2014 AFC Cup

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2014 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates2 February – 18 October 2014
Teams34 (from 19 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil
Tournament statistics
Matches played119
Goals scored369 (3.1 per match)
Attendance336,085 (2,824 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg Juan Belencoso (11 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Kuwait.svg Saif Al Hashan
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The 2014 AFC Cup was the 11th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. [1] Al-Kuwait were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Persipura Jayapura in the quarter-finals.

Contents

In the final, Al-Qadsia of Kuwait defeated Erbil of Iraq 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw, to win their first AFC Cup title after losing in the previous year's final. [2]

Allocation of entries per association

The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. [3] The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:

The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:

Each participating association was given either two entries to the group stage or one entry to the qualifying play-off, based on the AFC Technical Ranking and the number of associations in each zone. [5]

Evaluation for 2014 AFC Cup
Ranked top 23, allocated two direct slots
Ranked 24–34, allocated two direct slots
Ranked 24–34, allocated one play-off slot

Teams

The following teams entered the competition. Teams in italics played in the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage (had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would have been replaced by another team from the same association).

Notes
  1. ^
    India (IND): Since the submission deadline came before the Indian Federation Cup, the league runners-up were chosen to represent India in the AFC Cup.
  2. ^ a b
    Indonesia (IDN): Persipura Jayapura and Arema Cronus, the 2013 Indonesia Super League champions and runners-up respectively, were chosen to represent Indonesia in the AFC Cup. [6]
  3. ^
    Malaysia (MAS): Since LionsXII, a side managed by the Football Association of Singapore and thus ineligible to represent Malaysia in continental competition, won the 2013 Malaysia Super League, the league runners-up were chosen to represent Malaysia in the AFC Cup. [7]
  4. ^
    Myanmar (MYA): Since the MFF Cup had to be cancelled due to tightness of schedule in preparation for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games, the league runners-up were chosen to represent Myanmar in the AFC Cup.
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Location of teams of the 2014 AFC Cup.
Red pog.svg West Asia Zone
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(p) Qualifying play-off participants

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). [5] [8]

PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Qualifying play-offRound 1No draw2 February 2014
Group stageMatchday 110 December 201325–26 February 2014
Matchday 211–12 March 2014
Matchday 318–19 March 2014
Matchday 41–2 April 2014
Matchday 58–9 April 2014
Matchday 622–23 April 2014
Knock-out stageRound of 1613–14 May 2014
Quarter-finals28 May 201419 August 201426 August 2014
Semi-finals16 September 201430 September 2014
Final18 October 2014

Qualifying play-off

The bracket for the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC. [5] Each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie advanced to the group stage to join the 30 automatic qualifiers. [1]

Team 1 Score Team 2
Ravshan Kulob Flag of Tajikistan.svg 2–1 Flag of Yemen.svg Al-Yarmuk Al-Rawda
Shabab Al-Dhahiriya Flag of Palestine.svg 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–8 p)		 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Alay Osh

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013. [9] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: [1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (away goals do not apply)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots

Group A

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts SAF THR SUW RAV
Flag of Lebanon.svg Safa 6510131+1216 1–0 1–0 8–0
Flag of Jordan.svg That Ras 632194+511 0–0 1–0 5–1
Flag of Oman.svg Al-Suwaiq 621384+47 0–1 0–0 3–1
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Ravshan Kulob 6006526−210 1–2 2–3 0–5
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts KUW NEJ FAN JAI
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 6411124+813 2–1 4–0 2–0
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Nejmeh 623143+19 1–1 1–0 0–0
Flag of Oman.svg Fanja 613226−46 2–1 0–0 0–0
Flag of Syria.svg Al-Jaish 603305−53 0–2 0–1 0–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group C

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts QAD HID SHO WAH
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 6321115+611 [lower-alpha 1] 2–0 3–0 1–1
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Hidd 6321106+411 [lower-alpha 1] 3–2 0–0 3–1
Flag of Iraq.svg Al-Shorta 614134−17 0–0 0–0 0–0
Flag of Syria.svg Al-Wahda 6024514−92 1–3 1–4 1–3
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers

Group D

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts ERB RIF ORD ALA
Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil 6501195+1415 1–2 3–2 6–0
Flag of Bahrain.svg Riffa 631277010 0–3 2–0 2–0
Flag of Jordan.svg Shabab Al-Ordon 6303910−19 1–3 3–1 2–1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Alay Osh 6015114−131 0–3 0–0 0–1
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group E

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts PSJ CHB HOM NRA
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 632194+511 2–0 0–2 3–0
Flag of India.svg Churchill Brothers 6312107+310 [lower-alpha 1] 1–1 3–1 3–0
Flag of Singapore.svg Home United 631286+210 [lower-alpha 1] 1–1 2–1 2–0
Flag of Maldives.svg New Radiant 6105212−103 0–2 1–2 1–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tiebreakers: Churchill Brothers and Home United are ranked on head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers

Group F

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts HNT ARE SEL MAZ
Flag of Vietnam.svg Hà Nội T&T 6501147+715 2–1 1–0 5–1
Flag of Indonesia.svg Arema Cronus 6312109+110 1–3 1–0 3–2
Flag of Malaysia.svg Selangor 622296+38 3–1 1–1 4–1
Flag of Maldives.svg Maziya 6015718−111 1–2 1–3 1–1
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group G

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts VNB YAN SCA KEL
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vissai Ninh Bình 6510187+1116 3–2 1–1 4–0
Flag of Myanmar.svg Yangon United 63031617−19 1–4 2–0 5–3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg South China 6213111107 1–3 5–3 4–0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Kelantan 6105919−103 2–3 2–3 2–0
Source: [ citation needed ]

Group H

Team
PldWDLGFGAGDPts KIT NPT TAM PUN
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 6411155+1013 2–0 4–0 2–2
Flag of Myanmar.svg Nay Pyi Taw 6222101008 1–2 3–1 3–3
Flag of Singapore.svg Tampines Rovers 6204916−76 [lower-alpha 1] 0–5 0–1 3–1
Flag of India.svg Pune 61321215−36 [lower-alpha 1] 2–0 2–2 2–5
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tiebreakers: Tampines Rovers and Pune are ranked on head-to-head record.
Tiebreakers

Knock-out stage

In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. [1]

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
Flag of Vietnam.svg Hà Nội T&T 5
Flag of Myanmar.svg Nay Pyi Taw 0
Flag of Vietnam.svg Hà Nội T&T 0 0 0
Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil 1 2 3
Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil (p) 0 (3)
Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Nejmeh 0 (0)
Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil 1 2 3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 1 1 2
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vissai Ninh Bình 4
Flag of India.svg Churchill Brothers 2
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vissai Ninh Bình 2 1 3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 4 0 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 2
Flag of Indonesia.svg Arema Cronus 0
Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil 0 (2)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia (p) 0 (4)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 4
Flag of Jordan.svg That Ras 0
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia (a) 1 2 3
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Hidd 1 2 3
Flag of Lebanon.svg Safa 0
Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Hidd 1
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 4 6 10
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 2 0 2
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 3
Flag of Bahrain.svg Riffa 0
Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Kuwait 3 1 4
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 2 6 8
Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 9
Flag of Myanmar.svg Yangon United 2

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match. [1]

Team 1 Score Team 2
West Asia Zone
Safa Flag of Lebanon.svg 0–1 Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Hidd
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg 4–0 Flag of Jordan.svg That Ras
Al-Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg 3–0 Flag of Bahrain.svg Riffa
Erbil Flag of Iraq.svg 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 Flag of Lebanon.svg Al-Nejmeh
East Asia Zone
Persipura Jayapura Flag of Indonesia.svg 9–2 Flag of Myanmar.svg Yangon United
Vissai Ninh Bình Flag of Vietnam.svg 4–2 Flag of India.svg Churchill Brothers
Hà Nội T&T Flag of Vietnam.svg 5–0 Flag of Myanmar.svg Nay Pyi Taw
Kitchee Flag of Hong Kong.svg 2–0 Flag of Indonesia.svg Arema Cronus

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014. [10] Teams from different zones could be drawn into the same tie, and the "country protection" rule was applied, so teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Hà Nội T&T Flag of Vietnam.svg 0–3 Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil 0–1 0–2
Vissai Ninh Bình Flag of Vietnam.svg 3–4 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 2–4 1–0
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg 3–3 (a) Flag of Bahrain.svg Al-Hidd 1–1 2–2
Al-Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg 4–8 Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 3–2 1–6

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Erbil Flag of Iraq.svg 3–2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 1–1 2–1
Al-Qadsia Flag of Kuwait.svg 10–2 Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 4–2 6–0

Final

The draw to decide the host team of the final was held after the quarter-final draw. [10]

Notes
  1. ^
    Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Most Valuable Player [11] Flag of Kuwait.svg Saif Al Hashan Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia
Top Goalscorer Flag of Spain.svg Juan Belencoso Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamMD1MD2MD3MD4MD5MD6R16QF1QF2SF1SF2FTotal
1 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Belencoso Flag of Hong Kong.svg Kitchee 112132111
2 Flag of Syria.svg Omar Al Soma Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 111317
Flag of Brazil.svg César Flag of Myanmar.svg Yangon United 2111117
Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Rangel Flag of Malaysia.svg Selangor 1337
5 Flag of Myanmar.svg Kyaw Ko Ko Flag of Myanmar.svg Yangon United 31116
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Văn Quyết Flag of Vietnam.svg Hà Nội T&T 31116
Flag of Indonesia.svg Boaz Solossa Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 121116
8 Flag of Kuwait.svg Saif Al Hashan Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 111115
Flag of Kuwait.svg Bader Al-Mutawa Flag of Kuwait.svg Al-Qadsia 11125
Flag of Vietnam.svg Đinh Văn Ta Flag of Vietnam.svg Vissai Ninh Bình 1225
Flag of Liberia.svg Boakay Eddie Foday Flag of Indonesia.svg Persipura Jayapura 55
Flag of Spain.svg Borja Rubiato Flag of Iraq.svg Erbil 12115

Note: Goals scored in qualifying play-off not counted (see regulations, Article 74c). [12]

Source: [13] [14]

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