2016 AFC Cup

Football tournament AFC Cup 2016 Qualifying round:11–15 August 2015Competition proper:9 February – 5 November 2016 Competition proper: 32Total: 40 23 IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 IND Bengaluru 127 361 IRQ Hammadi Ahmed (16 goals) IRQ Hammadi Ahmed IND Bengaluru 2015 2017 File:Interior view of Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in 2020.jpg The Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha hosted the final 275px 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).http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_cup_2016_competition_regulation_30062016.pdf 2016 AFC Cup Competition Regulations AFC PDF 28 November 2015 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq defeated India's Bengaluru in the final to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming the first Iraqi team to win the competition.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-president-afc-cup-2016/afc-president-congratulates-air-force-club-for-historic-title-win AFC President congratulates Air Force Club for historic AFC 5 November 2016 6 November 2016 Johor Darul Ta'zim, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals by Bengaluru. Association team allocation The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014,http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/revamp-of-afc-competitions Revamp of AFC competitions AFC 25 January 2014 which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014.http://www.the-afc.com/executive-committee/exco-approves-expanded-afc-asian-cup-finals ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals AFC 16 April 2014 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:http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/rankings/afc_ma_rankings_03_11_2014.pdf AFC MA Ranking as at 3 November 2014 AFC 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.http://www.the-afc.com/standing-committee/afc-competitions-committee-meeting AFC Competitions Committee meeting AFC 28 November 2014http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2015/afc-cup-slots-decided-for-2015-2016-editions AFC Cup slots decided for 2015–2016 editions AFC 4 December 2014http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/slot_allocation_for_AFC_Cup_2015.pdf Slot allocation for AFC Cup 2015 – 2016 AFC The following table shows the slot allocation for the 2016 AFC Cup, which are adjusted accordingly since some of the slots are unused. Participation for 2016 AFC CupParticipatingNot participating +West ZoneRankMemberAssociationPointsSlotsACLPlay-offGroupstagePlay-offroundQualif.round 610IRQ IraqA47.1060200 711KUW KuwaitB45.4230000 812JOR Jordan44.3091100 914OMA OmanC30.58602001016BHR BahrainD 125.54701101117LIB LebanonD 225.04301101219SYR 1980 SyriaD 322.88301101325PLE PalestineE 115.91101101428TJK TajikistanE 211.76101101529AFG 2013 AfghanistanF11.46400001630TKM TurkmenistanE 310.55401101732KGZ KyrgyzstanG 8.76100111835YEM YemenH 1 5.24900001936SRI Sri LankaH 2 4.07100002038NEP NepalH 3 3.26800002139PAK Pakistan 2.73200012246BHU Bhutan 0.0000001Total1117322 +East ZoneRankMemberAssociationPointsSlotsACLPlay-offGroupstagePlay-offroundQualif.round 718IDN IndonesiaI25.0040000 820HKG Hong Kong20.0771100 921MYA MyanmarJ 118.94911001022MAS MalaysiaJ 218.15311001123IND IndiaJ 316.75611001224SIN SingaporeJ 416.09711001326MDV MaldivesK 115.88402001427PHI PhilippinesK 212.26802001531PRK North KoreaL 9.00000001633LAO LaosM 7.55401001734GUM GuamN 1 5.94600001837BAN BangladeshO 3.64300011939TLS East TimorN 2 2.73200002041MAC Macau 2.62500012142CAM CambodiaN 3 2.46400002243TPE Chinese TaipeiN 4 2.08900002344MNG Mongolia 1.55400012445BRU BruneiN 5 0.8040000Total5100318 Notes A 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. B 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. C 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. D 3 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. E 3 Palestine, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan all had their second team entering the play-off round instead of the preliminary round due to unused slots. F Afghanistan were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but did not enter a team. G Kyrgyzstan were originally allocated one qualifying round slot, but were given an additional play-off round slot. H Yemen, Sri Lanka and Nepal were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team. I 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. J 4 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. K 2 Maldives and Philippines both had their second team directly entering the group stage instead of the preliminary round due to unused slots. L North Korea were allocated one group stage slot and one preliminary round slot, but did not enter a team. M 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. N Guam, East Timor, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei and Brunei were allocated one qualifying round slot, but did not enter a team. O Bangladesh was originally in the West Zone, but was moved to the East Zone due to lack of teams in the East Zone. Teams The following 40 teams from 23 associations entered the competition.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/stage-set-for-2016-afc-cup-draw Stage set for 2016 AFC Cup draw AFC 4 December 2015 +West ZoneTeamQualifying methodAppLast AppGroup stage direct entrants (Groups A–D)IRQ Naft Al-Wasat2014–15 Iraqi Premier League champions1stnoneIRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya2014–15 Iraqi Premier League runners-up1stnoneJOR Al-Wehdat2014–15 Jordan League championsNote ACL 19th2015JOR Al-Faisaly2014–15 Jordan FA Cup winners8th2013OMA Al-Orouba2014–15 Oman Professional League champions and 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners4th2012OMA Fanja2014–15 Oman Professional League runners-up4th2015BHR Al-Muharraq2014–15 Bahrain First Division League champions5th2009LIB Al-Ahed2014–15 Lebanese Premier League champions7th2012SYR 1980 Al-Jaish2014–15 Syrian Premier League champions6th2015PLE Shabab Al-Dhahiriya2014–15 West Bank Premier League champions2nd2014TJK Istiklol2015 Tajik League champions and 2015 Tajik Cup winners2nd2015TKM Altyn Asyr2015 Ýokary Liga champions and 2015 Turkmenistan Cup winners2nd2015Entering in qualifying play-off (play-off round)BHR Al-Hidd2015 Bahraini King's Cup winners3rd2015LIB Tripoli2014–15 Lebanese FA Cup winners2nd2004SYR 1980 Al-Wahda2015 Syrian Cup winners5th2015PLE Ahli Al-Khaleel2014–15 Palestine Cup winners1stnoneTJK Khujand2015 Tajik League runners-up1stnoneTKM Balkan2015 Ýokary Liga runners-up4th2007KGZ Alay Osh2015 Kyrgyzstan League champions2nd2014 +East ZoneTeamQualifying methodAppLast AppGroup stage direct entrants (Groups E–H)HKG Kitchee2014–15 Hong Kong Premier League championsNote ACL 26th2015HKG South China2014–15 Hong Kong season play-off winners7th2015MYA Yangon United2015 Myanmar National League championsNote ACL 34th2014MYA Ayeyawady United2015 General Aung San Shield winners4th2015MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim2015 Malaysia Super League championsNote ACL 43rd2015MAS Selangor2015 Malaysia Super League runners-upNote MAS5th2014IND Mohun Bagan2014–15 I-League championsNote ACL 53rd2009IND Bengaluru2014–15 Indian Federation Cup winners2nd2015SIN Tampines Rovers2015 S.League runners-upNote ACL 6Note SIN8th2014SIN Balestier Khalsa2015 S.League 4th placeNote SIN2nd2015MDV New Radiant2015 Dhivehi Premier League champions8th2015MDV Maziya2015 Maldives President's Cup winners4th2015PHI Ceres2015 UFL Division 1 champions2nd2015PHI Kaya2015 UFL Cup winners1stnoneLAO Lao Toyota2015 Lao Premier League champions2nd2015 TeamQualifying methodAppLast AppEntering in qualifying round(teams not split into zones for qualifying round)KGZ Alga2014 Kyrgyzstan League 3rd place1stnoneBAN Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions1stnonePAK K-Electric2014–15 Pakistan Premier League champions1stnoneMAC Benfica de Macau2015 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions1stnoneMNG Khoromkhon2014 Mongolian Premier League champions1stnoneBHU Druk United2014 Bhutan National League champions1stnone Notes disc Note ACL 6 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). Note MAS 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. Note SIN 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. AFC 1000 left Location of teams of the 2016 AFC Cup.8px West Zone8px East Zone(p) Qualifying play-off participants(q) Qualifying round participants AFC 32 44.33 70 Naft Al-Wasat Red pog.svg right AFC 33.325 44.422 70 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Red pog.svg right AFC 32.083333 36.1 70 Jordan Red pog.svg right AFC 10 55 70 Teams from Jordan:Al-WehdatAl-Faisaly TransparentPlaceholder.png bottom AFC 22.566667 59.528889 70 Al-Orouba Red pog.svg bottom AFC 23.6189 58.2168 70 Fanja Red pog.svg right AFC 26.25 50.616667 70 Al-MuharraqAl-Hidd (p) Red pog.svg bottom AFC 33.886944 35.513056 70 Lebanon Red pog.svg top AFC 5 55 70 Teams from Lebanon:Al-AhedTripoli (p) TransparentPlaceholder.png bottom AFC 33.513 36.292 70 Syria Red pog.svg right AFC 0 55 70 Teams from Syria:Al-JaishAl-Wahda (p) TransparentPlaceholder.png bottom AFC 31.703056 35.195556 70 Palestine Red pog.svg bottom AFC -5 55 70 Teams from Palestine:Shabab Al-DhahiriyaAhli Al-Khaleel (p) TransparentPlaceholder.png bottom AFC 38.536667 68.78 70 Istiklol Red pog.svg right AFC 40.292222 69.614167 70 Khujand (p) Red pog.svg left AFC 37.95 58.50 70 Altyn Asyr Red pog.svg left AFC 39.31 54.72 70 Balkan (p) Red pog.svg right AFC 40.53 72.8 70 Alay Osh (p) Red pog.svg right AFC 42.874722 74.612222 70 Alga (q) Red pog.svg right AFC 24.86 67.01 70 K-Electric (q) Red pog.svg top AFC 27.47 89.64 70 Druk United (q) Red pog.svg top AFC 22.27350 114.18815 70 KitcheeSouth China Green pog.svg bottom AFC 16.85 96.183333 70 Yangon U Green pog.svg bottom AFC 16.783861 96.160725 70 Ayeyawady U Green pog.svg left AFC 1.765589 103.639526 70 Johor DT Green pog.svg left AFC 3.08225 101.544944 70 Selangor Green pog.svg right AFC 22.56972 88.36972 70 Mohun Bagan Green pog.svg left AFC 12.966666 77.566666 70 Bengaluru Green pog.svg right AFC 1.309845 103.763015 70 Tampines RBalestier K Green pog.svg right AFC 4.175278 73.508889 70 New RadiantMaziya Green pog.svg right AFC 10.666667 122.95 70 Ceres Green pog.svg left AFC 14.583333 121 70 Kaya Green pog.svg right AFC 17.966667 102.6 70 Lao Toyota Green pog.svg bottom AFC 23.7 90.375 70 Sheikh Jamal (q) Green pog.svg top AFC 47.902261 106.91622 70 Khoromkhon (q) Green pog.svg bottom AFC 22.166667 113.55 70 Benfica (q) Green pog.svg left Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2016.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 PDF StageRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond legQualifying stageQualifying round29 June 201511–15 August 2015Play-off stagePlay-off roundNo draw9 February 2016Group stageMatchday 110 December 201523–24 February 2016Matchday 28–9 March 2016Matchday 315–16 March 2016Matchday 412–13 April 2016Matchday 526–27 April 2016Matchday 610–11 May 2016Knockout stageRound of 1624–25 May 2016Quarter-finals9 June 201613–14 September 201620–21 September 2016Semi-finals27–28 September 201618–19 October 2016Final5 November 2016 at Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha Qualifying round 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round Draw Format Group A Group A Group B Group B Qualifying play-off 2016 AFC Cup qualifying play-off Format Bracket Play-off round Play-off round Group stage 2016 AFC Cup group stage Draw Format TiebreakersTiebreakers Group A Group A no_hide_class_rules Group B Group B no_hide_class_rules Group C Group C no_hide_class_rules Group D Group D no_hide_class_rules Group E Group E no_hide_class_rules Group F Group F no_hide_class_rules Group G Group G no_hide_class_rules Group H Group H no_hide_class_rules Knockout stage 2016 AFC Cup knockout stage Format Bracket Bracket Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Semi-finals Final 2016 AFC Cup final Final Awards AwardPlayerTeamMost Valuable PlayerIRQ Hammadi Ahmedhttp://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/hot-shot-hammadi-bags-afc-cup-mvp-and-top-scorer-awards Hot-shot Hammadi bags AFC Cup MVP and Top Scorer AFC 5 November 2016 6 November 2016IRQ Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaTop GoalscorerIRQ Hammadi AhmedIRQ Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaFair Play Award—IND Bengaluru FChttp://www.goal.com/en-india/news/3629/afc-cup/2016/11/06/29220982/afc-cup-bengaluru-fc-win-afcs-fairplay-award AFC Cup: Bengaluru FC win AFC's Fairplay award www.goal.com Goal 6 November 2016 6 November 2016 14 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200914213255/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/3629/afc-cup/2016/11/06/29220982/afc-cup-bengaluru-fc-win-afcs-fairplay-award dead Top scorers RankPlayerTeamMD1 Group stage Matchday 1MD2 Group stage Matchday 2MD3 Group stage Matchday 3MD4 Group stage Matchday 4MD5 Group stage Matchday 5MD6 Group stage Matchday 6R16 Round of 16QF1 Quarter-finals 1st legQF2 Quarter-finals 2nd legSF1 Semi-finals 1st legSF2 Semi-finals 2nd leg F Final Total1IRQ Hammadi AhmedIRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya212123111 11162ESP Adrián GallardoPHI Ceres1211 3 8MAS Mohd Safiq RahimMAS Johor Darul Ta'zim312 1 184NGA Christopher ChizobaMYA Ayeyawady United 3 2 1 6ARG Jorge Pereyra DíazMAS Johor Darul Ta'zim1 1 1111 6SEN Mouhamadou DraméLIB Al-Ahed 121 2 6IND Jeje LalpekhluaIND Mohun Bagan212 1 6ARG Juan Martín LuceroMAS Johor Darul Ta'zim2 3 1 6SYR 1980 Raja RafeSYR 1980 Al-Wahda1 4 1 6ESP RufinoHKG Kitchee1 2 21 6 Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-off are not counted when determining top scorer (see regulations, Article 77.4). Source: the-AFC.comhttp://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?&view=ajax&show=mod_topScorer&stageid=393&disp=all Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2016 AFC Cup Group Stage AFC the-afc.comhttp://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?&view=ajax&show=mod_topScorer&stageid=402&disp=all Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2016 AFC Cup Round of 16 AFC the-afc.comhttp://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?&view=ajax&show=mod_topScorer&stageid=413&disp=all Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2016 AFC Cup Knockout Stage AFC the-afc.com See also 2016 AFC Champions League References 2 External links AFC Cup, the-AFC.com 2016 2