Elsewhere, Guangzhou Evergrande secured their eighth Chinese Super League title in nine years while Yokohama F. Marinos moved ever closer to being crowned J. League champions.

Tatung wrapped up their third successive title in Chinese Taipei, while there were also fixtures in Hong Kong and Guam, so join the-AFC.com as we review all the action across East Asia.

With the championship going down to the final day of the season, Beijing Guoan needed to defeat Shandong Luneng at home and hope that Cannavaro's side lost to visiting Shanghai Shenhua.

Guoan triumphed 3-2 thanks to a stoppage time goal but Evergrande were comfortable 3-0 winners over struggling Shenhua.

Winger Wei Shihao made it 1-0 for Guangzhou moments before the break when he stabbed in from close range.

Jeonbuk defeated Gangwon FC 1-0 at Jeonju World Cup Stadium to end the 2019 K League 1 season with 79 points, tied at the top with Ulsan Hyundai FC.

Jeonbuk edged Ulsan in the first tiebreaker, goals scored, 72 to 71, and became just the second club to pull off a "three-peat" in Korea Republic.

Seongnam FC (1993-1995 and 2001-2003) are the only other team to have won three titles in a row.

The AFC Annual Awards Hong Kong 2019 will be a night to remember after a momentous year for Asian football, following the successful staging of the biggest-ever AFC Asian Cup in the UAE, the Continent’s ultimate club competition, the AFC Champions League, alongside the AFC Cup and the pilot FIFA/AFC Women’s Club Championship as well as other age group competitions.

Set against the backdrop of the world-famous Victoria Harbour, the AFC Annual Awards Hong Kong 2019 will be a celebration of all that Asian football has to offer, bringing together some of the Continent’s biggest names in one iconic location.

The comment came after the Japanese champions eased to a history-making Asian title with a sparkling 5-0 win over Australia’s Melbourne Victory on the final day of the FIFA-AFC Pilot Tournament, adding a maiden continental title to their impressive haul of domestic honours.

With the Asian club champions crowned for the first time in Yongin, Nagata echoed comments made earlier in the tournament by Beleza midfield dynamo Yui Hasegawa, who revealed her desire to test herself against the world’s leading clubs, including recurring European champions Olympique Lyonnais.

Beleza captain Mina Tanaka netted a superb hat-trick, with Sara Ito and Kokona Iwasaki also getting on the scoresheet, as the rulers of Japan’s domestic scene demonstrated their class to the rest of the Continent.

The result gave Masato Nagata’s side a final tally of seven points, creating an unassailable four-point lead over second-placed Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels, who will close the tournament against Jiangsu Suning later on Saturday.