AFC completes final 8 draw for centralised Champions League Elite Finals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

March 18 – The draw for the final eight of the AFC Champions League Elite Finals Jeddah 2025 has pitched 4 West Asian sides towards 4 from East Asia.

Below the renamed, revamped and repackaged Asian Champions League Elite groups one of the best groups from the 2 zones meet on the quarter ultimate stage fairly than beforehand not assembly till the ultimate.

The quarter-finals can be centralised in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and can be performed as single tie knock-outs between April 25 and Could 3. The groups are competing for a document prize purse of $12 million.

The draw, held at AFC Home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has positioned prime seeded aspect and four-time Asian champions Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, towards South Korea’s Gwangju FC.

Second seeds Yokohama F. Marinos of Japan may even face Saudi opposition within the type of Al Nassr Membership – neither aspect have the AFC Champions League.

Saudi Arabia’s third qualifier, Al Ahli Saudi FC, who’re unbeaten on this season’s marketing campaign with 9 wins and a draw, will meet the shock bundle of Thailand’s Buriram United.

The ultimate tie will see Japan’s Kawasaki Frontale face 2011 champions Al Sadd of Qatar.

The draw creates the potential for an all-Saudi semi-final with the winner of Al Hilal-Gwanju, assembly the winners of Al Ahli-Buriram.

The primary quarter-final can be performed April 25, with the second and third final eight ties set for April 26, and the ultimate one to be performed on April 27.

The semi-finals can be contested on April 29 and 30 with the ultimate on the King Abdullah Sports activities Metropolis Stadium on Could 3.

Draw Outcome

Quarter-finals 

Al Hilal SFC (KSA)  v Gwangju FC (KOR)

Al Ahli Saudi FC (KSA)  v Buriram United (THA)

Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN) v Al Nassr Membership (KSA)

Kawasaki Frontale (JPN)  v Al Sadd SC (QAT)

Semi-finals

Al Hilal SFC (KSA)-Gwangju FC (KOR)  v Al Ahli Saudi FC (KSA)-Buriram United (THA)

Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)-Al Nassr Membership (KSA) v Kawasaki Frontale (JPN)-Al Sadd SC (QAT)

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