2020 AFC Cup

2020 AFC Cup

Tournament details
Dates	Qualifying: 21 January – 26 February 2020 Competition proper: 10 February – 11 March 2020 (Remaining matches cancelled)
Teams	Competition proper: 36 Total: 48 (from 28 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Not awarded
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance	52,237 (1,632 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bienvenido Marañón (5 goals)
← 2019 2021 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2020 AFC Cup was an abandoned season of the AFC Cup which would have been the 17th edition of the competition, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). ^[1]

The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic after group stage matches on 11 March 2020, ^[2] and was originally to restart on 23 September 2020. ^[3] However, the season was eventually cancelled by the AFC on 10 September 2020. ^{[4] [5]}

Al-Ahed of Lebanon were the defending champions.

Association team allocation

The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were 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): ^[6]

• The associations were split into five zones:
  • West Asia Zone consisted of the associations from the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF).
  • Central Asia Zone consisted of the associations from Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).
  • South Asia Zone consisted of the associations from the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF).
  • ASEAN Zone consisted of the associations from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).
  • East Asia Zone consisted of the associations from the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).
• All associations which did not receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League group stage were eligible to enter the AFC Cup.
• In each zone, the number of groups in the group stage was 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 were 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 was 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 received 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 received two direct slots.
    • The associations ranked 4th to 6th each received one direct slot and one play-off slot.
    • The associations ranked 7th or below each received 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 received one direct slot and one play-off slot.
    • The associations ranked 4th or below each received one play-off slot.
• The maximum number of slots for each association was one-third of the total number of eligible teams in the top division.
• If any association did not use its direct slots, they would be redistributed to the highest eligible association, with each association limited to a maximum of two direct slots.
• If any association did not use 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 was fewer than twice the number of group stage slots filled through play-offs, the play-off teams of the highest eligible associations would be given byes to the group stage.

Association ranking

For the 2020 AFC Cup, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking as at 15 December 2017. ^[7] This took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2014 and 2017. ^{[6] [8]}

Participation for 2020 AFC Cup
	Participating
	Not participating

West Asia Zone (3 groups) Rank Member Association Points [7] Slots Group stage Play-off Zone AFC Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 16   Syria 28.983 2 0 0 0 2 18   Jordan 25.649 2 0 0 0 3 19   Kuwait 24.798 2 0 0 0 4 20   Bahrain 24.337 2 0 0 0 5 22   Lebanon 21.367 2 0 0 0 6 27   Oman 13.921 1 1 0 0 7 29   Palestine 10.552 0 1 0 0 8 34   Yemen [YEM] 3.358 0 0 0 0 Total Participating associations: 7 11 2 0 0 2 13 Central Asia Zone (1 group) Rank Member Association Points [7] Slots Group stage Play-off Zone AFC Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 12   Tajikistan 30.725 1 1 0 0 2 26   Turkmenistan 14.163 1 0 1 0 3 31   Kyrgyzstan 5.680 1 0 1 0 4 37   Afghanistan [AFG] 2.454 0 0 0 0 Total Participating associations: 3 3 1 2 0 3 6 South Asia Zone (1 group) Rank Member Association Points [7] Slots Group stage Play-off Zone AFC Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 15   India 29.291 1 0 1 0 2 28   Maldives 11.970 1 0 1 0 3 33   Bangladesh 3.365 1 0 1 0 4 38     Nepal [NEP] 1.228 0 0 0 0 5 39   Bhutan 0.875 0 0 0 1 6 44   Sri Lanka 0.325 0 0 0 1 7 46   Pakistan [PAK] 0.188 0 0 0 0 Total Participating associations: 5 3 0 3 2 5 8

ASEAN Zone (3 groups) Rank Member Association Points [7] Slots Group stage Play-off Zone AFC Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 17   Vietnam 27.426 2 0 0 0 2 21   Philippines 21.405 2 0 0 0 3 23   Singapore 17.084 2 0 0 0 4 24   Indonesia 16.871 1 1 0 0 5 25   Myanmar 14.753 1 1 0 0 6 32   Laos 3.439 1 1 0 0 7 35   Cambodia 3.312 0 1 0 0 8 41   Brunei 0.564 0 1 0 0 9 43   Timor-Leste 0.401 0 1 0 0 Total Participating associations: 9 9 6 0 0 6 15 East Asia Zone (1 group) Rank Member Association Points [7] Slots Group stage Play-off Zone AFC Play-off round Prelim. round 2 Prelim. round 1 1 14   Hong Kong 29.300 1 1 0 0 2 30   North Korea [PRK] 7.797 0 0 0 0 3 36   Chinese Taipei 2.769 1 0 1 0 4 40   Macau 0.815 1 0 0 0 5 42   Guam [GUM] 0.539 0 0 0 0 6 45   Mongolia 0.213 0 0 1 0 Total Participating associations: 4 3 1 2 0 3 6

Notes

1. ^
   Yemen (YEM): Yemen did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system. ^[9]
2. ^
   Afghanistan (AFG): Afghanistan did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system. ^[9]
3. ^
   Nepal (NEP): Nepal did not have any teams which had an AFC Cup license. ^[9]
4. ^
   Pakistan (PAK): Pakistan did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system. ^[9]
5. ^
   North Korea (PRK): North Korea did not have any teams entering the competition.
6. ^
   Guam (GUM): Guam did not submit any list of licensed teams. ^[9]

Teams

The following 48 teams from 28 associations entered the competition. Teams from Brunei and Timor-Leste entered the AFC Cup for the first time. ^[10]

West Asia Zone Group stage direct entrants (Groups A–C) Team Qualifying method App (Last) Al-Jaish 2018–19 Syrian Premier League champions 10th (2019) Al-Wathba 2018–19 Syrian Cup winners 1st Al-Faisaly 2018–19 Jordanian Pro League champions [Note ACL] and 2018–19 Jordan FA Cup winners 10th (2018) Al-Jazeera 2018–19 Jordanian Pro League runners-up 4th (2019) Al-Kuwait 2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League champions [Note ACL] and 2018–19 Kuwait Emir Cup winners 9th (2019) Al-Qadsia 2018–19 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up 8th (2019) Al-Riffa 2018–19 Bahraini Premier League champions [Note ACL] and 2018–19 Bahraini King's Cup winners 5th (2015) Manama 2018–19 Bahraini Premier League runners-up 2nd (2018) Al-Ahed [Note TH] 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League champions 2018–19 Lebanese FA Cup winners 10th (2019) Al-Ansar 2018–19 Lebanese Premier League runners-up 6th (2018) Dhofar 2018–19 Oman Professional League champions 5th (2018) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in play-off round Team Qualifying method App (Last) Sur 2018–19 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners 2nd (2008) Hilal Al-Quds 2018–19 West Bank Premier League champions 4th (2019) Central Asia Zone Group stage direct entrants (Group D) Team Qualifying method App (Last) Istiklol 2019 Tajikistan Higher League champions [Note ACL] and 2019 Tajikistan Cup winners 6th (2019) Altyn Asyr 2019 Ýokary Liga champions 2019 Turkmenistan Cup winners 6th (2019) Dordoi 2019 Kyrgyz Premier League champions 5th (2019) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in play-off round Team Qualifying method App (Last) Khujand 2019 Tajikistan Higher League runners-up 4th (2019) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in preliminary round 2 Team Qualifying method App (Last) Neftchi 2019 Kyrgyzstan Cup winners 1st Withdrawn teams [Note CAZ] Team Qualifying method App. to be (Last) Ahal 2019 Ýokary Liga runners-up 4th (2019) South Asia Zone Group stage direct entrants (Group E) Team Qualifying method App (Last) Chennai City 2018–19 I-League champions [Note ACL] 1st TC Sports 2018 Dhivehi Premier League champions 2nd (2018) Bashundhara Kings 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League champions 1st Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in preliminary round 2 Team Qualifying method App (Last) Bengaluru 2018–19 Indian Super League champions 5th (2018) Maziya 2018 Dhivehi Premier League runners-up 6th (2017) Abahani Limited Dhaka 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League runners-up 4th (2019) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in preliminary round 1 Team Qualifying method App (Last) Paro 2019 Bhutan Premier League champions 1st Defenders 2018–19 Sri Lanka Champions League champions 1st

ASEAN Zone Group stage direct entrants (Groups F–H) Team Qualifying method App (Last) Hồ Chí Minh City 2019 V.League 1 runners-up [Note ACL] 1st Than Quảng Ninh 2019 V.League 1 3rd place [Note VIE] 2nd (2017) Ceres–Negros [Note PHI] 2019 Philippines Football League champions [Note ACL] and 2019 Copa Paulino Alcantara winners 6th (2019) Kaya–Iloilo 2019 Philippines Football League runners-up 3rd (2019) Tampines Rovers 2019 Singapore Premier League runners-up [Note ACL] 2019 Singapore Cup winners 12th (2019) Hougang United 2019 Singapore Premier League 3rd place [Note SIN] 1st Bali United 2019 Liga 1 champions [Note ACL] 2nd (2018) Shan United 2019 Myanmar National League champions [Note ACL] 3rd (2019) Lao Toyota 2019 Lao Premier League champions 2019 Lao FF Cup winners 6th (2019) Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in play-off round Team Qualifying method App (Last) PSM Makassar 2018–19 Piala Indonesia winners 2nd (2019) Yangon United 2019 General Aung San Shield winners 7th (2019) Master 7 2019 Lao Premier League runners-up 1st Svay Rieng 2019 C-League champions 1st Indera 2018–19 Brunei Super League 4th place [Note BRU] 1st Lalenok United 2019 LFA Primeira champions 1st East Asia Zone Group stage direct entrants (Group I) Team Qualifying method App (Last) Kitchee 2018–19 Hong Kong FA Cup winners 8th (2019) Tatung 2019 Taiwan Premier League champions 2nd (2017) MUST CPK 2019 Liga de Elite champions 1st Qualifying play-off participants: Entering in play-off round Team Qualifying method App (Last) Taipower 2019 Taiwan Premier League runners-up 1st Ulaanbaatar City 2019 Mongolian Premier League champions 1st Withdrawn teams [Note EAZ] Team Qualifying method App (Last) Tai Po 2018–19 Hong Kong Premier League champions [Note ACL] 3rd (2019)

Notes

1. ^
   Title holders (TH): Al-Ahed are the title holders.
2. ^
   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.
3. ^
   Brunei (BRU): MS ABDB, the 2018–19 Brunei Super League champions, failed to obtain an AFC license. As a result, Indera, the league 4th place (only team with an AFC license), enter the qualifying play-offs. ^[11]
4. ^
   Central Asia Zone (CAZ): Ahal were disqualified by the AFC for failing to appear for the first leg of preliminary round 2 matches. ^{[12] [13]}
5. ^
   East Asia Zone (EAZ): Tai Po (Hong Kong) withdrew from the group stage after the draw (originally drawn in Group I). ^[14] As a result, Kitchee (Hong Kong) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round to replace Tai Po, and Taipower (Chinese Taipei) and Ulaanbaatar City (Mongolia) entered the play-off round instead of the preliminary round 2, which was cancelled. ^[15]
6. ^
   Philippines (PHI): Ceres–Negros underwent a management change mid-competition in July 2020 while the AFC Cup was still suspended due to the pandemic, with MMC Sportz Asia taking over. The club renamed as United City. It is uncertain if the club would have been allowed by the AFC to continue their campaign in the AFC Cup under the new name and management had the tournament not been cancelled. ^[16]
7. ^
   Singapore (SIN): DPMM, the 2019 Singapore Premier League champions, is a team from Brunei and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. As a result, Hougang United, the league 3rd place, enter the group stage.
8. ^
   Vietnam (VIE): Hà Nội, the 2019 V.League 1 champions and 2019 Vietnamese Cup winners, failed to obtain an AFC license (as their U15 team did not participate in Vietnam National U15 Youth League). ^[17] As a result, Than Quảng Ninh, the league 3rd place, enter the group stage.

Al-Jaish

Al-Wathba

Amman

Kuwait

Bahrain

Beirut

Dhofar

Sur

Hilal Al-Quds

Istiklol

Khujand

Ashgabat-Ahal Region

Dordoi

Neftchi

Chennai City

Bengaluru

Malé

Bashundhara Kings

Abahani Dhaka

Paro

Defenders

Hồ Chí Minh City

Than Quảng Ninh

Ceres–Negros

Kaya–Iloilo

Singapore

Bali U

PSM

Shan U

Yangon U

Vientiane

Svay Rieng

Indera

Lalenok U

Hong Kong

Tatung

Taipower

MUST CPK

Ulaanbaatar City

Beirut teams
Al-Ahed
Al-Ansar

Amman teams
Al-Faisaly
Al-Jazeera

Bahrain teams
Al-Riffa
Manama

Ashgabat-Ahal Region teams
Altyn Asyr
Ahal

Kuwait teams
Al-Kuwait
Al-Qadsia

Malé teams
TC Sports
Maziya

Hong Kong teams
Tai Po
Kitchee

Singapore teams
Tampines Rovers
Hougang United

Vientiane teams
Lao Toyota
Master 7

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Location of teams of the 2020 AFC Cup group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E;
Blue: Group F; Cyan: Group G; Purple: Group H; Pink: Group I; Qualifying play-offs
Withdrawn teams

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. ^[18] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only some of the group stage matches on matchdays 1–3 in February and March were played as scheduled, and all matches in the East Asia Zone, on matchdays 2–6 in the Central Asia Zone and the South Asia Zone, and on matchdays 4–6 in the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone, were postponed until further notice. ^[2] The West Asia Zonal semi-finals were also initially moved to 24–25 August and 14–15 September. ^[19]

The AFC announced the calendar of the remaining matches on 9 July 2020, with all group stage matches played at centralised venues, and all knockout ties played as a single match. ^[20] The AFC announced the cancellation of the remainder of the competition on 10 September 2020, due to logistics in coordinating the five zones. ^[4]

Notes:

• W: West Asia Zone
• C: Central Asia Zone
• S: South Asia Zone
• A: ASEAN Zone
• E: East Asia Zone
• Italics: planned new dates after restart, before the cancellation of the tournament

Stage	Round	Draw date	Match dates
			First leg	Second leg
Preliminary stage	Preliminary round 1	No draw	22 January 2020 (S)	29 January 2020 (S)
	Preliminary round 2		5 February 2020 (C, S)	12 February 2020 (C, S)
Play-off stage	Play-off round		21–22 January 2020 (W, A), 19 February 2020 (C, S)	28–29 January 2020 (W, A), 26 February 2020 (C, S)
			16 October 2020 (E)
Group stage	Matchday 1	10 December 2019	10–12 February 2020 (W, A), 11 March 2020 (C, S), 20 October 2020 (C, E)
	Matchday 2		24–26 February 2020 (W, A), 23 October 2020 (W, C, S, E)
	Matchday 3		9–11 March 2020 (A), 26 October 2020 (W, C, S, E)
	Matchday 4		23 September 2020 (A), 29 October 2020 (W, C, S, E)
	Matchday 5		26 September 2020 (A), 1 November 2020 (W, C, S, E)
	Matchday 6		29 September 2020 (A), 4 November 2020 (W, C, S, E)
Knockout stage	Zonal semi-finals		20–21 October 2020 (A), 23–24 November 2020 (W)
	Zonal finals	Cancelled	4 November 2020 (A), 1 December 2020 (W)
	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals		24–25 November 2020
	Inter-zone play-off final		2 December 2020
	Final		12 December 2020

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows.

Original schedule for 2020 AFC Cup

Stage	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary stage	Preliminary round 1	No draw	22 January 2020 (S)	29 January 2020 (S)
	Preliminary round 2		4–5 February 2020 (C, S, E)	11–12 February 2020 (C, S, E)
Play-off stage	Play-off round		21–22 January 2020 (W, A), 18–19 February 2020 (C, S, E)	28–29 January 2020 (W, A), 25–26 February 2020 (C, S, E)
Group stage	Matchday 1	10 December 2019	10–12 February 2020 (W, A), 10–11 March 2020 (C, S, E)
	Matchday 2		24–26 February 2020 (W, A), 14–15 April 2020 (C, S, E)
	Matchday 3		9–11 March 2020 (W, A), 28–29 April 2020 (C, S, E)
	Matchday 4		13–15 April 2020 (W, A), 12–13 May 2020 (C, S, E)
	Matchday 5		27–29 April 2020 (W, A), 26–27 May 2020 (C, S, E)
	Matchday 6		11–13 May 2020 (W, A), 16–17 June 2020 (C, S, E)
Knockout stage	Zonal semi-finals		25–27 May 2020 (W, A)	15–17 June 2020 (W, A)
	Zonal finals	TBD	4–5 August 2020 (A), 29 September 2020 (W)	11–12 August 2020 (A), 20 October 2020 (W)
	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals		25–26 August 2020	15–16 September 2020
	Inter-zone play-off final		30 September 2020	21 October 2020
	Final		7 November 2020

Qualifying play-offs

Main article: 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). ^[1] The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg. ^[21] The seven winners of the play-off round (one each from West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, East Asia Zone, and three from ASEAN Zone) would advance to the group stage to join the 29 direct entrants.

Preliminary round 1

South Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Defenders	5–5 (a)	Paro	3–3	2–2

Preliminary round 2

Central Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neftchi	w/o [†]	Ahal	—	—

South Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Paro	1–10	Bengaluru	0–1	1–9
Abahani Limited Dhaka	2–2 (a)	Maziya	2–2	0–0

Notes

1. ^† Neftchi won on walkover after Ahal were disqualified by the AFC for failing to appear for the first leg. ^{[12] [13]}

Play-off round

West Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hilal Al-Quds	2–0	Sur	2–0	0–0

Central Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Neftchi	1–3	Khujand	1–0	0–3 (a.e.t.)

South Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maziya	4–4 (4–3 p)	Bengaluru	2–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)

ASEAN Zone

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lalenok United	2–7	PSM Makassar	1–4	1–3
Indera	2–9	Yangon United	1–6	1–3
Svay Rieng	7–1	Master 7	4–1	3–0

East Asia Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Taipower	16 Oct	Ulaanbaatar City

Group stage

Main article: 2020 AFC Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2019, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^[22] The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone could not be drawn into the same group. In the group stage, each group was played on a double round-robin basis, with matches played home-and-away before the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but to be moved to centralised venues after restart which was eventually cancelled. The following teams would have advanced to the knockout stage:

• The winners of each group and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone would have advanced to the Zonal semi-finals.
• The winners of each group in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone would have advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5): [1] Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;(this tiebreaker was removed since the matches were played in centralised venues after restart) If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group were tied; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Association ranking; Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		JAI	MAN	AHE	HQU
1	Al-Jaish	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4 [lower-alpha 1]		—	0–0	29 Oct	4 Nov
2	Manama	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4 [lower-alpha 1]		1 Nov	—	1–0	29 Oct
3	Al-Ahed	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3		26 Oct	4 Nov	—	2–1
4	Hilal Al-Quds	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0		0–1	26 Oct	1 Nov	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

1. 2019 AFC association ranking: Syria (Al-Jaish) 22nd, Bahrain (Manama) 27th.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KWT	ANS	WAT	FAI
1	Al-Kuwait	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4		—	1–0	4 Nov	29 Oct
2	Al-Ansar	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3		1 Nov	—	29 Oct	4–3
3	Al-Wathba	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0–0	26 Oct	—	1 Nov
4	Al-Faisaly	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1		26 Oct	4 Nov	0–0	—

Source: AFC

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		QAD	DHO	RIF	JAZ
1	Al-Qadsia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3 [lower-alpha 1]		—	23 Oct	1 Nov	26 Oct
2	Dhofar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3 [lower-alpha 1]		4 Nov	—	29 Oct	1–0
3	Al-Riffa	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3 [lower-alpha 1]		1–2	26 Oct	—	4 Nov
4	Al-Jazeera	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0		29 Oct	1 Nov	0–2	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points (GD): Al-Qadsia 3 (+1), Dhofar 0 (0), Al-Riffa 0 (–1).

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		IST	ALT	DOR	KHU
1	Istiklol	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3		—	4 Nov	26 Oct	2–0
2	Altyn Asyr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23 Oct	—	1 Nov	29 Oct
3	Dordoi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		29 Oct	20 Oct	—	4 Nov
4	Khujand	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0		1 Nov	26 Oct	23 Oct	—

Source: AFC

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		BAS	MAZ	CHE	TCS
1	Bashundhara Kings	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	3		—	4 Nov	29 Oct	5–1
2	Maziya	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]		23 Oct	—	1 Nov	26 Oct
3	Chennai City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]		26 Oct	2–2	—	4 Nov
4	TC Sports	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	0		1 Nov	29 Oct	23 Oct	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

1. Head-to-head away goals: Maziya 2, Chennai City 0.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		HCM	YAN	HOU	LTO
1	Hồ Chí Minh City	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7 [lower-alpha 1]		—	26 Sep	29 Sep	23 Sep
2	Yangon United	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7 [lower-alpha 1]		2–2	—	1–0	3–2
3	Hougang United	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3		2–3	23 Sep	—	26 Sep
4	Lao Toyota	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0		0–2	29 Sep	1–3	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

1. Head-to-head away goals: Hồ Chí Minh City 2, Yangon United 0.

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CER	TQN	SVR	BAL
1	Ceres–Negros	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7		—	2–2	4–0	4–0
2	Than Quảng Ninh	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4		29 Sep	—	23 Sep	26 Sep
3	Svay Rieng	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3 [lower-alpha 1]		26 Sep	1–4	—	2–1
4	Bali United	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3 [lower-alpha 1]		23 Sep	4–1	29 Sep	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Svay Rieng 3, Bali United 0.

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		TAM	KAY	PSM	SHA
1	Tampines Rovers	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7		—	29 Sep	2–1	2–1
2	Kaya–Iloilo	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5		0–0	—	23 Sep	26 Sep
3	PSM Makassar	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4		26 Sep	1–1	—	3–1
4	Shan United	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0		23 Sep	0–2	29 Sep	—

Source: AFC

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KIT	TAT	CPK	I4
1	Kitchee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		—	4 Nov	26 Oct	20 Oct
2	Tatung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23 Oct	—	1 Nov	29 Oct
3	MUST CPK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		29 Oct	20 Oct	—	4 Nov
4	Winners of Play-off East Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1 Nov	26 Oct	23 Oct	—

Source: AFC

Top scorers

  Match cancelled.

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	Total
1	Bienvenido Marañón	Ceres–Negros	2	1	2	5
2	Hernán Barcos	Bashundhara Kings	4			4
	Stipe Plazibat	Hougang United	2	2
4	Amido Baldé	Hồ Chí Minh City	1	2		3
	Jeremie Lynch	Than Quảng Ninh	1	1	1
6	Aung Kyaw Naing	Yangon United		2		2
	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	Istiklol	2
	Fito	Chennai City	2
	Eric Giganto	Kaya–Iloilo	1		1
	Ahmed Hamdouni	Al-Faisaly		2
	Boris Kopitović	Tampines Rovers	1		1
	Jean Befolo Mbarga	Svay Rieng		1	1
	Nguyễn Công Phượng	Hồ Chí Minh City	1	1
	Nguyễn Hải Huy	Than Quảng Ninh		1	1
	Nguyễn Xuân Nam	Hồ Chí Minh City		2
	Melvin Platje	Bali United	2
	OJ Porteria	Ceres–Negros		1	1
	Ferdinand Sinaga	PSM Makassar	1	1
	Ilija Spasojević	Bali United	1	1
	El Hadji Malick Tall	Al-Ansar		2
	Jordan Webb	Tampines Rovers	1		1

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

See also

• 2020 AFC Champions League

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External links

• AFC Cup , the-AFC.com
• AFC Cup 2020, stats.the-AFC.com