League winners for a seventh successive year in 2020, Altyn Asyr have now lifted the Cup five times since 2009, making them the second most successful club in the history of the competition behind seven-time winners Kopetdag.

Deprived of the services of their talismanic midfielder Andres Iniesta who was deemed only fit enough for a place on the bench after a muscle injury in the previous match, Vissel Kobe found themselves ceding possession to their opponents in the early stages of the game.

A first half brace from Júnior Negrão was central to Ulsan’s win, with the K League Golden Boot winner opening the scoring from the penalty spot, before doubling the advantage with a 30-yard rocket just before the interval.

Kim Do-hoon’s side can now look forward to Sunday’s semi-final against Japan's Vissel Kobe - who defeated Suwon Samsung Bluewings on penalties in the later quarter-final - while Beijing’s best ever AFC Champions League showing ends at the quarter-final stage.

Doha: Suwon Samsung Bluewings' Kim Tae-hwan has been voted by the fans as the 2020 AFC Champions League (East) Toyota Player of the Week after an excellent display in his side's come-from-behind 3-2 Round of 16 win over Yokohama F. Marinos as the K League 1 team advanced to the quarter-finals.

The midfielder, who amassed 50 percent of the fans' votes, drilled home Suwon's equaliser with a superb strike from outside the box just before the hour mark with his first goal of the campaign, He earned an 8.0 rating from Stats Perform – the AFC's official data provider.

Japan are ranked 27th, two spots ahead of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a year which saw very limited national team action across the Continent.

Both Japan and Iran were unchanged from their previous rankings with Korea Republic (38th) and Australia (41st) also not moving.

Qatar’s participation in the European Qualifiers was approved by the Asian Football Confederation as Sanchez's side will not be playing in the Final Round of the Asian Qualifiers, having secured their place in the FIFA World Cup 2022 as hosts.