2012 AFC President's Cup

The 2012 AFC President's Cup will be the eighth edition of the AFC President's Cup. It is a football competition for "emerging countries" by the Asian Football Confederation. Teams from 12 member associations will compete.^[1]

Qualifying teams

The following 12 associations will be represented in the 2012 AFC President's Cup.^[2]

Notes

• Mongolia applied to enter the 2012 AFC President's Cup,^[3] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011,^[2] and will make their debut in the competition.^[4]
• Myanmar applied for upgrade to the 2012 AFC Cup,^[5] and was approved by the AFC in November 2011.^[2]
• ^TH Title holders

Schedule

Schedule of dates for 2012 competition.^[6]

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

Group stage

In the group stage, the twelve teams are divided into three groups of four teams each. Each group is played in a single round-robin format at a centralized venue. The top two teams from each group qualify for the final stage. The clubs 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:^[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.

Final stage

The final stage is played at a centralized venue, to be chosen from one of the final stage qualifiers. The six teams which qualified for the final stage are divided into two groups of three teams each, played in a single round-robin format. The winner from each group qualify for the single-match final to decide the title (extra time and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary).^[7]

See also

• 2012 AFC Champions League
• 2012 AFC Cup

References

External links

• AFC President's Cup Official Page (English)