Goals from former FC Barcelona man Andres Iniesta and veteran Daigo Nishi on Monday ensured the J1 League side passage to their first ever quarter-final appearance in the competition, consigning Shanghai SIPG to their fourth consecutive exit at the hands of a Japanese side.

Ulsan Hyundai FC were drawn to play Beijing FC in the first of Thursday’s quarter-finals, while Vissel Kobe will meet Suwon Samsung Bluewings, with both matches to be held at the state-of-the-art Al Janoub Stadium in Doha.

The quarter-final winners will then do battle in Sunday’s AFC Champions League (East) semi-final, also at Al Janoub Stadium, with the successful club to advance to the final against Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis FC, who confirmed their place in the west zone in October.

Doha: Suwon Samsung Bluewings' Kim Tae-hwan has been voted by the fans as the 2020 AFC Champions League (East) Toyota Player of the Week after an excellent display in his side's come-from-behind 3-2 Round of 16 win over Yokohama F. Marinos as the K League 1 team advanced to the quarter-finals.

The midfielder, who amassed 50 percent of the fans' votes, drilled home Suwon's equaliser with a superb strike from outside the box just before the hour mark with his first goal of the campaign, He earned an 8.0 rating from Stats Perform – the AFC's official data provider.

After going down to Erik’s opener in the first half, Park’s men scored three times in the second half through Kim Tae-hwan, Kim Min-woo and Han Seok-jong before substitute Ado Onaiwu gave the Japanese side late hope with an added time header but it proved in vain.

The New York-born Norwegian international has been the ace in head coach Kim Do-hoon’s pack in the last two matches, scoring twice as a substitute against Shanghai Shenhua in their final group stage fixture, then repeating the dose to eliminate Melbourne Victory in the Round of 16.

The FIFA World Cup 2022 hosts had successfully hosted the West Asia matches between September 14 and October 3, culminating in Islamic Republic of Iran’s Persepolis FC reaching the final, and Qatar was again chosen as the venue for the remainder of the competition where one team from East Asia groups aspires to join them in the final taking place at Al Janoub Stadium on December 19.