2011 AFC President's Cup

2011 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Chinese Taipei
Dates 20 April – 25 May (group stage)
19–25 September (final stage)
Teams 6 (final stage)
12 (total) (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions Chinese Taipei Taipower FC (1st title)
Runners-up Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Tournament statistics
Matches played 25
Goals scored 90 (3.6 per match)
Attendance 58,208 (2,328 per match)
Top scorer(s) Chinese Taipei Ho Ming-tsan
(6 goals)
Best player Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang

The 2011 AFC President's Cup was the seventh 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 12 member associations competed.[1] In the qualifying stage, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each, and the top two teams from each group qualified for the six-team finals to be played at a centralised venue.[2] In the final stage, the qualified six teams were divided into two groups of three teams each. The winners from each group met in the final for the title.[3]

TaiPOWER FC became the first Taiwanese team to win the AFC President's Cup with a 3–2 win over Phnom Penh Crown from Cambodia in the final.[4]

Qualifying teams

Palestinian Authority clubs began to play in the AFC President’s Cup from 2011 onwards.[5]

Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
Bangladesh Bangladesh Abahani Limited 2009–10 Bangladesh League champions 4th 2010
Bhutan Bhutan Yeedzin 2010 A-Division champions 2nd 2009
Cambodia Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 2010 Cambodian League champions 3rd 2009
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Taipower FC 2010 Intercity Football League champions 4th 2009
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 2010 Kyrgyzstan League champions 1st none
Myanmar Myanmar Yadanarbon 2010 Myanmar National League champions 2nd 2010
Nepal Nepal Nepal Police Club 2010 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions 4th 2009
Pakistan Pakistan WAPDA 2010 Pakistan Premier League champions 4th 2009
State of Palestine Palestine Jabal Al Mukaber 2009–10 West Bank Premier League champions 1st none
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Don Bosco 2010–11 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 1st none
Tajikistan Tajikistan Istiqlol 2010 Tajik League champions 1st none
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Balkan 2010 Turkmenistan League champions 1st none

Group stage

Location of teams of the 2011 AFC President's Cup.
Group A (played in Cambodia)
Group B (played in Myanmar)
Group C (played in Nepal)

The draw for the group stage was held at on 14 March 2011, 15:00 UTC+08:00, at AFC House, Kuala Lumpur.[6] The 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The group matches were scheduled to be played from 13 to 31 May 2011; however, matches of Group C were played from 20 to 24 April 2011.

All groups were played in a single round-robin format at a centralized venue. The top two teams from each group qualified for the final stage. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:[7]

  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.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 330050+59
Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 320141+36
Bangladesh Abahani Limited 31024403
Sri Lanka Don Bosco 300319−80
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Bangladesh Abahani Limited
Adzhiniiazov  10'
Pavlov  33'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 3–0 Sri Lanka Don Bosco
Njoku  25'
Sokumpheak  66'
Chaya  67'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Don Bosco Sri Lanka 0–2 Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Report Pavlov  24'
Baldinov  65'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Abahani Limited Bangladesh 0–1 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Report Chaya  80'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Rustam Kholov (Tajikistan)
Abahani Limited Bangladesh 4–1 Sri Lanka Don Bosco
Rony  17'
Ibrahim  51', 61', 81' (pen.)		 Report Arachchilage  15'
Attendance: 1,000
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 0–1 Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Report Adjiniyazov  79'
Attendance: 7,000

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tajikistan Istiqlol 3210111+107
Myanmar Yadanarbon 3210114+77
State of Palestine Jabal Al Mukaber 3102106+43
Bhutan Yeedzin 3003021−210
Yadanarbon Myanmar 6–0 Bhutan Yeedzin
Yan Paing  4', 50'
Pai Soe  11', 15', 36'
Koné  40'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Istiqlol Tajikistan 2–0 State of Palestine Jabal Al Mukaber
Fatkhuloev  58'
Rabimov  89'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Yeedzin Bhutan 0–8 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Report Fatkhuloev  16', 30'
Vasiev  24'
Tokhirov  56', 63', 70', 76'
Saburov  90+2'
Attendance: 1,200
Jabal Al Mukaber State of Palestine 3–4 Myanmar Yadanarbon
Maraaba  8'
A. Aliwisat  27'
Al Amour  39'		 Report Hussein Hasan  41' (o.g.)
Yan Paing  45+3', 58'
Pai Soe  90+4'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombeni (Iran)
Yadanarbon Myanmar 1–1 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Yan Paing  90+3' (pen.) Report Davronov  57'
Attendance: 6,000
Jabal Al Mukaber State of Palestine 7–0 Bhutan Yeedzin
A. Aliwisat  2'
Halman  9'
S. Aliwisat  14'
Al Amour  33', 44'
Khatib  64'
Wadi  80'		 Report
Attendance: 200

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chinese Taipei Taipower FC 321051+47
Turkmenistan Balkan 321041+37
Pakistan WAPDA 310224−23
Nepal Nepal Police Club 300305−50
Nepal Police Club Nepal 0–2 Pakistan WAPDA
Report Mehmood  39'
Pathan  88'
Attendance: 3,000
Taipower FC Chinese Taipei 1–1 Turkmenistan Balkan
Ho Ming-tsan  67' Report Alikperow  36'
Attendance: 600
WAPDA Pakistan 0–3 Chinese Taipei Taipower FC
Report Pan Kuao-kai  41'
Chen Yi-wei  55'
Ho Ming-tsan  65'
Attendance: 350
Balkan Turkmenistan 2–0 Nepal Nepal Police Club
Kuçerenkow  41'
Diwanow  52'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sgt Win Cho (Myanmar)
Balkan Turkmenistan 1–0 Pakistan WAPDA
Diwanow  31' Report
Attendance: 600

Final stage

On 14 June 2011, the Organising Committee for the AFC President’s Cup decided to award the hosting rights of the 2011 AFC President’s Cup Finals to Chinese Taipei.[8] The matches were played at the Kaohsiung National Stadium in Kaohsiung from 19 to 25 September 2011.

The draw for the final stage was held on 29 July 2011, 16:00 UTC+08:00, at AFC House, Kuala Lumpur.[9] 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 (extra time and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary).[10]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 220063+36
Turkmenistan Balkan 201145−11
Tajikistan Istiqlol 201113−21
Balkan Turkmenistan 1–1 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Gurbani  23' Report Tokhirov  45+1'
Attendance: 209
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
Taiwan Power Company Chinese Taipei 4–3 Turkmenistan Balkan
Ho Ming-tsan  57', 66' (pen.)
Kuo Yin-hung  81'
Chen Po-liang  87'		 Report Gurbani  24', 25'
Garahanow  62'
Attendance: 2,067

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 220061+56
Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 210194+53
Myanmar Yadanarbon 2002212−100
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 2–1 Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Njoku  35'
Chaya  56'		 Report Alimov  79'
Attendance: 118
Yadanarbon Myanmar 0–4 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Report Njoku  3', 83'
Sokumpheak  22'
Sopanha  32'
Attendance: 422
Referee: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (UAE)
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Kyrgyzstan 8–2 Myanmar Yadanarbon
Pavlov  5', 73', 90+2'
Djamshidov  33', 87'
Dzhumataev  79', 90'
Dzhalilov  86'		 Report Pai Soe  35'
Rakhmanjonov  47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 269
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

Final

Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 2–3 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company
Njoku  34'
Sovannrithy  82'		 Report Ho Ming-tsan  2', 47'
Chen Po-liang  67'
Attendance: 3,238
Phnom Penh Crown
Taiwan Power Company
PHNOM PENH CROWN:
GK1Cambodia Peng Bunchay
DF3Cambodia Thul SothearithYellow card 52'
DF4Cambodia Tieng TinyYellow card 28' 66'
DF12Nigeria Odion ObadinYellow card 60'
DF14Cambodia Sun SovannrithyRed card 90+4'
MF8Cambodia San NarithRed card 90+4'
MF23Cambodia Sun Sopanha 79'
MF27Cambodia Khim Borey 69'
FW9Cambodia Chan ChayaYellow cardYellow cardRed card 79', 90+4'
FW10Cambodia Kouch Sokumpheak
FW20Nigeria Kingsley Njoku
Substitions:
DF6Cambodia Sok Sovan 66'
FW19Cambodia Sok PhengYellow card 78' 69'
MF13Cambodia Hong Ratana 79'
Manager:
England David Booth
TAIWAN POWER COMPANY:
GK1Chinese Taipei Pan Wei-chih
DF3Chinese Taipei Tu Ming-feng
DF5Chinese Taipei Chen Yu-linRed card 77'
DF12Chinese Taipei Chen Yi-wei 87'
DF15Chinese Taipei Liang Chien-wei
DF17Chinese Taipei Lee Meng-chian
MF7Chinese Taipei He Ming-chan 73'
MF10Chinese Taipei Hung Kai-chun
MF11Chinese Taipei Feng Pao-hsing
MF26Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang
FW9Chinese Taipei Kuo Yin-hung
Substitutions:
DF16Chinese Taipei Tsai Sheng-an 73'
FW23Chinese Taipei Huang Chiu-ching 87'
Manager:
Chinese Taipei Chen Kuei-jen

Assistant referees:
Nassir Al Mudhaffar (Saudi Arabia)
Mohamed Salman (Bahrain)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

2011 AFC President's Cup
Chinese Taipei
Taiwan Power Company
1st Title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2011 AFC President's Cup:[11]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club GS1 GS2 GS3 FG1 FG2 F Total
1 Chinese Taipei Ho Ming-tsan Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 1122 6
2 Myanmar Yan Paing Myanmar Yadanarbon 221 5
Myanmar Pai Soe Myanmar Yadanarbon 311 5
Tajikistan Farkhod Tokhirov Tajikistan Istiqlol 41 5
Uzbekistan Pavel Pavlov Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 113 5
Nigeria Kingsley Njoku Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 1121 5

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 23 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Yadanarbon in uncharted waters". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "High hopes from Palestine club: Suzuki". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Taiwan Power win AFC President's Cup". the-afc.com. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Palestine clubs set for AFC President's Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 26 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "President's Cup group stage draw on March 14". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 24 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "AFC President's Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Chinese Taipei to host AFC President's Cup Finals". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 June 2011.
  9. ↑ "AFC President's Cup Final Stage draw on July 29". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 15 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Kyrgyz challenge awaits Yadanarbon". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 July 2011.
  11. ↑ "Triple treat for Taiwan Power". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
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