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The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 22 January – 27 October 2018 |
Teams | 44 (from 26 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 143 |
Goals scored | 452 (3.16 per match) |
Attendance | 827,013 (5,783 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr from Turkmenistan in the final.
The AFC Competitions Committee recommended a new format for the AFC Cup starting from 2017 which was played in the AFC's five zones: West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, ASEAN, and East Asia, with the winner of the West Asia Zone and the winner of an inter-zone play-off between the other four zones playing in the final, hosted on a rotational basis at venues in the East and West.[2] 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 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.2):[3]
For the 2018 AFC Cup, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016,[4] which took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings between 2013 and 2016.[3][5]
Participation for 2018 AFC Cup | |
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The following 44 teams from 26 associations entered the competition.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).
Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Preliminary stage | Preliminary round | No draw | 23 January 2018 (C, S) | 30 January 2018 (C, S) |
Play-off stage | Play-off round | 22 January 2018 (W), 29 January 2018 (A), 13 February 2018 (C, S, E) |
29 January 2018 (W), 2 February 2018 (A), 20 February 2018 (C, S, E) | |
Group stage | Matchday 1 | 6 December 2017 | 10 & 12–14 February 2018 (W, A), 7 March & 5 April 2018(C, S, E) | |
Matchday 2 | 26–28 February 2018 (W, A), 13–14 March 2018 (C, S, E) | |||
Matchday 3 | 5–7 March & 16 April 2018 (W, A), 10–11 April 2018 (C, S, E) | |||
Matchday 4 | 12–14 March & 17 April 2018 (W, A), 25 April 2018 (C, S, E) | |||
Matchday 5 | 9–11 April 2018 (W, A), 1–2 May 2018 (C, S, E) | |||
Matchday 6 | 23–25 April 2018 (W, A), 16 May 2018 (C, S, E) | |||
Knockout stage | Zonal semi-finals | 7–9 May 2018 (W, A) | 14–16 May 2018 (W, A) | |
Zonal finals | 23 May 2018 | 1 August 2018 (A), 18 September 2018 (W) |
8 August 2018 (A), 2 October 2018 (W) | |
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | 21–22 August 2018 | 28–29 August 2018 | ||
Inter-zone play-off final | 19 September 2018 | 3 October 2018 | ||
Final | 27 October 2018 |
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 do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 31 direct entrants.[1] The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.[19]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Hilal Al-Quds ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Boeung Ket Angkor ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–3 | 1–0 |
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[20][19] 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 home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:
Tiebreakers |
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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]
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOM | CER | BKA | SHA | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–2 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | 0–2 | — | 9–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 6 | 3–2 | 0–4 | — | 1–2 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | YAN | GLO | THA | BAL | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 | 2–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | 3–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSJ | SLN | JDT | TAM | |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 10[lower-alpha 1] | 3–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | A | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 12 | Zonal semi-finals |
2 | B | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | |
3 | C | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 8 |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | F | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals |
2 | H | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | |
3 | G | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 8 |
In the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which 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 (Regulations Article 11.3).[1]
The bracket was decided after the draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[21][22][23]
Zonal semi-finals | Zonal finals | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | Inter-zone play-off final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | ![]() | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and the identity of the best runners-up.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Jazeera ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–0 |
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 2–2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Home United ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
3–2 | 3–1 |
Ceres–Negros ![]() |
6–5 | ![]() |
4–2 | 2–3 |
The draw for the Zonal finals was held on 23 May 2018.[23] In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. The winners of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Jazeera ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–3 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ceres–Negros ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 |
The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018.[23] In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winners of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winners of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winners of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Home United ![]() |
1–11 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–9 |
Bengaluru ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
2–3 | 0–2 |
In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winners of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.
In the final, the winners of the West Asia Zonal final and the winners of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.[24]
Award | Player | Team |
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Most Valuable Player[25] | ![]() |
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Top Goalscorer[26] | ![]() |
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Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | MD3 | MD4 | MD5 | MD6 | ZSF1 | ZSF2 | ZF1 | ZF2 | ISF1 | ISF2 | IF1 | IF2 | F | Total |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||||||
2 | ![]() |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
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2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
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3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
8 | ![]() |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
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10 | ![]() |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
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4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).[1]
Source: AFC[27]