2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage
International club football tournament
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The 2016 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 17 May to 26 November 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 AFC Champions League.[2]
Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had eight qualified teams.
| Zone | Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Zone (Groups A–D) |
A |  Lokomotiv Tashkent |
 Al-Nasr |
| B |  Zob Ahan |
 Lekhwiya | |
| C | Tractor Sazi |
 Al-Hilal | |
| D | El Jaish |
Al-Ain | |
| East Zone (Groups E–H) |
E |  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
 FC Tokyo |
| F | FC Seoul |
 Shandong Luneng | |
| G | Shanghai SIPG |
 Melbourne Victory | |
| H | Sydney FC |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
Format
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 12.3).[2]
Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows.[1]
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| Round of 16 | 17–18 May 2016 | 24–25 May 2016 |
| Quarter-finals | 23–24 August 2016 | 13–14 September 2016 |
| Semi-finals | 27–28 September 2016 | 18–19 October 2016 |
| Final | 19 November 2016 | 26 November 2016 |
Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:
- Round of 16: (group winners host second legs)
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- Quarterfinals: (matchups and order of legs decided by draw)
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- Semifinals: (Winners QF1 and QF3 host first leg, Winners QF2 and QF4 host second leg)
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- Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (Winner SF2 host first leg, Winner SF1 host second leg)
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Tokyo
| 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai SIPG (a)
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai SIPG
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
| 0 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Melbourne Victory
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
| 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Seoul
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds
| 1 | 2 | 3 (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Seoul (p)
| 0 | 3 | 3 (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Seoul
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shandong Luneng
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shandong Luneng (a)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sydney FC
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
| 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ain
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ain
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Zob Ahan
| 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ain
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lokomotiv Tashkent
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Hilal
| 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lokomotiv Tashkent
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Ain
| 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| El Jaish
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lekhwiya
| 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| El Jaish
| 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| El Jaish (1st leg awd.)
| 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nasr
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Al-Nasr
| 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tractor Sazi
| 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[3]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Victory |
2–3 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
1–1 | 1–2 |
| FC Tokyo |
2–2 (a) | Shanghai SIPG |
2–1 | 0–1 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds |
3–3 (6–7 p) | FC Seoul |
1–0 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Shandong Luneng |
3–3 (a) | Sydney FC |
1–1 | 2–2 |
West Zone
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 2–1 | Al-Hilal |
|---|---|---|
Tukhtakhodjaev  26'Fayziev 56' |
Report | Al-Shalhoub 89' (pen.) |
Lokomotiv Tashkent won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Tractor Sazi | 3–1 | Al-Nasr |
|---|---|---|
| Hatami 47', 73' Iranpourian 61' |
Report | Saleh 16' |
Al-Nasr won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Zob Ahan | 0–2 | Al-Ain |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lee Myung-joo 12' Asprilla 62' |
Al-Ain won 3–1 on aggregate.
| El Jaish | 2–4 | Lekhwiya |
|---|---|---|
| Rashidov 37' Romarinho 70' |
Report | Kaluyituka 8' Mohammad 48', 52'Nam Tae-hee 65' (pen.) |
El Jaish won 6–4 on aggregate.
East Zone
| Melbourne Victory | 1–1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
|---|---|---|
| Berisha 5' |
Report | Leonardo 14' |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2–1 | Melbourne Victory |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo 28', 71' |
Report | Berisha 84' |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.
| FC Tokyo | 2–1 | Shanghai SIPG |
|---|---|---|
| Mizunuma 43', 65' |
Report | Wu Lei 55' |
| Shanghai SIPG | 1–0 | FC Tokyo |
|---|---|---|
| Wu Lei 90+1' |
Report |
2–2 on aggregate. Shanghai SIPG won on away goals.
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–0 | FC Seoul |
|---|---|---|
| Ugajin 14' |
Report |
| FC Seoul | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Damjanović 29' Adriano 94'Go Yo-han 120+1' |
Report | Tadanari Lee 112', 115' |
| Penalties | ||
Adriano  Park Chu-young Osmar  Kim Won-sik Go Yo-han Park Yong-woo Ko Kwang-min Kim Dong-woo |
7–6 | Abe Endo Ljubijankić Moriwaki Nishikawa Umesaki Tadanari Lee Komai |
3–3 on aggregate. FC Seoul won 7–6 on penalties.
| Shandong Luneng | 1–1 | Sydney FC |
|---|---|---|
| Tardelli 56' |
Report | Carney 15' |
| Sydney FC | 2–2 | Shandong Luneng |
|---|---|---|
| O'Neill 2' Grant 46' |
Report | Montillo 12' Hao Junmin 90' |
3–3 on aggregate. Shandong Luneng won on away goals.
Quarter-finals
In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Zone were drawn into two ties, and the four teams from the East Zone were drawn into the other two ties, with the order of legs also decided by the draw.[4]
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 June 2016, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] There was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.[4]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai SIPG |
0–5 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
0–0 | 0–5 |
| FC Seoul |
4–2 | Shandong Luneng |
3–1 | 1–1 |
West Zone
| Lokomotiv Tashkent | 0–1 | Al-Ain |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Caio 38' |
Al-Ain won 1–0 on aggregate.
The El Jaish v Al-Nasr first leg, originally won 3–0 by Al-Nasr, was forfeited and awarded 3–0 to El Jaish by the AFC Disciplinary Committee on 12 September 2016, as Al-Nasr fielded the player Wanderley, who was found to be registered using a fake Indonesian passport.[6]
El Jaish won 4–0 on aggregate.
East Zone
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 5–0 | Shanghai SIPG |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo 52', 83' (pen.) Shi Ke  58' (o.g.)Lee Dong-gook 84', 89' |
Report |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–0 on aggregate.
| FC Seoul | 3–1 | Shandong Luneng |
|---|---|---|
| Damjanović 19' Park Chu-young 31'Adriano 69' |
Report | Montillo 35' |
| Shandong Luneng | 1–1 | FC Seoul |
|---|---|---|
| Montillo 59' |
Report | Yun Ju-tae 82' |
FC Seoul won 4–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Zone play each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Zone play each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.[4]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
5–3 | FC Seoul |
4–1 | 1–2 |
West Zone
| El Jaish | 2–2 | Al-Ain |
|---|---|---|
| Romarinho 67', 81' |
Report | O. Abdulrahman 57' M. Abdulrahman 90+3' |
Al-Ain won 5–3 on aggregate.
East Zone
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 4–1 | FC Seoul |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo 22' (pen.), 40' Lopes 26'Kim Shin-wook 84' |
Report | Ju Se-jong 46' |
| FC Seoul | 2–1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
|---|---|---|
| Adriano 38' Ko Kwang-min 90+2' |
Report | Lopes 59' |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 5–3 on aggregate.
Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners play each other, with the order of legs reversed from the previous season's final, with the team from the East Zone hosting the first leg, and the team from the West Zone hosting the second leg.[4]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
3–2 | Al-Ain |
2–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ain | 1–1 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Myung-joo 34' |
Report | Han Kyo-won 30' |
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 3–2 on aggregate.