2013 AFC Cup knockout stage

Asian Football Confederation tournament The knock-out stage of the 2013 AFC Cup was played from 14 May to 2 November 2013. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/jdownloads/finish/65/53.html AFC Cup 2013 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. GroupWinnersRunners-upWest Asia Zone (Groups A–D)AKUW Al-KuwaitBHR Al-RiffaBIRQ ErbilOMA FanjaCJOR Al-FaisalyIRQ DohukDKUW Al-QadsiaSYR 1980 Al-ShortaEast Asia Zone (Groups E–H)EIDN Semen PadangHKG KitcheeFMDV New RadiantMYA Yangon UnitedGMAS KelantanVIE SHB Đà NẵngHIND East BengalMAS Selangor 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/en/component/jdownloads/finish/25-competition/38-afc-competition-calendar-2013.html?Itemid=284 AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2013 PDF RoundFirst legSecond legRound of 1614–15 May 2013Quarter-finals17 September 201324 September 2013Semi-finals1 October 201322 October 2013Final2 November 2013 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, semi-finals, and final (to decide the host team) was held on 20 June 2013, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/26218-afccup-qfdraw200613.html Kuwait SC resume title defence against New Radiant AFC 20 June 2013 In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals. 1/2/2/1 y y n 160 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final KUW Al-Qadsia 4 OMA Fanja 0 IRQ Erbil 3 SYR 1980 Al-Shorta 4 MAS Kelantan 0 HKG Kitchee 2 JOR Al-Faisaly 3 BHR Al-Riffa 1 MDV New Radiant 2 MAS Selangor 0 KUW Al-Kuwait (p) 1 (4) IRQ Dohuk 1 (1) IND East Bengal 5 MYA Yangon United 1 IDN Semen Padang 2 VIE SHB Đà Nẵng 1 KUW Al-Qadsia (a) 0 2 2 SYR 1980 Al-Shorta 0 2 2 HKG Kitchee 1 1 2 JOR Al-Faisaly 2 2 4 MDV New Radiant 2 0 2 KUW Al-Kuwait 7 5 12 IND East Bengal 1 1 2 IDN Semen Padang 0 1 1 KUW Al-Qadsia 2 1 3 JOR Al-Faisaly 1 0 1 KUW Al-Kuwait 4 3 7 IND East Bengal 2 0 2 KUW Al-Qadsia 0 KUW Al-Kuwait 2 Round of 16 The matches were played on 14 and 15 May 2013. |- !colspan=3|West Asia Zone Al-Kuwait KUW 1–1 (4–1 p) Dohuk IRQ Al-Faisaly JOR 3–1 Al-Riffa BHR Erbil IRQ 3–4 Al-Shorta SYR 1980 Al-Qadsia KUW 4–0 Fanja OMA |- !colspan=3|East Asia Zone Semen Padang IDN 2–1 SHB Đà Nẵng VIE Kelantan MAS 0–2 Kitchee HKG New Radiant MDV 2–0 Selangor MAS East Bengal IND 5–1 Yangon United MYA Semen Padang v SHB Đà Nẵng 14 May 2013 16:00 UTC+7 Semen Padang IDN 2–1 Report VIE SHB Đà Nẵng Wilson 45+3 pen.Mofu 90+2 Merlo 31 Haji Agus Salim Stadium, Padang 11,932 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Kelantan v Kitchee 14 May 2013 20:45 UTC+8 Kelantan MAS 0–2 Report HKG Kitchee Kcira 15 o.g.Jordi 45+1 Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu 15,000 Lee Min-Hu (South Korea) Al-Faisaly v Al-Riffa 14 May 2013 19:00 UTC+3 Al-Faisaly JOR 3–1 Report BHR Al-Riffa Bani Attiah 44Nu'man 82 85 Isa 88 Amman International Stadium, Amman 2,500 Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar) Al-Kuwait v Dohuk 14 May 2013 19:10 UTC+3 Al-Kuwait KUW 1–1 yes Report IRQ Dohuk Hammami 24 pen. Sadir 53 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 500 Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan) Hammami Al Ateeqi Awadh Baba 4–1 Abdul-Zahra Diab Sahyouni New Radiant v Selangor 15 May 2013 16:00 UTC+5 New Radiant MDV 2–0 yes Report MAS Selangor Niyaz 97Fasir 105 Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 8,600 Strebre Delovski (Australia) East Bengal v Yangon United 15 May 2013 18:00 UTC+5:30 East Bengal IND 5–1 Report MYA Yangon United Orji 2Edeh 25 72 77Hossain 48 César 79 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 8,000 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Al-Qadsia v Fanja 15 May 2013 18:45 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 4–0 Report OMA Fanja Neda 3Al Soma 15Al-Mutawa 34 90+1 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City 1,000 Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Erbil v Al-Shorta 15 May 2013 19:00 UTC+3 Erbil IRQ 3–4 yes Report SYR 1980 Al-Shorta Sabagh 5Radhi 36Al Salih 112 o.g. Dakka 23 pen.Jafal 67Abadi 103Al-Sayed 106 Franso Hariri Stadium, Erbil 12,000 Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia) Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 17 September 2013, and the second legs were played on 24 September 2013. Al-Qadsia KUW 2–2 (a) Al-Shorta SYR 1980 0–0 2–2 Kitchee HKG 2–4 Al-Faisaly JOR 1–2 1–2 New Radiant MDV 2–12 Al-Kuwait KUW 2–7 0–5 East Bengal IND 2–1 Semen Padang IDN 1–0 1–1 First leg New Radiant v Al-Kuwait 17 September 2013 16:00 UTC+5 New Radiant MDV 2–7 Report KUW Al-Kuwait Fasir 55Ashfaq 68 Rogerinho 2Hammami 15 83 pen.Jemâa 21 29 35 45 Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 8,600 Mohsen Torky (Iran) East Bengal v Semen Padang 17 September 2013 16:30 UTC+5:30 East Bengal IND 1–0 Report IDN Semen Padang Sueoka 70 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 30,000 Jumpei Iida (Japan) Kitchee v Al-Faisaly 17 September 2013 20:00 UTC+8 Kitchee HKG 1–2 Report JOR Al-Faisaly Akande 46 Túlio Souza 20Al-Nawateer 59 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 3,049 Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea) Al-Qadsia v Al-Shorta 17 September 2013 19:40 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 0–0 Report SYR 1980 Al-Shorta Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City 1,959 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Second leg Semen Padang v East Bengal 24 September 2013 15:00 UTC+7 Semen Padang IDN 1–1 Report IND East Bengal Wilson 23 Moga 78 Haji Agus Salim Stadium, Padang 11,350 Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia) East Bengal won 2–1 on aggregate. Al-Shorta v Al-Qadsia 24 September 2013 19:00 UTC+3 Al-Shorta SYR 1980 2–2 Report KUW Al-Qadsia Al Douni 68Tussi 80 Neda 17 22 pen. Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut (Lebanon)A 20 Alireza Faghani (Iran) 2–2 on aggregate. Al-Qadsia won on away goals. Al-Faisaly v Kitchee 24 September 2013 19:00 UTC+3 Al-Faisaly JOR 2–1 Report HKG Kitchee Al-Khawaldeh 18Júnior 42 Jordi 54 Amman International Stadium, Amman 4,000 Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar) Al-Faisaly won 4–2 on aggregate. Al-Kuwait v New Radiant 24 September 2013 19:30 UTC+3 Al-Kuwait KUW 5–0 Report MDV New Radiant Al Buraiki 21Jemâa 29 40 pen. 44Al Kandari 69 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 230 Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Al-Kuwait won 12–2 on aggregate. Notes A Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. Semi-finals The first legs were played on 1 and 2 October 2013, and the second legs were played on 22 October 2013. Al-Qadsia KUW 3–1 Al-Faisaly JOR 2–1 1–0 Al-Kuwait KUW 7–2 East Bengal IND 4–2 3–0 First leg Al-Kuwait v East Bengal 1 October 2013 19:30 UTC+3 Al-Kuwait KUW 4–2 Report IND East Bengal Jemâa 17 33Ali 32Hammami 48 Okpara 65Ralte 87 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 1,000 Tan Hai (China PR) Al-Qadsia v Al-Faisaly 2 October 2013B 19:30 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 2–1 Report JOR Al-Faisaly Al Qahtani 38Neda 77 Rodrigo 82 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City 2,100 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Notes B 2 The Al-Qadsia v Al-Faisaly match was rescheduled from the original date of 1 October 2013 to "promote and maximise the broadcasting coverage of both the AFC Cup semi-final matches being played by Kuwaiti clubs".http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/26815-qadsia-semi-tie-rescheduled-270913.html Qadsia's semi tie rescheduled AFC 27 September 2013 Second leg East Bengal v Al-Kuwait 22 October 2013 16:00 UTC+5:30 East Bengal IND 0–3 Report KUW Al-Kuwait Rogerinho 43Khamis 44Das 87 o.g. Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 50,000 Strebre Delovski (Australia) Al-Kuwait won 7–2 on aggregate. Al-Faisaly v Al-Qadsia 22 October 2013 19:00 UTC+3 Al-Faisaly JOR 0–1 Report KUW Al-Qadsia Al Sheikh 77 Amman International Stadium, Amman 5,000 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Al-Qadsia won 3–1 on aggregate. Final 2013 AFC Cup Final The final was played on 2 November 2013. Al-Qadsia KUW 0–2 Al-Kuwait KUW Al-Qadsia v Al-Kuwait 2 November 2013 19:00 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 0–2 Report KUW Al-Kuwait Rogerinho 52Jemâa 64 Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City 10,000 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) References External links http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup.html AFC Cup *3