2016 AFC Cup knockout stage

Association football tournament The 2016 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 24 May to 5 November 2016.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2016.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016 PDF A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2016 AFC Cup.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 Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knockout stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had eight qualified teams. ZoneGroupWinnersRunners-upWest Zone(Groups A–D)ALIB Al-AhedJOR Al-WehdatBIRQ Naft Al-WasatJOR Al-FaisalyCIRQ Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaSYR 1980 Al-WahdaDBHR Al-MuharraqSYR 1980 Al-JaishEast Zone(Groups E–H)EPHI CeresSIN Tampines RoversFHKG KitcheePHI KayaGIND Mohun BaganHKG South ChinaHMAS Johor Darul Ta'zimIND Bengaluru Format In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. 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 would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 12.4). Starting from this season, the knockout stage was split between the two zones until the final, similar to the AFC Champions League (Regulations Article 12.3). Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows. RoundFirst legSecond legRound of 1624–25 May 2016Quarter-finals13–14 September 201620–21 September 2016Semi-finals27–28 September 201618–19 October 2016Final5 November 2016 Bracket The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows: Round of 16: (group winners host match) 18em West 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 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 Quarterfinals: (matchups and order of legs decided by draw) 18em West Zone QF1 QF2 East Zone QF3 QF4 Semifinals: (Winners QF1 and QF3 host first leg, Winners QF2 and QF4 host second leg) 18em West Zone SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 East Zone SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 Final: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (host team decided by draw) 1/2/2/1 y y n y West Zone East Zone 200 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2 JOR Al-Wehdat 1 IRQ Naft Al-Wasat 0 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish 1 LIB Al-Ahed 4 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda 0 BHR Al-Muharraq 1 JOR Al-Faisaly 0 PHI Ceres 0 HKG South China 1 MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim 7 PHI Kaya 2 HKG Kitchee 2 IND Bengaluru 3 IND Mohun Bagan 1 SIN Tampines Rovers 2 IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 4 5 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish 1 0 1 LIB Al-Ahed 1 2 3 BHR Al-Muharraq 0 0 0 HKG South China 1 1 2 MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 2 3 IND Bengaluru 1 0 1 SIN Tampines Rovers 0 0 0 IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 3 4 LIB Al-Ahed 1 2 3 MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 1 2 IND Bengaluru 1 3 4 IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 IND Bengaluru 0 Round of 16 In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_cup_2016_draw_results.pdf AFC Cup 2016 Draw Results AFC |- !colspan=3|West Zone Al-Ahed LIB 4–0 Al-Wahda SYR 1980 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 2–1 Al-Wehdat JOR Naft Al-Wasat IRQ 0–1 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 Al-Muharraq BHR 1–0 Al-Faisaly JOR |- !colspan=3|East Zone Ceres PHI 0–1 South China HKG Mohun Bagan IND 1–2 Tampines Rovers SIN Kitchee HKG 2–3 Bengaluru IND Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 7–2 Kaya PHI |} West Zone Al-Ahed v Al-Wahda 2016 5 24 y 16:00 3 Al-Ahed LIB 4–0 SYR 1980 Al-Wahda Atwi 12Al-Hussain 75 pen.Dramé 88 90+3 Saida Municipal Stadium, Saida 1,200 Mohsen Torky (Iran) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10166&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Wehdat 2016 5 24 y 19:00 3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 2–1 JOR Al-Wehdat Abdul-Wahid 15Ahmad 37 Deeb 43 Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah (Qatar)note Iraq Teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. 2,500 Ma Ning (China) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10167&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Naft Al-Wasat v Al-Jaish 2016 5 25 y 17:00 4:30 Naft Al-Wasat IRQ 0–1 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish Hamdoko 78 PAS Stadium, Tehran (Iran)note Iraq 50 Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10170&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Muharraq v Al-Faisaly 2016 5 25 y 18:45 3 Al-Muharraq BHR 1–0 JOR Al-Faisaly Kanú 81 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 5,000 Rowan Arumughan (India) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10171&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary East Zone Ceres v South China 2016 5 24 y 19:30 8 Ceres PHI 0–1 yes HKG South China Carlos 107 Panaad Park and Stadium, Bacolod 8,000 Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10168&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Mohun Bagan v Tampines Rovers 2016 5 24 y 19:00 5:30 Mohun Bagan IND 1–2 yes SIN Tampines Rovers Singh 72 Webb 63Yunos 116 Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati 282 Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10169&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Kitchee v Bengaluru 2016 5 25 y 20:00 8 Kitchee HKG 2–3 IND Bengaluru Rufino 7Tarrés 42 Chhetri 31 pen. 33Lalhlimpuia 51 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 2,806 Fu Ming (China) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10172&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kaya 2016 5 25 y 20:45 8 Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 7–2 PHI Kaya Lucero 14 54 70Díaz 23 pen.Azamuddin 33 40Mahali 69 Porteria 53Ugarte 88 Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru 17,322 Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10173&stageid=402&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Quarter-finals In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Zone were drawn into two ties, and the four teams from the East Zone were drawn into the other two ties, with the order of legs also decided by the draw. The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 June 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/stage-set-for-afc-cup-2016-knockout-stage-draw Stage set for AFC Cup 2016 Knockout Stage draw AFC 8 June 2016 There was no seeding or country protection, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/holders-jdt-set-to-face-south-china-in-afc-cup-quarter-finals Holders JDT set to face South China in AFC Cup quarter-finals AFC 9 June 2016 |- !colspan=5|West Zone Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 5–1 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 1–1 4–0 Al-Ahed LIB 3–0 Al-Muharraq BHR 1–0 2–0 |- !colspan=5|East Zone South China HKG 2–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 1–1 1–2 Bengaluru IND 1–0 Tampines Rovers SIN 1–0 0–0 |} West Zone Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Jaish 2016 9 13 y 19:00 3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 1–1 SYR 1980 Al-Jaish Ahmad 90+8 Al-Ali 60 Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah (Qatar)note Iraq 400 Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10483&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Jaish v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2016 9 20 y 19:00 3 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 0–4 IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Rasan 50Radhi 67Ahmad 80Mohsin 90+2 Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah (Qatar)note Syria Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. 312 Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10487&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 5–1 on aggregate. Al-Ahed v Al-Muharraq 2016 9 14 y 15:30 3 Al-Ahed LIB 1–0 BHR Al-Muharraq Zreik 5 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 3,200 Ma Ning (China) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10485&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Muharraq v Al-Ahed 2016 9 21 y 18:00 3 Al-Muharraq BHR 0–2 LIB Al-Ahed Musa 23Zreik 90+3 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 2,500 Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10489&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Ahed won 3–0 on aggregate. East Zone South China v Johor Darul Ta'zim 2016 9 13 y 20:00 8 South China HKG 1–1 MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim Komazec 90+3 Díaz 22 Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong 3,938 Ali Sabah (Iraq) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10484&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Johor Darul Ta'zim v South China 2016 9 20 y 20:45 8 Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 2–1 HKG South China Lucero 58Díaz 88 Komazec 90+5 Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru 17,350 Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10488&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Johor Darul Ta'zim won 3–2 on aggregate. Bengaluru v Tampines Rovers 2016 9 14 y 16:00 5:30 Bengaluru IND 1–0 SIN Tampines Rovers Vineeth 7 Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru 120note Bengaluru v Tampines Rovers The Bengaluru v Tampines Rovers match was played behind closed doors due to local unrest.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/jsw-bengaluru-fc-v-tampines-rovers-match-rescheduled JSW Bengaluru FC v Tampines Rovers match rescheduled AFC 13 September 2016 Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10486&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Tampines Rovers v Bengaluru 2016 9 21 y 19:30 8 Tampines Rovers SIN 0–0 IND Bengaluru Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore 1,985 Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10490&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Bengaluru won 1–0 on aggregate. Semi-finals In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Zone played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Zone played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw. |- !colspan=5|West Zone Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 4–3 Al-Ahed LIB 1–1 3–2 |- !colspan=5|East Zone Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 2–4 Bengaluru IND 1–1 1–3 |} West Zone Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Al-Ahed 2016 9 27 y 19:00 3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 1–1 LIB Al-Ahed Midani 24 Dakik 62 Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah (Qatar)note Iraq 189 Fahad Al-Marri (Qatar) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10491&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Ahed v Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2016 10 18 y 15:30 3 Al-Ahed LIB 2–3 IRQ Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Mansour 14 pen.Chaito 36 Ahmad 28Mansour 70 o.g.Rasan 76 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut 3,700 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10493&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 4–3 on aggregate. East Zone Johor Darul Ta'zim v Bengaluru 2016 9 28 y 20:45 8 Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 1–1 IND Bengaluru Díaz 52 Lyngdoh 56 Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru 18,000 Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10492&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Bengaluru v Johor Darul Ta'zim 2016 10 19 y 19:00 5:30 Bengaluru IND 3–1 MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim Chhetri 41 67Juanan 76 Safiq 11 Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru 21,379 Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10494&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Bengaluru won 4–2 on aggregate. Final 2016 AFC Cup final In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the host team decided by a draw, held after the quarter-final draw.Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 1–0 Bengaluru IND |} Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya v Bengaluru 2016 11 5 y 19:00 3 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya IRQ 1–0 IND Bengaluru Ahmad 70 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)note Iraq 5,806 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=10495&stageid=413&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Notes note References External links AFC Cup, the-AFC.com *3