1985–86 Asian Club Championship

The 1985–86 Asian Club Championship was the fifth edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation, and was the first such tournament in 14 years. Several clubs played in the qualifying round in the fall of 1985, with the final tournament being held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 19 to 29 January 1986.

South Korean side Daewoo Royals won their first Asian Club Championship defeating Al-Ahli in the final.

Round 1
Note: Al-Ahli Sana'a and  Al-Shorta Aden both withdrew before the draw, while the Lebanese FA did not send a team.

Round 2

 * Al-Rasheed withdrew from the tournament; Al-Ittihad Aleppo advanced.

Participants

 * 🇧🇭 Al-Muharraq
 * Al-Arabi
 * Fanja
 * 🇶🇦 Al-Rayyan
 * Al-Ahli Jeddah
 * Al Ain

Final

 * Al-Ahli Jeddah and Al-Arabi qualified for the final tournament, but Al-Arabi later withdrew.

Central Asia (Coca-Cola Cup)
Played in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The tournament was called the Coca-Cola Cup due to sponsorship reasons.


 * 🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 🇮🇷 Iran did not send a team.

Southeast Asia (ASEAN Champions Cup)
Played in Indonesia

Note: Burma and 🇵🇭 Philippines did not send a team.

East Asia 1

 * Seiko qualified, but later withdrew.

East Asia 2
Note: 🇯🇵 Yomiuri withdrew before the draw.
 * 🇰🇷 Daewoo Royals
 * 🇲🇴 Wa Seng

Both legs were played in South Korea as Macau did not have an AFC or FIFA-standard stadium.


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Daewoo Royals won 14-1 on aggregate and qualified to the Group stage

Group stage
Note: As 🇭🇰 Seiko withdrew from the final tournament, playoff runners up 🇮🇩 Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian, took their place.