KUALA LUMPUR—
Japan will host this year’s delayed AFC Champions League knock-out
stages for East Asia teams, the region’s football governing body said
Monday.
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The East Zone’s
round of 16, quarterfinal and semifinal matches will be played in August as
single-leg ties, the Asian Football Confederation said.
Saitama, just
outside Tokyo, will host the first knockout round in the east.
The
West Zone,
which comprises mostly clubs from the Middle East, will not play its knockout
rounds until February 2023 at venues still to be decided.
The draw for the
east pitted
South Korea rivals Daegu FC and Jeonbuk Motors against other and
Thailand’s Pathum Utd against Hong Kong’s Kitchee.
There is also an
all-Japan clash as Andres Iniesta’s Vissel Kobe play Yokohama F. Marinos, while
Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim play another Japanese team, Urawa Red Diamonds.
The competition is
split into East and West Zones until the final, which will take place over two
legs in February 2023.
COVID-19 restrictions across Asia and preparations for
Qatar to host the World Cup in November and December prompted the AFC in January to
shift the final stages of the 2022 Champions League to 2023.
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