HONG KONG — Two-time champion Jeonbuk Motors will take on fellow South Koreans Suwon Bluewings in the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League when the continental club championship resumes in August.

Jeonbuk, which won the title in 2006 and 2016, overcame a first-leg deficit to see off Thailand’s Buriram United and were drawn to face Suwon at the Asian Football Confederation’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday.

Former Asian Club Championship winner Suwon has already defeated Korean opposition in the knockout phase after beating Ulsan Hyundai in the previous round.

Tianjin Quanjian, China’s sole remaining representative in the competition, will take on Japan’s Kashima Antlers after Paulo Sousa’s team eliminated two-time champion Guangzhou Evergrande n the away goals rule in the Round of 16.

Kashima, meanwhile, is appearing in the last eight for the first time since 2008 and progressed to the quarterfinals after beating current Chinese Super League leader Shanghai SIPG over two legs.

In the west of the continent, Qatar’s Al-Duhail will take its perfect record in the competition so far into a meeting with last year’s semifinalists Persepolis.

Al-Duhail won all six of their group matches before back-to-back wins over former champion Al-Ain from the United Arab Emirates in the Round of 16 to set up the meeting with the Iranian league champion.

Another Iranian side, Esteghlal, will also take on Qatari opposition after being drawn to play Doha-based Al-Sadd.

Clubs from the west and east of the confederation are drawn separately with representatives of each side of the continent meeting in the final.

The first legs of the quarterfinals will be played from August 27 to 29 with the return clashes held from September 17 to 19. — Reuters