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2020 AFC Cup

The 2020 AFC Cup was an abandoned season of the AFC Cup which was the 17th edition of the competition, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]

2020 AFC Cup
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
21 January – 26 February 2020
Competition proper:
10 February – 11 March 2020
(Remaining matches cancelled)
TeamsCompetition proper: 36
Total: 48 (from 28 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNot awarded
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance52,237 (1,632 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Bienvenido Marañón
(5 goals)
← 2019
2021 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic after group stage matches on 11 March 2020,[2] and was originally to resume on 23 September 2020.[3] However, the season was eventually cancelled by the AFC on 10 September 2020 on account of the continuing pandemic.[4][5]

Al-Ahed of Lebanon were the defending champions.

Association team allocation

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The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were 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 2019 and 2020 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2017 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.3):[6]

  • The associations were split into five zones:
  • All associations which did not receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League group stage were eligible to enter the AFC Cup.
  • In each zone, the number of groups in the group stage was determined based on the number of entries, with the number of slots filled through play-offs same as the number of groups:
    • In the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone, there were three groups in the group stage, including a total of 9 direct slots, with the 3 remaining slots filled through play-offs.
    • In the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone, there was one group in the group stage, including a total of 3 direct slots, with the 1 remaining slot filled through play-offs.
  • The top associations participating in the AFC Cup in each zone as per the AFC rankings received at least one direct slot in the group stage (including losers of the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs), while the remaining associations get only play-off slots:
    • For the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN zone:
      • The associations ranked 1st to 3rd each received two direct slots.
      • The associations ranked 4th to 6th each received one direct slot and one play-off slot.
      • The associations ranked 7th or below each received one play-off slot.
    • For the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia zone:
      • The associations ranked 1st to 3rd each received one direct slot and one play-off slot.
      • The associations ranked 4th or below each received one play-off slot.
  • The maximum number of slots for each association was one-third of the total number of eligible teams in the top division.
  • If any association did not use its direct slots, they would be redistributed to the highest eligible association, with each association limited to a maximum of two direct slots.
  • If any association did not use its play-off slots, they are annulled and not redistributed to any other association.
  • If the number of teams in the play-offs in any zone was fewer than twice the number of group stage slots filled through play-offs, the play-off teams of the highest eligible associations would be given byes to the group stage.

Association ranking

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For the 2020 AFC Cup, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking as at 15 December 2017.[7] This took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2014 and 2017.[6][8]

Participation for 2020 AFC Cup
Participating
Not participating
Notes
  1. ^
    Yemen (YEM): Yemen did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[9]
  2. ^
    Afghanistan (AFG): Afghanistan did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[9]
  3. ^
    Nepal (NEP): Nepal did not have any teams which had an AFC Cup license.[9]
  4. ^
    Pakistan (PAK): Pakistan did not implement the AFC Cup club licensing system.[9]
  5. ^
    North Korea (PRK): North Korea did not have any teams entering the competition.
  6. ^
    Guam (GUM): Guam did not submit any list of licensed teams.[9]

Teams

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The following 48 teams from 28 associations entered the competition. Teams from Brunei and Timor-Leste entered the AFC Cup for the first time.[10]

Notes
  1. ^
    Title holders (TH): Al-Ahed are the title holders.
  2. ^
    AFC Champions League (ACL): Teams played in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage. Had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would not play in the AFC Cup, and would be replaced by the standby team from the same association if such team were available.
  3. ^
    Brunei (BRU): MS ABDB, the 2018–19 Brunei Super League champions, failed to obtain an AFC license. As a result, Indera, the league 4th place (only team with an AFC license), enter the qualifying play-offs.[11]
  4. ^
    Central Asia Zone (CAZ): Ahal were disqualified by the AFC for failing to appear for the first leg of preliminary round 2 matches.[12][13]
  5. ^
    East Asia Zone (EAZ): Tai Po (Hong Kong) withdrew from the group stage after the draw (originally drawn in Group I).[14] As a result, Kitchee (Hong Kong) entered the group stage instead of the play-off round to replace Tai Po, and Taipower (Chinese Taipei) and Ulaanbaatar City (Mongolia) entered the play-off round instead of the preliminary round 2, which was cancelled.[15]
  6. ^
    Philippines (PHI): Ceres–Negros underwent a management change mid-competition in July 2020 while the AFC Cup was still suspended due to the pandemic, with MMC Sportz Asia taking over. The club renamed as United City. It is uncertain if the club would have been allowed by the AFC to continue their campaign in the AFC Cup under the new name and management had the tournament not been cancelled.[16]
  7. ^
    Singapore (SIN): DPMM, the 2019 Singapore Premier League champions, is a team from Brunei and thus ineligible to represent Singapore in AFC club competitions. As a result, Hougang United, the league 3rd place, enter the group stage.
  8. ^
    Vietnam (VIE): Hà Nội, the 2019 V.League 1 champions and 2019 Vietnamese Cup winners, failed to obtain an AFC license (as their U15 team did not participate in Vietnam National U15 Youth League).[17] As a result, Than Quảng Ninh, the league 3rd place, enter the group stage.
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Location of teams of the 2020 AFC Cup group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D; Green: Group E;
Blue: Group F; Cyan: Group G; Purple: Group H; Pink: Group I; Qualifying play-offs
Withdrawn teams

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[18] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only some of the group stage matches on matchdays 1–3 in February and March were played as scheduled, and all matches in the East Asia Zone, on matchdays 2–6 in the Central Asia Zone and the South Asia Zone, and on matchdays 4–6 in the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone, were postponed until further notice.[2] The West Asia Zonal semi-finals were also initially moved to 24–25 August and 14–15 September.[19]

The AFC announced the calendar of the remaining matches on 9 July 2020, with all group stage matches played at centralised venues, and all knockout ties played as a single match.[20] The AFC announced the cancellation of the remainder of the competition on 10 September 2020, due to logistics in coordinating the five zones.[4]

Notes:

  • W: West Asia Zone
  • C: Central Asia Zone
  • S: South Asia Zone
  • A: ASEAN Zone
  • E: East Asia Zone
  • Italics: planned new dates after restart, before the cancellation of the tournament
StageRoundDraw dateMatch dates
First legSecond leg
Preliminary stagePreliminary round 1No draw22 January 2020 (S)29 January 2020 (S)
Preliminary round 25 February 2020 (C, S)12 February 2020 (C, S)
Play-off stagePlay-off round21–22 January 2020 (W, A),
19 February 2020 (C, S)		28–29 January 2020 (W, A),
26 February 2020 (C, S)
16 October 2020 (E)
Group stageMatchday 110 December 201910–12 February 2020 (W, A), 11 March 2020 (C, S), 20 October 2020 (C, E)
Matchday 224–26 February 2020 (W, A), 23 October 2020 (W, C, S, E)
Matchday 39–11 March 2020 (A), 26 October 2020 (W, C, S, E)
Matchday 423 September 2020 (A), 29 October 2020 (W, C, S, E)
Matchday 526 September 2020 (A), 1 November 2020 (W, C, S, E)
Matchday 629 September 2020 (A), 4 November 2020 (W, C, S, E)
Knockout stageZonal semi-finals20–21 October 2020 (A), 23–24 November 2020 (W)
Zonal finalsCancelled4 November 2020 (A), 1 December 2020 (W)
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals24–25 November 2020
Inter-zone play-off final2 December 2020
Final12 December 2020

The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows.

Original schedule for 2020 AFC Cup
StageRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Preliminary stagePreliminary round 1No draw22 January 2020 (S)29 January 2020 (S)
Preliminary round 24–5 February 2020 (C, S, E)11–12 February 2020 (C, S, E)
Play-off stagePlay-off round21–22 January 2020 (W, A),
18–19 February 2020 (C, S, E)		28–29 January 2020 (W, A),
25–26 February 2020 (C, S, E)
Group stageMatchday 110 December 201910–12 February 2020 (W, A), 10–11 March 2020 (C, S, E)
Matchday 224–26 February 2020 (W, A), 14–15 April 2020 (C, S, E)
Matchday 39–11 March 2020 (W, A), 28–29 April 2020 (C, S, E)
Matchday 413–15 April 2020 (W, A), 12–13 May 2020 (C, S, E)
Matchday 527–29 April 2020 (W, A), 26–27 May 2020 (C, S, E)
Matchday 611–13 May 2020 (W, A), 16–17 June 2020 (C, S, E)
Knockout stageZonal semi-finals25–27 May 2020 (W, A)15–17 June 2020 (W, A)
Zonal finalsTBD4–5 August 2020 (A),
29 September 2020 (W)		11–12 August 2020 (A),
20 October 2020 (W)
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals25–26 August 202015–16 September 2020
Inter-zone play-off final30 September 202021 October 2020
Final7 November 2020

Qualifying play-offs

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Main article: 2020 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3).[1]The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.[21] The seven winners of the play-off round (one each from West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, East Asia Zone, and three from ASEAN Zone) would advance to the group stage to join the 29 direct entrants.

Preliminary round 1

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Defenders 5–5 (a) Paro3–32–2

Preliminary round 2

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Neftchi w/o[†] Ahal——
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Paro 1–10 Bengaluru0–11–9
Abahani Limited Dhaka 2–2 (a) Maziya2–20–0
Notes
  1. † Neftchi won on walkover after Ahal were disqualified by the AFC for failing to appear for the first leg.[12][22]

Play-off round

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Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Hilal Al-Quds 2–0 Sur2–00–0
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Neftchi 1–3 Khujand1–00–3 (a.e.t.)
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Maziya 4–4 (4–3 p) Bengaluru2–12–3 (a.e.t.)
Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Lalenok United 2–7 PSM Makassar1–41–3
Indera 2–9 Yangon United1–61–3
Svay Rieng 7–1 Master 74–13–0
Team 1 Score Team 2
East Asia Zone
Taipower 16 Oct Ulaanbaatar City


Group stage

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Main article: 2020 AFC Cup group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2019, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[23] 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 could not be drawn into the same group.

In the group stage, each group was played on a double round-robin basis, with matches played home-and-away before the suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but to be moved to centralised venues after restart which was eventually cancelled. The following teams would have advanced to the knockout stage:

  • The winners of each group and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone would have 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 would have advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.

Group A

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts JAI MAN AHE HQU
1 Al-Jaish211010+14[a]—0–029 Oct4 Nov
2 Manama211010+14[a]1 Nov—1–029 Oct
3 Al-Ahed2101220326 Oct4 Nov—2–1
4 Hilal Al-Quds200213−200–126 Oct1 Nov—
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 2019 AFC association ranking: Syria (Al-Jaish) 22nd, Bahrain (Manama) 27th.

Group B

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts KWT ANS WAT FAI
1 Al-Kuwait211010+14—1–04 Nov29 Oct
2 Al-Ansar210144031 Nov—29 Oct4–3
3 Al-Wathba202000020–026 Oct—1 Nov
4 Al-Faisaly201134−1126 Oct4 Nov0–0—
Source: AFC

Group C

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts QAD DHO RIF JAZ
1 Al-Qadsia110021+13[a]—23 Oct1 Nov26 Oct
2 Dhofar110010+13[a]4 Nov—29 Oct1–0
3 Al-Riffa210132+13[a]1–226 Oct—4 Nov
4 Al-Jazeera200203−3029 Oct1 Nov0–2—
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points (GD): Al-Qadsia 3 (+1), Dhofar 0 (0), Al-Riffa 0 (–1).

Group D

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts IST ALT DOR KHU
1 Istiklol110020+23—4 Nov26 Oct2–0
2 Altyn Asyr0000000023 Oct—1 Nov29 Oct
3 Dordoi0000000029 Oct20 Oct—4 Nov
4 Khujand100102−201 Nov26 Oct23 Oct—
Source: AFC

Group E

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts BAS MAZ CHE TCS
1 Bashundhara Kings110051+43—4 Nov29 Oct5–1
2 Maziya10102201[a]23 Oct—1 Nov26 Oct
3 Chennai City10102201[a]26 Oct2–2—4 Nov
4 TC Sports100115−401 Nov29 Oct23 Oct—
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head away goals: Maziya 2, Chennai City 0.

Group F

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts HCM YAN HOU LTO
1 Hồ Chí Minh City321074+37[a]—26 Sep29 Sep23 Sep
2 Yangon United321064+27[a]2–2—1–03–2
3 Hougang United310255032–323 Sep—26 Sep
4 Lao Toyota300338−500–229 Sep1–3—
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head away goals: Hồ Chí Minh City 2, Yangon United 0.

Group G

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts CER TQN SVR BAL
1 Ceres–Negros3210102+87—2–24–04–0
2 Than Quảng Ninh3111770429 Sep—23 Sep26 Sep
3 Svay Rieng310239−63[a]26 Sep1–4—2–1
4 Bali United310257−23[a]23 Sep4–129 Sep—
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Svay Rieng 3, Bali United 0.

Group H

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts TAM KAY PSM SHA
1 Tampines Rovers321042+27—29 Sep2–12–1
2 Kaya–Iloilo312031+250–0—23 Sep26 Sep
3 PSM Makassar311154+1426 Sep1–1—3–1
4 Shan United300327−5023 Sep0–229 Sep—
Source: AFC

Group I

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PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts KIT TAT CPK I4
1 Kitchee00000000—4 Nov26 Oct20 Oct
2 Tatung0000000023 Oct—1 Nov29 Oct
3 MUST CPK0000000029 Oct20 Oct—4 Nov
4 Winners of Play-off East Asia000000001 Nov26 Oct23 Oct—
Source: AFC

Top scorers

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  Match cancelled.
RankPlayerTeamMD1MD2MD3Total
1 Bienvenido Marañón Ceres–Negros2125
2 Hernán Barcos Bashundhara Kings44
Stipe Plazibat Hougang United22
4 Amido Baldé Hồ Chí Minh City123
Jeremie Lynch Than Quảng Ninh111
6 Aung Kyaw Naing Yangon United22
Manuchekhr Dzhalilov Istiklol2
Fito Chennai City2
Eric Giganto Kaya–Iloilo11
Ahmed Hamdouni Al-Faisaly2
Boris Kopitović Tampines Rovers11
Jean Befolo Mbarga Svay Rieng11
Nguyễn Công Phượng Hồ Chí Minh City11
Nguyễn Hải Huy Than Quảng Ninh11
Nguyễn Xuân Nam Hồ Chí Minh City2
Melvin Platje Bali United2
OJ Porteria Ceres–Negros11
Ferdinand Sinaga PSM Makassar11
Ilija Spasojević Bali United11
El Hadji Malick Tall Al-Ansar2
Jordan Webb Tampines Rovers11

Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).[1]

See also

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References

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