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The 2009 Final will be played in the National Stadium, Tokyo, on Saturday 7th of November - k/o time tbc.

The Final:

Al Ittihad v Pohang Steelers

Al Ittihad to face Pohang Steelers in final

Thursday 29th Oct: Two-time champions Al Ittihad moved within a match of regaining their AFC Champions League title on Wednesday when they defeated Japan's Nagoya Grampus 2-1 in the semi-finals.

The Saudi giants, who won the tournament in 2004 and 2005, built on their emphatic 6-2 first leg victory for an 8-3 aggregate win with Saleh Al-Saqri and Amine Chermiti finding the target.

Armine Chermiti (above) celebrates scoring for Al Ittihad

In the final on November 7 in Tokyo, they will play South Korea's Pohang Steelers, after they beat Qatari minnows Umm-Salal 2-1 in Doha, 4-1 on aggregate.

The competition began on March 10th 2009 with 32 clubs from around Asia competing in eight groups of four.

The top team from each group qualified for the knockout round of 16. These matches were divided into two groups - West Asia and East Asia. The results of these two-legged matches can be seen below.

Following these round of 16, the draw for the quarter finals took place on June 29th 09:

Semi Finals - 1st Leg matches 21st Oct

Al Ittihad 6-2 Nagoya Grampus

Pohang Steelers 2-0 Umm-Salal 

2nd Leg matches - Wednesday 28th Oct

Nagoya Grampus 1-2 Al Ittihad -

    Al Ittihad go through 8-3 on aggregate

Umm-Salal 1-2 Pohang Steelers 

    Pohang Steelers go through 4-1 on aggregate

Quarter Finals -

1st Leg: Umm-Salal 3-2 FC Seoul  

2nd Leg: FC Seoul 1-1 Umm-Salal

Aggregate - Umm-Salal 4-3 FC Seoul

1st Leg: Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Nagoya Grampus  

2nd Leg: Nagoya Grampus 3-1 Kawasaki Frontale

Aggregate - Nagoya Grampus 4-3 Kawasaki Frontale 

1st Leg: Pakhtakor Tashkent 1-1 Al-Ittihad 

2nd Leg: Al-Ittihad 4-0 Pakhtakor Tashkent

Aggregate - Al-Ittihad 5-1 Pakhtakor Tashkent

1st Leg; Bunyodkor 3-1 Pohang Steelers  

2nd Leg: Pohang Steelers 4-1 Bunyodkor (aet)

Aggregate - Pohang Steelers 5-4 Bunyodkor

The following teams qualified out of the Group stages for the knockout round of 16. These matches were split into two regional groups and the results were as follows:

West Asia -

Al-Hilal 0-0 Umm-Salal
(Umm-Salal went through 4-3 on penalties)
Persepolis 0-1 Bunyodkor
Al-Ittihad 2-1 Al-Shabab
Al-Ettifaq 1-2 Pakhtakor Tashkent

East Asia -

Nagoya Grampus 2-1 Suwon Bluewings
Gamba Osaka 2-3 Kawasaki Frontale
Kashima Antlers 2-2 FC Seoul (FC Seoul win 5-4 on penalties)
Pohang Steelers 6-0 Newcastle Jets

Above: Keiji Yoshimura of Nagoya Grampus

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ACL News

The battle to reach the knockout stage 

SINGAPORE 19th May 09 - South Korean powerhouse Suwon Bluewings booked their spot in the AFC Champions League knockout rounds Tuesday as Kawasaki Frontale set up an all-Japanese last 16 clash with Gamba Osaka.

The K-League champions overcame stubborn resistance from minnows Singapore Armed Forces to win 3-1 with first-half goals from Bae Gi-Jong and Lee Sang-Ho and a last minute penalty by Seo Dong-Hyeon doing the job.

Their victory snuffed out any hope that Shanghai Shenhua had of staying in Asia's top club competition, with the Chinese outfit playing for pride only against Japan's Kashima Antlers.

That match ended 1-1 with Marquinhos' 31st minute goal for Kashima cancelling out Mark Milligan's ninth minute opener.

The draw means Kashima top Group G and face a round of 16 clash with either FC Seoul or China's Shandong Luneng who meet Wednesday to decide which one finishes second in Group F behind defending champions Gamba.

A 2-0 away win for Pohang Steelers over Kawasaki ensured the Korean side avoided in-form Gamba in the knockout rounds, with the J-Leaguers instead forced to play their compatriots on June 24 for a place in the quarter-finals.

Noh Byung-Joon opened the scoring for Pohang in the 11th minute and Brazilian striker Denilson put the match beyond doubt with a clinical strike 18 minutes from time.

It earned the Korean FA Cup holders a crack at a quarter-final berth against either Australia's Newcastle Jets or fellow Koreans Ulsan Hyundai, who play on Wednesday.

In a dead-rubber match in that group, Tianjin Teda ended China's away drought with a smash-and-grab 1-0 win over Australia's Central Coast Mariners.

Lone striker Biao Mao broke the deadlock in the 65th minute, latching on to a defence-splitting pass from Leilei Ma to slot home past goalkeeper Danny Vukovic's near post.

It was the first away win by a Chinese team in 11 games of this year's competition.

Elsewhere, Uzbek champions Bunyodkor, last year's semi-finalists, face off with Al Shabab Al Arabi of the UAE for second place in Group D and the final west zone spot in the knockout stage.

Bunyodkor, boasting Brazilian legend Rivaldo, have seven points, one more than Al Shabab Al Arabi, and the Uzbek giants will enjoy passionate home support in Tashkent.

Ettifaq, who visit Sepahan, have already secured top spot in the group and face a round of 16 matchup with the Group A runners-up, either fellow Saudi side Al Hilal or Pakhtakor.

Like Japan, Saudi Arabia has all four of its clubs through, along with Piroozi (Iran), Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan) and Umm Salal (Qatar).

Saudi champions Al Ittihad will have to bounce back from Friday's 4-0 defeat to Al Shabab in the King's Cup final when they host Qatar?s Umm Salal in Jeddah for first place in Group C.

In the other group game, UAE's Al Jazira take on Iran's Esteghal.

About the competition

The competition is the annual Asian club soccer competition run by the Asian Football Confederation for the top 32 clubs from fourteen countries.

The 2008 holders are Gamba Osaka from the J League in Japan who defeated Adelaide Utd from Australia's A-League 5-0 on aggregate in November 2008.

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