_(74).jpg) The Ulsan Hyundai team lifting the 2020 AFC Champions League trophy | |||||||
| Event | 2020 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 19 December 2020 | ||||||
| Venue | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Sin Jin-ho (Ulsan Hyundai)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 8,517 | ||||||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy 24 °C (75 °F) | ||||||
The 2020 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2020 AFC Champions League, the 39th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the AFC Champions League title.
The final was contested as a single match between Persepolis from Iran and Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea. Under the original format and schedule, the final would have been contested in two-legged home-and-away format, with the first leg played on 22 November and the second leg on 28 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended between March and September 2020, and upon its resumption, all matches were relocated to centralised venues in Qatar, and the final was played at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah on 19 December 2020.[3]
Ulsan Hyundai won their second AFC Champions League title. As Asian champions, they qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.
- ^ "Persepolis FC v Ulsan Hyundai FC". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Qatar's Al-Jassim to officiate AFC Champions League Final". Asian Football Confederation. 17 December 2020.
- ^ "AFC Champions League Final to be played in Doha, Qatar". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 16 October 2020.