Attendance 36,158 Champion Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC Location South Korea | Attendance 23,239 Start date 2016 | |
Event 2016 AFC Champions League AFC Man of the Match Leonardo (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) Weather Overcast with fog
14 °C (57 °F) AFC Man of the Match Choi Chul-soon (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) Venues Jeonju, Al Ain, Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Men of the match Leonardo Rodriguez Pereira (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Choi Chul-soon (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) Referees Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman), Ryuji Sato (Japan) Similar 2011 AFC Champions League F, 2014 AFC Champions League F, 2016 AFC U‑23 Championship | ||
The 2016 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 AFC Champions League, the 35th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 14th under the current AFC Champions League title.
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The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between South Korean team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and United Arab Emirates team Al-Ain. The first leg was hosted by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju on 19 November 2016, while the second leg was hosted by Al-Ain at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain on 26 November 2016. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors won the final 3–2 at overall and clinched their second title.
Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Rules
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.