AFC Champions League

The playoff round for the eight remaining available AFC Champions League group-stage berths took place with eight games on Tuesday.

EAST REGION:

At Seoul, South Korea:

Park Chu-young (PK-39'), Park Dong-jin (49'), Osmar Ibanez Barba (63'), and Ikromjon Alibaev (90'+2) each scored once as FC Seoul dominated visiting Kedah 4-1.

At Shanghai, China:

Li Shenglong (77'), Marko Arnautovic (90'+2), and Hulk (PK-90'+5) each scored a second-half score as Shanghai SIPG ran away from visiting Buriram United 3-0.

At Tokyo:

Sei Muroya (48') and Adailton dos Santos da Silva (89') each scored once as FC Tokyo blanked visiting Ceres-Negros 2-0.

At Kashima, Japan:

Andrew Nabbout scored the only goal of the match in the 54th minute as the Melbourne Victory knocked off Kashima Antlers 1-0 on the road.



WEST REGION:

At Al Ain, United Arab Emirates:

Saeed Juma scored the only goal of the match in the 78th minute as Al-Ain defeated visiting FC Bunyodkor 1-0.

At Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:

Mohamed Belaili's successfully-converted stoppage-time penalty kick (90'+1) carried Al-Ahli to a 1-0 triumph over visiting Istiklol.

At Doha, Qatar:

After 120 scoreless minutes, Rouhollah Seifollahi, Milad Sarlak, Amin Ghaseminejad, Farshad Faraji, and Saeid Sadeghi all converted their spot kicks as Shahr Khodro won the penalty-kick shootout 5-4 on the road over Al-Sailiya.

At Doha, Qatar:

Mehdi Ghaedi (40', 47') and Amir Motahari (84', 90'+1) each scored twice as Esteghlal destroyed Al-Rayyan 5-0 on the road.



Here are the eight four-team groups with group-stage play set to start on February 11:

WEST REGION:

GROUP A:

Al-Wahda (UAE)

Al-Shorta (Iraq)

Esteghlal (Iran)

Al-Ahli (Saudi Arabia)



GROUP B:

Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)

Shabab Al-Ahli (UAE)

Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan)

Shahr Khodro (Iran)



GROUP C:

Al-Duhail (Qatar)

Al-Taawoun (Saudi Arabia)

Sharjah (UAE)

Persepolis (Iran)



GROUP D:

Sepahan (Iran)

Al-Sadd (Qatar)

Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ain (UAE)



EAST REGION:

GROUP E:

Beijing FC (China)

Chiangrai United (Thailand)

Melbourne Victory (Australia)

FC Seoul (South Korea)



GROUP F:

Ulasn Hyundai (South Korea)

Shanghai Shenhua (China)

Perth Glory (Australia)

FC Tokyo (Japan)



GROUP G:

Vissel Kobe (Japan)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings (South Korea)

Guangzhou Evergrande (China)

Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia)



GROUP H:

Sydney FC (Australia)

Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea)

Shanghai SIPG (China)