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2013 AFC Champions League Group Stage
The group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played from 26 February to 1 May 2013. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage. Draw The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. The following 32 teams (16 from West Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group-stage draw, which included the 29 automatic qualifiers and the three qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw: ;West Zone (Groups A–D) * Al-Shabab * Al-Ahli * Al-Hilal * Al-Ettifaq * Lekhwiya * Al-Gharafa * El Jaish * Al-Rayyan * Sepahan * Esteghlal * Tractor Sazi * Al-Ain * Al-Jazira * Pakhtakor *Winner of play-off West 1: Al-Shabab Al-Arabi *Winner of play-off West 2: Al-Nasr ;East Zone (Groups E–H) * Sanfrecce Hiroshima * Kashiwa Reysol * Vegalta Sendai * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 AFC Champions League
The 2013 AFC Champions League was the 32nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 11th under the current AFC Champions League title. The defending champions, Ulsan Hyundai, failed to qualify for the tournament. In the final, Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande defeated South Korean team FC Seoul on away goals to win their first title, becoming the first Chinese team to win the AFC Champions League (and the second Chinese team to be crowned Asian club champions after Liaoning FC and Third Final of Chinese team after lost of Liaoning F.C. agenst Esteghlal F.C. of Iran at 1990–91 AFC Club Championship, and qualified for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. Allocation of entries per association The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with inspection of the associations interested in participating in the AFC Champions League to be done in 2012, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |