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 Taiwan Power Company (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]

Taiwan Power Company 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 Taiwan Power Company 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

21 May 2011
13:30
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata Kyrgyzstan 2 – 0 Bangladesh Abahani Limited
Adzhiniiazov  10'
Pavlov  33' 		Report

21 May 2011
16:00
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 3 – 0 Sri Lanka Don Bosco
Njoku  25'
Sokumpheak  66'
Chaya  67' 		Report

23 May 2011
13:30
Don Bosco Sri Lanka 0 – 2 Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Report Pavlov  24'
Baldinov  65'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)

23 May 2011
16:00
Abahani Limited Bangladesh 0 – 1 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Report Chaya  80'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Rustam Kholov (Tajikistan)

25 May 2011
13:30
Abahani Limited Bangladesh 4 – 1 Sri Lanka Don Bosco
Rony  17'
Ibrahim  51', 61', 81' (pen.) 		Report Arachchilage  15'

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

13 May 2011
15:30
Yadanarbon Myanmar 6 – 0 Bhutan Yeedzin
Yan Paing  4', 50'
Pai Soe  11', 15', 36'
Koné  40' 		Report

15 May 2011
15:30
Yeedzin Bhutan 0 – 8 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Report Fatkhuloev  16', 30'
Vasiev  24'
Tokhirov  56', 63', 70', 76'
Saburov  90+2'

15 May 2011
18:00
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'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombeni (Iran)

17 May 2011
15:30
Yadanarbon Myanmar 1 – 1 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Yan Paing  90+3' (pen.) Report Davronov  57'

17 May 2011
15:30
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

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company 321051+47
Turkmenistan Balkan 321041+37
Pakistan WAPDA 310224−23
Nepal Nepal Police Club 300305−50

22 April 2011
15:30
WAPDA Pakistan 0 – 3 Chinese Taipei Taiwan Power Company
Report Pan Kuao-kai  41'
Chen Yi-wei  55'
Ho Ming-tsan  65'

22 April 2011
15:30
Balkan Turkmenistan 2 – 0 Nepal Nepal Police Club
Kuçerenkow  41'
Diwanow  52' 		Report

24 April 2011
15:30
Balkan Turkmenistan 1 – 0 Pakistan WAPDA
Diwanow  31' Report

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

21 September 2011
16:00
Balkan Turkmenistan 1 – 1 Tajikistan Istiqlol
Gurbani  23' Report Tokhirov  45+1'
Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung
Attendance: 209
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

23 September 2011
19:00
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'

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

19 September 2011
16:00
Phnom Penh Crown Cambodia 2 – 1 Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Njoku  35'
Chaya  56' 		Report Alimov  79'

21 September 2011
19:00
Yadanarbon Myanmar 0 – 4 Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown
Report Njoku  3', 83'
Sokumpheak  22'
Sopanha  32'
Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung
Attendance: 422
Referee: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (UAE)

23 September 2011
16:00
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.)
Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung
Attendance: 269
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

Final

Phnom Penh Crown
Taiwan Power Company
PHNOM PENH CROWN:
GK 1 Cambodia Peng Bunchay
DF 3 Cambodia Thul Sothearith  52'
DF 4 Cambodia Tieng Tiny  28'  66'
DF 12 Nigeria Odion Obadin  60'
DF 14 Cambodia Sun Sovannrithy Red card 90+4'
MF 8 Cambodia San Narith Red card 90+4'
MF 23 Cambodia Sun Sopanha  79'
MF 27 Cambodia Khim Borey  69'
FW 9 Cambodia Chan Chaya Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 79', 90+4'
FW 10 Cambodia Kouch Sokumpheak
FW 20 Nigeria Kingsley Njoku
Substitions:
DF 6 Cambodia Sok Sovan  66'
FW 19 Cambodia Sok Pheng  78'  69'
MF 13 Cambodia Hong Ratana  79'
Manager:
England David Booth
TAIWAN POWER COMPANY:
GK 1 Chinese Taipei Pan Wei-chih
DF 3 Chinese Taipei Tu Ming-feng
DF 5 Chinese Taipei Chen Yu-lin Red card 77'
DF 12 Chinese Taipei Chen Yi-wei  87'
DF 15 Chinese Taipei Liang Chien-wei
DF 17 Chinese Taipei Lee Meng-chian
MF 7 Chinese Taipei He Ming-chan  73'
MF 10 Chinese Taipei Hung Kai-chun
MF 11 Chinese Taipei Feng Pao-hsing
MF 26 Chinese Taipei Chen Po-liang
FW 9 Chinese Taipei Kuo Yin-hung
Substitutions:
DF 16 Chinese Taipei Tsai Sheng-an  73'
FW 23 Chinese 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 1 1 2 2 6
2 Myanmar Yan Paing Myanmar Yadanarbon 2 2 1 5
Myanmar Pai Soe Myanmar Yadanarbon 3 1 1 5
Tajikistan Farkhod Tokhirov Tajikistan Istiqlol 4 1 5
Uzbekistan Pavel Pavlov Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 1 1 3 5
Nigeria Kingsley Njoku Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 1 1 2 1 5

See also

References

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