2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 22 May to 25 November 2017.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 AFC Champions League.[2]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, with both West Region (Groups A–D) and East Region (Groups E–H) having eight qualified teams.

Region Group Winners Runners-up
West Region A Al-Ahli Esteghlal
B Lekhwiya Esteghlal Khuzestan
C Al-Ain Al-Ahli
D Al-Hilal Persepolis
East Region E Kashima Antlers Muangthong United
F Urawa Red Diamonds Shanghai SIPG
G Kawasaki Frontale Guangzhou Evergrande
H Jiangsu Suning Jeju United

Format

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[1] Matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the East Region were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 22–24 May 2017 29–31 May 2017
Quarter-finals 21–23 August 2017 11–13 September 2017
Semi-finals 26–27 September 2017 17–18 October 2017
Final 18 November 2017 25 November 2017

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Round of 16 (Group winners host second leg)
Quarter-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, involving four round of 16 winners each in West Region and East Region)
Semi-finals (Winners QF1 and QF3 host first leg, Winners QF2 and QF4 host second leg)
Final (Winner SF1 host first leg, Winner SF2 host second leg, as reversed from previous season's final)
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 6 June 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4][5][6]

  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                             
Esteghlal 1 1 2  
Al-Ain 0 6 6  
  Al-Ain 0 0 0  
  Al-Hilal 0 3 3  
Esteghlal Khuzestan 1 1 2
Al-Hilal 2 2 4  
  Al-Hilal 4 2 6  
West Region
  Persepolis 0 2 2  
Persepolis 0 1 1  
Lekhwiya 0 0 0  
  Persepolis 2 3 5
  Al-Ahli 2 1 3  
Al-Ahli 1 3 4
Al-Ahli 1 1 2  
  Al-Hilal 1 0 1
  Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1 2
Shanghai SIPG 2 3 5  
Jiangsu Suning 1 2 3  
  Shanghai SIPG (p) 4 1 5 (5)
  Guangzhou Evergrande 0 5 5 (4)  
Guangzhou Evergrande (a) 1 1 2
Kashima Antlers 0 2 2  
  Shanghai SIPG 1 0 1
East Region
  Urawa Red Diamonds 1 1 2  
Muangthong United 1 1 2  
Kawasaki Frontale 3 4 7  
  Kawasaki Frontale 3 1 4
  Urawa Red Diamonds 1 4 5  
Jeju United 2 0 2
Urawa Red Diamonds (a.e.t.) 0 3 3  

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the matchups determined by the group stage draw, and the group winners hosting the second leg.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Esteghlal 2–6 Al-Ain 1–0 1–6
Al-Ahli 4–2 Al-Ahli 1–1 3–1
Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–4 Al-Hilal 1–2 1–2
Persepolis 1–0 Lekhwiya 0–0 1–0
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Muangthong United 2–7 Kawasaki Frontale 1–3 1–4
Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 (a) Kashima Antlers 1–0 1–2
Shanghai SIPG 5–3 Jiangsu Suning 2–1 3–2
Jeju United 2–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 0–3 (a.e.t.)

West Region
Esteghlal 1–0 Al-Ain
 Report
Attendance: 67,202
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Al-Ain 6–1 Esteghlal
 Report
Attendance: 11,226

Al-Ain won 6–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli 1–1 Al-Ahli
 Report
Attendance: 17,323
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Al-Ahli 1–3 Al-Ahli
 Report
Attendance: 3,993

Al-Ahli (KSA) won 4–2 on aggregate.

Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–2 Al-Hilal
 Report
Attendance: 2,670
Al-Hilal 2–1 Esteghlal Khuzestan
 Report
Attendance: 1,620
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Persepolis 0–0 Lekhwiya
Report
Attendance: 40[note 2]
Lekhwiya 0–1 Persepolis
Report
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Persepolis won 1–0 on aggregate.

East Region
Muangthong United 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale
 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Kawasaki Frontale 4–1 Muangthong United
 Report
Attendance: 11,931

Kawasaki Frontale won 7–2 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Kashima Antlers
 Report
Attendance: 39,863
Kashima Antlers 2–1 Guangzhou Evergrande
 Report
Attendance: 11,388

2–2 on aggregate. Guangzhou Evergrande won on away goals.

Shanghai SIPG 2–1 Jiangsu Suning
 Report
Attendance: 23,093
Jiangsu Suning 2–3 Shanghai SIPG
 Report
Attendance: 37,269

Shanghai SIPG won 5–3 on aggregate.

Jeju United 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
 Report
Attendance: 1,913
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 (a.e.t.) Jeju United
 Report
Attendance: 19,149

Urawa Red Diamonds won 3–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.[4][5][6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Ain 0–3 Al-Hilal 0–0 0–3
Persepolis 5–3 Al-Ahli 2–2 3–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Shanghai SIPG 5–5 (5–4 p) Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 1–5 (a.e.t.)
Kawasaki Frontale 4–5 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 1–4

West Region
Al-Ain 0–0 Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 21,223
Al-Hilal 3–0 Al-Ain
 Report
Attendance: 42,146

Al Hilal won 3–0 on aggregate.

Persepolis 2–2 Al-Ahli
 Report
Attendance: 6,500
Al-Ahli 1–3 Persepolis
 Report
Attendance: 5,820
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Persepolis won 5–3 on aggregate.

East Region
Shanghai SIPG 4–0 Guangzhou Evergrande
 Report
Attendance: 36,503
Guangzhou Evergrande 5–1 (a.e.t.) Shanghai SIPG
 Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 39,972

5–5 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won 5–4 on penalties.

Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds
 Report
Attendance: 18,080
Urawa Red Diamonds 4–1 Kawasaki Frontale
 Report
Attendance: 26,785

Urawa Red Diamonds won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Region
Al-Hilal 6–2 Persepolis 4–0 2–2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Region
Shanghai SIPG 1–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 0–1

West Region
Al-Hilal 4–0 Persepolis
 Report
Attendance: 11,321
Persepolis 2–2 Al-Hilal
 Report
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al Hilal won 6–2 on aggregate.

East Region
Shanghai SIPG 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds
 Report
Attendance: 33,513
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Shanghai SIPG
 Report
Attendance: 44,375

Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the West Region, second leg hosted by team from the East Region) reversed from the previous season's final.[4]

Al-Hilal 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds
 Report
Attendance: 59,136
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Al-Hilal
 Report
Attendance: 57,727

Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Note
  1. Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.
  2. The Persepolis v Lekhwiya match was played behind closed doors due to spectator misconduct during Persepolis's home match against Al-Wahda on 8 May 2017.[7]

References
  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "2017 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. "AFC Champions League 2017 Draw Mechanism" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "AFC Champions League 2017: And then there were eight..." AFC. 5 June 2017.
  5. "AFC Champions League 2017 - Official Draw". YouTube. 6 June 2017.
  6. "AFC Champions League quarter-final ties confirmed". AFC. 6 June 2017.
  7. "Persepolis versus Lekhwiya to be played behind closed doors". AFC. 17 May 2017.
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