2012 AFC President's Cup

2012 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Tajikistan
Dates 5–12 May (group stage)
24–30 September (final stage)
Teams 6 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Tajikistan Istiqlol (1st title)
Runners-up State of Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Tournament statistics
Matches played 19
Goals scored 72 (3.79 per match)
Attendance 78,756 (4,145 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kyrgyzstan Mirlan Murzaev
(8 goals)
Best player Tajikistan Alisher Tuychiev[1]

The 2012 AFC President's Cup was the eighth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.

Teams from 11 member associations entered the competition.[2] Istiqlol became the second team from Tajikistan to win the AFC President's Cup, defeating Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari from Palestine with a 2–1 win in the final.[3]

Qualifying teams

The following 11 associations were represented in the 2012 AFC President's Cup.[4]

Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
Bhutan Bhutan Yeedzin 2011 A-Division champions 3rd 2011
Cambodia Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 2011 Cambodian League champions 4th 2011
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 2011 Intercity Football League champions 5th 2011
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 2011 Kyrgyzstan League champions 7th 2010
Mongolia Mongolia Erchim 2011 Mongolia Super Cup winners 1st none
Nepal Nepal Nepal Police Club 2011–12 Nepal National League champions 5th 2011
Pakistan Pakistan KRL 2011 Pakistan Premier League champions 2nd 2010
State of Palestine Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 2010–11 West Bank Premier League champions 1st none
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Ratnam 2011–12 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 4th 2008
Tajikistan Tajikistan Istiklol 2011 Tajik League champions 2nd 2011
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Balkan 2011 Ýokary Liga champions 2nd 2011
Notes
  • Mongolia applied to enter the 2012 AFC President's Cup,[5] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011,[4] and made their debut in the competition.[6]
  • Myanmar applied for upgrade to the 2012 AFC Cup,[7] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011.[4]

Schedule

Schedule of dates for 2012 competition.[8]

  • Group stage: 3–13 May
  • Final stage: 24–30 September

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2012 AFC President's Cup.
Group A (played in Pakistan)
Group B (played in Cambodia)
Group C (played in Tajikistan)

In the group stage, the twelve teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. Each group was played in a single round-robin format at a centralized venue. The top two teams from each group qualified for the final stage. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[9]

  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. Kicks from the penalty mark 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 each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots.

On 2 March 2012, the AFC announced that the three hosts for the qualification round were Phnom Penh Crown (Cambodia), KRL (Pakistan), and Istiqlol (Tajikistan).[10] The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 March 2012, 15:00 UTC+08:00.[11]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 211010+14
Pakistan KRL 20200002
Mongolia Erchim 201101−11
KRL Pakistan 0–0 Mongolia Erchim
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Wang Di (China P.R.)
Erchim Mongolia 0–1 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company
Report Chen Yi-wei  90+3'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
KRL Pakistan 0–0 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 3300173+149
Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 320191+86
Nepal Nepal Police Club 310256−13
Bhutan Yeedzin 3003223−210
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 8–0 Bhutan Yeedzin
Sokumpheak  20'
Borey  26', 41', 66'
Sothy  54'
Suhana  61'
S. Pheng  76'
H. Pheng  85'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Dordoi Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 5–1 Nepal Nepal Police Club
Murzaev  3', 14', 63'
Sharipov  12'
Baymatov  70'		 Report Pandey  45+1' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Yeedzin Bhutan 2–11 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek
Chencho  40'
Tshering  90+2'		 Report Murzaev  18', 27', 62', 81', 87'
Askarov  39'
Tetteh  45'
Maka Kum  59'
Anderson  64', 70'
Bekbolotov  90+1'
Attendance: 978
Nepal Police Club Nepal 0–1 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Report Borey  21'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
Nepal Police Club Nepal 4–0 Bhutan Yeedzin
Silwal  2', 71'
Shrestha  37'
Pandey  49'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 0–1 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek
Report Baymatov  90' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,531
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tajikistan Istiqlol 220031+26
State of Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 21012203
Turkmenistan Balkan 200224−20
Balkan Turkmenistan 1–2 State of Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Çoňkaýew  32' Report Kaware  59'
Keshkesh  90+2'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari State of Palestine 0–1 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Report Ergashev  75'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China P.R.)
Istiqlol Tajikistan 2–1 Turkmenistan Balkan
Rabiev  41'
Vasiev  79' (pen.)		 Report Diwanow  66'
Attendance: 9,000

Final stage

The final stage was played at a centralized venue, to be chosen from one of the final stage qualifiers. The six teams which qualified for the final stage were divided into two groups of three teams each, played in a single round-robin format. The winner from each group qualified for the single-match final to decide the title.[9]

Phnom Penh Crown (Cambodia), Istiqlol (Tajikistan) and Dordoi Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) showed interest to organise the finals.[14] On 18 July 2012, the AFC Competitions Committee decided to award the hosting rights of the finals to Tajikistan,[15] and the decision was approved by the AFC Executive Committee on 19 July 2012.[16] The draw for the finals was held in Dushanbe on 31 July 2012, 11:00 UTC+05:00.[17]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tajikistan Istiqlol 220080+86
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 210182+63
Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 2002014−140
Dordoi Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 0–2 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Report Ergashev  38'
Sodikov  58'
Attendance: 5,118
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 0–8 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek
Report Baymatov  5', 72', 90'
Tetteh  8'
Kichin  58'
Anderson  63'
Shamshiev  75'
Sataev  83'
Attendance: 2,132
Istiqlol Tajikistan 6–0 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Vasiev  26'
Tokhirov  47'
Sharipov  52'
Rabimov  58', 90+1'
Fatkhuloev  76'		 Report
Attendance: 9,999
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
State of Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 211062+44
Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 211042+24
Pakistan KRL 200228−60
Taiwan Power Company Chinese Taipei 1–1 State of Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Chen Yi-wei  87' Report Keshkesh  62'
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
KRL Pakistan 1–3 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company
Adil  88' Report Ho Ming-tsan  55', 58'
Huang Kai-jun  90+4'
Attendance: 1,565
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari State of Palestine 5–1 Pakistan KRL
Jamhour  41', 61'
Obeid  54', 56'
Aliwisat  70'		 Report Saad Ullah  40'
Attendance: 1,782
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Final

Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari State of Palestine 1–2 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Keshkesh  21' Report Ergashev  69'
Vasiev  78'
Attendance: 19,323
Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari
Istiqlol
GK1State of Palestine Abdullah Saidawi
DF5State of Palestine Khaled Mahdi
DF7State of Palestine Ahmed Salama
MF8State of Palestine Ayed Jamhour (c)Yellow card 77'
FW9State of Palestine Jamal Aliwisat
MF14State of Palestine Ma'aly KawareYellow card 90+4'
MF18State of Palestine Mahmoud Shaikhqasem
DF21State of Palestine Nour Owda
FW22State of Palestine Ahmed Keshkesh
DF27State of Palestine Hamza Zoubi
MF45State of Palestine Suleiman Obeid 73'
Substitutions
MF19State of Palestine Adham Arar 73'
Manager
State of Palestine Raed Juma'Assaf
GK1Tajikistan Alisher Tuychiev
DF3Tajikistan Sokhib Suvonkulov
DF4Tajikistan Eradj Rajabov
MF5Tajikistan Mahmadali Sodikov 46'
DF6Tajikistan Davron Ergashev
MF9Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov
MF10Tajikistan Jakhongir JalilovYellow card 9'
FW12Tajikistan Yusuf Rabiev 46'
MF17Tajikistan Dilshod Vasiev (c)
MF18Tajikistan Fatkhullo FatkhuloevYellow card 54'
FW25Tajikistan Farkhod Tokhirov 81'
Substitutions
MF7Tajikistan Ibrahim Rabimov 46'
MF23Germany Alexander Frank 46'
MF24Tajikistan Umedzhon SharipovYellow card 90' 81'
Manager
Serbia Nikola Kavazović

Assistant referees:
Kim Sung-Il (Korea Republic)
Abu Bakar Salim Mahad Al-Amri (Oman)
Fourth official:
Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Match rules[9]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.


2012 AFC President's Cup
Tajikistan
Istiqlol
1st Title

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Group stage Final stage Total
1 Kyrgyzstan Mirlan Murzaev Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 80 8
2 Kyrgyzstan Azamat Baymatov Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 23 5
3 Cambodia Khim Borey Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 40 4
4 Brazil Anderson Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Bishkek 21 3
Tajikistan Davron Ergashev Tajikistan Istiqlol 12 3
Tajikistan Dilshod Vasiev Tajikistan Istiqlol 12 3
State of Palestine Ahmed Keshkesh State of Palestine Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari 12 3

Source:[18][19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Substitutions did the trick: Kavazovic". the-afc.com. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Istiklol are AFC President's Cup champions". the-afc.com. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 "Decision by Competitions Committee & Executive Committee for AFC Club Competitions" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Mongolia eyes Pres Cup 2012". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "President's Cup place for Mongolia". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Myanmar sets sights on AFCC 2012". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 "AFC President's Cup 2012 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederations. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "President's Cup qualifying venues confirmed". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "Taiwan Power face Mongolian debutant". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  12. 1 2 "President's Cup schedule changed". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  13. ↑ Staff Correspondent (5 April 2012). "Sheikh Jamal won't send football team to Pakistan". The Daily Star. Bangladesh. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Three bidders for President's Cup final". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "Oman to host U-22 finals". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  16. ↑ "Tajikistan to host President's Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 20 July 2012.
  17. ↑ "Dream draw for President's Cup holders". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 31 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "Top Scorers (group stage)". AFC.com.
  19. ↑ "Top Scorers (final stage)". AFC.com.
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