The 1986 Asian Club Championship was the 6th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1986. The final round was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 1986. Furukawa Electric (JPN) became the first Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.

Qualifying Stage

Group 1

Al-Shorta Aden qualified to the second round by default, as they were the only team entered in Group 1.

Group 2

Group 3

Qualification from the 1986 GCC Champions League held in Riyadh.

Participants

Al-Hilal and 🇶🇦 Al-Arabi qualified to the second round

Group 4

Participants

Known results: 🇮🇷Malavan and Saunders SC qualified to the second round.

Group 5

Note: both matches were played in Kuala Lumpur.

Group 6

(Played in Brunei)

Participants

🇮🇩 Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian qualified to the second round.

Group 7

Group 8

Matches were played in Macau.

Second round

Group A

All matches were played in Baghdad, Iraq.

Group B

All matches were played in Saudi Arabia.

Group C

All matches were played in Hong Kong.

Group D

All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Final round