AFC Cup
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| AFC Cup | |
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 AFC Cup 2007 |
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| Sport | Football (soccer) |
| Founded | 2004 |
| No. of teams | 24 (Group stages) |
| Country | AFC member nations |
| Current champions |  Al-Faisaly |
The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document [1]. Countries which are 'mature' nations are entered into the AFC Champions League, and countries which are 'emerging' nations are entered into the AFC President's Cup. The 'developing nations' are the fourteen 'next-best' countries which lie outside the top-14 countries in the AFC region which send their club sides to the more prestigious AFC Champions League.
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[edit] Participating nations and regions
Clubs from the following 14 football associations take part in the competition.
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West Asia |
Central Asia |
East Asia Southeast Asia |
- * Vietnam and Thailand lose ration for Australia in AFC Champions League.Two teams of two countries are down played in AFC Cup. Vietnam was the champion.
[edit] Competition format
The format of the AFC Cup is the same as that for the AFC Champions League. Each country sends two teams representing the domestic league winners and the cup winners. The participating teams are split into seven groups of three or four (depending on the actual number of participating teams in each group), with each team playing the others in the group in a round robin format. The winners of each group enter into the quarter finals along with the defending champions. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played as a knockout competition.
[edit] Results
| Season | Final | Semifinalists (No 3rd place match) | |||||
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| Champions | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 2007 Details |
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| 2006 Details |
Al Faysali (Jordan) |
1st leg: 3-0 2nd leg: 2-4 |
Muharraq Club (Bahrain) |
Al Wihdat (Jordan) |
Al Nejmeh (Lebanon) |
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| 2005 | Al Faysali (Jordan) |
1st leg: 1-0 2nd leg: 3-2 |
Al Nejmeh (Lebanon) |
New Radiant (Maldives) |
Sun Hei (Hong Kong) |
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| 2004 | Al Jaish (Syria) |
1st leg: 2-3 2nd leg: 1-0 (away goals win) |
Al Wahda (Syria) |
Geylang United (Singapore) |
Home United (Singapore) |
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[edit] Performance by nation
| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up |
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| 1 |  Jordan |
2 | 0 |
| 2 |  Syria |
1 | 1 |
| 3 |  Bahrain |
0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Lebanon |
0 | 1 |
[edit] External links
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AFC football
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Asian Cup | Challenge Cup | Youth Championship | U-17 Championship | Futsal Championship |
| AFC clubs football |
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Champions League | Cup | President's Cup | Cup Winners Cup (defunct) | Super Cup (defunct) |
| AFC women's football |
