2014 AFC Cup final

The Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the home stadium of Al-Shabab and holds 18,000 spectators.

Erbil qualified for the 2014 AFC Cup group stage as the 2012–13 Iraqi Elite League runners-up. This was their fifth appearance in the AFC Cup.

Al-Qadsia qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off as the 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up and the 2013 AFC Cup runners-up, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, and entered the AFC Cup group stage. This was their fifth appearance in the AFC Cup.

Both teams had reached the AFC Cup final before but neither has won the title. Erbil lost to Al-Kuwait in 2012, while Al-Qadsia lost to Al-Ittihad in 2010 and to Al-Kuwait in 2013.

Since 2009 when Kuwaiti clubs first entered the AFC Cup, this was the sixth straight single-match final that feature a team from Kuwait.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Erbil				Round	Al-Qadsia
AFC Cup				Qualifying play-off	AFC Champions League
Opponent	Result				Opponent	Result
Bye				Round 1	Al-Suwaiq	1–0 (A)
				Round 2	Baniyas	4–0 (A)
				Round 3	El Jaish	0–3 (A)
AFC Cup
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Shabab Al-Ordon	3–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Al-Shorta	0–0 (A)
Alay Osh	6–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Al-Hidd	2–0 (H)
Riffa	1–2 (H)			Matchday 3	Al-Wahda	3–1 (A)
Riffa	3–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Al-Wahda	1–1 (H)
Shabab Al-Ordon	3–2 (H)			Matchday 5	Al-Shorta	3–0 (H)
Alay Osh	3–0 (A)			Matchday 6	Al-Hidd	2–3 (A)
Group D winner Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Erbil 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 15 Riffa 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 Shabab Al-Ordon 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9 Alay Osh 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 Source: [citation needed]				Final standings	Group C winner Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Qadsia 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11[a] Al-Hidd 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11[a] Al-Shorta 6 1 4 1 3 4 −1 7 Al-Wahda 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 Source: [citation needed] Notes: ^ a b Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nejmeh	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) (H) (single match)			Round of 16	That Ras	4–0 (H) (single match)
Hà Nội T&T	3–0	1–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Al-Hidd	3–3 (a)	1–1 (H)	2–2 (A)
Kitchee	3–2	1–1 (H)	2–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Persipura Jayapura	10–2	4–2 (H)	6–0 (A)

The final was played as a single match, with the host team decided by draw. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.^[1]

• AFC Cup, the-AFC.com