Former winners Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea and Gamba Osaka will face off in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League.
Jeonbuk, which triumphed in Asia's premier club tournament in 2006, will host the first leg in Jeonju in late August before traveling to Japan for the second leg in mid-September to face the 2008 champions.
Thursday's draw in Kuala Lumpur also pitted Kashiwa Reysol against four-time reigning Chinese champion Guangzhou Evergrande, now under the guidance of Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari following the surprise sacking of Fabio Cannavaro.
Guangzhou, winner of the tournament in 2013, will host the second leg. The winners of the two ties will face off in the semifinals.
In West Asia, last year's runner-up Al-Hilal will take on Qatari champios Lekhwiya.
The Saudi side will be forced to play the first leg at home in an empty stadium after the Asian Football Confederation banned spectators following crowd trouble in a previous round.
Hilal knocked out Qatari opposition Al-Sadd in last year's quarterfinals en route to the final.
The other quarterfinal handed tournament debutants Naft Tehran a home first leg against Emirati side Al-Ahli.
The first legs to be played Aug. 25 and 26, with the return matches on Sept. 15 and 16.