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| Event | 2011 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| Al-Sadd won 4–2 on penalties | |||||||
| Date | 5 November 2011 | ||||||
| Venue | Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju | ||||||
| AFC Man of the Match | Abdul Kader Keïta (Al-Sadd) | ||||||
| Fans' Man of the Match | Mohamed Saqr (Al-Sadd) | ||||||
| Referee | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | ||||||
| Attendance | 41,805 | ||||||
| Weather | Rainy 7 °C (45 °F) 60% humidity | ||||||
The 2011 AFC Champions League Final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 5 November 2011, to determine the champion of the 2011 AFC Champions League.[1] It was the final of the 30th edition of the top-level Asian club tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 9th under the current AFC Champions League title.
The game was contested between by Al-Sadd of Qatar and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of South Korea. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving a Qatari club since Al-Sadd themselves in 1989, during the Asian Club Championship era. Al-Sadd won 4–2 on penalties, after a 2–2 draw following extra time.[2][3][4] As Asian champions, they qualified to enter the quarter-finals of the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan as the AFC representative.
- ^ "AFC Champions League 2011 Manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Al Sadd win AFC Champions League
- ^ "Controversial Qatari Club Wins Asian Champions League Final". New York Times. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ "History for Qatar as Al Sadd win Asian title in dramatic shootout". CNN. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.