Английская Википедия:AFC Cup
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The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots to the top-tier AFC Champions League, based on the AFC Club Competitions Ranking.
Al-Kuwait SC and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the most successful clubs in the competition's history, having won three titles each. Clubs from Kuwait have won four titles, making them the most successful nation in the competition. The tournament has been dominated by clubs from West Asia, with the only winners from outside that region being Uzbek side FC Nasaf in 2011 and Malaysian side Johor Darul Ta'zim in 2015.
Al-Seeb are the current champions after defeating Kuala Lumpur City in the 2022 final. Since the 2021 season, the team who wins the AFC Cup are granted qualification to the following season's AFC Champions League qualifying playoffs should they not qualify through their domestic performance.
The AFC Cup is set to be discontinued after the end of the 2023–24 season, with the AFC Champions League 2 and AFC Challenge League being introduced as Asia's new second and third-tier competitions.
History
The AFC Cup began in 2004 as a second-tier competition to relate back to the AFC Champions League as 14 countries that had developing status competed in the first competition with 18 teams being nominated. Group A, B, C had West and Central Asian teams while the other two groups had east and South East Asia. The winners and three runners-up would then head to the knock-out stage where it was a random draw in who was going to play. Al-Jaish took the first AFC Cup after they defeated fellow Syrian opponents Al-Wahda on away goals.
In 2005, 18 teams competed from nine nations with the nations still being allowed to choose from one or two teams entering. After Syrian teams left the AFC Cup to try at the Champions League for four years, Al-Faisaly defeated Nejmeh in the final. With it, Jordanian teams would win the next two AFC Cup seasons with Bahrain joining the league while Bangladesh was relegated to the AFC President's Cup until the tournament's abolition in 2014.
Al-Muharraq would break the trend in 2008 as they competed in the last two-legged final before it headed back into a one-leg system which still runs to this day.
On 23 December 2022, it was announced that the AFC competition structure would change from the established formats from the 2024–25 season. Under the new plans, the AFC Cup will be discontinued, and a new second-tier tournament called the AFC Champions League 2 will be introduced.[1] Meanwhile, a new third-tier competition will also be launched under the name AFC Challenge League.[2][3]
Format
Some changes were applied in terms of teams and format for the 2017 AFC Cup. A total of 36 teams participate in the group stage (12 each from West Asia and ASEAN, and 4 each from East Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia). The final will be played as a one-off match.
Allocation
Teams from 34 AFC countries have reached the group stage of the AFC Cup. The allocation of those teams by member country is listed below; asterisks represent occasions where at least one team was eliminated in qualification for the group stage. 41 AFC countries have had teams participate in qualification (including Brunei and Timor-Leste who made their debuts in 2020), those who have not reached the group stage but have only played in qualification are not bolded.
Associations | Spots | |||||||||||||||||||
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2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023-24 | |
East | ||||||||||||||||||||
Шаблон:Flagicon China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 1 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 2* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Guam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Hong Kong | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Macau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 1 | 0* | 0* | 0* | 1 | 0* | 1 |
Шаблон:Flagicon North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
ASEAN | ||||||||||||||||||||
Шаблон:Flagicon Australia | Шаблон:Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Шаблон:Flagicon Brunei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0* | 0 | 0* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0* | 0* | 1 | 1* | 0* | 1 | 0* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Singapore | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0± | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Timor-Leste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
South | ||||||||||||||||||||
Шаблон:Flagicon Bangladesh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 1 | 1* | 1* | 1 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* |
Шаблон:Flagicon India | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Maldives | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 0 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0* | 0* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0* | 0 |
Total | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Central | ||||||||||||||||||||
Шаблон:Flagicon Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0* | 0* | 2 | 1* | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Turkmenistan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
West | ||||||||||||||||||||
Шаблон:Flagicon Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Lebanon | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Oman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 1* | 0 | 2 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Palestine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 1* | 2 | 0* | 0* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1* |
Шаблон:Flagicon Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Syria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2* |
Шаблон:Flagicon United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0* | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
Finals | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 37 | 36 |
Qualifying | 18 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 41 | 40 | 50 | 44 | 43 | 48 | 43 | 43 | 49 |
Prize money
Шаблон:Update section The prize money for the 2021 AFC Cup:[4]
Phase | Purse (USD) | Travel subsidy (per match) |
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Preliminary stage | N/A | $30,000 |
Play-offs | N/A | $30,000 |
Group stage | N/A | $30,000 |
Knockout stage | Zonal champions: $100,000 | $40,000 |
Final | Champions: $1.5 million Runners-up: $750,000 |
$40,000 |
Marketing
Sponsorship
Like the AFC Champions League, the AFC Cup is sponsored by a group of multinational corporations, in contrast to the single main sponsor typically found in national top-flight leagues.
The tournament's current main sponsors are:[5]
- Allianz
- beIN Sports
- China Resources Beverage
- Emirates
- Kärcher
- Nike, Inc.
- Nikon
- QNB Group
- Toyota
- Tsingtao Brewery
- Seiko
Media
Results and statistics
Finals
Performance by clubs
Шаблон:AFC Cup performance by club
Performance by nations
Nation | Titles | Runners-up | Total |
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Шаблон:Fba | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Шаблон:Fba | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Шаблон:Fba | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Шаблон:Fba | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Шаблон:Fba | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Шаблон:Fba | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Шаблон:Fba | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Шаблон:Fba | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Шаблон:Fba | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Шаблон:Fba | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Шаблон:Fba | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Шаблон:Fba | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Шаблон:Fba | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top scorers
Most Valuable Player
Winning coaches
All-time top goalscorers
See also
- List of association football competitions
- Bangladeshi clubs in the AFC Cup
- Indian clubs in the AFC Cup
- Indonesian clubs in the AFC Cup
- Syrian clubs in the AFC Cup
- Thai clubs in the AFC Cup
- Hong Kong clubs in the AFC Cup
- Vietnamese clubs in the AFC Cup
References
Notes
External links
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