China News Service, July 5th. On July 5th, Beijing time, the AFC website announced that this season's AFC and AFC Cup will start from the quarter-finals, and the knockouts will be single-round tournaments.
In addition, the final is also a single round to determine the winner, which will be held on November 23 and hosted by the member states of the West Asia Association.
Taking into account the impact of the epidemic, the 2022 AFC and AFC will continue to use the competition system for centralized competition, and the knockout competition will also adopt a single-round competition system.
2021 AFC Champions League schedule:
West Asia quarter-finals: October 16
West Asia semi-finals: October 19
East Asian quarter-finals: October 17
East Asian semifinals: October 20
Final: November 23