The 2022 edition of the Asian Champions League has delayed its end until 2023 after the Asian Football Confederation (CAF) has decided to modify its calendar for the coronavirus and to help in the preparation for the World Cup in Qatar to the qualified national teams.
“Travel procedures in Asia have become more challenging with new restrictions and protocols introduced by various countries in an effort to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant,” CAF said in a statement.
In addition, the confederation recalled that it expects the continent’s teams to qualify for the World Cup that begins in November “establish comprehensive preparedness plans“, which motivated him to “facilitate such adjustments” in the calendar “in the face of the uncertain situation and unforeseen risks”.
In this way, the winners of the two groups into which the competition is divided, the East and the West, will meet in a double match for the title on February 19 and 26, 2023, while the group stages and semi-final knockout stages will be held in single venues.
The Western groups, which include teams from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iran, will play from April 7 to 27, while the Eastern groups, with clubs from Australia, China, Japan and South Korea, will play from April 15 to April 1. may. The East zone winner will be determined in August, but will not meet his rival in the final until February 10, 2023.
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