2007 AFC Champions League Final
| Event | 2007 AFC Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 7 November 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Foolad Shahr Stadium, Fooladshahr | ||||||
| Referee | Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh | ||||||
| Attendance | 30,000 | ||||||
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| Date | 14 November 2007 | ||||||
| Venue | Saitama Stadium, Saitama | ||||||
| Referee | Ravshan Irmatov | ||||||
| Attendance | 59,034 | ||||||
The 2007 AFC Champions League Final was a two-legged association football tie to determine the 2007 champions of Asian club football. Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Sepahan 3-1 on aggregate to take the title. The first leg took place on 7 November 2007 at 16:00 local time (UTC+3:30) at Foolad Shahr Stadium in Fooladshahr, Isfahan and the second leg took place on 14 November 2007 at 19:20 local time (UTC+9) at Saitama Stadium, Saitama.
This was the first final to feature clubs from Iran and Japan. The winners, Urawa Red Diamonds, received US$600,000 prize money and qualified to represent Asia in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup. Although they were defeated, Sepahan still competed in the FIFA Club World Cup by replacing the host country berth, which is reserved for the J. League champions.
The rules for the final were exactly the same as for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout taking place if the teams were still level after that.
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