2018 AFC Champions League Final
The 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage is scheduled to be played from 7 May to 10 November 2018. A total of 16 teams compete in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 AFC Champions League.
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advance to the round of 16, with both West Region (Groups A–D) and East Region (Groups E–H) having eight qualified teams.
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams play a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).
The schedule of each round is as follows. Matches in the West Region are played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the East Region are played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The bracket of the knockout stage is determined as follows:
The bracket will be decided after the draw for the knockout stage.
In the round of 16, the winners of one group play the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
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