The 2010 AFC Champions League Final was a
football
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match which was played on Saturday, 13 November 2010. It was the 29th final of the
AFC Champions League
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. The match was played at the
National Stadium
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in
Tokyo
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and was contested by
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
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of
South Korea
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and
Zob Ahan from
Iran
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. For Seongnam this was the fourth appearance in the final of the main AFC tournament, after two consecutive Asian Club Championship finals in
1996
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and
1997
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and AFC Champions League final in
2004
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, with one trophy been won in 1996. Zob Ahan was a debutant of the final stage.
The winners entered the quarterfinals of the
2010 FIFA Club World Cup
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.
Seongnam won 3–1 to clinch the title.
Qualified teams
Road to Tokyo
Match details
See also
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2010 AFC Champions League
The 2010 AFC Champions League was the 29th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 8th under the current AFC Champions League title. The final was held at the National ...
*
2010 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2010 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2010. It was the seventh FIFA Club World Cup and was ho ...
References
External links
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2010
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