2017 AFC Cup
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Dates | 21–27 August 2016 (qualifying round) 24 January – 4 November 2017 (competition proper) |
Teams | Maximum of 54 (from Maximum of 34 associations) |
The 2017 AFC Cup is the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Association team allocation
The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014,[1] which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014.[2] The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are 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 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 rankings:
- The associations are split into West Zone and East Zone, with 23 associations in each zone:
- West Zone consists of the associations from West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, except India and Maldives
- East Zone consists of the associations from ASEAN and East Asia, plus India and Maldives
- In each zone, there are a total of 12 direct slots in the group stage, with the 4 remaining slots filled through play-offs.
- All associations which do not receive direct slots in the AFC Champions League group stage are eligible to enter the AFC Cup.
- The associations ranked 7th to 16th in each zone get at least one direct slot in the group stage (including losers of the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off), while the remaining associations get only play-off slots:
- The associations ranked 7th and 8th each get two direct slots.
- The associations ranked 9th to 12th each get one direct slot and one play-off slot (in play-off round).
- The associations ranked 13th to 16th each get one direct slot and one play-off slot (in preliminary round).
- The associations ranked 17th or below each get one play-off slot (in qualifying round).
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Teams
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Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App |
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Entering in qualifying round (teams not split into zones for qualifying round) |
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De Spin Ghar Bazan | 2015 Afghan Premier League champions | 1st | none |
2016 Liga Futebol Amadora champions | |||
2016 Lao Premier League champions | |||
2015–16 Yemeni League champions | |||
Terton | 2015 Bhutan National League champions | 1st | none |
Sheikh Russel | 2015 Bangladesh Football Premier League runners-up | 2nd | 2015 |
Phnom Penh Crown | 2015 Cambodian League champions | 1st | none |
KRL | 2016 PFF Cup winners[Note PAK] | 1st | none |
MS ABDB | 2015 Brunei Super League champions | 1st | none |
Taiwan Power Company | 2015–16 Intercity Football League champions | 1st | none |
Three Star Club | 2015 Nepal National League champions | 1st | none |
Colombo | 2015 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions | 1st | none |
Benfica de Macau | 2016 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions | 2nd | 2016 |
Erchim | 2015 Mongolia Premier League champions | 1st | none |
- Notes
- ^ Pakistan (PAK): Since the Pakistan Premier League was not held in the 2015–16 season, the winners of the 2016 PFF Cup were selected to represent Pakistan in the AFC Cup.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).[4] Starting from 2017, matches in the West Zone will be played on Mondays and Tuesdays instead of Tuesdays and Wednesdays.[5]
Stage | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying stage | Qualifying round | 17 June 2016 | 21–27 August 2016[6] | |
Preliminary stage | Preliminary round 1 | No draw | 24 January 2017 | |
Preliminary round 2 | 31 January 2017 | |||
Play-off stage | Play-off round | 7 February 2017 | ||
Group stage | Matchday 1 | TBA | 20–22 February 2017 | |
Matchday 2 | 6–8 March 2017 | |||
Matchday 3 | 13–15 March 2017 | |||
Matchday 4 | 3–5 April 2017 | |||
Matchday 5 | 17–19 April 2017 | |||
Matchday 6 | 1–3 May 2017 | |||
Knock-out stage | Round of 16 | 15–17 May 2017 | ||
Quarter-finals | TBA | 21–23 August 2017 | 11–13 September 2017 | |
Semi-finals | 25–27 September 2017 | 16–18 October 2017 | ||
Final | 4 November 2017 |
See also
References
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External links
- AFC Cup, the-AFC.com