2011 AFC Cup

2011 AFC Cup
Tournament details
Dates	1 March – 29 October 2011
Teams	28+4 (from 15 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Nasaf Qarshi (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	117
Goals scored	363 (3.1 per match)
Attendance	684,016 (5,846 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivan Bošković (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Artur Gevorkyan
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 AFC Cup was the eighth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.

Allocation of entries per association

2 teams qualified from each of the following associations:
- Hong Kong
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Maldives
- Oman
- Syria
- Vietnam
- Yemen
1 team qualified from each of the following associations:
- Bahrain (withdrew and replaced by a team from Uzbekistan)
- India
- Thailand
4 invited teams, from the following associations:
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Singapore
- Uzbekistan
5 losers from the 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs (including any of the 2010 AFC Cup finalists which fail to fulfil the criteria set by AFC to compete in the 2011 AFC Champions League, and thus directly enter the 2011 AFC Cup)

Qualifying teams

The following is the list of participants confirmed by the AFC.^[1] There were 28 direct entries while 4 teams joined as losers of the 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.

West Asia (Groups A–E)
Team	Qualifying method	App	Last App
Duhok	2009–10 Iraqi Premier League champions	1st	none
Al-Talaba	2009–10 Iraqi Premier League runners-up	1st	none
Arbil¹	2009–10 Iraqi Premier League 4th place	2nd	2009
Al-Faisaly	2009–10 Jordan League champions	5th	2009
Al-Wehdat	2009–10 Jordan FA Cup winners	6th	2010
Al-Qadsia²	2010 AFC Cup runners-up 2009–10 Kuwaiti Premier League champions 2010 Kuwait Emir Cup winners	2nd	2010
Al-Kuwait	2009–10 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up	3rd	2010
Al-Nasr	2009–10 Kuwaiti Premier League 3rd place	1st	none
Al-Ahed	2009–10 Lebanese Premier League champions	5th	2010
Al-Ansar	2009–10 Lebanese FA Cup winners	3rd	2008
Al-Suwaiq	2009–10 Oman Mobile League champions	2nd	2009
Al-Orouba	2010 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners	2nd	2009
Al-Jaish	2009–10 Syrian Premier League champions	3rd	2010
Al-Karamah	2009–10 Syrian Cup winners	3rd	2010
Nasaf Qarshi¹	2010 Uzbek League 3rd place	2nd	2010
Shurtan Guzar³	2010 Uzbek League 4th place	1st	none
Al-Saqr	2009–10 Yemeni League champions	2nd	2007
Al-Tilal	2010 Yemeni President Cup winners	2nd	2009
Al-Ittihad	2010 AFC Cup Winners 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers	2nd	2010
Dempo	2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers	5th	2009

East Asia (Groups F–H)
Team	Qualifying method	App	Last App
South China	2009–10 Hong Kong First Division League champions 2009–10 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield winners	4th	2010
TSW Pegasus	2010 Hong Kong FA Cup winners	1st	none
Kingfisher East Bengal	2010 Indian Federation Cup winners	5th	2010
Persipura Jayapura¹	2009–10 Indonesia Super League runners-up	1st	none
VB	2010 Dhivehi League champions	4th	2010
Victory	2010 Maldives FA Cup winners	4th	2010
Tampines Rovers¹	2010 S.League runners-up	4th	2007
Chonburi	2010 Thai FA Cup winners	2nd	2009
Ha Noi T&T	2010 V-League champions	1st	none
Song Lam Nghe An	2010 Vietnamese Cup winners	1st	none
Muangthong United	2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers	2nd	2010
Sriwijaya	2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers	2nd	2010

¹ Invited to play in the competition.

² Al-Qadsia failed to fulfil the criteria set by AFC to compete in the 2011 AFC Champions League, and so directly enter the 2011 AFC Cup.

³ Replaced Al-Ahli (2009–10 Bahrain First Division League champions).

Schedule

Schedule of dates for 2011 competition.^[2]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	7 December 2010	1–2 March 2011
	Matchday 2		15–16 March 2011
	Matchday 3		12–13 April 2011
	Matchday 4		26–27 April 2011
	Matchday 5		3–4 May 2011
	Matchday 6		10–11 May 2011
Knockout phase	Round of 16		24–25 May 2011
	Quarter-finals	7 June 2011	13 September 2011	27 September 2011
	Semi-finals		4 October 2011	18 October 2011
	Final		29 October 2011 at home of one of the finalists

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 December 2010.^[3]^[4] Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.^[5] The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.^[6]

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	NAS	DEM	ANS	TIL
Nasaf Qarshi	6	6	0	0	30	4	+26	18		9–0	3–0	7–1
Dempo	6	2	1	3	6	19	−13	7	0–4		2–1	2–1
Al-Ansar	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6	1–4	2–0		0–2
Al-Tilal	6	1	1	4	9	18	−9	4	2–3	2–2	1–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	QAD	SHU	ITT	SAQ
Al-Qadsia	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14		4–0	3–2	3–0
Shurtan Guzar	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	9	1–1		1–1	7–2
Al-Ittihad	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8	0–2	0–0		2–0
Al-Saqr	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1	2–2	0–1	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	DUH	FAI	JAI	NAS
Duhok	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11^[a]		4–2	0–1	1–0
Al-Faisaly	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11^[a]	0–0		2–0	2–1
Al-Jaish	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11^[a]	0–0	1–1		2–1
Al-Nasr	6	0	0	6	2	11	−9	0	0–1	0–1	0–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Tiebreakers: Duhok, Al-Faisaly and Al-Jaish are ranked by their head-to-head records: Duhok (5 pts, +1 GD), Al-Faisaly (5 pts, 0 GD), Al-Jaish (5 pts, –1 GD).

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	WEH	KUW	TAL	SUW
Al-Wehdat	6	4	2	0	11	3	+8	14		1–0	0–0	5–1
Al-Kuwait	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10	1–3		1–0	0–0
Al-Talaba	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5	0–1	1–2		1–1
Al-Suwaiq	6	0	3	3	5	12	−7	3	1–1	1–3	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group E

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	ARB	AHE	ORU	KAR
Arbil	6	4	2	0	17	4	+13	14		6–2	0–0	1–1
Al-Ahed	6	2	0	4	11	13	−2	6^[a]	1–2		2–0	4–1
Al-Orouba	6	1	3	2	4	10	−6	6^[a]	0–5	1–0		1–1
Al-Karamah	6	1	3	2	8	13	−5	6^[a]	0–3	3–2	2–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Tiebreakers: Al-Ahed, Al-Orouba and Al-Karamah are ranked by their head-to-head records: Al-Ahed (6 pts, +3 GD), Al-Orouba (5 pts, –1 GD), Al-Karamah (5 pts, –2 GD).

Group F

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	SLN	SRW	TSW	VB
Sông Lam Nghệ An	6	4	0	2	16	10	+6	12		4–0	1–2	4–2
Sriwijaya	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10	3–1		3–2	1–1
TSW Pegasus	6	3	0	3	15	12	+3	9	2–3	1–2		3–0
VB	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4	1–3	2–0	3–5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group G

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	MTU	TRV	HTT	VIC
Muangthong United	6	4	2	0	14	1	+13	14		4–0	4–0	1–0
Tampines Rovers	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11	1–1		3–1	4–0
Hà Nội T&T	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8	0–0	1–1		2–0
Victory	6	0	0	6	1	15	−14	0	0–4	1–3	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group H

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	CHO	PJY	SCA	KEB
Chonburi	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	13		4–1	3–0	4–0
Persipura Jayapura	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11	3–0		4–2	4–1
South China	6	1	2	3	7	14	−7	5	0–3	1–1		1–0
Kingfisher East Bengal	6	0	3	3	9	17	−8	3	4–4	1–1	3–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Based on the results from the group stage, the matchups of the round of 16 were decided as below.^[7] Each tie was played in one match, hosted by the winners of each group (Team 1) against the runners-up of another group (Team 2).^[5]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nasaf Qarshi	2–1	Al-Faisaly
Duhok	1–0	Dempo
Al-Qadsia	2–2 (aet) (2–3 p)	Al-Kuwait
Al-Wehdat	2–1	Shurtan Guzar
Arbil	1–0 (aet)	Tampines Rovers
Muangthong United	4–0	Al-Ahed
Song Lam Nghe An	1–3	Persipura Jayapura
Chonburi	3–0	Sriwijaya

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 June 2011.^[8] In this draw, the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two clubs from the same country, they may not face each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two clubs from the same country, they may face each other in the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Persipura Jayapura	1–3	Arbil	1–2	0–1
Chonburi	1–1 (3–4 p)	Nasaf Qarshi	0–1	1–0 (aet)
Al-Kuwait	1–0	Muangthong United	1–0	0–0
Al-Wehdat	8–1	Duhok	5-1	3-0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nasaf Qarshi	2–1	Al-Wehdat	1–0	1–1
Arbil	3–5	Al-Kuwait	0–2	3–3

Final

The final of the 2011 AFC Cup was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by draw.^[6]

29 October 2011

19:00 UTC+05:00

Nasaf Qarshi	2 – 1	Al-Kuwait
Shomurodov 62' Perepļotkins 65'	Report	Kabi 68'

Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi

Attendance: 15,753

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

2011 AFC Cup

Nasaf Qarshi
1st Title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2011 AFC Cup:^[9]

Most Valuable Player Award: Artur Gevorkyan (Nasaf Qarshi)
Top Scorer: Ivan Bošković (Nasaf Qarshi)
Fair Play Award: Nasaf Qarshi

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	R16	QF1	QF2	SF2	Total
1	Ivan Bošković	Nasaf Qarshi	1			4	1	2		1		1	10
2	Firas Al Khatib	Al-Qadsia	1	1	1	2	1	2					8
3	Leandro Carrijó	TSW Pegasus		1	3	1	2						7
4	Hassan Abdel-Fattah	Al-Kuwait & Al-Wehdat	2							2	2		6
	Mahmoud Shelbaieh	Al-Wehdat		2	2					2			6
	Aleksandar Durić	Tampines Rovers	1	1	1	1	2						6
	Pipob On-Mo	Chonburi	2			2	2						6
8	Muslim Mubarak	Arbil				2	1		1	1			5
	Tolgay Ozbey	Kingfisher East Bengal	2	1		2							5
	Christian Kouakou	Muangthong United	1			2		1	1				5
	Boaz Solossa	Persipura Jayapura	1	1			2		1				5
	Hamad Al Enezi	Al-Qadsia	2	1	1				1				5
	Nosirbek Otakuziyev	Nasaf Qarshi	1				1	3					5

Own goals

Amit Ghosh	Team	Against	Round	Date
Douglas Da Santos	VB	Sriwijaya	Group stage Matchday 1	1 March 2011
Abdulla Haneef	VB	TSW Pegasus	Group stage Matchday 3	13 April 2011
Hamed Al Daoudi	Al-Oruba	Arbil	Group stage Matchday 4	27 April 2011
Samer Zeineddine	Al-Ahed	Arbil	Group stage Matchday 5	4 May 2011

References

^ "ACL, AFCC 2010 teams". AFC. 29 November 2010.
^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2011" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.
^ "Stage set for ACL, AFC Cup draws". AFC. 6 December 2010.
^ "AFC Cup: Tough encounters in the offing". AFC. 7 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "AFC Cup 2011 Draw Mechanism for Preliminary Stage (Group & Round of 16)" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "AFC Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
^ "AFC Cup R16 match-ups". AFC. 12 May 2011.
^ "Treat awaits fans in AFC Cup". AFC. 7 June 2011.
^ "Team success key for MVP Gevorkyan". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

External links

AFC Cup Official Page (in English)

[table_hth_DUH0.34964805205802-7] Tiebreakers: Duhok, Al-Faisaly and Al-Jaish are ranked by their head-to-head records: Duhok (5 pts, +1 GD), Al-Faisaly (5 pts, 0 GD), Al-Jaish (5 pts, –1 GD).

[table_hth_AHE0.12748459965339-8] Tiebreakers: Al-Ahed, Al-Orouba and Al-Karamah are ranked by their head-to-head records: Al-Ahed (6 pts, +3 GD), Al-Orouba (5 pts, –1 GD), Al-Karamah (5 pts, –2 GD).

[1] "ACL, AFCC 2010 teams". AFC. 29 November 2010.

[2] "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2011" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.

[draw-3] "Stage set for ACL, AFC Cup draws". AFC. 6 December 2010.

[4] "AFC Cup: Tough encounters in the offing". AFC. 7 December 2010.

[draw_mechanics-5] "AFC Cup 2011 Draw Mechanism for Preliminary Stage (Group & Round of 16)" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.

[regulations-6] "AFC Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.

[9] "AFC Cup R16 match-ups". AFC. 12 May 2011.

[10] "Treat awaits fans in AFC Cup". AFC. 7 June 2011.

[11] "Team success key for MVP Gevorkyan". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

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2011 AFC Cup

Contents

Allocation of entries per association

Qualifying teams

Schedule

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Awards

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Own goals

See also

References

External links