On December 4, Beijing time, the 6th round of the AFC Champions League Elite League ended. In the last two matchups of this round, Shandong Taishan lost 0-4 to Kawasaki Frontale, while Shanghai Shenhua was reversed 1-2 at home by South Korean champion Ulsan HD, and the Chinese Super League 3 teams are winless in this round. After 6 rounds, 5 teams advanced to the knockout stage in advance, and 1 team went out early.
East Asia Zone: 2 teams are out of the game and still no team has qualified, the top 3 of the Chinese Super League are not winning, and Shenhua Taishan fell out of the promotion zone
In this round of games, the record of the 3 teams in the Chinese Super League is 1 draw and 2 losses. After 6 rounds, the situation of the top 3 in the Chinese Super League is not optimistic. Harbour with 8 points is ranked 7th, while Shenhua and Taishan are 9th and 10th with 7 points and fall to the knockout zone, but all three teams still have a chance to advance to the knockout round.
In terms of other teams, Yokohama Marinos, Gwangju FC and Vissel Kobe are in the top 3 with 13 points, but have not yet secured a place for the knockout rounds. Kawasaki Frontale is in 4th place with 12 points, while the Australian Super League's only seedlings Central Coast Mariners have only 1 point because they have not won after 6 rounds, and they have been eliminated in advance, becoming the first team to be eliminated in this AFC Champions League.
West Asia: 5 teams advance to the knockout stage The defending champions are winless in 6 rounds
After 6 rounds, 5 teams have advanced to the knockout round. In the last round of the competition, the top three in the Saudi league, Riyadh Crescent, Jeddah National and Riyadh Victory, have advanced to qualify.
After this round, Qatar's giants Saad and UAE powerhouse Dubai Prayer have 12 and 11 points respectively, more than 7 points ahead of the ninth-placed Tashkent Cotton Farmers (4 points), so they advanced to the knockout round 2 rounds in advance.
No team in West Asia has been eliminated early, with defending champions Al Ain getting out of the bottom of the table after a 1-1 draw with Tashkent cotton farmers. However, after 6 rounds of winlessness, they only accumulated 2 points with 2 draws and 4 losses, and the situation is still not optimistic if they want to advance.