Thai club Chiang Rai United will play South Korea’s Daegu in an AFC Champions League play-off on June 23, the Asian Football Confederation announced on Monday.
The winners of the one-off match in Uzbekistan will head into Group I comprising Kawasaki Frontale (Japan), Beijing Guoan (China) and United City (Philippines).
The Beetles secured a place in the play-offs after finishing fourth at the halfway stage of the 2020-21 Thai League 1 season.
The top three teams at that time — BG Pathum United, Port and Ratchaburi — will take part in the 2021 ACL group stage.
Ratchaburi were originally slated to play in the play-offs but got a direct entry to the group stage after a Chinese team were booted out due to financial issues.
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