2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage was contested by a total of 16 teams (8 from West Zone and 8 from East Zone). They included the 8 group winners and the 8 group runners-up from the group stage.

Each round of this single-elimination tournament was played over one or two matches. In the round of 16, each tie was played in one match, hosted by the winners of each group against the runners-up of another group. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The final was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by draw. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary.^[1]

The matchups for the round of 16 were decided based on the results from the group stage.^[2] After the completion of the round of 16, the draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 June 2012, 16:00 UTC+08:00.^[3] In this draw, the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two clubs from the same country, they may not face each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two clubs from the same country, they may face each other in the quarter-finals.

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Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Al-Jazira	Esteghlal
B	Al-Ittihad	Baniyas
C	Sepahan	Al-Ahli
D	Al-Hilal	Persepolis
E	Adelaide United	Bunyodkor
F	Ulsan Hyundai	FC Tokyo
G	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	Nagoya Grampus
H	Guangzhou Evergrande	Kashiwa Reysol

Round of 16		Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Adelaide United	1

Nagoya Grampus	0
		Adelaide United	2	2	4

		Bunyodkor (a.e.t.)	2	3	5
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0

Bunyodkor	1
						Bunyodkor	1	0	1

						Ulsan Hyundai	3	2	5
Ulsan Hyundai	3

Kashiwa Reysol	2
		Ulsan Hyundai	1	4	5

		Al-Hilal	0	0	0
Al-Hilal	7

Baniyas	1
										Ulsan Hyundai	3

										Al-Ahli	0
Al-Ittihad	3

Persepolis	0
		Al-Ittihad	4	1	5

		Guangzhou Evergrande	2	2	4
Guangzhou Evergrande	1

FC Tokyo	0
						Al-Ittihad	1	0	1

						Al-Ahli	0	2	2
Sepahan	2

Esteghlal	0
		Sepahan	0	1	1

		Al-Ahli	0	4	4
Al-Jazira	3 (2)

Al-Ahli (p)	3 (4)

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Jazira	3–3 (aet) (2–4 p)	Al-Ahli
Sepahan	2–0	Esteghlal
Al-Ittihad	3–0	Persepolis
Al-Hilal	7–1	Baniyas

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Adelaide United	1–0	Nagoya Grampus
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	0–1	Bunyodkor
Ulsan Hyundai	3–2	Kashiwa Reysol
Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	FC Tokyo

Al-Jazira	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ahli
Oliveira 33', 114' Delgado 62'	Report	Camacho 22' Al Hosni 75' Simões 118'
Penalties
Oliveira Al Menhali Esmaeell Neill	2–4	Camacho Al-Mayouf Al-Fahmi Palomino Simões

2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Matches

Quarter-finals

First legs

Second legs

Semi-finals

First legs

Second legs

Final

References

External links

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad	5–4	Guangzhou Evergrande	4–2	1–2
Sepahan	1–4	Al-Ahli	0–0	1–4
Adelaide United	4–5	Bunyodkor	2–2	2–3 (a.e.t.)
Ulsan Hyundai	5–0	Al-Hilal	1–0	4–0

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