1986 Asian Club Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	Asian Club Championship
Year:	1986
Country:	Saudi Arabia
Dates:	26–30 December 1986
Venues:	Riyadh (final round)
Num Teams:	4
Champion Other:	Furukawa Electric
Count:	1
Second Other:	Al-Hilal
Third Other:	Liaoning F.C.
Fourth Other:	Al-Talaba
Matches:	6
Goals:	20
Prevseason:	1985–86
Nextseason:	1987

The 1986 Asian Club Championship was the 6th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1986. The final round was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 1986.

Furukawa Electric (JPN) became the first Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.

Qualifying Stage

Group 1

As Al-Shorta Aden qualified to the second round by default as they were the only team in Group 1.

Group 3

Qualification from the 1986 GCC Champions League held in Riyadh.

Participants

• Al-Hilal (hosts)
• Al Arabi
• Dhofar
• Al-Arabi
• Al-Wasl

Al-Hilal and Al-Arabi qualified to the second round

Group 4

Participants

• Malavan
• Saunders SC
• HBL FC
• Victory SC.

Known results:

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	Malavan	7–0	HBL
	Malavan	1–1	Saunders
	Malavan	12–0	Victory SC

Malavan and Saunders SC qualified to the second round.

Group 5

Note: both matches were played in Kuala Lumpur.

Group 6

(Played in Brunei)

Participants

• Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
• Philippine Air Force
• Daerah Brunei

Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian qualified to the second round.

Group 8

Matches were played in Macau.

Second round

Group A

All matches were played in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Match 1	Al-Talaba	2–0	Al-Arabi
Match 2	Al-Talaba	4–0	Saunders SC
Match 3	Al-Arabi	9–0	Saunders SC

Group B

All matches were played in Saudi Arabia.

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Match 1	Al-Hilal	5–0	Al-Shorta Aden
Match 2	Al-Shorta Aden	0–2	Al-Hilal

Group C

All matches were played in Hong Kong.

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Match 1	Liaoning FC	0–0	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
Match 2	Liaoning FC	1–0	South China
Match 3	Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian	1–1	South China

Group D

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Match 1	Furukawa Electric	2–1	Selangor FA
Match 2	Furukawa Electric	3–1	Hap Kuan
Match 3	Selangor FA	5–0	Hap Kuan

References

• Asian Club Competitions 1987 at RSSSF.com