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Wikipedia / 1986 Asian Club Championship

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 defeated Al Hilal in the final to become the first Japanese club to win the Asian Club Championship.

Defending champions Daewoo Royals were unable to defend their title as they finished third in the 1985 K League.

Qualifying Stage

Group 1

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

Group 2

Al-Talaba advanced to the second round.

Group 3

Qualification from the 1986 GCC Champions League held in Bahrain.

Participants

Al-Hilal and Al-Arabi Sports Club advanced to the second round.

Group 4

Participants

All matches were played in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Malavan advanced to the second round.

Group 5

Participants

All matches were played in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

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Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian advanced to the second round.

Group 6

Both matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by mutual agreement.

Selangor advanced to the second round.

Group 7

Participants

Liaoning and Furukawa Electric advanced to the second round.

Group 8

Participants

All matches were played in Hong Kong.

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Hap Kuan and South China advanced to the second round.

Second round

Group A

All matches were played in Baghdad, Iraq.

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Al-Talaba qualified for the final tournament.

Group B

All matches were played in Saudi Arabia.

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Al-Hilal qualified for the final tournament.

Group C

All matches were played in Hong Kong.

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Liaoning qualified for the final tournament.

Group D

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Furukawa Electric qualified for the final tournament.

Final round

All matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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