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 and Al-Arabi qualified to the second round

Group 4

Participants

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 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 1Al-Talaba2–0 Al-Arabi
Match 2Al-Talaba4–0 Saunders SC
Match 3Al-Arabi9–0 Saunders SC

Group B

All matches were played in Saudi Arabia.

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Match 1Al-Hilal5–0 Al-Shorta Aden
Match 2Al-Shorta Aden0–2 Al-Hilal

Group C

All matches were played in Hong Kong.

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Match 1Liaoning FC0–0 Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian
Match 2Liaoning FC1–0 South China
Match 3Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian1–1 South China

Group D

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Match 1Furukawa Electric2–1 Selangor FA
Match 2Furukawa Electric3–1 Hap Kuan
Match 3Selangor FA5–0 Hap Kuan

References