2019 AFC Cup group stage
The 2019 AFC Cup group stage was played from 25 February to 26 June 2019.[1] A total of 36 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 11 places in the knockout stage of the 2019 AFC Cup.[2]
Draw
[edit]The draw for the group stage was held on 22 November 2018, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone cannot be drawn into the same group.
The mechanism of the draw was as follows:
- For the West Asia Zone, a draw was held for the five associations with two direct entrants (Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon) to determine the order of associations occupying the following group positions (higher-seeded team of each association allocated to first position, lower-seeded team of each association allocated to second position): A1 and B2, B1 and C2, C1 and A2, A3 and B4, B3 and C4. The direct entrant from Oman and the play-off winners were allocated to positions C3 and A4 respectively.
- For the ASEAN Zone, a draw was held for the five associations with two direct entrants (Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar) to determine the order of associations occupying the following group positions (higher-seeded team of each association allocated to first position, lower-seeded team of each association allocated to second position): F1 and G2, G1 and H2, H1 and F2, F3 and G4, G3 and H4. The direct entrants from Laos and Cambodia were allocated to positions H3 and F4 respectively.
- For the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone, no draw was held. The direct entrants were allocated to group positions 1, 2 and 3 according to their association ranking (Central Asia Zone: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan; South Asia Zone: India, Bangladesh, Nepal; East Asia Zone: Hong Kong, North Korea, Chinese Taipei), and the play-off winners were allocated to group positions 4.
The following 36 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 32 direct entrants and the four winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
| Zone | Groups | Teams | |||
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| West Asia Zone | A–C |  Al-Jaish
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Al-Ittihad
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 Al-Najma
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Malkiya
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 Al-Wehdat
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Al-Jazeera
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 Al-Ahed
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Nejmeh
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 Al-Kuwait
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Al-Qadsia
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 Al-Suwaiq
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 Hilal Al-Quds (Winners of Play-off West Asia)
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| Central Asia Zone | D |  Istiklol
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 Altyn Asyr
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 Dordoi
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Khujand (Winners of Play-off Central Asia)
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| South Asia Zone | E |  Minerva Punjab
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 Abahani Limited Dhaka[note 1]
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 Manang Marshyangdi Club[note 1]
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Chennaiyin (Winners of Play-off South Asia)
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| ASEAN Zone | F–H |  Hà Nội
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Becamex Bình Dương
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 Persija Jakarta[note 1]
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PSM Makassar[note 1]
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 Ceres–Negros
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Kaya–Iloilo
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 Yangon United
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Shan United
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 Home United
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Tampines Rovers
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 Lao Toyota
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 Nagaworld
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| East Asia Zone | I |  Kitchee
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 Hang Yuen
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Tai Po (Winners of Play-off East Asia)
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- Standby teams[note 2]
Al-Faisaly (for Al-Wehdat)Kazma (for Al-Kuwait)Regar-TadAZ (for Istiklol)Davao Aguilas (for Ceres–Negros)[note 3]Bhayangkara (for Persija Jakarta)[note 1]Zwekapin United (for Yangon United)Pegasus (for Kitchee)
Format
[edit]In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:
- The winners of each group and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone advanced to the Zonal semi-finals.
- The winners of each group in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.
In the event that a group contains only three teams, it might be played on a double round-robin basis hosted by two of the teams if at least two of the three teams agree to this format (Regulations Article 10.1.7).[2]
Tiebreakers
[edit]The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group were tied;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Association ranking.
Schedule
[edit]The schedule of each matchday is as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).[1][4]
- Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays. One or two groups were played on each day, with the following groups played on Mondays:
- Matchdays 1 and 2: Groups A and B
- Matchday 3: Groups A and C
- Matchday 4: Group B
- Matchdays 5 and 6: Group C
- Matches in the ASEAN Zone were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. One or two groups were played on each day, with the following groups played on Tuesdays:
- Matchdays 1 and 2: Groups F and G
- Matchday 3: Groups F and H
- Matchday 4: Group G
- Matchdays 5 and 6: Group H
- Matches in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone were played on Wednesdays. If two teams from the same association were scheduled to play at home on the same matchday, the home match of the lower-seeded team was moved to Tuesday.
| Matchday | Dates | Matches | |
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| W, A | C, S, E | ||
| Matchday 1 | 25–27 February 2019 | 3 April 2019 | Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 3 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 2 | 11–13 March 2019 | 17 April 2019 | Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 3 | 1–3 April & 3 May 2019 | 30 April – 1 May 2019 | Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 4 | 15–17 & 23 April & 6 May 2019 | 15 May 2019 | Team 2 vs. Team 4, Team 3 vs. Team 1 |
| Matchday 5 | 29 April – 1 May 2019 | 19 June 2019 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 6 | 13–15 May 2019 | 26 June 2019 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
Groups
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WEH | JAI | HAQ | NEJ | |
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| 1 | Al-Wehdat
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Al-Jaish
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Hilal Al-Quds
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 8 | 2–6 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Nejmeh
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
| Al-Jaish | 1–1 | Hilal Al-Quds |
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| Al-Wehdat | 1–0 | Nejmeh |
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| Hilal Al-Quds | 2–6 | Al-Wehdat |
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Attendance: 8,000
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| Al-Wehdat | 1–1 | Al-Jaish |
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| Hilal Al-Quds | 0–0 | Al-Jaish |
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Attendance: 423
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
| Hilal Al-Quds | 2–1 | Nejmeh |
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Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
| Nejmeh | 1–2 | Hilal Al-Quds |
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Attendance: 98
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JAZ | KUW | NAJ | ITH | |
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| 1 | Al-Jazeera
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Al-Kuwait
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | Al-Najma
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Al-Ittihad
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |
| Al-Najma | 1–1 | Al-Jazeera |
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| Al-Ittihad | 1–2 | Al-Najma |
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Attendance: 467
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
| Al-Jazeera | 4–0 | Al-Ittihad |
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| Al-Najma | 0–1 | Al-Kuwait |
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| Al-Ittihad | 0–2 | Al-Jazeera |
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Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
| Al-Jazeera | 3–0 | Al-Najma |
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| Al-Ittihad | 0–2 | Al-Kuwait |
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Attendance: 254
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHE | MAL | QAD | SUW | |
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| 1 | Al-Ahed
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | |
| 2 | Malkiya
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | ||
| 3 | Al-Qadsia
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Al-Suwaiq
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
| Al-Ahed | 0–0 | Al-Qadsia |
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Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
| Al-Qadsia | 2–0 | Al-Suwaiq |
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| Al-Ahed | 4–2 | Al-Suwaiq |
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| Al-Qadsia | 1–2 | Malkiya |
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Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Thoriq Munir Alkatiri (Indonesia)
| Al-Suwaiq | 0–1 | Al-Ahed |
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| Malkiya | 1–2 | Al-Qadsia |
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| Malkiya | 2–2 | Al-Suwaiq |
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| Al-Ahed | 2–1 | Malkiya |
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| Al-Suwaiq | 2–1 | Al-Qadsia |
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Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ALT | IST | DOR | KHU | |
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| 1 | Altyn Asyr
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Istiklol
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Dordoi
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7[a] | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 4 | Khujand
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7[a] | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — |
| Istiklol | 3–0 | Khujand |
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| Dordoi | 1–1 | Altyn Asyr |
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| Khujand | 3–1 | Dordoi |
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| Altyn Asyr | 1–1 | Istiklol |
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| Istiklol | 4–1 | Dordoi |
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| Khujand | 3–2 | Istiklol |
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| Altyn Asyr | 3–1 | Dordoi |
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| Istiklol | 1–1 | Altyn Asyr |
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| Dordoi | 3–0 | Khujand |
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Group E
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ABD | CFC | MIN | MMC | |
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| 1 | Abahani Limited Dhaka
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Chennaiyin
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 3 | Minerva Punjab
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6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Manang Marshyangdi Club
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |
| Minerva Punjab | 1–1 | Chennaiyin |
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| Manang Marshyangdi Club | 2–3 | Chennaiyin |
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Group F
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HAN | TAM | YAN | NAG | |
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| 1 | Hà Nội
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 13[a] | Zonal semi-finals | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 10–0 | |
| 2 | Tampines Rovers
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13[a] | 1–1 | — | 4–3 | 4–2 | ||
| 3 | Yangon United
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 | 2–5 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Nagaworld
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6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 3 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–1 | — |
| Yangon United | 1–3 | Tampines Rovers |
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| Hà Nội | 10–0 | Nagaworld |
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| Tampines Rovers | 1–1 | Hà Nội |
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| Nagaworld | 1–5 | Tampines Rovers |
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| Nagaworld | 1–5 | Hà Nội |
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| Tampines Rovers | 4–3 | Yangon United |
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| Yangon United | 2–0 | Nagaworld |
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Group G
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CER | BBD | PSJ | SHA | |
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| 1 | Ceres–Negros
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 15 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| 2 | Becamex Bình Dương
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | Persija Jakarta
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 6–1 | ||
| 4 | Shan United
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |
| Becamex Bình Dương | 1–3 | Ceres–Negros |
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| Becamex Bình Dương | 6–0 | Shan United |
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| Becamex Bình Dương | 3–1 | Persija Jakarta |
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Group H
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSM | HOM | KAY | LAO | |
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| 1 | PSM Makassar
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 14 | Zonal semi-finals | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 7–3 | |
| 2 | Home United
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Kaya–Iloilo
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 8 | 1–2 | 5–0 | — | 5–1 | ||
| 4 | Lao Toyota
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — |
| Home United | 1–1 | PSM Makassar |
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| Lao Toyota | 1–1 | Kaya–Iloilo |
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| Home United | 1–0 | Lao Toyota |
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| Lao Toyota | 2–3 | Home United |
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| PSM Makassar | 3–2 | Home United |
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| Lao Toyota | 0–3 | PSM Makassar |
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Group I
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | APR | KIT | TAI | HYU | |
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| 1 | April 25
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 15 | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Kitchee
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | 1–0 | — | 2–4 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Tai Po
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 8 | 1–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–2 | ||
| 4 | Hang Yuen
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
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| Kitchee | 2–4 | Tai Po |
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| April 25 | 2–0 | Kitchee |
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| Tai Po | 4–2 | Hang Yuen |
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| Tai Po | 1–3 | April 25 |
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| Kitchee | 3–0 | Hang Yuen |
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| April 25 | 4–0 | Tai Po |
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| Tai Po | 3–3 | Kitchee |
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| Hang Yuen | 1–1 | Tai Po |
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Ranking of second-placed teams
[edit]West Asia Zone
[edit]| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | A | Al-Jaish
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6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10[a] | Zonal semi-finals |
| 2 | B | Al-Kuwait
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10[a] | |
| 3 | C | Malkiya
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Source: AFC
Notes:
Notes:
ASEAN Zone
[edit]| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | G | Becamex Bình Dương
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 13 | Zonal semi-finals |
| 2 | F | Tampines Rovers
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 13 | |
| 3 | H | Home United
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 10 |
Source: AFC
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e The identity of the teams from Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia (both group stage and standby teams) was not known at the time of the group stage draw.
- ^ The standby teams would replace a team from the same association which played in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage. There were no standby teams from India (for Minerva Punjab), Vietnam (for Hà Nội), and Singapore (for Home United).
- ^ Davao Aguilas were the standby team from Philippines at the time of the draw, but were not active in 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
- ^ a b The Hilal Al-Quds v Al-Jaish match, originally scheduled to be played on 30 April 2019, 17:00 UTC+3, at Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, was moved to a neutral venue.
- ^ a b The Hilal Al-Quds v Nejmeh match, originally scheduled to be played on 1 April 2019, 17:00 UTC+3, at Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, was postponed as Nejmeh failed to arrive for the match.[5][6] The match was rescheduled to 3 May 2019 and moved to a neutral venue.[7]
- ^ a b The Nejmeh v Hilal Al-Quds match, originally scheduled to be played on 16 April 2019, 19:00 UTC+3, at Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, was rescheduled to 6 May 2019 and moved to a neutral venue.[7]
- ^ a b The matches between Minerva Punjab and Chennaiyin on Matchdays 1 and 5, were reversed from the original scheduled dates of 3 April 2019 and 19 June 2019.
- ^ The Persija Jakarta v Ceres–Negros match was rescheduled from the original date of 16 April to 23 April due to its proximity to the general election held in Indonesia the next day.
- ^ a b c PSM Makassar played their home matches at Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong, instead of their home Andi Mattalata Stadium, Makassar, since the stadium did not meet AFC regulations.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 11 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ "Draw unveils exciting 2019 challenge". AFC. 22 November 2018.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2019 Official Match Schedule". AFC.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2019: Lebanon club Nejmeh SC withdraws in match against Hilal Al-Quds". Fox Sports Asia. 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "AFC statement on Hilal Alquds v Nejmeh". Asian Football Confederation. 1 April 2019.
- ^ a b "كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي - مباراة النجمة وهلال القدس على أرض محايدة" (in Arabic). BeIN Sports MENA. 8 April 2018.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2019 Grup H, PSM Makassar Ngungsi ke Stadion Pakansari". Topskor.id. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
External links
[edit]- AFC Cup, the-AFC.com
- AFC Cup 2019, stats.the-AFC.com