Sydney FC 1 2 3 UAE Al-Ain 1 2 3 IRN Zob Ahan 1 0 1 KSA Al-Hilal 0 1 1 UZB Lokomotiv Tashkent 0 2 2 QAT Lekhwiya 0 4 4 QAT El Jaish 4 2 6 UAE Al-Nasr 4 1 5 IRN Tractor Sazi 1 3 4 CHN Shanghai SIPG 0 0 0 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 5 5 KOR FC Seoul 3 1 4 CHN Shandong Luneng 1 1 2 UAE Al-Ain 0 1 1 UZB Lokomotiv Tashkent 0 0 0 QAT El Jaish (1st leg awd. Awarded) 3 1 4 UAE Al-Nasr 0 0 0 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4 1 5 KOR FC Seoul 1 2 3 UAE Al-Ain 3 2 5 QAT El Jaish 1 2 3 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2 1 3 UAE Al-Ain 1 1 2 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.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/acl_2016_draw_results.pdf ACL 2016 Draw Results AFC |- |+West Zone Al-Hilal KSA 1–2 Lokomotiv Tashkent UZB 0–0 1–2 Al-Nasr UAE 5–4 Tractor Sazi IRN 4–1 1–3 Al-Ain UAE 3–1 Zob Ahan IRN 1–1 2–0 Lekhwiya QAT 4–6 El Jaish QAT 0–4 4–2 |} |+East Zone Melbourne Victory AUS 2–3 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 1–1 1–2 FC Tokyo JPN 2–2 (a) Shanghai SIPG CHN 2–1 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds JPN 3–3 6–7 FC Seoul KOR 1–0 2–3 Shandong Luneng CHN 3–3 (a) Sydney FC AUS 1–1 2–2 |} West Zone Al-Hilal v Lokomotiv Tashkent 2016 5 17 y 21:05 3 Al-Hilal KSA 0–0 UZB Lokomotiv Tashkent King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 14,132 Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10151&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Lokomotiv Tashkent v Al-Hilal 2016 5 24 y 18:00 5 Lokomotiv Tashkent UZB 2–1 KSA Al-Hilal Tukhtakhodjaev 26Fayziev 56 Al-Shalhoub 89 pen. Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent 5,271 Ben Williams (Australia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10159&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Lokomotiv Tashkent won 2–1 on aggregate. Al-Nasr v Tractor Sazi 2016 5 17 y 20:45 4 Al-Nasr UAE 4–1 IRN Tractor Sazi Al-Yassi 15Saleh 41 77Khamees 89 Augusto 59 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 6,700 Ryuji Sato (Japan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10150&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Tractor Sazi v Al-Nasr 2016 5 24 y 20:00 4:30 Tractor Sazi IRN 3–1 UAE Al-Nasr Hatami 47 73Iranpourian 61 Saleh 16 Sahand Stadium, Tabriz 65,100 Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10158&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Nasr won 5–4 on aggregate. Al-Ain v Zob Ahan 2016 5 18 y 19:40 4 Al-Ain UAE 1–1 IRN Zob Ahan Douglas 9 Abbasi 75 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 10,708 Kim Sang-woo (South Korea) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10155&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Zob Ahan v Al-Ain 2016 5 25 y 20:45 4:30 Zob Ahan IRN 0–2 UAE Al-Ain Lee Myung-joo 12Asprilla 62 Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan 9,960 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10163&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Ain won 3–1 on aggregate. Lekhwiya v El Jaish 2016 5 17 y 19:15 3 Lekhwiya QAT 0–4 QAT El Jaish Romarinho 17 86Hamdallah 44Mothnani 54 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 3,020 Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10154&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary El Jaish v Lekhwiya 2016 5 25 y 19:00 3 El Jaish QAT 2–4 QAT Lekhwiya Rashidov 37Romarinho 70 Kaluyituka 8Mohammad 48 52Nam Tae-hee 65 pen. Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 5,300 Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10162&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary El Jaish won 6–4 on aggregate. East Zone Melbourne Victory v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2016 5 17 y 19:45 10 Melbourne Victory AUS 1–1 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Berisha 5 Leonardo 14 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 11,542 Alireza Faghani (Iran) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10153&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Melbourne Victory 2016 5 24 y 19:00 9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 2–1 AUS Melbourne Victory Leonardo 28 71 Berisha 84 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 12,811 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10161&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate. FC Tokyo v Shanghai SIPG 2016 5 17 y 19:30 9 FC Tokyo JPN 2–1 CHN Shanghai SIPG Mizunuma 43 65 Wu Lei 55 Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo 9,052 Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10152&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Shanghai SIPG v FC Tokyo 2016 5 24 y 19:30 8 Shanghai SIPG CHN 1–0 JPN FC Tokyo Wu Lei 90+1 Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai 26,768 Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10160&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary 2–2 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won on away goals. Urawa Red Diamonds v FC Seoul 2016 5 18 y 19:30 9 Urawa Red Diamonds JPN 1–0 KOR FC Seoul Ugajin 14 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama 21,182 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10157&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary FC Seoul v Urawa Red Diamonds 2016 5 25 y 19:30 9 FC Seoul KOR 3–2 yes JPN Urawa Red Diamonds Damjanović 29Adriano 94Go Yo-han 120+1 Tadanari Lee 112 115 Adriano Park Chu-young Osmar Kim Won-sik Go Yo-han Park Yong-woo Ko Kwang-min Kim Dong-woo 7–6 Abe Endo Ljubijankić Moriwaki Nishikawa Umesaki Tadanari Lee Komai Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 14,173 Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10165&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary 3–3 on aggregate. FC Seoul won 7–6 on penalties. Shandong Luneng v Sydney FC 2016 5 18 y 19:30 8 Shandong Luneng CHN 1–1 AUS Sydney FC Tardelli 56 Carney 15 Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan 16,917 Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10156&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Sydney FC v Shandong Luneng 2016 5 25 y 20:00 10 Sydney FC AUS 2–2 CHN Shandong Luneng O'Neill 2Grant 46 Montillo 12Hao Junmin 90 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 9,451 Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10164&stageid=401&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary 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. 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.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2016/acl-2016-quarter-finalists-to-learn-opponents-on-thursday ACL 2016 quarter-finalists to learn opponents on Thursday AFC 8 June 2016 There was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2016/afc-champions-league-draw-produces-intriguing-quarter-final-ties AFC Champions League draw produces intriguing quarter-final ties 9 June 2016 |- |+West Region Al-Ain UAE 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent UZB 0–0 1–0 El Jaish QAT 4–0 Al-Nasr UAE 3–0 (awd. Awarded)I 1–0 |} |+East Region Shanghai SIPG CHN 0–5 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 0–0 0–5 FC Seoul KOR 4–2 Shandong Luneng CHN 3–1 1–1 |} West Zone Al-Ain v Lokomotiv Tashkent 2016 8 23 y 19:30 4 Al-Ain UAE 0–0 UZB Lokomotiv Tashkent Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 15,733 Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10461&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Lokomotiv Tashkent v Al-Ain 2016 9 13 y 19:00 5 Lokomotiv Tashkent UZB 0–1 UAE Al-Ain Caio 38 Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent 7,661 Muhammad Taqi (Singapore) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10465&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Ain won 1–0 on aggregate. El Jaish v Al-Nasr 2016 8 24 y 19:00 3 El Jaish QAT 3–0Awarded UAE Al-Nasr Wanderley 45 86Pitroipa 55 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 5,120 Jumpei Iida (Japan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10463&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary 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.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2016/el-jaish-qat-vs-al-nasr-uae-match-forfeited El Jaish (QAT) vs Nasr (UAE) match forfeited AFC 12 September 2016 Al-Nasr v El Jaish 2016 9 14 y 20:45 4 Al-Nasr UAE 0–1 QAT El Jaish Romarinho 9 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 6,000 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10467&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary El Jaish won 4–0 on aggregate. East Zone Shanghai SIPG v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2016 8 23 y 19:30 8 Shanghai SIPG CHN 0–0 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai 33,378 Ben Williams (Australia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10462&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Shanghai SIPG 2016 9 13 y 19:00 9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 5–0 CHN Shanghai SIPG Leonardo 52 83 pen.Shi Ke 58 o.g.Lee Dong-gook 84 89 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 27,351 Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10466&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–0 on aggregate. FC Seoul v Shandong Luneng 2016 8 24 y 19:30 9 FC Seoul KOR 3–1 CHN Shandong Luneng Damjanović 19Park Chu-young 31Adriano 69 Montillo 35 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 16,044 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10464&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Shandong Luneng v FC Seoul 2016 9 14 y 19:30 8 Shandong Luneng CHN 1–1 KOR FC Seoul Montillo 59 Yun Ju-tae 82 Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan 20,187 Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10468&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary 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. |- |+West Region Al-Ain UAE 5–3 El Jaish QAT 3–1 2–2 |} |+East Region Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 5–3 FC Seoul KOR 4–1 1–2 |} West Zone Al-Ain v El Jaish 2016 9 27 y 18:50 4 Al-Ain UAE 3–1 QAT El Jaish Douglas 17O. Abdulrahman 22Caio 90+1 Rashidov 52 pen. Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 15,067 Peter Green (Australia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10469&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary El Jaish v Al-Ain 2016 10 18 y 18:15 3 El Jaish QAT 2–2 UAE Al-Ain Romarinho 67 81 O. Abdulrahman 57M. Abdulrahman 90+3 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 5,105 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10471&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Ain won 5–3 on aggregate. East Zone Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v FC Seoul 2016 9 28 y 19:00 9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 4–1 KOR FC Seoul Leonardo 22 pen. 40Lopes 26Kim Shin-wook 84 Ju Se-jong 46 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 23,481 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10470&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary FC Seoul v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2016 10 19 y 19:30 9 FC Seoul KOR 2–1 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Adriano 38Ko Kwang-min 90+2 Lopes 59 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 14,677 Alireza Faghani (Iran) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10472&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–3 on aggregate. Final 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.Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 3–2 Al-Ain UAE 2–1 1–1 |} Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Al-Ain 2016 11 19 y 19:00 9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 2–1 UAE Al-Ain Leonardo 70 77 pen. Asprilla 63 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 36,158 Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10473&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Ain v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2016 11 26 y 18:25 4 Al-Ain UAE 1–1 KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Lee Myung-joo 34 Han Kyo-won 30 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 23,239 Ryuji Sato (Japan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10474&stageid=412&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate. References External links AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com *3