2014 AFC President's Cup

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
ChampionsHTTU Asgabat (1st title)
Runners-upRimyongsu
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored70 (3.18 per match)
Attendance35,387 (1,609 per match)
Top scorer(s)Süleýman Muhadow
(11 goals)
Best player(s)Süleýman Muhadow
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The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia, and the final edition under the AFC President's Cup title, as the competition was relaunched under the name AFC Challenge League starting in 2024–25.[1] Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.

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

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

Teams

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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 Bangladesh Sheikh Russel 2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions 1st none
Bhutan Bhutan Ugyen Academy 2013 Bhutan National League champions 1st none
Cambodia Cambodia Svay Rieng 2013 Cambodian League champions 1st none
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Tatung 2013 Intercity Football League champions 3rd 2007
Mongolia Mongolia Erchim 2013 Mongolia Premier League champions 3rd 2013
Nepal Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions 2nd 2006
North Korea North Korea Rimyongsu 2013 Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games winners 1st none
Pakistan Pakistan KRL 2013–14 Pakistan Premier League champions 4th 2013
Philippines Philippines Ceres 2013–14 PFF–Smart National Club Championship winners[Note PHI] 1st none
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force 2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 1st none
Turkmenistan 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

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

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

Group stage

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bangladesh Sheikh Russel 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
Pakistan KRL 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Bhutan Ugyen Academy 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Sri Lanka Air Force Sri Lanka1–0Bhutan Ugyen Academy
Bandara 58' Report
Attendance: 600
KRL Pakistan0–0Bangladesh Sheikh Russel
Report
Attendance: 100
Ugyen Academy Bhutan0–3Pakistan KRL
Report Afridi 1'
Dawood 14'
Qasim 90+1'
Attendance: 100
Sheikh Russel Bangladesh5–0Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force
Ahmed 14'
Mithun 35', 55'
Millien 60'
Bisswash 86'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Sheikh Russel Bangladesh4–0Bhutan Ugyen Academy
Millien 14'
Mithun 21', 88'
Ahmed 28'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ali Sabah Al-Qaysi (Iraq)
Sri Lanka Air Force Sri Lanka3–0Pakistan KRL
Duminda 3'
Dharshaka 7'
Ishan 9'		 Report
Attendance: 400

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
North Korea Rimyongsu 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
Philippines Ceres 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
Chinese Taipei Tatung 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Ceres Philippines2–2North Korea Rimyongsu
Guirado 10'
Reichelt 49'		 Report Ri Kwang-hyok 39', 60'
Attendance: 5,820
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
HTTU Aşgabat Turkmenistan2–0Chinese Taipei Tatung
Muhadow 16', 87' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Rimyongsu North Korea1–1Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat
Ri Hyok-chol 81' Report Muhadow 80'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Tatung Chinese Taipei0–2Philippines Ceres
Report Reichelt 17'
Guirado 87'
Attendance: 5,457
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)
Ceres Philippines1–2Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat
De Murga 20' Report Muhadow 45+2', 90+4'
Attendance: 5,940
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Tatung Chinese Taipei0–5North Korea 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4
Mongolia Erchim 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Cambodia Svay Rieng 2 0 0 2 4 9 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
Manang Marshyangdi Club Nepal6–3Cambodia 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 Cambodia1–3Mongolia Erchim
Mony Udom 15' Report Sothearoth 10' (o.g.)
Gal-Erden 35', 45' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,620
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Erchim Mongolia0–0Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club
Report
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Final stage

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]
Manang Marshyangdi Club Nepal2–1Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Air Force
Sh. Shrestha 35'
Gurung 64' (pen.)		 Report Ishan 6'
Attendance: 600
HTTU Aşgabat Turkmenistan3–1Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club
Muhadow 28', 73', 83' Report Su. Shrestha 35'
Attendance: 100
Sri Lanka Air Force Sri Lanka1–2Turkmenistan HTTU Aşgabat
Ishan 21' Report Muhadow 83', 86'
Attendance: 300

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
North Korea Rimyongsu 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6
Bangladesh Sheikh Russel 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
Mongolia Erchim 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Erchim Mongolia0–1Bangladesh Sheikh Russel
Report Chigozie 65'
Attendance: 300
Rimyongsu North Korea5–0Mongolia 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 Bangladesh0–4North Korea Rimyongsu
Report Ri Jin-hyok 31'
Pak Song-chol 45+4'
Ro Hak-su 51'
Kim Kyong-il 60'
Attendance: 100

Final

HTTU Asgabat Turkmenistan2–1North Korea 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
Turkmenistan
HTTU Aşgabat
1st Title

Awards

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

Top scorers

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

Source:[13][14]

See also

References

  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.