2012 AFC Cup knockout stage

Football tournament in Asia The 2012 AFC Cup knockout stage was contested by a total of 16 teams (10 from West Asia Zone and 6 from East Asia Zone). They included the 8 group winners and the 8 group runners-up from the group stage. Each round of this single-elimination tournament was played over one or two matches. In the round of 16, each tie was played as one match, hosted by the winners of each group against the runners-up of another group. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The final was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by draw. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary.http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/340-afc-cup-2012-competition-regulations/download AFC Cup 2012 Competitions Regulations AFC PDF The matchups for the round of 16 were decided based on the results from the group stage.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/936-afc-cup-2012/39093-afc-cup-r16 AFC AFC Cup last-16 beckons 2012-05-10 After the completion of the round of 16, the draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 June 2012, 15:00 UTC+08:00.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/936-afc-cup-2012/39427-afc-cup-draw AFC Draw sets up clash of West Asian titans 2012-06-14 In this draw, the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two clubs from the same country, they may not face each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two clubs from the same country, they may face each other in the quarter-finals. Qualified teams GroupWinnersRunners-upAKUW Al-QadsiaOMA Al-SuwaiqBIRQ ArbilKUW KazmaCKSA Al-EttifaqKUW Al-KuwaitDJOR Al-WehdatUZB Neftchi Farg'onaESYR 1980 Al-ShortaIRQ Al-Zawra'aFHKG KitcheeMAS TerengganuGTHA ChonburiSIN Home UnitedHMAS KelantanIDN Arema Bracket While the bracket below shows the entire knockout stage, the draw for the round of 16 matches was determined at the time of the group draw. The draw for the quarter-finals and beyond was held separately, after the conclusion of the round of 16. 1/2/2/1 y y n Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final IRQ Arbil 4 UZB Neftchi Farg'ona 0 MAS Kelantan 3 MAS Terengganu 2 THA Chonburi 1 IRQ Al-Zawra'a 0 SYR 1980 Al-Shorta 3 SIN Home United 0 KUW Al-Qadsia 1(1) KUW Al-Kuwait (p) 1(3) JOR Al-Wehdat 2 KUW Kazma 1 HKG Kitchee 0 IDN Arema 2 KSA Al-Ettifaq 1 OMA Al-Suwaiq 0 IRQ Arbil 5 1 6 MAS Kelantan 1 1 2 THA Chonburi 1 4 5 SYR 1980 Al-Shorta 2 2 4 KUW Al-Kuwait 0 3 3 JOR Al-Wehdat 0 0 0 IDN Arema 0 0 0 KSA Al-Ettifaq 2 2 4 IRQ Arbil 4 4 8 THA Chonburi 1 1 2 KUW Al-Kuwait 4 2 6 KSA Al-Ettifaq 1 0 1 IRQ Arbil 0 KUW Al-Kuwait 4 Round of 16 The matches were played 22 and 23 May 2012.http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/afc-calendars-download/competition/425-afc-competitions-calendar-2012/download AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012 AFC PDF Al-Qadsia KUW 1–1 (1–3 p) Al-Kuwait KUW Al-Ettifaq KSA 1–0 Al-Suwaiq OMA Arbil IRQ 4–0 Neftchi Farg'ona UZB Al-Wehdat JOR 2–1 Kazma KUW Al-Shorta SYR 1980 3–0 Home United SIN Chonburi THA 1–0 Al-Zawra'a IRQ Kitchee HKG 0–2 Arema IDN Kelantan MAS 3–2 Terengganu MAS |} Matches Chonburi v Al-Zawra'a 22 May 2012 19:00 UTC+07:00 Chonburi THA 1–0 Report IRQ Al-Zawra'a Pipob 8 Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi 5,695 Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong) Al-Shorta v Home United 22 May 2012 19:00 UTC+03:00 Al-Shorta SYR 1980 3–0 Report SIN Home United Anzité 4 o.g.Jafal 76Rafe 82 Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan)1 250 Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic) Al-Qadsia v Al-Kuwait 22 May 2012 19:15 UTC+03:00 Al-Qadsia KUW 1–1 yes Report KUW Al-Kuwait Al Soma 13 Rogerinho 60 Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli 1,000 Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain) Al-Mutawa Fadel Said Al Ansari 1–3 Baba Hakem Awadh Al Ateeqi Al-Ettifaq v Al-Suwaiq 22 May 2012 21:00 UTC+03:00 Al-Ettifaq KSA 1–0 Report OMA Al-Suwaiq Al-Sulim 90+3 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 1,324 Andre El Haddad (Lebanon) Kitchee v Arema 23 May 2012 20:00 UTC+08:00 Kitchee HKG 0–2 Report IDN Arema Jati 32 53 Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, Hong Kong 2,856 Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic) Kelantan v Terengganu 23 May 2012 20:45 UTC+08:00 Kelantan MAS 3–2 Report MAS Terengganu Nor Farhan 4 17Fahmi 45+2 Faruqi 56Doe 85 pen. Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu 18,652 Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait) Arbil v Neftchi Farg'ona 23 May 2012 18:30 UTC+03:00 Arbil IRQ 4–0 Report UZB Neftchi Farg'ona Mubarak 40Al Hussain 68Radhi 88Pulatov 90+1 o.g. Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil 16,000 Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam) Al-Wehdat v Kazma 23 May 2012 19:00 UTC+03:00 Al-Wehdat JOR 2–1 yes Report KUW Kazma Abdel-Halim 95Abu Hwaiti 102 Nasser 120+1 pen. King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 6,210 Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran) Notes Note 1: Due to the political crisis in Syria, the AFC requested Syrian clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/936-afc-cup-2012/38106-yemen-syria-clubs-to-play-in-neutral-venue Yemen, Syria clubs to play in neutral venue AFC 27 February 2012 Quarter-finals The first legs were played 18 September 2012, and the second legs were played 25 and 26 September 2012.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/936-afc-cup-2012/39521-Al-Shorta-Chonburi-clash-rescheduled Al Shorta, Chonburi clash rescheduled AFC 29 June 2012 Al-Kuwait KUW 3–0 Al-Wehdat JOR 0–0 3–0 Arema IDN 0–4 Al-Ettifaq KSA 0–2 0–2 Arbil IRQ 6–2 Kelantan MAS 5–1 1–1 Chonburi THA 5–4 Al-Shorta SYR 1980 1–2 4–2 |} First legs Arema v Al-Ettifaq 18 September 2012 16:30 UTC+07:00 Arema IDN 0–2 Report KSA Al-Ettifaq Al-Shehri 68Al-Sulim 90+5 Gajayana Stadium, Malang 2,000 Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam) Chonburi v Al-Shorta 18 September 2012 19:00 UTC+07:00 Chonburi THA 1–2 Report SYR 1980 Al-Shorta Thiago Cunha 3 Jafal 39Geílson 44 Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi 5,818 Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic) Arbil v Kelantan 18 September 2012 18:30 UTC+03:00 Arbil IRQ 5–1 Report MAS Kelantan Halgurd 38Radhi 50 pen.Salah 66Sadir 72 90+3 Badri 41 pen. Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil 16,000 Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia) Al-Kuwait v Al-Wehdat 18 September 2012 19:30 UTC+03:00 Al-Kuwait KUW 0–0 Report JOR Al-Wehdat Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 2,000 Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon) Second legs Kelantan v Arbil 25 September 2012 20:45 UTC+08:00 Kelantan MAS 1–1 Report IRQ Arbil Ghaddar 90+2 pen. Sula 37 Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu 5,024 Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic) Arbil won 6–2 on aggregate. Al-Wehdat v Al-Kuwait 25 September 2012 19:00 UTC+03:00 Al-Wehdat JOR 0–3 Report KUW Al-Kuwait Jemâa 20Hammami 60Rogerinho 70 King Abdullah Stadium, Amman 12,000 Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar) Al-Kuwait won 3–0 on aggregate. Al-Ettifaq v Arema 25 September 2012 20:10 UTC+03:00 Al-Ettifaq KSA 2–0 Report IDN Arema Al Mahaijri 53Al-Salem 66 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 1,851 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Al-Ettifaq won 4–0 on aggregate. Al-Shorta v Chonburi 26 September 2012 16:00 UTC+03:00 Al-Shorta SYR 1980 2–4 yes Report THA Chonburi Jafal 53 pen.Ghalioum 93 On-Mo 36Thiago Cunha 38 111 119 Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa (Jordan)2 200 Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran) Chonburi won 5–4 on aggregate. Notes Note 2: Due to the political crisis in Syria, the AFC requested Syrian clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues. Semi-finals The first legs were played 2 October 2012, and the second legs were played 23 October 2012. Al-Kuwait KUW 6–1 Al-Ettifaq KSA 4–1 2–0 Arbil IRQ 8–2 Chonburi THA 4–1 4–1 |} First legs Arbil v Chonburi 2 October 2012 17:00 UTC+03:00 Arbil IRQ 4–1 Report THA Chonburi Radhi 24 50Phuk-hom 66 o.g.Sadir 74 On-Mo 47 Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil 16,000 Andre El Haddad (Lebanon) Al-Kuwait v Al-Ettifaq 2 October 2012 19:30 UTC+03:00 Al-Kuwait KUW 4–1 Report KSA Al-Ettifaq Jemâa 7 11Hammami 58 pen.Al Qahtani 90+3 Al-Salem 24 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 3,000 Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong) Second legs Chonburi v Arbil 23 October 2012 19:00 UTC+07:00 Chonburi THA 1–4 Report IRQ Arbil Phuk-hom 25 Abdul-Amir 18Radhi 63 70Karim 82 Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi 8,174 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Arbil won 8–2 on aggregate. Al-Ettifaq v Al-Kuwait 23 October 2012 19:45 UTC+03:00 Al-Ettifaq KSA 0–2 Report KUW Al-Kuwait Rogerinho 57Khamis 72 Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam 5,518 Mohamed Al Zarooni (UAE) Al-Kuwait won 6–1 on aggregate. Final 2012 AFC Cup final The final of the 2012 AFC Cup was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by a draw. According to the draw on 14 June 2012, the winner of semi-final 2 would host the final.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/936-afc-cup-2012/39430-semi-final-2-winners-to-host-afc-cup-final AFC Semi-final 2 winners to host AFC Cup Final 2012-06-14 Therefore, Arbil was the home team. 3 November 2012 17:00 UTC+03:00 Arbil IRQ 0–4 https://archive.today/20121205002931/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6791&stageid=262&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report KUW Al-Kuwait Hammami 3 pen. 90Rogerinho 42Khamis 83 Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil 30,000 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) References External links http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup AFC Cup en Knockout stage