KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Asia's Champions League will resume in September with remaining group games played at centralised venues and a single-leg final in December, officials said on Thursday (July 9) following a six-month coronavirus hiatus.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR - Asia's Champions League will resume in September with remaining group games played at centralised venues and a single-leg final in December, officials said on Thursday following a six-month coronavirus hiatus.
Chinese clubs Shanghai SIPG, Shanghai Shenhua and Guangzhou Evergrande are yet to play any group stage match after travel restrictions were imposed on teams from China, where the virus was first reported. The four rounds of West Zone group stage matches for teams largely based in the Middle East will be crammed into 11 days from September 14 to 24 at a centralised venue still to be named.
The knockout phase will start immediately after the group stage is completed with matches reduced to one leg. The final be on Dec 5.
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