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2016 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates 11–15 August 2015
(qualifying round)
9 February – 5 November 2016
(competition proper)
Teams 36 (competition proper)
40 (total) (from 23 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 114
Goals scored 332 (2.91 per match)
Attendance 315,304 (2,766 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iraq Hammadi Ahmad (12 goals)
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 25 May 2016
(including matches not played but awarded).

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This tournament is currently in the Knock-out stage.

The 2016 AFC Cup is the 13th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]

Johor Darul Ta'zim are the defending champions.

Association team allocation

The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014,[2] which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014.[3] 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 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2014 rankings:[4]

  • The associations are split into West Zone and East Zone, with 23 associations in each zone:
  • In each zone, there are a total of 12 direct slots in the group stage, with the 4 remaining slots filled through play-offs.
  • All associations which do not receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League group stage are eligible to enter the AFC Cup.
  • The associations ranked 7th to 16th in each zone get at least one direct slot in the group stage (including losers of the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off), while the remaining associations get only play-off slots:
    • The associations ranked 7th and 8th each get two direct slots.
    • The associations ranked 9th to 12th each get one direct slot and one play-off slot (in play-off round).
    • The associations ranked 13th to 16th each get one direct slot and one play-off slot (in preliminary round).
    • The associations ranked 17th or below each get one play-off slot (in qualifying round).

The AFC Competitions Committee decided on the participation of member associations in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC Cup on 28 November 2014.[5][6][7]

The following table shows the slot allocation for the 2016 AFC Cup, which are adjusted accordingly since some of the slots are unused.

Participation for 2016 AFC Cup[8][9]
Participating
Not participating
Notes
  1. ^ Iraq were given special permission to participate in the AFC Cup, since they were not allowed to participate in the AFC Champions League as none of their teams passed the club licensing requirements.
  2. ^ Kuwait were allocated one AFC Champions League play-off slot and one group stage slot, but could not participate due to FIFA's suspension of its football association.
  3. ^ Oman were not allowed to participate in the AFC Champions League as none of their teams passed the club licensing requirements, so their champions directly entered the AFC Cup group stage. They also had their second team directly entering the group stage instead of the play-off round due to unused slots.
  4. ^ a b c Bahrain, Lebanon and Syria were not allowed to participate in the AFC Champions League as none of their teams passed the club licensing requirements, so their champions directly entered the AFC Cup group stage.
  5. ^ a b c Palestine, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan all had their second team entering the play-off round instead of the preliminary round due to unused slots.
  6. ^ Afghanistan were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but did not enter a team.
  7. ^ Kyrgyzstan were originally allocated one qualifying round slot, but were given an additional play-off round slot.
  8. ^ Yemen, Sri Lanka and Nepal were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team.
  9. ^ Indonesia were allocated one AFC Champions League play-off slot and one group stage slot, but could not participate due to FIFA's suspension of its football association.
  10. ^ a b c d Myanmar, Malaysia, India and Singapore all had their second team directly entering the group stage instead of the play-off round due to unused slots.
  11. ^ a b Maldives and Philippines both had their second team directly entering the group stage instead of the preliminary round due to unused slots.
  12. ^ North Korea were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but did not enter a team.
  13. ^ Laos were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but entered only one team as Lao Toyota FC is the only team in Laos eligible to play in AFC Cup.
  14. ^ Guam, East Timor, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei and Brunei were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team.
  15. ^ Bangladesh was originally in the West Zone, but was moved to the East Zone due to lack of teams in the East Zone.

Teams

The following 40 teams from 23 associations entered the competition.[8]

Team Qualifying method App Last App
Entering in qualifying round
(teams not split into zones for qualifying round)[9]
Kyrgyzstan Alga 2014 Kyrgyzstan League 3rd place 1st none
Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions 1st none
Pakistan K-Electric 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League champions 1st none
Macau Benfica de Macau 2015 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions 1st none
Mongolia Khoromkhon 2014 Mongolia Premier League champions 1st none
Bhutan Druk United 2014 Bhutan National League champions 1st none
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f AFC Champions League (ACL): Teams played in the 2016 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 in the AFC Cup group stage by another team from the same association).
  2. ^ Malaysia (MAS): Since LionsXII, the 2015 Malaysia FA Cup winners, is a team managed by the Football Association of Singapore and thus ineligible to represent Malaysia in AFC club competitions, their place was taken by Selangor, the 2015 Malaysia Super League runners-up.
  3. ^ Singapore (SIN): Since Brunei DPMM, the 2015 S.League champions, is a team managed by the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions, their place was taken by Tampines Rovers, the league runners-up. Moreover, since Albirex Niigata Singapore, the 2015 Singapore Cup winners and league 3rd place, is a satellite team of Japanese club Albirex Niigata and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions, their place was taken by Balestier Khalsa, the league 4th place.
Location of teams of the 2016 AFC Cup.
Red pog.svg West Zone
Green pog.svg East Zone
(p) Qualifying play-off participants
(q) Qualifying round participants

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).[10]

Stage Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying stage Qualifying round 29 June 2015[9] 11–15 August 2015[11]
Play-off stage Play-off round No draw 9 February 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 10 December 2015[8] 23–24 February 2016
Matchday 2 8–9 March 2016
Matchday 3 15–16 March 2016
Matchday 4 12–13 April 2016
Matchday 5 26–27 April 2016
Matchday 6 10–11 May 2016
Knock-out stage Round of 16 24–25 May 2016
Quarter-finals 9 June 2016 13–14 September 2016 20–21 September 2016
Semi-finals 27–28 September 2016 18–19 October 2016
Final 5 November 2016

Qualifying round

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Main article: 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 29 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three.[9]

Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. The winners of each group advanced to either the qualifying play-off or the group stage (depending on number of teams in each zone and geographical location).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KEL DRU KHO
1 Pakistan K-Electric 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Qualifying play-off — 3–3 —
2 Bhutan Druk United (H) 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 — — 0–0
3 Mongolia Khoromkhon 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–1 — —
Source: AFC
(H) Host.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SJD ALG BEN
1 Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Group stage[lower-alpha 1] — — 4–1
2 Kyrgyzstan Alga (H) 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 1–1 — —
3 Macau Benfica de Macau 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 — 0–2 —
Source: AFC
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi advanced directly to the group stage due to lack of teams in the East Zone.

Qualifying play-off

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Main article: 2016 AFC Cup qualifying play-off

In the qualifying play-off, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The four winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 28 direct entrants.[1]

The bracket of the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting each match.[12][13]

Play-off round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
Al-Hidd Bahrain 2–0 Pakistan K-Electric
Tripoli Lebanon 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)		 Kyrgyzstan Alay Osh
Al-Wahda Syria 2–0 Turkmenistan Balkan
Ahli Al-Khaleel State of Palestine 1–0 Tajikistan Khujand

Group stage

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Main article: 2016 AFC Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2015, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.[12][13]

In the group stage, 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.[1]

Group A

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHE WEH HID ALT
1 Lebanon Al-Ahed 6 4 0 2 14 9 +5 12 Knock-out stage — 3–2 1–0 3–0
2 Jordan Al-Wehdat 6 2 2 2 10 12 −2 8 3–2 — 2–0 1–1
3 Bahrain Al-Hidd 6 2 1 3 11 12 −1 7 2–5 6–2 — 1–1
4 Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr 6 1 3 2 5 7 −2 6 2–0 0–0 1–2 —
Source: AFC

Group B

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NAF FAI TRI IST
1 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Knock-out stage — 1–0 1–0 2–0
2 Jordan Al-Faisaly 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 2–1 — 3–1 4–2
3 Lebanon Tripoli 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 1–3 1–1 — 2–1
4 Tajikistan Istiklol 6 0 1 5 4 12 −8 1 0–1 0–0 1–3 —
Source: AFC

Group C

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification QUW WAH SHB ORU
1 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 5 0 1 15 7 +8 15 Knock-out stage — 1–0 4–1 2–1
2 Syria Al-Wahda 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12 5–2 — 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 2–1
3 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 0–2 0–3[lower-alpha 2] — 2–0
4 Oman Al-Oruba 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 4 0–4 2–1 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ↑ The Al-Wahda v Shabab Al-Dhahiriya on matchday 2 (9 March 2016) was not played as scheduled. It was awarded 3–0 to Al-Wahda by the AFC Disciplinary Committee on 28 April 2016, as it found Shabab Al-Dhahiriya as the relevant party for causing the cancellation of the match.[14][15]
  2. ↑ The Shabab Al-Dhahiriya v Al-Wahda on matchday 6 (11 May 2016) was not played as scheduled. It was awarded 3–0 to Al-Wahda by the AFC Disciplinary Committee on 13 May 2016, as it found Shabab Al-Dhahiriya as the relevant party for causing the cancellation of the match.[16][17]

Group D

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MHQ JAI AHL FAN
1 Bahrain Al-Muharraq 6 5 1 0 9 3 +6 16 Knock-out stage — 1–0 2–1 1–0
2 Syria Al-Jaish 6 3 1 2 5 3 +2 10 0–2 — 1–0 1–0
3 State of Palestine Ahli Al-Khaleel 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 1–1 0–3[lower-alpha 1] — 2–1
4 Oman Fanja 6 0 2 4 5 9 −4 2 1–2 0–0 3–3 —
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ↑ The Ahli Al-Khaleel v Al-Jaish on matchday 2 (9 March 2016) was delayed to 3 or 4 May 2016, but was not played as scheduled. It was awarded 3–0 to Al-Jaish by the AFC Disciplinary Committee on 13 May 2016, as it found Ahli Al-Khaleel as the relevant party for causing the cancellation of the match.[16][17]

Group E

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CER TAM SEL SJD
1 Philippines Ceres 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12 Knock-out stage — 2–1 2–2 5–0
2 Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10 1–1 — 1–0 4–0
3 Malaysia Selangor 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 0–0 0–1 — 2–1
4 Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 6 1 0 5 7 19 −12 3 0–2 3–2 3–4 —
Source: AFC

Group F

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KIT KAY BAL NRA
1 Hong Kong Kitchee 6 4 1 1 8 1 +7 13 Knock-out stage — 1–0 4–0 0–0
2 Philippines Kaya 6 3 1 2 5 2 +3 10 0–1 — 1–0 1–0
3 Singapore Balestier Khalsa 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 1–0 0–3 — 3–0
4 Maldives New Radiant 6 0 3 3 2 8 −6 3 0–2 0–0 2–2 —
Source: AFC

Group G

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOH SCA YAN MAZ
1 India Mohun Bagan 6 3 2 1 14 9 +5 11 Knock-out stage — 0–3 3–2 5–2
2 Hong Kong South China 6 3 0 3 9 9 0 9 0–4 — 2–1 2–0
3 Myanmar Yangon United 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 1–1 2–1 — 3–2
4 Maldives Maziya 6 1 2 3 8 13 −5 5 1–1 2–1 1–1 —
Source: AFC

Group H

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JDT BFC AYE LAO
1 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 6 0 0 21 3 +18 18 Knock-out stage — 3–0 8–1 3–0
2 India Bengaluru FC 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9 0–1 — 5–3 2–1
3 Myanmar Ayeyawady United 6 2 0 4 12 20 −8 6 1–2 0–1 — 4–2
4 Laos Lao Toyota FC 6 1 0 5 8 17 −9 3 1–4 2–1 2–3 —
Source: AFC

Knock-out stage

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Main article: 2016 AFC Cup knock-out stage

In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams play a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie is 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 are used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

Starting from this season, the knock-out stage is split between the two zones until the final, similar to the AFC Champions League (Regulations Article 12.2).[1]

Bracket

The entire knock-out stage bracket will be determined after the quarter-final draw.

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the winners of one group play the runners-up of another group from the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
Al-Ahed Lebanon 4–0 Syria Al-Wahda
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Iraq 2–1 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq 0–1 Syria Al-Jaish
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 1–0 Jordan Al-Faisaly
East Zone
Ceres Philippines 0–1 (a.e.t.) Hong Kong South China
Mohun Bagan India 1–2 (a.e.t.) Singapore Tampines Rovers
Kitchee Hong Kong 2–3 India Bengaluru FC
Johor Darul Ta'zim Malaysia 7–2 Philippines Kaya

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals will be held on 9 June 2016. The four teams from the West Zone are drawn into two ties, and the four teams from the East Zone are drawn into the other two ties. There is no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association can be drawn into the same tie.

Qualified teams
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
West Team 1 QF1 West Team 2 13 Sep 20 Sep
West Team 3 QF2 West Team 4 14 Sep 21 Sep
East Zone
East Team 1 QF3 East Team 2 13 Sep 20 Sep
East Team 3 QF4 East Team 4 14 Sep 21 Sep

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the two teams from the West Zone play each other, and the two teams from the East Zone play each other.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Winner QF1 SF1 Winner QF2 27 Sep 18 Oct
East Zone
Winner QF3 SF2 Winner QF4 28 Sep 19 Oct

Final

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Main article: 2016 AFC Cup Final

In the final, the host team is either decided by a draw or determined by the AFC, to be confirmed prior to the quarter-final draw.

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05)
Winner SF1/SF2 v Winner SF1/SF2

Top scorers

As of 25 May 2016 [18][19]

Note: Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 R16 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2   F   Total
1 Iraq Hammadi Ahmad Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 12
2 Spain Adrián Gallardo Philippines Ceres 1 2 1 1 3 8
3 Malaysia Mohd Safiq Rahim Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 3 1 2 1 7
4 Nigeria Christopher Chizoba Myanmar Ayeyawady United 3 2 1 6
Senegal Mouhamadou Dramé Lebanon Al-Ahed 1 2 1 2 6
India Jeje Lalpekhlua India Mohun Bagan 2 1 2 1 6
Syria Raja Rafe Syria Al-Wahda 1 4 1 6
Spain Rufino Hong Kong Kitchee 1 2 2 1 6
9 Argentina Juan Martín Lucero Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 2 3 5
10 The Gambia Landing Darboe Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 1 1 2 4
Brazil Marcelo Fernandes Myanmar Yangon United 1 2 1 4
Trinidad and Tobago Cornell Glen India Mohun Bagan 2 1 1 4
State of Palestine Mahmoud Wadi State of Palestine Ahli Al-Khaleel 1 2 1 4
Brazil Francisco Wagsley Jordan Al-Wehdat 1 1 1 1 4

Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-off are not counted when determining top scorer (see regulations, Article 77.4).[1]

See also

References

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