After having beaten Sabahan of Iran at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh this evening one love within group D of the first round of Asia Soccer Champions tournament, Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia qualified for the next round of tournament. Nasser Al-Shamrani scored the match's sole goal for Al-Hilal in the 47 minute to give his team a jump to nine points as top of the group, followed by Al-Sadd of Qatar with 8 points which beat Al-Ahli of the UAE 2-1 while Sabahan of Iran and the Al-Ahli of the UAE both lost qualifying. Accordingly, in the next round, Al-Hilal meets the second of group B and Al-Sadd meets the leader of the group.