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Bracket

Note: while the bracket below shows the entire knockout stage, the draw for the round of 16 matches was determined at the time of the group draw, and kept teams from East and West Asia completely separate for that round.

The draw for the quarter-finals and beyond was held separately, after the conclusion of the round of 16. Because of the country protection rule, if there are two clubs from the same country, they will not face each other in the quarter-finals. Therefore, the two clubs from Saudi Arabia may not be drawn with each other in the quarter-finals. However, the same rule does not apply if there are more than two clubs from the country. Therefore, the four clubs from the Korea Republic may be drawn against each other in the quarter-finals. ^[1]

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Adelaide United	2
	Jeonbuk Motors ( a.e.t.)	3
					Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0	1	1
					Al-Shabab	2	0	2
	Al-Shabab	3
	Esteghlal	2
											Al-Shabab	4	0	4
											Seongnam Ihwa ( a)	3	1	4
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3
	Gamba Osaka	0
					Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	4	0	4
					Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1	2	3
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2
	Beijing Guoan	0
																	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3
																	Zob Ahan	1
	Zob Ahan	1
	Mes Kerman	0
					Zob Ahan	2	1	3
					Pohang Steelers	1	1	2
	Kashima Antlers	0
	Pohang Steelers	1
											Zob Ahan	1	1	2
											Al-Hilal	0	0	0
	Al-Hilal	3
	Bunyodkor	0
					Al-Hilal ( a.e.t.)	3	2	5
					Al-Gharafa	0	4	4
	Al-Gharafa	1
	Pakhtakor	0

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 of the 2010 AFC Champions League was held on 7 December 2009, along with the draw for the group stage.

West Asia

11 May 2010

19:20 ( UTC+3)

Al-Gharafa	1–0	Pakhtakor
Araújo 86' ( pen.)	Report

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,283

Referee: Mohsen Basma ( Syria)

11 May 2010

20:45 ( UTC+3)

Al-Shabab	3–2	Esteghlal
Bin Sultan 22' El Taib 47' Al-Gizani 88'	Report	Akbarpour 24' ( pen.) Kazemi 31'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 6,853

Referee: Masaaki Toma ( Japan)

12 May 2010

19:00 ( UTC+4:30)

Zob Ahan	1–0	Mes Kerman
Igor 85'	Report

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 6,700

Referee: Choi Myung-Yong ( Korea Republic)

12 May 2010

20:45 ( UTC+3)

Al-Hilal	3–0	Bunyodkor
Al-Marshedi 9' Wilhelmsson 57' Neves 61'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 52,129

Referee: Ben Williams ( Australia)

East Asia

11 May 2010

19:30 ( UTC+9)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3–0	Gamba Osaka
Molina 74' ( pen.), 90' Song Ho-Young 84'	Report

Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam

Attendance: 9,368

Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali ( Oman)

11 May 2010

19:30 ( UTC+9)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–0	Beijing Guoan
José Mota 27', 86'	Report

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 5,693

Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi ( UAE)

12 May 2010

19:00 ( UTC+9)

Kashima Antlers	0–1	Pohang Steelers
	Report	Mota 29'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 9,794

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko ( Uzbekistan)

12 May 2010

19:30 ( UTC+9:30)

Adelaide United	2–3 ( a.e.t.)	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Cornthwaite 78' van Dijk 90+5'	Report[ dead link]	Eninho 38', 88' Lee Dong-Gook 116'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 12,015

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou ( Qatar)

Quarter-finals

First leg

15 September 2010

19:00 ( UTC+9)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–2	Al-Shabab
	Report	Al Yamani 68' Olivera 90'

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju

Attendance: 6,784

Referee: Mohsen Torky ( Iran)

15 September 2010

19:30 ( UTC+9)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	4–1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Radončić 8', 66' Molina 33' Yang Sang-Min 82' ( o.g.)	Report	Yeom Ki-Hun 17'

Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam

Attendance: 7,462

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou ( Qatar)

15 September 2010

18:30 ( UTC+4:30)

Zob Ahan	2–1	Pohang Steelers
Igor 18' Rajabzadeh 76' ( pen.)	Report	Mota 56'

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 9,156

Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali ( Oman)

15 September 2010

20:35 ( UTC+3)

Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Gharafa
Al-Shalhoub 13' Al-Fraidi 59' Al-Gizani 85'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 53,241

Referee: Masaaki Toma ( Japan)

Second leg

22 September 2010

19:30 ( UTC+9)

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Zob Ahan
Kim Jae-Sung 10'	Report	Khalatbari 80'

Steelyard Stadium, Pohang

Attendance: 8,617

Referee: Ben Williams ( Australia)

Zob Ahan won 3–2 on aggregate.

22 September 2010

19:30 ( UTC+9)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–0	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Yeom Ki-Hun 31' Lee Sang-ho 58'	Report

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 13,076

Referee: Mohsen Basma ( Syria)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won 4–3 on aggregate.

22 September 2010

18:30 ( UTC+3)

Al-Gharafa	4–2 ( a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal
Al Zain 2' Mahmoud 38', 102' El Assas 41'	Report	Al-Qahtani 117' Al-Mehyani 119'

Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 13,632

Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir ( Singapore)

Al-Hilal won 5–4 on aggregate.

22 September 2010

20:15 ( UTC+3)

Al-Shabab	0–1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	Report	Kim Ji-Woong 24'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 8,340

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko ( Uzbekistan)

Al-Shabab won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

5 October 2010

20:00 ( UTC+3)

Al-Shabab	4–3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Olivera 15', 83' Nasser 56' Fisal 89'	Report	Molina 4', 68' Jo Jae-Cheol 26'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 9,507

Referee: Matthew Breeze ( Australia)

6 October 2010

17:00 ( UTC+3:30)

Zob Ahan	1–0	Al-Hilal
Hadadifar 57'	Report

Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan

Attendance: 9,811

Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh ( Malaysia)

Second leg

20 October 2010

19:30 ( UTC+9)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–0	Al-Shabab
Cho Dong-Geon 31'	Report

Tancheon Sports Complex, Seongnam

Attendance: 10,996

Referee: Ali Hamad Al-Badwawi ( UAE)

4–4 on aggregate. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma won on away goals.

20 October 2010

20:00 ( UTC+3)

Al-Hilal	0–1	Zob Ahan
	Report	Igor 55'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 68,752

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov ( Uzbekistan)

Zob Ahan won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

13 November 2010

19:00 ( UTC+9)

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3–1	Zob Ahan
Saša 29' Cho Byung-Kuk 53' Kim Cheol-Ho 83'	Report	Khalatbari 67'

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 27,308

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura ( Japan)

References