The 2021 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the

2021 AFC Champions League The 2021 AFC Champions League was the 40th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 19th under the current AFC Champions League title. Al-Hilal won their fourth title by def ...

, the 40th edition of the top-level Asian club

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tournament organized by the

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(AFC), and the 19th under the current

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title. The final was contested as a single match between Al-Hilal from

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and

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from

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. Prior to the match, both teams were joint most successful teams in the AFC Champions League, with three titles each. Al-Hilal won the match 2–0 and clinched their fourth title, becoming the outright most successful team in the history of the competition. They also qualified for the

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in the United Arab Emirates.

Teams

''In the following table, finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, since 2003 were in the AFC Champions League era.'' ;Notes

Venue

On 20 October 2021, the AFC announced that

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would host the final. It was later changed to King Fahd International Stadium, also in Riyadh.

Road to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; *: played in centralized group locations).''

Format

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time,

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and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.

Match

Notes

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
AFC Champions League 2021
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