2020 AFC Champions League final

The 2020 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2020 AFC Champions League, the 39th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 18th under the AFC Champions League title.

2020 AFC Champions League Final
The Ulsan Hyundai team holds the AFC Champions League trophy
Event2020 AFC Champions League
Date19 December 2020 (2020-12-19)
VenueAl Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah
Man of the MatchSin Jin-ho (Ulsan Hyundai)
RefereeAbdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Attendance8,517
WeatherMostly cloudy
24 °C (75 °F)

The final was contested as a single match between Persepolis from Iran and Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea. Under the original format and schedule, the final would have been contested in two-legged home-and-away format, with the first leg played on 22 November and the second leg on 28 November 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended between March and September 2020, and upon its resumption, all matches were relocated to centralised venues in Qatar, and the final was played at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah on 19 December 2020.

Ulsan Hyundai won their second AFC Champions League title. As Asian champions, they qualified for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar.

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