There are currently intensive discussions between the Asian Football Confederation and the Federation of International Football Associations regarding the date of the play-offs and the final of the AFC Champions League, which will take place no later than January to determine the yellow champion. continent before the start of the Club World Cup.
This desire is colliding with a busy calendar, especially in the coming months of November and December, due to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and FIFA is warning against any football competition during the World Cup, making the Asian Play-offs postponement very difficult.
Round 16 will be held on February 3, 4, and the quarter-finals on the seventh of the same month. The semi-finals will be held on the 10th of the same month, and the finals (home and away) will be held on February 19 and 26.