2019 AFC Cup knockout stage

The 2019 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 17 June to 4 November 2019.[1] A total of 11 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2019 AFC Cup.[2]

Qualified teams

The following teams advanced from the group stage:

  • The winners of each of the three groups and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) advanced to the Zonal semi-finals.
  • The winners of each group in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I) advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.
Key to colours
Teams which enter the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
Teams which enter the Zonal semi-finals
Zone Group Winners Best runners-up
West Asia Zone A Jordan Al-Wehdat Syria Al-Jaish
(Group A)
B Jordan Al-Jazeera
C Lebanon Al-Ahed
Central Asia Zone D Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr —
South Asia Zone E Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka —
ASEAN Zone F Vietnam Hà Nội Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
(Group G)
G Philippines Ceres–Negros
H Indonesia PSM Makassar
East Asia Zone I North Korea April 25 —

Format

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 winners if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).

Schedule

The schedule of each round is as follows (W: West Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone).[1] Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the ASEAN Zone and the Inter-zone play-offs were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Round First leg Second leg
Zonal semi-finals 17–19 June 2019 (W, A) 24–26 June 2019 (W, A)
Zonal finals 31 July 2019 (A),
24 September 2019 (W) 		7 August 2019 (A),
1 October 2019 (W)
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals 20–21 August 2019 27–28 August 2019
Inter-zone play-off final 25 September 2019 2 October 2019
Final 4 November 2019

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Zonal semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs determined by identity of best runners-up: first team listed host first leg, second team listed host second leg)
Zonal finals (Order of legs decided by draw)
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, involving winners of Group D, Group E, Group I, and AF)
Inter-zone play-off final (Winners of IZSF1 host first leg, Winners of IZSF2 host second leg)
  • IZF: Winners of IZSF1 vs. Winners of IZSF2
Final (Winners of IZF host match, as alternated from previous season's final)
  • Winners of IZF vs. Winners of WF

The bracket was decided after the draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, which was held on 2 July 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4]

Zonal semi-finalsZonal finalsInterzone play-off semi-finalsInterzone play-off finalFinal
Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương (a)112
Indonesia PSM Makassar022
Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương000
Vietnam Hà Nội112Vietnam Hà Nội325
Philippines Ceres–Negros112
Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr224
Vietnam Hà Nội123Vietnam Hà Nội202
North Korea April 25 (a)202
Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka404
North Korea April 25325
North Korea April 250
Lebanon Al-Ahed1
Syria Al-Jaish303
Jordan Al-Jazeera044
Jordan Al-Jazeera000
Lebanon Al-Ahed011
Jordan Al-Wehdat000
Lebanon Al-Ahed101

Zonal semi-finals

Summary

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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Al-Wehdat Jordan 0–1 Lebanon Al-Ahed 0–1 0–0
Al-Jaish Syria 3–4 Jordan Al-Jazeera 3–0 0–4
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Ceres–Negros Philippines 2–3 Vietnam Hà Nội 1–1 1–2
Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam 2–2 (a) Indonesia PSM Makassar 1–0 1–2

West Asia Zone

Al-Wehdat Jordan0–1Lebanon Al-Ahed
Live Report
Stats Report
  • Kdouh 79'
Attendance: 10,912
Al-Ahed Lebanon0–0Jordan Al-Wehdat
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 7,573

Al-Ahed won 1–0 on aggregate.

Al-Jaish Syria3–0Jordan Al-Jazeera
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Al-Jazeera Jordan4–0Syria Al-Jaish
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 505

Al-Jazeera won 4–3 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone

Ceres–Negros Philippines1–1Vietnam Hà Nội
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 6,007
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Hà Nội Vietnam2–1Philippines Ceres–Negros
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 4,839
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Hà Nội won 3–2 on aggregate.

Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam1–0Indonesia PSM Makassar
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 2,313
PSM Makassar Indonesia2–1Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 1,839
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

2–2 on aggregate. Becamex Bình Dương won on away goals.

Zonal finals

Summary

The draw for the Zonal finals was held on 2 July 2019.[4] In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals play each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals play 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Al-Jazeera Jordan 0–1 Lebanon Al-Ahed 0–0 0–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam 0–2 Vietnam Hà Nội 0–1 0–1

West Asia Zone

Al-Jazeera Jordan0–0Lebanon Al-Ahed
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 5,032
Al-Ahed Lebanon1–0Jordan Al-Jazeera
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 10,422
Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

Al-Ahed won 1–0 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone

Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam0–1Vietnam Hà Nội
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 10,225
Hà Nội Vietnam1–0Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 6,710
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Hà Nội won 2–0 on aggregate.

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

Summary

The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 2 July 2019.[4] In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone play 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hà Nội Vietnam 5–4 Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr 3–2 2–2
Abahani Limited Dhaka Bangladesh 4–5 North Korea April 25 4–3 0–2

Matches

Hà Nội Vietnam3–2Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 6,250
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
Altyn Asyr Turkmenistan2–2Vietnam Hà Nội
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 10,755
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Hà Nội won 5–4 on aggregate.

Abahani Limited Dhaka Bangladesh4–3North Korea April 25
 Live Report
Stats Report
  • Choe Jong-hyok 35'
  • Rim Chol-min 54'
  • Pak Song-rok 77'
Attendance: 3,640
April 25 North Korea2–0Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

April 25 won 5–4 on aggregate.

Inter-zone play-off final

Summary

In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals play 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 advance to the final.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hà Nội Vietnam 2–2 (a) North Korea April 25 2–2 0–0

Matches

Hà Nội Vietnam2–2North Korea April 25
 Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 6,683
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
April 25 North Korea0–0Vietnam Hà Nội
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 5,500

2–2 on aggregate. April 25 won on away goals.

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 Inter-zone play-off final) alternated from the previous season's final.[6]

The match was originally to be hosted by April 25 at the Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on 2 November 2019. However, on 22 October 2019, due to North Korea's decision to ban television transmission of football games, the AFC announced that the final would be held in Shanghai, China in order for the match to be transmitted.[7][8] On 25 October 2019, the match was rescheduled from 2 November to 4 November and the host city was shifted from Shanghai to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[9]

April 25 North Korea0–1Lebanon Al-Ahed
Live Report
Stats Report
Attendance: 500

Notes

  1. ^ Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
  2. ^ PSM Makassar played their home matches at Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong, instead of their home Andi Mattalata Stadium, Makassar, since the stadium did not meet AFC regulations.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ "2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ "Asian clubs continue pursuit for glory". AFC. 1 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "AFC Cup 2019 knockout stage draw confirmed". AFC. 2 July 2019.
  5. ^ "AFC Cup 2019 Grup H, PSM Makassar Ngungsi ke Stadion Pakansari". Topskor.id. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  6. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". AFC. 25 November 2016.
  7. ^ "نهائي كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي في الصين". lebanonfg.com (in Arabic). 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. ^ "AFC Cup 2019 final to be played in Shanghai". AFC. 22 October 2019.
  9. ^ "AFC Cup 2019 final to be played on November 4 in Kuala Lumpur". AFC. 25 October 2019.

External links

  • AFC Cup, the-AFC.com
  • AFC Cup 2019, stats.the-AFC.com
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