2022 AFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2022 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 18 August 2022 to 6 May 2023. ^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2022 AFC Champions League. ^[2]

Qualified teams

The group winners and three best runners-up in the group stage from each region advanced to the round of 16, with both West Region (Groups A–E) and East Region (Groups F–J) having eight qualified teams.

Region	Group	Winners	Runners-up (best three from each region)
West Region	A	Al-Hilal	Al-Rayyan
	B	Al Shabab	—
	C	Foolad	Shabab Al-Ahli
	D	Al-Duhail	—
	E	Al-Faisaly	Nasaf Qarshi
East Region	F	Daegu FC	Urawa Red Diamonds
	G	BG Pathum United	—
	H	Yokohama F. Marinos	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	I	Johor Darul Ta'zim	—
	J	Vissel Kobe	Kitchee

Format

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. All ties were played as a single-leg match (Regulations Article 9.1), except for the final, which was played over two legs. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3 and 10.1). ^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows. ^[1]

Round	West Region	East Region
Round of 16	19–20 February 2023	18–19 August 2022
Quarter-finals	23 February 2023	22 August 2022
Semi-finals	26 February 2023	25 August 2022
Round	First leg	Second leg
Final	29 April 2023	6 May 2023

Bracket

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 February 2023 – Doha
	Al-Duhail (p)	1 (7)
					23 February 2023 – Doha
	Al-Rayyan	1 (6)
					Al-Duhail	2
	19 February 2023 – Al Wakrah
					Al-Shabab	1
	Al-Shabab	2
									26 February 2023 – Doha
	Nasaf Qarshi	0
									Al-Duhail	0
	20 February 2023 – Doha				West Region
									Al-Hilal	7
	Al-Faisaly	0
					23 February 2023 – Al Wakrah
	Foolad	1
					Foolad	0
	20 February 2023 – Al Wakrah
					Al-Hilal	1
	Al-Hilal	3
	Shabab Al-Ahli	1
													Al-Hilal	1	0	1
	18 August 2022 – Saitama (2002)
													Urawa Red Diamonds	1	1	2
	Vissel Kobe	3
					22 August 2022 – Saitama (2002)
	Yokohama F. Marinos	2
					Vissel Kobe	1
	18 August 2022 – Saitama (Urawa)
					Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (a.e.t.)	3
	Daegu FC	1
									25 August 2022 – Saitama (2002)
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (a.e.t.)	2
									Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2 (1)
	19 August 2022 – Saitama (2002)				East Region
									Urawa Red Diamonds (p)	2 (3)
	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0
					22 August 2022 – Saitama (2002)
	Urawa Red Diamonds	5
					Urawa Red Diamonds	4
	19 August 2022 – Saitama (Urawa)
					BG Pathum United	0
	BG Pathum United	4
	Kitchee SC	0

Round of 16

Combination tables

West Region   Combination according to the three qualified teams Qualified 1A vs 1B vs 1C vs 1D vs 1E vs 2A/2B/2C 1B* 1A 2A 2B 2C 2A/2B/2D 1D 2D 2A 1A* 2B 2A/2B/2E 1E 2E 2A 2B 1A* 2A/2C/2D 1C* 2D 1A 2A 2C 2A/2C/2E 2C 2E 1E* 2A 1C 2A/2D/2E 2D 2E 2A 1E* 1D 2B/2C/2D 2D 1C* 1B 2B 2C 2B/2C/2E 2C 1E 2E 2B 1B* 2B/2D/2E 2D 1D* 2E 1B 2B 2C/2D/2E 2D 2E 1D* 1C 2C

East Region   Combination according to the three qualified teams Qualified 1F vs 1G vs 1H vs 1I vs 1J vs 2F/2G/2H 1G* 1F 2F 2G 2H 2F/2G/2I 1I 2I 2F 1F* 2G 2F/2G/2J 1J 2J 2F 2G 1F* 2F/2H/2I 1H* 2I 1F 2F 2H 2F/2H/2J 2H 2J 1J* 2F 1H 2F/2I/2J 2I 2J 2F 1J* 1I 2G/2H/2I 2I 1H* 1G 2G 2H 2G/2H/2J 2H 1J 2J 2G 1G* 2G/2I/2J 2I 1I* 2J 1G 2G 2H/2I/2J 2I 2J 1I* 1H 2H

Summary

The round of 16 was played over one leg, with the matchups determined by the combination tables based on which group runners-up qualified.

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Hilal	3–1	Shabab Al-Ahli
Al-Shabab	2–0	Nasaf Qarshi
Al-Duhail	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Al-Rayyan
Al-Faisaly	0–1	Foolad

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Daegu FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
BG Pathum United	4–0	Kitchee
Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–5	Urawa Red Diamonds
Vissel Kobe	3–2	Yokohama F. Marinos

West Region

20 February 2023 (2023-02-20)

21:00  UTC+3

Al-Hilal	3–1	Shabab Al-Ahli
Ighalo 17' Jang Hyun-soo 73' Vietto 79'	Report	Kharbin 86'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 7,825

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

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19 February 2023 (2023-02-19)

21:00  UTC+3

Al-Shabab	2–0	Nasaf Qarshi
Al-Qahtani 12' Banega 54'	Report

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 700

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

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19 February 2023 (2023-02-19)

18:00  UTC+3

Al-Duhail	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Rayyan
Muntari 107'	Report	N'Zonzi 120+3'
Penalties
Edmilson Jr. Olunga Nam Tae-hee Muntari Mohammed Al-Rawi Boudiaf	7–6	Vargas Boli N'Zonzi Taniguchi Masoud Tombari Awad

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 700

Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

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20 February 2023 (2023-02-20)

18:00  UTC+3

Al-Faisaly	0–1	Foolad
	Report	Ansari 64'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 632

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

East Region

18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)

17:00  UTC+9

Daegu FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Zeca 56'	Report	Song Min-kyu 46' Kim Jin-gyu 120+1'

Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 463

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

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19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)

17:00  UTC+9

BG Pathum United	4–0	Kitchee
Worachit 34' Ikhsan 39' Teerasil 68' Chatmongkol 87'	Report

Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 258

Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

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19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)

20:00  UTC+9

Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–5	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Report	Scholz 8' (pen.) Karlsson 19', 39' Junker 84', 90+1'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 20,691

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

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18 August 2022 (2022-08-18)

20:00  UTC+9

Vissel Kobe	3–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
Iino 7' Sasaki 31' (pen.) Oda 80'	Report	Nishimura 9' Lopes 89'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 11,528

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Quarter-finals

Summary

The quarter-finals were played over one leg.

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Duhail	2–1	Al-Shabab
Foolad	0–1	Al-Hilal

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vissel Kobe	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Urawa Red Diamonds	4–0	BG Pathum United

West Region

23 February 2023 (2023-02-23)

18:00  UTC+3

Al-Duhail	2–1	Al-Shabab
Olunga 77', 85'	Report	Al-Rubaie 90+3'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,138

Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

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23 February 2023 (2023-02-23)

21:00  UTC+3

Foolad	0–1	Al-Hilal
	Report	Marega 87'

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 14,173

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

East Region

22 August 2022 (2022-08-22)

16:00  UTC+9

Vissel Kobe	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Yuruki 64'	Report	Barrow 66' Gustavo 104' Moon Seon-min 120+2'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 7,861

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

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22 August 2022 (2022-08-22)

20:00  UTC+9

Urawa Red Diamonds	4–0	BG Pathum United
Karlsson 32' Iwanami 42' Koizumi 65' Akimoto 72'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 16,210

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Semi-finals

Summary

The semi-finals were played over one leg.

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Duhail	0–7	Al-Hilal

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Urawa Red Diamonds

West Region

26 February 2023 (2023-02-26)

18:00  UTC+3

Al-Duhail	0–7	Al-Hilal
	Report	Ighalo 2', 10', 48', 62' Marega 14', 27' S. Al-Dawsari 38'

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 16,320

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

East Region

25 August 2022 (2022-08-25)

19:30  UTC+9

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds
Paik Seung-ho 55' (pen.) Han Kyo-won 116'	Report	Matsuo 11' Junker 120'
Penalties
Kim Bo-kyung Lee Seung-gi Park Jin-seop Kim Jin-su	1–3	Scholz Junker Karlsson Esaka

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 23,277

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Final

Main article: 2022 AFC Champions League final

The final was played over two legs.

29 April 2023 (2023-04-29)

20:30  UTC+3

Al-Hilal	1–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
S. Al-Dawsari 13'	Report	Koroki 53'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 50,881

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

6 May 2023 (2023-05-06)

18:00  UTC+9

Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Al-Hilal
Carrillo 48' (o.g.)	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 53,574

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.

References

1. "Latest update on the AFC Champions League 2022". the-AFC. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
2. "AFC Champions League 2022 Competition Regulations" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation.

External links

• AFC Champions League , the-AFC.com