2015 AFC Champions League knockout stage

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The 2015 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 19 May to 21 November 2015. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2015 AFC Champions League.[1]

Qualified teams

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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 teams qualified.

Zone Group Winners Runners-up
West Zone
(Groups A–D) 		A Qatar Lekhwiya Iran Persepolis
B United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Iran Naft Tehran
C Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Qatar Al-Sadd
D Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
East Zone
(Groups E–H) 		E Japan Kashiwa Reysol South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
F Japan Gamba Osaka South Korea Seongnam FC
G China Beijing Guoan South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings
H China Guangzhou Evergrande South Korea FC Seoul

Format

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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.[1]

Schedule

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The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]

Round First leg Second leg
Round of 16 19–20 May 2015 26–27 May 2015
Quarter-finals 25–26 August 2015 15–16 September 2015
Semi-finals 29–30 September 2015 20–21 October 2015
Final 7 November 2015 21 November 2015

Bracket

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In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[1] The matchups are determined as follows:

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 18 June 2015, 16:00 UTC+8, at the Grand Millennium Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] Teams from different zones could not be drawn into the same tie, and there was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.[4]

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 (West Zone) and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 (East Zone), with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg.[4]

In the final, the finalist from the West Zone hosted the first leg, while the finalist from the East Zone hosted the second leg (no draw was held to determine the order of legs, as it was reversed from the previous season's final).[4] <section begin=Bracket />

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                
Iran Persepolis 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0 3 3
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 4 2 6
Qatar Lekhwiya 1 2 3
Qatar Al-Sadd 1 2 3
Qatar Lekhwiya 2 2 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1 2 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 1 3 4
Iran Naft Tehran (a) 1 1 2
Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 0 2 2
Iran Naft Tehran 0 1 1
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 1 2 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli (a) 0 3 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 0 3 3
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 0 0 0
China Guangzhou Evergrande 0 1 1
South Korea Suwon Bluewings 2 2 4
Japan Kashiwa Reysol (a) 3 1 4
Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1 1 2
China Guangzhou Evergrande 3 1 4
South Korea Seongnam FC 2 0 2
China Guangzhou Evergrande 1 2 3
China Guangzhou Evergrande 2 0 2
Japan Gamba Osaka 1 0 1
South Korea Jeonbuk Motors 1 1 2
China Beijing Guoan 1 0 1
South Korea Jeonbuk Motors 0 2 2
Japan Gamba Osaka 0 3 3
South Korea FC Seoul 1 2 3
Japan Gamba Osaka 3 3 6

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Round of 16

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Sadd Qatar 3–4 Qatar Lekhwiya 1–2 2–2
Persepolis Iran 1–3 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1–0 0–3
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 3–3 (a) United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 0–0 3–3
Naft Tehran Iran 2–2 (a) Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 1–0 1–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 4–4 (a) Japan Kashiwa Reysol 2–3 2–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 2–1 China Beijing Guoan 1–1 1–0
FC Seoul South Korea 3–6 Japan Gamba Osaka 1–3 2–3
Seongnam FC South Korea 2–3 China Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 0–2

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First leg

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Second leg

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4–4 on aggregate. Kashiwa Reysol won on away goals.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won 2–1 on aggregate.

Lekhwiya won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka won 6–3 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande won 3–2 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Ahli won on away goals.

2–2 on aggregate. Naft Tehran won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 6–3 Qatar Lekhwiya 4–1 2–2
Naft Tehran Iran 1–3 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 0–1 1–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Kashiwa Reysol Japan 2–4 China Guangzhou Evergrande 1–3 1–1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 2–3 Japan Gamba Osaka 0–0 2–3

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First leg

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Notes
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Second leg

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Guangzhou Evergrande won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Hilal won 6–3 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka won 3–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–4 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 1–1 2–3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Guangzhou Evergrande China 2–1 Japan Gamba Osaka 2–1 0–0

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First leg

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Second leg

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Al-Ahli won 4–3 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka Japan0–0China Guangzhou Evergrande
Report
Attendance: 17,310

Guangzhou Evergrande won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2015 AFC Champions League Final
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates 0–1 China Guangzhou Evergrande 0–0 0–1

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Guangzhou Evergrande won 1–0 on aggregate.<section end=Final />

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