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2017 AFC Cup group stage

The 2017 AFC Cup group stage was played from 20 February to 31 May 2017.[1] A total of 34 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 11 places in the knockout stage of the 2017 AFC Cup.[2]

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 13 December 2016, 14:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the Hilton Petaling Jaya in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.[3][4][5] 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.[6]

Due to the withdrawal of teams in the ASEAN Zone and the East Asia Zone after the draw, only 34 teams competed in the group stage, with Groups H and I having only three teams.

The seeding of each team in the draw was determined by their association and their qualifying position within their association. The mechanism of the draw was as follows:[6]

  • For the West Asia Zone, a draw was held for the five associations with two direct entrants (Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, Lebanon) to determine the three associations occupying seeds 1 and 2, with seeds 1 placed in order for Groups A, B and C, and the two associations occupying seeds 3 and 4, with seeds 3 placed in order for Groups A and B. The remaining teams were then allocated to groups according to the rules set by AFC.
  • For the ASEAN Zone, a draw was held for the four associations with two direct entrants (Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines) to determine the three associations occupying seeds 1 and 2, with seeds 1 placed in order for Groups F, G and H, and the one association occupying seeds 3 and 4, with seed 3 placed in Group F. The remaining teams were then allocated to the groups according to the rules set by AFC.
  • For the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone, no draw was held, and the teams were allocated to the groups according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016.

The following 34 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 29 direct entrants and the five winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw.[3][6] Originally there were 30 direct entrants and six winners of the play-off round, but there were one fewer direct entrant in the ASEAN Zone due to the withdrawal of one team, and the East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played due to the withdrawal of three teams.

Zone Groups Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
West Asia Zone A–C   Al-Zawraa[note 1]   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya[note 1]   Al-Jaish[note 1]   Al-Wahda[note 1]
  Al-Hidd[note 1]   Al-Muharraq[note 1]   Safa[note 1]   Nejmeh[note 1]
  Al-Wehdat[note 1]   Al-Ahli[note 1]   Saham   Al-Suwaiq (Play-off West Asia)
Central Asia Zone D   Istiklol   Altyn Asyr   Alay Osh   Dordoi (Play-off Central Asia)
South Asia Zone E   Bengaluru FC   Maziya   Abahani Limited Dhaka   Mohun Bagan (Play-off South Asia)
ASEAN Zone F–H   Johor Darul Ta'zim[note 2]   FELDA United[note 2]   Global Cebu[note 2]   Ceres–Negros[note 2]
  Hà Nội[note 2]   Than Quảng Ninh[note 2]   Tampines Rovers   Home United (Play-off ASEAN 1)
  Yadanarbon[note 2]   Magwe[note 2]   Lanexang United[note 3]   Boeung Ket Angkor (Play-off ASEAN 2)
East Asia Zone I   April 25   Rovers[note 4]   Taipower
  Kigwancha[note 4] 		(Play-off East Asia)
  Erchim[note 4]
Standby teams[note 5]

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.

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]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  9. 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);
  10. Team from the higher-ranked association.

Schedule edit

The schedule of each matchday was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).[1] Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, the ASEAN Zone, and the East Asia Zone were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Matchday Dates Matches
W, A C, S, E
Matchday 1 20–22 February 2017 14 March 2017 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 2 6–8 March 2017 4 April 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 3 13–15 March 2017 18–19 April 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 3
Matchday 4 3–5 April 2017 3 May 2017 Team 2 vs. Team 4, Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 17–19 April 2017 17 May 2017 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 6 1–3 May 2017 31 May 2017 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 ZAW JAI AHL SUW
1   Al-Zawraa 6 3 3 0 9 3 +6 12 Zonal semi-finals — 3–1 1–1 0–0
2   Al-Jaish 6 3 0 3 6 9 −3 9 0–3 — 1–0 1–2
3   Al-Ahli 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6 1–1 1–2 — 2–1
4   Al-Suwaiq 6 1 2 3 3 5 −2 5 0–1 0–1 0–0 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Jaish  1–0  Al-Ahli
  • Hamdoko   24'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Al-Zawraa  0–0  Al-Suwaiq
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Suwaiq  0–1  Al-Jaish
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Al-Ahli  1–1  Al-Zawraa
 Report
Attendance: 1,300
Al-Suwaiq  0–0  Al-Ahli
Report
Attendance: 750
Al-Zawraa  3–1  Al-Jaish
 Report
Attendance: 100
Al-Ahli  2–1  Al-Suwaiq
 Report
Attendance: 231
Al-Jaish  0–3  Al-Zawraa
Report
Attendance: 100
Al-Suwaiq  0–1  Al-Zawraa
Report
Attendance: 500
Al-Ahli  1–2  Al-Jaish
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
Al-Zawraa  1–1  Al-Ahli
 Report
Attendance: 100
Al-Jaish  1–2  Al-Suwaiq
 Report
Attendance: 25

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification QUW WAH HID SAF
1   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 6 3 3 0 6 2 +4 12 Zonal semi-finals — 1–1 2–1 2–0
2   Al-Wahda 6 3 2 1 10 3 +7 11 0–0 — 0–2 2–0
3   Al-Hidd 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9 0–1 0–1 — 3–1
4   Safa 6 0 1 5 1 15 −14 1 0–0 0–6 0–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Safa  0–0  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Report
Attendance: 300
Al-Hidd  0–1  Al-Wahda
Report
Attendance: 295
Al-Wahda  2–0  Safa
 Report
Attendance: 31
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  2–1  Al-Hidd
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
Al-Wahda  0–0  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Report
Attendance: 10
Al-Hidd  3–1  Safa
 Report
Attendance: 175
Safa  0–2  Al-Hidd
Report
Attendance: 50
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  1–1  Al-Wahda
 Report
Attendance: 80
Al-Wahda  0–2  Al-Hidd
Report
Attendance: 23
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya  2–0  Safa
 Report
Attendance: 150
Safa  0–6  Al-Wahda
Report
Attendance: 40
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Al-Hidd  0–1  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WEH MUH SAH NEJ
1   Al-Wehdat 6 3 3 0 9 6 +3 12 Zonal semi-finals — 3–2 2–1 1–0
2   Al-Muharraq 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 1–1 — 1–0 1–0
3   Saham 6 2 1 3 9 9 0 7 1–1 3–2 — 3–1
4   Nejmeh 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 4 1–1 1–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Saham  3–2  Al-Muharraq
 Report
Attendance: 1,400
Al-Wehdat  1–0  Nejmeh
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Nejmeh  2–1  Saham
 Report
Attendance: 2,700
Al-Muharraq  1–1  Al-Wehdat
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Nejmeh  1–2  Al-Muharraq
 Report
Attendance: 2,100
Al-Wehdat  2–1  Saham
 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Saham  1–1  Al-Wehdat
 Report Faisal   84'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
Al-Muharraq  1–0  Nejmeh
 Report
Attendance: 300
Nejmeh  1–1  Al-Wehdat
 Report
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Al-Muharraq  1–0  Saham
 Report
Attendance: 400
Al-Wehdat  3–2  Al-Muharraq
 Report
Attendance: 3,800
Saham  3–1  Nejmeh
 Report
Attendance: 180

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IST ALT DOR ALA
1   Istiklol 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 16 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 1–0 2–0 3–1
2   Altyn Asyr 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 1–1 — 3–0 4–1
3   Dordoi 6 1 0 5 6 16 −10 3[a] 1–4 0–2 — 1–0
4   Alay Osh 6 1 0 5 9 18 −9 3[a] 1–4 1–2 5–4 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Dordoi 1–0 Alay Osh, Alay Osh 5–4 Dordoi (Dordoi won on away goals).
Alay Osh  1–2  Altyn Asyr
 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Istiklol  2–0  Dordoi
 Report
Attendance: 16,500
Dordoi  1–0  Alay Osh
  • Azizov   87'
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Altyn Asyr  1–1  Istiklol
 Report
Attendance: 8,500
Dordoi  0–2  Altyn Asyr
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
Istiklol  3–1  Alay Osh
 Report
Attendance: 14,500
Alay Osh  1–4  Istiklol
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Altyn Asyr  3–0  Dordoi
 Report
Attendance: 8,200
Altyn Asyr  4–1  Alay Osh
 Report
Attendance: 8,285
Dordoi  1–4  Istiklol
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Alay Osh  5–4  Dordoi
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Istiklol  1–0  Altyn Asyr
 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BFC MAZ MOH ABD
1   Bengaluru FC 6 4 0 2 7 6 +1 12[a] Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 1–0 2–1 2–0
2   Maziya 6 4 0 2 10 4 +6 12[a] 0–1 — 5–2 2–0
3   Mohun Bagan 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 3–1 0–1 — 3–1
4   Abahani Limited Dhaka 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 2–0 0–2 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Maziya 0–1 Bengaluru FC, Bengaluru FC 1–0 Maziya.
Abahani Limited Dhaka  0–2  Maziya
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Bengaluru FC  2–1  Mohun Bagan
 Report
Attendance: 3,692
Maziya  0–1  Bengaluru FC
Report
Attendance: 846
Mohun Bagan  3–1  Abahani Limited Dhaka
 Report
Attendance: 2,128
Bengaluru FC  2–0  Abahani Limited Dhaka
 Report
Attendance: 2,012
Mohun Bagan  0–1  Maziya
Report
Attendance: 1,842
Maziya  5–2  Mohun Bagan
 Report
Attendance: 200
Abahani Limited Dhaka  2–0  Bengaluru FC
 Report
Attendance: 3,200
Maziya  2–0  Abahani Limited Dhaka
 Report
Attendance: 1,349
Mohun Bagan  3–1  Bengaluru FC
 Report
Attendance: 1,298
Bengaluru FC  1–0  Maziya
 Report
Attendance: 3,173
Abahani Limited Dhaka  1–1  Mohun Bagan
  • Onuoha   8'
 Report
Attendance: 800

Group F edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GLO JDT BKA MAG
1   Global Cebu 6 5 0 1 13 9 +4 15 Zonal semi-finals — 3–2 3–1 1−0
2   Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 4 1 1 16 5 +11 13 4–0 — 3–0 3–1
3   Boeung Ket Angkor 6 1 1 4 3 12 −9 4 0–2 0–3 — 1–0
4   Magwe 6 0 2 4 5 11 −6 2 2–4 1–1 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Global Cebu  1–0  Magwe
 Report
Attendance: 456
Johor Darul Ta'zim  3–0  Boeung Ket Angkor
 Report
Attendance: 9,850
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
Magwe  1–1  Johor Darul Ta'zim
 Report
Attendance: 350
Boeung Ket Angkor  0–2  Global Cebu
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Boeung Ket Angkor  1–0  Magwe
 Report
Attendance: 975
Johor Darul Ta'zim  4–0  Global Cebu
 Report
Attendance: 11,090
Magwe  1–1  Boeung Ket Angkor
 Report
Attendance: 155
Global Cebu  3–2  Johor Darul Ta'zim
 Report
Attendance: 458
Magwe  2–4  Global Cebu
 Report
Attendance: 150
Boeung Ket Angkor  0–3  Johor Darul Ta'zim
Report
Attendance: 1,277
Johor Darul Ta'zim  3–1  Magwe
 Report
  • Kyaw Swar Linn   3'
Attendance: 10,190
Global Cebu  3–1  Boeung Ket Angkor
 Report
Attendance: 310

Group G edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CER HAN TAM FEL
1   Ceres–Negros 6 3 2 1 16 8 +8 11[a] Zonal semi-finals — 6–2 5–0 0–0
2   Hà Nội 6 3 2 1 14 10 +4 11[a] 1–1 — 4–0 4–1
3   Tampines Rovers 6 2 0 4 8 17 −9 6 2–4 1–2 — 2–1
4   FELDA United 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 3–0 1–1 1–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Hà Nội 1–1 Ceres–Negros, Ceres–Negros 6–2 Hà Nội.
Hà Nội  1–1  Ceres–Negros
 Report
Attendance: 2,600
Tampines Rovers  2–1  FELDA United
 Report
Attendance: 1,277
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
FELDA United  1–1  Hà Nội
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
Ceres–Negros  5–0  Tampines Rovers
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Hà Nội  4–0  Tampines Rovers
 Report
Attendance: 2,600
Ceres–Negros  0–0  FELDA United
Report
Attendance: 8,965
Referee: Wang Di (China)
FELDA United  3–0  Ceres–Negros
 Report
Attendance: 250
Tampines Rovers  1–2  Hà Nội
 Report
Attendance: 1,565
Ceres–Negros  6–2  Hà Nội
 Report
Attendance: 8,366
FELDA United  1–3  Tampines Rovers
 Report
Attendance: 2,252
Hà Nội  4–1  FELDA United
 Report
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
Tampines Rovers  2–4  Ceres–Negros
 Report
Attendance: 856

Group H edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HOM TQN YAD
1   Home United 4 3 0 1 12 8 +4 9 Zonal semi-finals — 3–2 4–1
2   Than Quảng Ninh 4 1 1 2 10 9 +1 4[a] 4–5 — 1–1
3   Yadanarbon 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 4[a] 1–0 0–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Than Quảng Ninh 1–1 Yadanarbon, Yadanarbon 0–3 Than Quảng Ninh.
Yadanarbon  1–0  Home United
 Report
Attendance: 2,100
Than Quảng Ninh  1–1  Yadanarbon
 Report
Attendance: 2,579
Home United  3–2  Than Quảng Ninh
 Report
Attendance: 1,971
Than Quảng Ninh  4–5  Home United
 Report
Attendance: 2,860
Home United  4–1  Yadanarbon
 Report
Attendance: 1,535
Yadanarbon  0–3  Than Quảng Ninh
Report
Attendance: 1,500

Group I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification APR KIG ERC
1   April 25 4 2 2 0 14 3 +11 8[a] Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 1–1 6–0
2   Kigwancha 4 2 2 0 13 3 +10 8[a] 2–2 — 7–0
3   Erchim 4 0 0 4 0 21 −21 0 0–5 0–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: April 25 1–1 Kigwancha, Kigwancha 2–2 April 25 (April 25 won on away goals).
April 25  6–0  Erchim
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Erchim  0–3  Kigwancha
Report
Attendance: 2,850
April 25  1–1  Kigwancha
 Report
Attendance: 8,700
Kigwancha  2–2  April 25
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
Erchim  0–5  April 25
Report
Attendance: 1,020
Kigwancha  7–0  Erchim
 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wang Di (China)

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

West Asia Zone edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B   Al-Wahda 6 3 2 1 10 3 +7 11 Zonal semi-finals
2 C   Al-Muharraq 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
3 A   Al-Jaish 6 3 0 3 6 9 −3 9
Source: AFC

ASEAN Zone edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F   Johor Darul Ta'zim 4 3 0 1 12 3 +9 9 Zonal semi-finals
2 G   Hà Nội 4 2 1 1 9 8 +1 7
3 H   Than Quảng Ninh 4 1 1 2 10 9 +1 4
Source: AFC
Note: Due to Group H having only three teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in Groups F and G are not considered for this ranking.

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The seeding of the first and second group stage teams from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, and Lebanon were determined by draw.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h The seeding of the first and second group stage teams from Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Philippines were determined by draw.
  3. ^ Lanexang United (Laos) withdrew from the group stage after the draw (originally drawn in Group H), and were not replaced, and only 11 teams competed in the ASEAN Zone group stage.[7]
  4. ^ a b c Rovers (Guam) and Taipower (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the group stage after the draw (both originally drawn in Group I), and Tatung (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the qualifying play-offs,[8] and thus Kigwancha (North Korea) and Erchim (Mongolia) advanced directly from the play-off round and preliminary round respectively to the group stage to replace them, and only three teams competed in the East Asia Zone group stage, and the East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played.
  5. ^ 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 Bahrain (for Al-Hidd).
  6. ^ a b c d e f Teams from Syria are not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Teams from Iraq are not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ a b "2017 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Stage set for AFC Cup 2017 draw". AFC. 12 December 2016.
  4. ^ "AFC Cup 2017: Official Draw". YouTube. 13 December 2016.
  5. ^ "AFC Cup contenders learn 2017 opponents". AFC. 14 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "AFC Cup 2017 Draw Mechanism" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  7. ^ "Lanexang United pull out of AFC Cup". Fox Sport Asia. 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  8. ^ "2017亞足聯盃　台電、大同都不參賽". ETNews. 7 February 2017.

External links edit

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