2014 AFC Cup knockout stage

International football tournament The knock-out stage of the 2014 AFC Cup was played from 13 May to 18 October 2014. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/afc_cup_2014_competition_regulations.pdf AFC Cup 2014 Competition Regulations AFC PDF Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Asia Zone and East Asia Zone had eight teams qualified. ZoneGroupWinnersRunners-upWest Asia Zone(Groups A–D)ALIB SafaJOR That RasBKUW Al-KuwaitLIB Al-NejmehCKUW Al-QadsiaBHR Al-HiddDIRQ ErbilBHR RiffaEast Asia Zone(Groups E–H)EIDN Persipura JayapuraIND Churchill BrothersFVIE Hà Nội T&TIDN Arema CronusGVIE Vissai Ninh BìnhMYA Yangon UnitedHHKG KitcheeMYA Nay Pyi Taw Format In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie 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. Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows.http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/afc_competition_calendar_2014.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014 PDF RoundFirst legSecond legRound of 1613–14 May 2014Quarter-finals19 August 201426 August 2014Semi-finals16 September 201430 September 2014Final18 October 2014 Bracket In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match. The matchups were determined as follows: West Asia Zone Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group C Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group D Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group B East Asia Zone Winner Group E vs. Runner-up Group G Winner Group G vs. Runner-up Group E Winner Group F vs. Runner-up Group H Winner Group H vs. Runner-up Group F The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2014/defending-champions-kuwait-sc-to-meet-persipura Defending champions Kuwait SC to meet Persipura AFC 28 May 2014 Teams from different zones could be drawn into the same tie, and the "country protection" rule was applied, so teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie. There was no draw for the semi-finals, with the matchups determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4, with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg. The draw to decide the host team of the final was held after the quarter-final draw. 1/2/2/1 y y n 160 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final VIE Hà Nội T&T 5 MYA Nay Pyi Taw 0 IRQ Erbil (p) 0 (3) LIB Al-Nejmeh 0 (0) VIE Vissai Ninh Bình 4 IND Churchill Brothers 2 HKG Kitchee 2 IDN Arema Cronus 0 KUW Al-Qadsia 4 JOR That Ras 0 LIB Safa 0 BHR Al-Hidd 1 KUW Al-Kuwait 3 BHR Riffa 0 IDN Persipura Jayapura 9 MYA Yangon United 2 VIE Hà Nội T&T 0 0 0 IRQ Erbil 1 2 3 VIE Vissai Ninh Bình 2 1 3 HKG Kitchee 4 0 4 KUW Al-Qadsia (a) 1 2 3 BHR Al-Hidd 1 2 3 KUW Al-Kuwait 3 1 4 IDN Persipura Jayapura 2 6 8 IRQ Erbil 1 2 3 HKG Kitchee 1 1 2 KUW Al-Qadsia 4 6 10 IDN Persipura Jayapura 2 0 2 IRQ Erbil 0 (2) KUW Al-Qadsia (p) 0 (4) Round of 16 |- !colspan=3|West Asia Zone Safa LIB 0–1 Al-Hidd BHR Al-Qadsia KUW 4–0 That Ras JOR Al-Kuwait KUW 3–0 Riffa BHR Erbil IRQ 0–0 (3–0 p) Al-Nejmeh LIB |- !colspan=3|East Asia Zone Persipura Jayapura IDN 9–2 Yangon United MYA Vissai Ninh Bình VIE 4–2 Churchill Brothers IND Hà Nội T&T VIE 5–0 Nay Pyi Taw MYA Kitchee HKG 2–0 Arema Cronus IDN "Persipura Jayapura v Yangon United" 13 May 2014 15:30 UTC+9 Persipura Jayapura IDN 9–2 Report MYA Yangon United Foday 2 23 41 43 86Pae 10Kabes 28 pen. 53Bonai 57 César 16Kyaw Ko Ko 21 Mandala Stadium, Jayapura 12,385 Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia) "Vissai Ninh Bình v Churchill Brothers" 13 May 2014 17:00 UTC+7 Vissai Ninh Bình VIE 4–2 Report IND Churchill Brothers Lê Văn Thắng 23Sim Woon-sub 28Phạm Văn Quyến 67 88 B. Singh 21Shabana 76 pen. Ninh Bình Stadium, Ninh Bình 3,000 Jumpei Iida (Japan) "Safa v Al-Hidd" 13 May 2014 17:00 UTC+3 Safa LIB 0–1 Report BHR Al-Hidd Al-Malood 53 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 250 Kim Sang-woo (South Korea) "Al-Qadsia v That Ras" 13 May 2014 20:15 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 4–0 Report JOR That Ras Al Somah 7Al Hashan 14Neda 39Al-Mutawa 74 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City 300 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) "Hà Nội T&T v Nay Pyi Taw" 14 May 2014 18:30 UTC+7 Hà Nội T&T VIE 5–0 Report MYA Nay Pyi Taw Hector 34Samson 45 67Thạch Bảo Khanh 62Phạm Thành Lương 88 Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi 1,100 Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq) "Kitchee v Arema Cronus" 14 May 2014 20:00 UTC+8 Kitchee HKG 2–0 Report IDN Arema Cronus Jang Kyung-jin 5Lam Ka Wai 9 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 4,072 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) "Al-Kuwait v Riffa" 14 May 2014 19:10 UTC+3 Al-Kuwait KUW 3–0 Report BHR Riffa Jemâa 44Hakem 82Al Ateeqi 90+4 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 350 Ma Ning (China PR) "Erbil v Al-Nejmeh" 14 May 2014 19:30 UTC+3 Erbil IRQ 0–0 yes Report LIB Al-Nejmeh Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha (Qatar)A 300 Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia) Radhi Abdul-Amir Faez 3–0 Takaji Hamieh Zein Notes A Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. Quarter-finals Hà Nội T&T VIE 0–3 Erbil IRQ 0–1 0–2 Vissai Ninh Bình VIE 3–4 Kitchee HKG 2–4 1–0 Al-Qadsia KUW 3–3 (a) Al-Hidd BHR 1–1 2–2 Al-Kuwait KUW 4–8 Persipura Jayapura IDN 3–2 1–6 First leg "Vissai Ninh Bình v Kitchee" 19 August 2014 17:00 UTC+7 Vissai Ninh Bình VIE 2–4 Report HKG Kitchee Oladoja 56Lê Văn Thắng 75 Belencoso 29 90+3Ngan Lok Fung 49Xu Deshuai 73 Ninh Bình Stadium, Ninh Bình 4,500 Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) "Hà Nội T&T v Erbil" 19 August 2014 19:30 UTC+7 Hà Nội T&T VIE 0–1 Report IRQ Erbil Radhi 44 Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi 1,980 Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) "Al-Qadsia v Al-Hidd" 19 August 2014 20:00 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 1–1 Report BHR Al-Hidd Al-Mutawa 5 Al Khaldi 47 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City 200 Ma Ning (China PR) "Al-Kuwait v Persipura Jayapura" 19 August 2014 20:15 UTC+3 Al-Kuwait KUW 3–2 Report IDN Persipura Jayapura Hammami 4Al Kandari 84 87 Lim Joon-sik 13Pangkali 23 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 400 Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia) Second leg "Persipura Jayapura v Al-Kuwait" 26 August 2014 15:30 UTC+9 Persipura Jayapura IDN 6–1 Report KUW Al-Kuwait Pugliara 2 45+3 66Solossa 44Bonai 52Pahabol 90+3 Ghoochannejhad 65 Mandala Stadium, Jayapura 5,992 Wang Di (China PR) Persipura Jayapura won 8–4 on aggregate. "Kitchee v Vissai Ninh Bình" 26 August 2014 20:00 UTC+8 Kitchee HKG 0–1 Report VIE Vissai Ninh Bình Oladoja 28 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 4,975 Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) Kitchee won 4–3 on aggregate. "Al-Hidd v Al-Qadsia" 26 August 2014 18:30 UTC+3 Al-Hidd BHR 2–2 Report KUW Al-Qadsia Orok 25Al Khattal 57 Subotić 68 pen.Al Daoud 89 o.g. Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 600 Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) 3–3 on aggregate. Al-Qadsia won on away goals. "Erbil v Hà Nội T&T" 26 August 2014 19:30 UTC+3 Erbil IRQ 2–0 Report VIE Hà Nội T&T Radhi 57 pen.Halgurd 88 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon (Lebanon)B 0 Yudai Yamamoto (Japan) Erbil won 3–0 on aggregate. Notes B 2 Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. Semi-finals Erbil IRQ 3–2 Kitchee HKG 1–1 2–1 Al-Qadsia KUW 10–2 Persipura Jayapura IDN 4–2 6–0 First leg "Erbil v Kitchee" 16 September 2014 16:00 UTC+3 Erbil IRQ 1–1 Report HKG Kitchee Salah 59 Belencoso 68 pen. Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa (Jordan)C 300 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) "Al-Qadsia v Persipura Jayapura" 16 September 2014 19:30 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 4–2 Report IDN Persipura Jayapura Subotić 11 77Al Hashan 64Al-Mutawa 65 Bonai 21Solossa 31 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 3,000 Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) Notes C 3 Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. Second leg "Persipura Jayapura v Al-Qadsia" 30 September 2014 15:30 UTC+9 Persipura Jayapura IDN 0–6 Report KUW Al-Qadsia Al Hashan 5Al-Mutawa 33 73Al Sheikh 56 90+2Al Ansari 75 Mandala Stadium, Jayapura 18,127 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Al-Qadsia won 10–2 on aggregate. "Kitchee v Erbil" 30 September 2014 20:00 UTC+8 Kitchee HKG 1–2 Report IRQ Erbil Gao Wen 69 Faez 3Radhi 9 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 6,500 Strebre Delovski (Australia) Erbil won 3–2 on aggregate. Final 2014 AFC Cup final Erbil IRQ 0–0 (2–4 p) Al-Qadsia KUW "Erbil v Al-Qadsia" 18 October 2014 20:00 UTC+4 Erbil IRQ 0–0 yes Report KUW Al-Qadsia Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai (United Arab Emirates)D 5,240 Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) Radhi Hawar Barzan Faez 2–4 Al-Mutawa Said Al Ansari El Ebrahim Subotić Notes D 4 Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. References External links AFC Cup, the-AFC.com *3