Postponed Asian Champions League matches to be played in Jeddah next month

[p]Thousands of people have been killed ‌across the Middle East since the US ‌and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 and Iran launched strikes against Israel, US ‌bases and Gulf states.[/p][p]The last-16 ⁠encounters had originally ‌been scheduled to be played in Qatar, Iran, ​Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on a home-and-away basis ​in the first two weeks of March.[/p][p]Defending champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-ahli-sc/0MHmoCY0/"]Al Ahli[/a] are due to take ⁠on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-duhail/WYZnRzI1/"]Al Duhail[/a] from ​Qatar while four-times winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-hilal/hxxcePl9/"]Al Hilal[/a] face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-sadd/AkENgqwB/"]Al Sadd[/a]. Shabab Al-Ahli from the UAE play Iran's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tractor/IVy1ZyxH/"]Tractor FC[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-wahda/21AL1RQp/"]Al-Wahda[/a] meet Saudi ‌Pro League champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/al-ittihad/QmsyAjWh/"]Al Ittihad[/a].[/p][p][b]Those fixtures will now be held on April 13 and 14 as single-leg ties ahead of the tournament's finals stage.[/b][/p][embed guid="be6c438c-1750-4c65-9ce9-9516865f9b68" url="https://x.com/TheAFCCL/status/2036303704861692367" social-type="twitter" /][p]Jeddah had already been slated to host the quarter-finals, semis and final on a centralised basis with matches running from April 16 to 25.[/p][p][b]Last-16 ‌matches on the Eastern side of the ​draw have already been concluded, with ‌Japanese pair [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vissel-kobe/698tGI9q/"]Vissel Kobe[/a] and Machida Zelvia joined in the quarter-finals by Thailand's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/buriram-united-f-c/r3QHlQs7/"]Buriram United[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/johor-dt/AVV6BGlb/"]Johor Darul Ta'zim[/a] from Malaysia.[/b][/p][p]The draw for the quarter-finals ⁠will be conducted ⁠in Kuala Lumpur ‌on Wednesday.[/p]