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2014 AFC Cup knockout stage

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Asia Zone and East Asia Zone had eight teams qualified.

Zone	Group	Winners	Runners-up
West Asia Zone (Groups A–D)	A	Safa	That Ras
	B	Al-Kuwait	Al-Nejmeh
	C	Al-Qadsia	Al-Hidd
	D	Erbil	Riffa
East Asia Zone (Groups E–H)	E	Persipura Jayapura	Churchill Brothers
	F	Hà Nội T&T	Arema Cronus
	G	Vissai Ninh Bình	Yangon United
	H	Kitchee	Nay Pyi Taw

Format[edit]

In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

The schedule of each round was as follows.^[2]

Bracket[edit]

In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match.^[1] The matchups were determined as follows:

• Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group C
• Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A
• Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group D
• Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group B

• Winner Group E vs. Runner-up Group G
• Winner Group G vs. Runner-up Group E
• Winner Group F vs. Runner-up Group H
• Winner Group H vs. Runner-up Group F

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3] Teams from different zones could be drawn into the same tie, and the "country protection" rule was applied, so teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.

There was no draw for the semi-finals, with the matchups determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4, with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg.

The draw to decide the host team of the final was held after the quarter-final draw.^[3]

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Hà Nội T&T	5
	Nay Pyi Taw	0
					Hà Nội T&T	0	0	0
					Erbil	1	2	3
	Erbil (p)	0 (3)
	Al-Nejmeh	0 (0)
											Erbil	1	2	3
											Kitchee	1	1	2
	Vissai Ninh Bình	4
	Churchill Brothers	2
					Vissai Ninh Bình	2	1	3
					Kitchee	4	0	4
	Kitchee	2
	Arema Cronus	0
																	Erbil	0 (2)
																	Al-Qadsia (p)	0 (4)
	Al-Qadsia	4
	That Ras	0
					Al-Qadsia (a)	1	2	3
					Al-Hidd	1	2	3
	Safa	0
	Al-Hidd	1
											Al-Qadsia	4	6	10
											Persipura Jayapura	2	0	2
	Al-Kuwait	3
	Riffa	0
					Al-Kuwait	3	1	4
					Persipura Jayapura	2	6	8
	Persipura Jayapura	9
	Yangon United	2

Round of 16[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Asia Zone
Safa	0–1	Al-Hidd
Al-Qadsia	4–0	That Ras
Al-Kuwait	3–0	Riffa
Erbil	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Al-Nejmeh
East Asia Zone
Persipura Jayapura	9–2	Yangon United
Vissai Ninh Bình	4–2	Churchill Brothers
Hà Nội T&T	5–0	Nay Pyi Taw
Kitchee	2–0	Arema Cronus

Persipura Jayapura	9–2	Yangon United
Foday 2', 23', 41', 43', 86' Pae 10' Kabes 28' (pen.), 53' Bonai 57'	Report	César 16' Kyaw Ko Ko 21'

Attendance: 12,385

Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

Vissai Ninh Bình	4–2	Churchill Brothers
Lê Văn Thắng 23' Sim Woon-sub 28' Phạm Văn Quyến 67', 88'	Report	B. Singh 21' Shabana 76' (pen.)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Safa	0–1	Al-Hidd
	Report	Al-Malood 53'

Attendance: 250

Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

Al-Qadsia	4–0	That Ras
Al Somah 7' Al Hashan 14' Neda 39' Al-Mutawa 74'	Report

Attendance: 300

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Hà Nội T&T	5–0	Nay Pyi Taw
Hector 34' Samson 45', 67' Thạch Bảo Khanh 62' Phạm Thành Lương 88'	Report

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

Kitchee	2–0	Arema Cronus
Jang Kyung-jin 5' Lam Ka Wai 9'	Report

Attendance: 4,072

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Kuwait	3–0	Riffa
Jemâa 44' Hakem 82' Al Ateeqi 90+4'	Report

Attendance: 350

Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

Erbil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Nejmeh
	Report
Penalties
Radhi Abdul-Amir Faez	3–0	Takaji Hamieh Zein

Attendance: 300

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

Notes

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hà Nội T&T	0–3	Erbil	0–1	0–2
Vissai Ninh Bình	3–4	Kitchee	2–4	1–0
Al-Qadsia	3–3 (a)	Al-Hidd	1–1	2–2
Al-Kuwait	4–8	Persipura Jayapura	3–2	1–6

First leg[edit]

Vissai Ninh Bình	2–4	Kitchee
Oladoja 56' Lê Văn Thắng 75'	Report	Belencoso 29', 90+3' Ngan Lok Fung 49' Xu Deshuai 73'

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Hà Nội T&T	0–1	Erbil
	Report	Radhi 44'

Attendance: 1,980

Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)

Al-Qadsia	1–1	Al-Hidd
Al-Mutawa 5'	Report	Al Khaldi 47'

Attendance: 200

Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)

Al-Kuwait	3–2	Persipura Jayapura
Hammami 4' Al Kandari 84', 87'	Report	Lim Joon-sik 13' Pangkali 23'

Attendance: 400

Referee: Marai Al Awaji (Saudi Arabia)

Second leg[edit]

Persipura Jayapura	6–1	Al-Kuwait
Pugliara 2', 45+3', 66' Solossa 44' Bonai 52' Pahabol 90+3'	Report	Ghoochannejhad 65'

Attendance: 5,992

Referee: Wang Di (China PR)

Persipura Jayapura won 8–4 on aggregate.

Kitchee	0–1	Vissai Ninh Bình
	Report	Oladoja 28'

Attendance: 4,975

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

Kitchee won 4–3 on aggregate.

Al-Hidd	2–2	Al-Qadsia
Orok 25' Al Khattal 57'	Report	Subotić 68' (pen.) Al Daoud 89' (o.g.)

Attendance: 600

Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

3–3 on aggregate. Al-Qadsia won on away goals.

Erbil	2–0	Hà Nội T&T
Radhi 57' (pen.) Halgurd 88'	Report

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

Erbil won 3–0 on aggregate.

Notes

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Erbil	3–2	Kitchee	1–1	2–1
Al-Qadsia	10–2	Persipura Jayapura	4–2	6–0

First leg[edit]

Erbil	1–1	Kitchee
Salah 59'	Report	Belencoso 68' (pen.)

Attendance: 300

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Al-Qadsia	4–2	Persipura Jayapura
Subotić 11', 77' Al Hashan 64' Al-Mutawa 65'	Report	Bonai 21' Solossa 31'

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)

Notes

Second leg[edit]

Persipura Jayapura	0–6	Al-Qadsia
	Report	Al Hashan 5' Al-Mutawa 33', 73' Al Sheikh 56', 90+2' Al Ansari 75'

Attendance: 18,127

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Al-Qadsia won 10–2 on aggregate.

Kitchee	1–2	Erbil
Gao Wen 69'	Report	Faez 3' Radhi 9'

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

Erbil won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final[edit]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Erbil	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Al-Qadsia

Erbil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Qadsia
	Report
Penalties
Radhi Hawar Barzan Faez	2–4	Al-Mutawa Said Al Ansari El Ebrahim Subotić

Attendance: 5,240

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Notes

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• AFC Cup, the-AFC.com