13th secondary club football tournament organized by the
International football competition
The 2016 AFC Cup was the thirteenth edition of the AFC Cup, Asia ‘s junior-grade club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ). [ 1 ] Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Bengaluru FC in the final examination to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming the first Iraqi team to win the competition. [ 2 ] Johor Darul Ta’zim were the defend champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Bengaluru FC.

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Association team allotment [edit ]

The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a vamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014, [ 3 ] which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014. [ 4 ] The 46 AFC member associations ( excluding the associate degree 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 allotment of slots for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC baseball club competitions determined by the 2014 rankings : [ 5 ]

  • The associations are split into West Zone and East Zone, with 23 associations in each zone:
    • West Zone consists of the associations from West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, except India and Maldives
    • East Zone consists of the associations from ASEAN and East Asia, plus India and Maldives
  • 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 engagement of extremity associations in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC Cup on 28 November 2014. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The following table shows the slot allotment for the 2016 AFC Cup, which are adjusted consequently since some of the slots are unused .

Participation for 2016 AFC Cup[9][10]

Participating

Not participating

Notes
  1. ^ Iraq were given special license 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 license 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 abeyance of its football association .
  3. ^ Oman were not allowed to participate in the AFC Champions League as none of their teams passed the club license requirements, so their champions directly entered the AFC Cup group stage. They besides had their second team directly entering the group stagecoach alternatively of the play-off rung ascribable to idle 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 license 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 rather of the preliminary rung due to fresh slots .
  6. ^ Afghanistan were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but did not enter a team .
  7. ^ Kyrgyzstan were primitively allocated one qualifying round of golf time slot, but were given an extra 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 time slot and one group degree slot, but could not participate due to FIFA ‘s pause of its football association .
  10. a b c d Myanmar, Malaysia, India and Singapore all had their second gear team directly entering the group stage rather of the play-off round due to fresh slots .
  11. a b Maldives and Philippines both had their second team directly entering the group degree rather 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 off slot, but entered entirely one team as Lao Toyota FC is the alone team in Laos eligible to play in AFC Cup .
  14. ^ Guam, East Timor, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei and Brunei were allocated one qualifying beat slot, but did not enter a team .
  15. ^ Bangladesh was in the first place in the West Zone, but was moved to the East Zone due to lack of teams in the East Zone .

Teams [edit ]

The following 40 teams from 23 associations entered the competition. [ 9 ]

Notes

agenda [edit ]

The schedule of the contest was as follows ( all draws are held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ). [ 11 ]

Stage

Round

Draw date

First leg

Second leg

Qualifying stage

Qualifying round

29 June 2015

11–15 August 2015

Play-off stage

Play-off round

No draw

9 February 2016

Group stage

Matchday 1

10 December 2015[9]

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

Knockout 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 attack [edit ]

The draw for the qualify rung was held on 29 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. [ 10 ]

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In the qualify rung, 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 act of teams in each zone and geographic location ) .

Group A [edit ]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

KEL
DRU
KHO

1

PakistanK-Electric

2

1

1

0

4

3

+1

4

Qualifying play-off

—

3–3

—

2

BhutanDruk United ( H )

2

0

2

0

3

3

0

2

—

—

0–0

3

MongoliaKhoromkhon

2

0

1

1

0

1

−1

1

0–1

—

—

( H ) Host source : AFC Host

Group B [edit ]

  1. ^ Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi advanced directly to the group stagecoach due to lack of teams in the East Zone .

Qualifying play-off [edit ]

In the qualifying play-off, each bind was played as a single match. excess time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary ( Regulations Article 10.2 ). The four winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 28 calculate 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 of golf [edit ]

Group stagecoach [edit ]

The reap for the group degree was held on 10 December 2015, 15:00 MYT ( UTC+8 ), at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [ 9 ] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the lapp group. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runner-up of each group advanced to the round of 16. [ 1 ]

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 would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 11.5):[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;
  4. Greater number of away goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 apply;
  6. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  7. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  9. 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);
  10. Team who belongs to the member association with the higher AFC ranking.

Group A [edit ]

Group B [edit ]

Group C [edit ]

  1. ^[14][15] The decision was reversed and awarded 3–0 to Shabab Al-Dhahiriya by the AFC Appeal Committee on 24 June 2016, as it found Al-Wahda as the relevant party for causing the cancellation of the match.[16][17] The Al-Wahda v Shabab Al-Dhahiriya match 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.The decisiveness was reversed and awarded 3–0 to Shabab Al-Dhahiriya by the AFC Appeal Committee on 24 June 2016, as it found Al-Wahda as the relevant party for causing the cancellation of the match .
  2. ^[18][19] The Shabab Al-Dhahiriya v Al-Wahda match 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 .

Group D [edit ]

  1. ^[18][19] The Ahli Al-Khaleel v Al-Jaish match 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 .

Group E [edit ]

Group F [edit ]

Group G [edit ]

Group H [edit ]

Knockout stage [edit ]

In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the concluding. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged footing, while in the cycle of 16 and concluding, each tie was played as a individual match. The away goals rule ( for two-legged ties ), extra time ( off goals would not apply in excess fourth dimension ) and punishment shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary ( Regulations Article 12.4 ). [ 1 ] Starting from this season, the hard stage was split between the two zones until the final, similar to the AFC Champions League ( Regulations Article 12.3 ). [ 1 ]

bracket [edit ]

Round of 16 [edit ]

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runner-up of another group from the same zone, with the group winners hosting the equal. [ 13 ]
In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Zone were drawn into two ties, and the four teams from the East Zone were drawn into the early two ties, with the ordain of legs besides decided by the disembowel. [ 20 ] The trace for the quarter-finals was held on 9 June 2016, 15:00 MYT ( UTC+8 ), at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [ 21 ] There was no sow or country protective covering, so team from the same association could be drawn into the same tie. [ 20 ]
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Zone played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Zone played each other, with the ordain of legs determined by the quarter-final draw. [ 20 ]

final examination [edit ]

In the concluding, the two semi-final winners played each early, with the server team decided by a attract, held after the quarter-final string. [ 20 ]

Awards [edit ]

lead scorers [edit ]

note : Goals scored in the passing play-off are not counted when determining lead scorer ( see regulations, Article 77.4 ). [ 1 ] source : the-AFC.com [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ]

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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