2018 AFC Cup final

The 2018 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 AFC Cup, the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).^[2]

2018 AFC Cup Final

Event	2018 AFC Cup
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Altyn Asyr 2 0
Date	27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)
Venue	Basra Sports City, Basra
Man of the Match	Hammadi Ahmad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)[1]
Referee	Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)[1]
Attendance	24,665[1]
Weather	19 °C (66 °F)[1]
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The final was contested as a single match between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq and Altyn Asyr from Turkmenistan. The match was hosted by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at the Basra Sports City in Basra on 27 October 2018.

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the final 2–0 for their third consecutive and overall AFC Cup title.^[3][4]

Teams

Team	Zone	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	West Asia Zone (WAFF)	2 (2016, 2017)
Altyn Asyr	Central Asia Zone (CAFA) (Inter-zone play-off winner)	None

This was Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's third consecutive AFC Cup final, a record shared with Al-Faisaly (2005 to 2007) and Al-Kuwait (2011 to 2013). If they were to win the final, they would become the first team to win three consecutive AFC Cup titles, and also tie Al-Kuwait as record three-time winners of the AFC Cup.

Altyn Asyr were the first team from Turkmenistan to reach the AFC Cup final. If they were to win the final, they would become the second team from Central Asia to win the AFC Cup, after Nasaf from Uzbekistan in 2011.

Venue

Basra Sports City in Basra, Iraq, hosted the match.

This was the second AFC Cup final played in Iraq, after the 2012 final played at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Arbil. While Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were also the home team in the 2016 AFC Cup Final, they hosted the match at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, as Iraqi teams were not allowed to host their home matches during that time. The ban was lifted in March 2018,^[5] and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya played their subsequent home matches at the Karbala Sports City in Karbala.

Road to the final

Further information: 2018 AFC Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya				Round		Altyn Asyr
Opponent	Result			Group stage		Opponent	Result
Al-Jazeera	2–2 (H)			Matchday 1		Alay Osh	6–3 (A)
Al-Suwaiq	1–0 (A)			Matchday 2		Istiklol	2–2 (H)
Malkiya	4–3 (A)			Matchday 3		Ahal	0–0 (A)
Al-Jazeera	1–1 (A)			Matchday 4		Ahal	1–0 (H)
Malkiya	1–1 (H)			Matchday 5		Alay Osh	5–0 (H)
Al-Suwaiq	2–0 (H)			Matchday 6		Istiklol	3–2 (A)
Group A runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Al-Jazeera 6 14 2 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 12 3 Malkiya 6 7 4 Al-Suwaiq 6 0 Source: AFC				Final standings		Group D winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Altyn Asyr 6 14 2 Istiklol 6 13 3 Ahal 6 7 4 Alay Osh 6 0 Source: AFC
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ahed	5–3	3–1 (H)	2–2 (A)	Zonal semi-finals	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	Bengaluru	5–2	3–2 (A)	2–0 (H)
Al-Jazeera	4–1	1–0 (A)	3–1 (H)	Zonal finals	Inter-zone play-off final	April 25	3–3 (a)	2–2 (A)	1–1 (H)

Format

The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.

If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.^[2]

Match

Details

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	2–0	Altyn Asyr
Ahmad 22' Bayesh 57'	Live Report Stats Report

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)

19:00 UTC+3

Basra Sports City, Basra

Attendance: 24,665

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya

Altyn Asyr

GK 12 Mohammed Gassid RB 6 Sameh Saeed CB 5 Ahmed Abdul-Ridha CB 32 Saad Natiq LB 33 Ali Bahjat  88' RM 37 Ibrahim Bayesh CM 18 Zaher Midani CM 42 Mohammed Ali Abboud  77' LM 38 Ali Husni  81' CF 10 Hammadi Ahmad (c) CF 9 Emad Mohsin  90+1' Substitutes: GK 1 Fahad Talib DF 34 Mustafa Mohammed MF 14 Mohsen Abdullah MF 43 Mohammed Qasim  77' FW 7 Karrar Ali  81' FW 17 Ali Yousif FW 29 Amjad Radhi  90+1' Manager: Basim Qasim

GK 1 Mammet Orazmuhammedow RB 12 Serdar Annaorazow CB 4 Mekan Saparow CB 2 Zafar Babajanow  46' LB 24 Gurbangeldi Batyrow  77' CM 14 Umidjan Astanow CM 29 Serdar Geldiýew (c) RW 22 Mekan Aşyrow  58' AM 10 Selim Nurmuradov LW 7 Altymyrat Annadurdyýew CF 39 Wahyt Orazsähedow Substitutes: GK 16 Nurgeldi Astanow DF 3 Şöhrat Söýünow  46' MF 20 Begmyrat Baýow  58' MF 27 Welmyrat Ballakow MF 33 Annasähet Annasähedow FW 18 Furkat Tursunow  77' FW 30 Mihail Titow Manager: Ýazguly Hojageldyýew

Man of the Match: Hammadi Ahmad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)[1] Assistant referees:[1] Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar) Saoud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar) Fourth official:[1] Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar) Fifth official:[1] Juma Al-Burshaid (Qatar)

Match rules[2] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if tied. Penalty shoot-out if still tied after extra time. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

See also

• 2018 AFC Champions League Final

References

1. "Air Force Club v Altyn Asyr FC". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
2. "2018 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
3. "Air Force Club create history". AFC. 27 October 2018.
4. "Iraq's al-Quwa al-Jawiya Club win third consecutive AFC Cup final". www.kurdistan24.net. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
5. "AFC President welcomes FIFA decision to lift Iraq ban". AFC. 17 March 2018.

External links

• AFC Cup, the-AFC.com
• AFC Cup 2018, stats.the-AFC.com