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2019 AFC Cup
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
5 February – 13 March 2019
Competition proper:
25 February – 4 November 2019
TeamsCompetition proper: 36
Total: 43 (from 26 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsLebanon Al-Ahed (1st title)
Runners-upNorth Korea April 25
Tournament statistics
Matches played127
Goals scored386 (3.04 per match)
Attendance428,416 (3,373 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Bienvenido Marañón
(10 goals)
Best player(s)Lebanon Mehdi Khalil
Fair play awardLebanon Al-Ahed
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The 2019 AFC Cup was the 16th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]

Al-Ahed from Lebanon won the title for the first time, defeating April 25 from North Korea in the final. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were the title holders, having won the previous three editions of the tournament. However, they were unable to defend the title as Iraqi teams played in the AFC Champions League instead of the AFC Cup in the 2019 edition.

Association team allocation

The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2019 and 2020 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2017 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.3):[2]

  • The associations are split into five zones:
  • All associations which do not receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League group stage are eligible to enter the AFC Cup.
  • In each zone, the number of groups in the group stage is determined based on the number of entries, with the number of slots filled through play-offs same as the number of groups:
    • In the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone, there are three groups in the group stage, including a total of 9 direct slots, with the 3 remaining slots filled through play-offs.
    • In the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone, there is one group in the group stage, including a total of 3 direct slots, with the 1 remaining slot filled through play-offs.
  • The top associations participating in the AFC Cup in each zone as per the AFC rankings get at least one direct slot in the group stage (including losers of the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs), while the remaining associations get only play-off slots:
    • For the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN zone:
      • The associations ranked 1st to 3rd each get two direct slots.
      • The associations ranked 4th to 6th each get one direct slot and one play-off slot.
      • The associations ranked 7th or below each get one play-off slot.
    • For the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia zone:
      • The associations ranked 1st to 3rd each get one direct slot and one play-off slot.
      • The associations ranked 4th or below each get one play-off slot.
  • The maximum number of slots for each association is one-third of the total number of eligible teams in the top division.
  • If any association gives up its direct slots, they are redistributed to the highest eligible association, with each association limited to a maximum of two direct slots.
  • If any association gives up its play-off slots, they are annulled and not redistributed to any other association.
  • If the number of teams in the play-offs in any zone is fewer than twice the number of group stage slots filled through play-offs, the play-off teams of the highest eligible associations are given byes to the group stage.

Association ranking

For the 2019 AFC Cup, the associations are allocated slots according to their association ranking which was published on 15 December 2017,[3] which takes into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, between 2014 and 2017.[2][4]

Participation for 2019 AFC Cup
Participating
Not participating
Notes
  1. ^
    Afghanistan (AFG): Afghanistan did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[5]
  2. ^
    Bangladesh (BAN): The 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League was not completed in time for the 2019 AFC Cup, so Bangladesh could only get one total slot, where they were represented by the 2018 Bangladesh Federation Cup winners.[6]
  3. ^
    Brunei (BRU): Brunei did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[5]
  4. ^
    Chinese Taipei (TPE): Chinese Taipei had only one team which had an AFC Cup license.[5]
  5. ^
    Guam (GUM): Guam did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[5]
  6. ^
    Laos (LAO): Laos had only one team which had an AFC Cup license and finished in the top half of the league to meet the sporting criteria (Entry Manual 12.6).[2][5]
  7. ^
    Macau (MAC): Macau did not have any teams which had an AFC Cup license.[5]
  8. ^
    Maldives (MDV): Maldives did not submit the list of licensed teams to the AFC.[7][5]
  9. ^
    Pakistan (PAK): Pakistan did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[5]
  10. ^
    Timor-Leste (TLS): Timor-Leste did not submit the list of licensed teams to the AFC.[5]
  11. ^
    Yemen (YEM): Yemen did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[5]

Teams

The following 43 teams from 26 associations entered the competition.

Notes
  1. ^
    AFC Champions League (ACL): Teams played in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage. Had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would not play in the AFC Cup, and would be replaced by the standby team from the same association if such team were available.
  2. ^
    Bahrain (BAH): Al-Muharraq, the 2017–18 Bahraini Premier League champions, did not have an AFC Cup license. As a result, Malkiya, the league 4th place, entered the group stage.[8]
  3. ^
    Chinese Taipei (TPE): Tatung and Taipower, the 2018 Taiwan Premier League champions and runners-up, did not have an AFC Cup license. As a result, Hang Yuen, the league 3rd place, entered the group stage.[9]
  4. ^
    Singapore (SIN): Albirex Niigata Singapore, the 2018 Singapore Premier League champions and 2018 Singapore Cup winners, is a satellite team of Japanese club Albirex Niigata and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. Moreover, DPMM, the 2018 Singapore Premier League 3rd place, is a team from Brunei and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. As a result, Home United and Tampines Rovers, the league runners-up and 4th place respectively, entered the group stage.
  5. ^
    Turkmenistan (TKM): Köpetdag, the 2018 Turkmenistan Cup winners, did not have an AFC Cup license. As a result, Ahal, the 2018 Ýokary Liga runners-up, entered the qualifying play-offs.[10]
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Location of teams of the 2019 AFC Cup.
West Asia Zone
Central Asia Zone
South Asia Zone
ASEAN Zone
East Asia Zone
(p) Qualifying play-off participants

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).[11]

Stage Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary stage Preliminary round No draw 20 February 2019 (C, S, E) 27 February 2019 (C, S, E)
Play-off stage Play-off round 5 February 2019 (W),
6 March 2019 (C, S, E) 		12 February 2019 (W),
13 March 2019 (C, S, E)
Group stage Matchday 1 22 November 2018 25–27 February 2019 (W, A), 3 April 2019 (C, S, E)
Matchday 2 11–13 March 2019 (W, A), 17 April 2019 (C, S, E)
Matchday 3 1–3 April & 3 May 2019 (W, A), 30 April – 1 May 2019 (C, S, E)
Matchday 4 15–17 & 23 April & 6 May 2019 (W, A), 15 May 2019 (C, S, E)
Matchday 5 29 April – 1 May 2019 (W, A), 19 June 2019 (C, S, E)
Matchday 6 13–15 May 2019 (W, A), 26 June 2019 (C, S, E)
Knockout stage Zonal semi-finals 17–19 June 2019 (W, A) 24–26 June 2019 (W, A)
Zonal finals 2 July 2019 31 July 2019 (A),
24 September 2019 (W) 		7 August 2019 (A),
1 October 2019 (W)
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals 20–21 August 2019 27–28 August 2019
Inter-zone play-off final 25 September 2019 2 October 2019
Final 2 November 2019

Qualifying play-offs

Main article: 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

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Preliminary round

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Play-off round

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs|Play-off round}}

Group stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Cup group stage

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup group stage|Draw}} {{#lst:2019 AFC Cup group stage|Format}}

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WEH JAI HAQ NEJ
1 Jordan Al-Wehdat 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Zonal semi-finals — 1–1 2–0 1–0
2 Syria Al-Jaish 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10 1–0 — 1–1 2–2
3 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 8 2–6 0–0 — 2–1
4 Lebanon Nejmeh 6 0 1 5 4 10 −6 1 0–2 0–1 1–2 —
Source: AFC

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAZ KUW NAJ ITH
1 Jordan Al-Jazeera 6 5 1 0 13 2 +11 16 Zonal semi-finals — 1–0 3–0 4–0
2 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 1–2 — 2–1 0–0
3 Bahrain Al-Najma 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–1 0–1 — 2–1
4 Syria Al-Ittihad 6 0 1 5 2 12 −10 1 0–2 0–2 1–2 —
Source: AFC

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHE MAL QAD SUW
1 Lebanon Al-Ahed 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14 Zonal semi-finals — 2–1 0–0 4–2
2 Bahrain Malkiya 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 0–0 — 1–2 2–2
3 Kuwait Al-Qadsia 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 0–1 1–2 — 2–0
4 Oman Al-Suwaiq 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 0–1 1–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALT IST DOR KHU
1 Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr 6 2 4 0 7 4 +3 10 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 1–1 3–1 1–0
2 Tajikistan Istiklol 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8 1–1 — 4–1 3–0
3 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7[a] 1–1 2–1 — 3–0
4 Tajikistan Khujand 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7[a] 0–0 3–2 3–1 —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head results: Khujand 3–1 Dordoi, Dordoi 3–0 Khujand.

Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ABD CFC MIN MMC
1 Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 3–2 2–2 5–0
2 India Chennaiyin 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 1–0 — 0–0 2–0
3 India Minerva Punjab 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5 0–1 1–1 — 2–2
4 Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 0–1 2–3 1–1 —
Source: AFC

Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAN TAM YAN NAG
1 Vietnam Hà Nội 6 4 1 1 23 5 +18 13[a] Zonal semi-finals — 2–0 0–1 10–0
2 Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 4 1 1 17 10 +7 13[a] 1–1 — 4–3 4–2
3 Myanmar Yangon United 6 2 0 4 10 14 −4 6 2–5 1–3 — 2–0
4 Cambodia Nagaworld 6 1 0 5 6 27 −21 3 1–5 1–5 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head results: Tampines Rovers 1–1 Hà Nội, Hà Nội 2–0 Tampines Rovers.

Group G

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CER BBD PSJ SHA
1 Philippines Ceres–Negros 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9 15 Zonal semi-finals — 0–1 1–0 3–2
2 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 1–3 — 3–1 6–0
3 Indonesia Persija Jakarta 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 7 2–3 0–0 — 6–1
4 Myanmar Shan United 6 0 0 6 5 25 −20 0 0–5 1–2 1–3 —
Source: AFC

Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSM HOM KAY LAO
1 Indonesia PSM Makassar 6 4 2 0 17 8 +9 14 Zonal semi-finals — 3–2 1–1 7–3
2 Singapore Home United 6 3 1 2 9 11 −2 10 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
3 Philippines Kaya–Iloilo 6 2 2 2 13 7 +6 8 1–2 5–0 — 5–1
4 Laos Lao Toyota 6 0 1 5 7 20 −13 1 0–3 2–3 1–1 —
Source: AFC

Group I

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification APR KIT TAI HYU
1 North Korea April 25 6 5 0 1 17 2 +15 15 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 2–0 4–0 5–0
2 Hong Kong Kitchee 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10 1–0 — 2–4 3–0
3 Hong Kong Tai Po 6 2 2 2 13 15 −2 8 1–3 3–3 — 4–2
4 Chinese Taipei Hang Yuen 6 0 1 5 4 18 −14 1 0–3 1–2 1–1 —
Source: AFC

Ranking of second-placed teams

West Asia Zone

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Syria Al-Jaish 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10[a] Zonal semi-finals
2 B Kuwait Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10[a]
3 C Bahrain Malkiya 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 Disciplinary points: Al-Jaish −6, Al-Kuwait −11.

ASEAN Zone

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 G Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Zonal semi-finals
2 F Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 4 1 1 17 10 +7 13
3 H Singapore Home United 6 3 1 2 9 11 −2 10
Source: AFC

Knockout stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Cup knockout stage

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup knockout stage|Format}}

Bracket

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}

Zonal semi-finals

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup knockout stage|Zonal semi-finals}}

Zonal finals

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup knockout stage|Zonal finals}}

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup knockout stage|Inter-zone play-off semi-finals}}

Inter-zone play-off final

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup knockout stage|Inter-zone play-off final}}

Final

{{#lst:2019 AFC Cup knockout stage|Final}}

Awards

Award Player Team
Most Valuable Player[12] Lebanon Mehdi Khalil Lebanon Al-Ahed
Top Goalscorer[13] Spain Bienvenido Marañón Philippines Ceres–Negros
Fair Play Award[12] — Lebanon Al-Ahed

Top scorers

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
  Player is not in the team but team still active for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 ZSF1 ZSF2 ZF1 ZF2 ISF1 ISF2 IF1 IF2 F Total
1 Spain Bienvenido Marañón Philippines Ceres–Negros 1 3 1 1 3 1 10
2 Nigeria Ganiyu Oseni Vietnam Hà Nội 4 2 2 1 9
North Korea Kim Yu-song North Korea April 25 1 1 2 2 2 1
4 Senegal Pape Omar Faye Vietnam Hà Nội 1 3 1 1 1 1 8
5 Brazil Bruno Matos Indonesia Persija Jakarta 2 1 1 3 7
Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Quyết Vietnam Hà Nội 1 1 1 1 2 1
7 Jordan Baha' Faisal Jordan Al-Wehdat 4 1 1 6
Brazil Fernando Hong Kong Kitchee 1 1 1 2 1
9 Singapore Khairul Amri Singapore Tampines Rovers 1 1 3 5
Lebanon Mohamad Kdouh Lebanon Al-Ahed 3 1 1
Brazil Wander Luiz Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 1 1 1 1 1
Finland Eero Markkanen Indonesia PSM Makassar 1 2 1 1
Syria Bassel Moustafa Syria Al-Jaish 1 1 1 2

Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 "2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Entry Manual: AFC Club Competitions 2017–2020" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "AFC Club Competitions Ranking (as of 15 December 2017)" (PDF). AFC.
  4. ^ "AFC Club Competitions Ranking Mechanics (2017 version)" (PDF). AFC.
  5. ^ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 "List of Licensed Clubs for the 2019 AFC Cup" (PDF). AFC.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh to lose one spot?". The Daily Star. 8 August 2018.
  7. ^ "No Maldivian Clubs for AFC Cup 2019". MaldiveSoccer. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  8. ^ "لحضور قرعة "كأس الاتحاد".. وفدا فريقي النجمة والمالكية يطيران لـ"كوالالامبور" الاثنين". alwatannews.net. 14 November 2018.
  9. ^ "台灣唯一國際認證職業隊　航源FC再戰明年亞洲足聯盃". ETtoday運動雲. 22 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Новый сезон Кубка АФК". Football Federation of Turkmenistan. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  11. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 28 November 2017.
  12. ^ 12.0 12.1 "Al Ahed's Khalil named MVP". the-afc.com. AFC. 4 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Ceres' Marañón wins Top Scorer Award". the-afc.com. AFC. 4 November 2019.

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