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The 2016 AFC Cup was the 13th 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 | Qualifying round: 11–15 August 2015 Competition proper: 9 February – 5 November 2016 |
Teams | Competition proper: 32 Total: 40 (from 23 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1st title) |
Runners-up | Bengaluru FC |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 127 |
Goals scored | 361 (2.84 per match) |
Attendance | 394,183 (3,104 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Hammadi Ahmed (16 goals) |
Best player(s) | Hammadi Ahmed |
Fair play award | Bengaluru FC |
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq defeated India's Bengaluru FC in the final to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming the first Iraqi team to win the competition.[2] Johor Darul Ta'zim, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals by Bengaluru FC.
The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp 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 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:[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 participation of member associations in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC Cup on 28 November 2014.[6][7][8]
The following table shows the slot allocation for the 2016 AFC Cup, which are adjusted accordingly since some of the slots are unused.
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- Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Afghanistan were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but did not enter a team.
- ^ Kyrgyzstan were originally allocated one qualifying round slot, but were given an additional play-off round slot.
- ^ Yemen, Sri Lanka and Nepal were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Maldives and Philippines both had their second team directly entering the group stage instead of the preliminary round due to unused slots.
- ^ North Korea were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but did not enter a team.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Guam, East Timor, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei and Brunei were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team.
- ^ Bangladesh was originally in the West Zone, but was moved to the East Zone due to lack of teams in the East Zone.
The following 40 teams from 23 associations entered the competition.[9]
Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App |
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Entering in qualifying round (teams not split into zones for qualifying round)[10] | |||
Alga | 2014 Kyrgyzstan League 3rd place | 1st | none |
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi | 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions | 1st | none |
K-Electric | 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League champions | 1st | none |
Benfica de Macau | 2015 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions | 1st | none |
Khoromkhon | 2014 Mongolia Premier League champions | 1st | none |
Druk United | 2014 Bhutan National League champions | 1st | none |
- Notes
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).[11]
Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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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 |