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2014 AFC President's Cup

The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth and the last edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.[1] Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.

2014 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySri Lanka (final stage)
Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage)
Dates1–11 May 2014 (group stage)
20–26 September 2014 (final stage)
Teams6 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTurkmenistan HTTU Asgabat (1st title)
Runners-upNorth Korea Rimyongsu
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored70 (3.18 per match)
Attendance35,387 (1,609 per match)
Top scorer(s)Turkmenistan Süleýman Muhadow
(11 goals)
Best player(s)Turkmenistan Süleýman Muhadow
← 2013

On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed the year of 2014 to be the last edition of the competition.[2] Starting from 2015, league champions of emerging countries were eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.[3]

In the final, HTTU Aşgabat of Turkmenistan defeated Rimyongsu of North Korea 2–1, and became the second consecutive team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.[4]

Venues edit

Colombo Bacolod Ulaanbaatar
Sugathadasa Stadium Panaad Stadium MFF Football Centre
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 9,825 Capacity: 5,000
     

Teams edit

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Location of teams of the 2014 AFC President's Cup.
  Group A (played in Sri Lanka)
  Group B (played in the Philippines)
  Group C (played in Mongolia)

The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013.[5] The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:

  • An association originally participating in the AFC President's Cup may apply to participate in the 2014 AFC Cup.
  • An association originally not participating in any AFC club competitions may apply to participate in the 2014 AFC President's Cup.

The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:

  • Kyrgyzstan and Palestine clubs' participation were upgraded from the AFC President's Cup to the AFC Cup starting from 2014 by the AFC.[6]
  • Clubs from North Korea were approved to participate in the AFC President's Cup for the first time in 2014.[2]

Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
  Bangladesh Sheikh Russel 2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions 1st none
  Bhutan Ugyen Academy 2013 Bhutan National League champions 1st none
  Cambodia Svay Rieng 2013 Cambodian League champions 1st none
  Chinese Taipei Tatung 2013 Intercity Football League champions 3rd 2007
  Mongolia Erchim 2013 Mongolia Premier League champions 3rd 2013
  Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions 2nd 2006
  North Korea Rimyongsu 2013 Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games winners 1st none
  Pakistan KRL 2013–14 Pakistan Premier League champions 4th 2013
  Philippines Ceres 2013–14 PFF–Smart National Club Championship winners[Note PHI] 1st none
  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force 2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 1st none
  Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat 2013 Ýokary Liga champions 2nd 2010
Notes
  1. ^
    Philippines (PHI): The PFF–Smart National Club Championship served as the qualifiers for the Philippines' club representative to the 2014 AFC President Cup, instead of the United Football League, which served this purpose for the 2013 AFC President's Cup. This means that Ceres, the 2013 PFF–Smart National Club Championship champions, instead of Stallion, the 2013 United Football League champions, were chosen to represent the Philippines in the 2014 AFC President Cup.[7]

Schedule edit

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[8]

  • Group stage: 1–11 May 2014
  • Final stage: 20–26 September 2014

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[9] The eleven teams were drawn into two groups of four and one group of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sheikh Russel 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
  Sri Lanka Air Force 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
  KRL 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
  Ugyen Academy 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Sri Lanka Air Force  1–0  Ugyen Academy
Bandara   58' Report
Attendance: 600
KRL  0–0  Sheikh Russel
Report
Attendance: 100
Ugyen Academy  0–3  KRL
Report Afridi   1'
Dawood   14'
Qasim   90+1'
Attendance: 100
Sheikh Russel  5–0  Sri Lanka Air Force
Ahmed   14'
Mithun   35', 55'
Millien   60'
Bisswash   86'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Sheikh Russel  4–0  Ugyen Academy
Millien   14'
Mithun   21', 88'
Ahmed   28'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Sri Lanka Air Force  3–0  KRL
Duminda   3'
Dharshaka   7'
Ishan   9'		 Report
Attendance: 400

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  HTTU Aşgabat 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
  Rimyongsu 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
  Ceres 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
  Tatung 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ceres  2–2  Rimyongsu
Guirado   10'
Reichelt   49'		 Report Ri Kwang-hyok   39', 60'
Attendance: 5,820
HTTU Aşgabat  2–0  Tatung
Muhadow   16', 87' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Rimyongsu  1–1  HTTU Aşgabat
Ri Hyok-chol   81' Report Muhadow   80'
Attendance: 2,200
Tatung  0–2  Ceres
Report Reichelt   17'
Guirado   87'
Attendance: 5,457
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)
Ceres  1–2  HTTU Aşgabat
De Murga   20' Report Muhadow   45+2', 90+4'
Attendance: 5,940
Tatung  0–5  Rimyongsu
Report Jang Song-hyok   7' (pen.)
Jong Il-gwan   41'
Ri Hyok-chol   51'
Pak Song-chol   86', 88'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Manang Marshyangdi Club 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4
  Erchim 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
  Svay Rieng 2 0 0 2 4 9 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Manang Marshyangdi Club  6–3  Svay Rieng
Rai   6', 63'
Daravorn   8' (o.g.)
Azeez   24'
Maskey   76'
Malla   83'		 Report Veasna   36'
Tola   56', 85'
Attendance: 2,800
Svay Rieng  1–3  Erchim
Mony Udom   15' Report Sothearoth   10' (o.g.)
Gal-Erden   35', 45' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,620
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Erchim  0–0  Manang Marshyangdi Club
Report
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Final stage edit

The draw for the final stage, played at a centralized venue, was held on 25 July 2014, 12:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[10][11] The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same ranking rules as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the final. The final was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

The final stage was played in Sri Lanka (all times UTC+5:30).

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  HTTU Aşgabat 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
  Manang Marshyangdi Club 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
  Sri Lanka Air Force 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Manang Marshyangdi Club  2–1  Sri Lanka Air Force
Sh. Shrestha   35'
Gurung   64' (pen.)		 Report Ishan   6'
Attendance: 600
HTTU Aşgabat  3–1  Manang Marshyangdi Club
Muhadow   28', 73', 83' Report Su. Shrestha   35'
Attendance: 100
Sri Lanka Air Force  1–2  HTTU Aşgabat
Ishan   21' Report Muhadow   83', 86'
Attendance: 300

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Rimyongsu 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6
  Sheikh Russel 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
  Erchim 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Erchim  0–1  Sheikh Russel
Report Chigozie   65'
Attendance: 300
Rimyongsu  5–0  Erchim
Ri Jin-hyok   20', 65'
Ri Hyok   22'
Ri Kwang-hyok   24'
Pak Song-chol   57'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Sheikh Russel  0–4  Rimyongsu
Report Ri Jin-hyok   31'
Pak Song-chol   45+4'
Ro Hak-su   51'
Kim Kyong-il   60'
Attendance: 100

Final edit

HTTU Asgabat  2–1  Rimyongsu
Jumanazarow   37'
Muhadow   55'		 Report Ri Kwang-hyok   87'
Attendance: 200
 
 
 
 
 
FC HTTU
 
 
 
 
 
Rimyongsu

Assistant referees:
Ashley Beecham (Australia)
P.N. Palliya Guruge (Sri Lanka)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Match rules[1]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.


2014 AFC President's Cup
 
HTTU Aşgabat
1st Title

Awards edit

Award Player Team
Most Valuable Player[12]   Süleýman Muhadow   HTTU Aşgabat
Top Goalscorer   Süleýman Muhadow   HTTU Aşgabat

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Team Group stage Final stage Total
1   Süleýman Muhadow   HTTU Aşgabat 5 6 11
2   Mithun Chowdhury Mithun   Sheikh Russel 4 0 4
  Pak Song-chol   Rimyongsu 2 2 4
  Ri Kwang-hyok   Rimyongsu 2 2 4
5   Ri Jin-hyok   Rimyongsu 0 3 3
  Kavindu Ishan   Sri Lanka Air Force 1 2 3
7   Shakil Ahmed   Sheikh Russel 2 0 2
  Pascal Millien   Sheikh Russel 2 0 2
  Nub Tola   Svay Rieng 2 × 2
  Soyol-Erdene Gal-Erdene   Erchim 2 0 2
  Dipak Rai   Manang Marshyangdi Club 2 0 2
  Ri Hyok-chol   Rimyongsu 2 0 2
  Juan Luis Guirado   Ceres 2 × 2
  Patrick Reichelt   Ceres 2 × 2

Source:[13][14]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "AFC President's Cup 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "ACL: East vs West final proposed". AFC. 25 November 2013.
  3. ^ "AFC President's Cup: The end of a glorious journey". AFC. 26 July 2014.
  4. ^ "FC HTTU win last-ever AFC President's Cup". AFC. 26 September 2014.
  5. ^ "ACL Slots Decisions By Exco pt. 2" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Алай" в Кубке АФК (in Russian). Football Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic. 29 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Ceres repeats as SMART PFF National Football Champions". The Passionate Fan - Yahoo Sports Philippines. 21 December 2013.
  8. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2014.
  9. ^ "AFC President's Cup 2014: Group Stage Draw". AFC. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  10. ^ "President's Cup draw today". AFC. 25 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Hosts face Turkmenistan, Nepal champions". AFC. 25 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Triple treat for FC HTTU hotshot Muhadov". AFC. 26 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2014 AFC President's Cup Group Stage". AFC.com.
  14. ^ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2014 AFC President's Cup Final Stage". AFC.com.

External links edit

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