China News Service, September 11th. According to official AFC news, the East Asian Championships of the AFC Champions League, originally scheduled to restart in mid-October, will be postponed to November to December.
The specific time is: All East Asian games in the AFC will be completed from November 15 to December 13, and the AFC final will be postponed to December 19 in West Asia.
The AFC stated that the Executive Committee decided on the new 2020 tournament schedule through online meetings and announced the above decisions.
According to the original plan, the AFC East Asian competition will restart in October.
Among them, the group stage of Group G and Group H, the quarter-finals between the two qualifying teams, and the quarter-finals and semi-finals of East Asia will be held in Malaysia.
According to the remaining schedule of the Chinese Super League, the second stage of the Chinese Super League is scheduled to end on November 12.
This means that Evergrande, Guoan, SIPG and Shenhua participating in the AFC Champions League will go to the AFC stadium within three days of the end of the Super League season, which undoubtedly adds to their AFC journey.
The AFC also stated that in order to ensure the health of the players, the AFC U19 and U16 men's football championships originally scheduled to be held this year will be postponed to 2021 and this year's AFC Cup will be cancelled.
In addition, the 30th AFC Congress originally planned to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in December will be held online.
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