2019 AFC Cup group stage

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The 2019 AFC Cup group stage was played from 25 February to 26 June 2019.[1] A total of 36 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 11 places in the knockout stage of the 2019 AFC Cup.[2]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 22 November 2018, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone cannot be drawn into the same group.

The mechanism of the draw was as follows:

  • For the West Asia Zone, a draw was held for the five associations with two direct entrants (Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Lebanon) to determine the order of associations occupying the following group positions (higher-seeded team of each association allocated to first position, lower-seeded team of each association allocated to second position): A1 and B2, B1 and C2, C1 and A2, A3 and B4, B3 and C4. The direct entrant from Oman and the play-off winners were allocated to positions C3 and A4 respectively.
  • For the ASEAN Zone, a draw was held for the five associations with two direct entrants (Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar) to determine the order of associations occupying the following group positions (higher-seeded team of each association allocated to first position, lower-seeded team of each association allocated to second position): F1 and G2, G1 and H2, H1 and F2, F3 and G4, G3 and H4. The direct entrants from Laos and Cambodia were allocated to positions H3 and F4 respectively.
  • For the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone, no draw was held. The direct entrants were allocated to group positions 1, 2 and 3 according to their association ranking (Central Asia Zone: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan; South Asia Zone: India, Bangladesh, Nepal; East Asia Zone: Hong Kong, North Korea, Chinese Taipei), and the play-off winners were allocated to group positions 4.

The following 36 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 32 direct entrants and the four winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.

Zone Groups Teams
West Asia Zone A–C Syria Al-Jaish Syria Al-Ittihad Bahrain Al-Najma Bahrain Malkiya
Jordan Al-Wehdat Jordan Al-Jazeera Lebanon Al-Ahed Lebanon Nejmeh
Kuwait Al-Kuwait Kuwait Al-Qadsia Oman Al-Suwaiq State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds (Winners of Play-off West Asia)
Central Asia Zone D Tajikistan Istiklol Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr Kyrgyzstan Dordoi Tajikistan Khujand (Winners of Play-off Central Asia)
South Asia Zone E India Minerva Punjab Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka[note 1] Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club[note 1] India Chennaiyin (Winners of Play-off South Asia)
ASEAN Zone F–H Vietnam Hà Nội Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương Indonesia Persija Jakarta[note 1] Indonesia PSM Makassar[note 1]
Philippines Ceres–Negros Philippines Kaya–Iloilo Myanmar Yangon United Myanmar Shan United
Singapore Home United Singapore Tampines Rovers Laos Lao Toyota Cambodia Nagaworld
East Asia Zone I Hong Kong Kitchee North Korea April 25 Chinese Taipei Hang Yuen Hong Kong Tai Po (Winners of Play-off East Asia)
Standby teams[note 2]

Format[edit]

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:

  • The winners of each group and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone advanced to the Zonal semi-finals.
  • The winners of each group in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.

In the event that a group contains only three teams, it might be played on a double round-robin basis hosted by two of the teams if at least two of the three teams agree to this format (Regulations Article 10.1.7).[2]

Tiebreakers[edit]

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams playing each other in the last round of the group were tied;
  9. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  10. Association ranking.

Schedule[edit]

The schedule of each matchday is as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).[1][4]

  • Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays. One or two groups were played on each day, with the following groups played on Mondays:
    • Matchdays 1 and 2: Groups A and B
    • Matchday 3: Groups A and C
    • Matchday 4: Group B
    • Matchdays 5 and 6: Group C
  • Matches in the ASEAN Zone were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. One or two groups were played on each day, with the following groups played on Tuesdays:
    • Matchdays 1 and 2: Groups F and G
    • Matchday 3: Groups F and H
    • Matchday 4: Group G
    • Matchdays 5 and 6: Group H
  • Matches in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone were played on Wednesdays. If two teams from the same association were scheduled to play at home on the same matchday, the home match of the lower-seeded team was moved to Tuesday.
Matchday Dates Matches
W, A C, S, E
Matchday 1 25–27 February 2019 3 April 2019 Team 1 vs. Team 4, Team 3 vs. Team 2
Matchday 2 11–13 March 2019 17 April 2019 Team 4 vs. Team 3, Team 2 vs. Team 1
Matchday 3 1–3 April & 3 May 2019 30 April – 1 May 2019 Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 3
Matchday 4 15–17 & 23 April & 6 May 2019 15 May 2019 Team 2 vs. Team 4, Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 5 29 April – 1 May 2019 19 June 2019 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 6 13–15 May 2019 26 June 2019 Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4

Groups[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WEH JAI HAQ NEJ
1 Jordan Al-Wehdat 6 4 1 1 12 4 +8 13 Zonal semi-finals — 1–1 2–0 1–0
2 Syria Al-Jaish 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10 1–0 — 1–1 2–2
3 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 6 2 2 2 7 11 −4 8 2–6 0–0 — 2–1
4 Lebanon Nejmeh 6 0 1 5 4 10 −6 1 0–2 0–1 1–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Jaish Syria1–1State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
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Attendance: 48
Al-Wehdat Jordan1–0Lebanon Nejmeh
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Attendance: 4,395
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
Hilal Al-Quds State of Palestine2–6Jordan Al-Wehdat
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Attendance: 8,000
Nejmeh Lebanon0–1Syria Al-Jaish
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Attendance: 54
Al-Jaish Syria1–0Jordan Al-Wehdat
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Attendance: 230
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Al-Wehdat Jordan1–1Syria Al-Jaish
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Attendance: 3,504
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Nejmeh Lebanon0–2Jordan Al-Wehdat
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Attendance: 3,257
Nejmeh Lebanon1–2State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
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Attendance: 98
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Jaish Syria2–2Lebanon Nejmeh
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Attendance: 33
Al-Wehdat Jordan2–0State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
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Attendance: 7,817

Group B[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAZ KUW NAJ ITH
1 Jordan Al-Jazeera 6 5 1 0 13 2 +11 16 Zonal semi-finals — 1–0 3–0 4–0
2 Kuwait Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10 1–2 — 2–1 0–0
3 Bahrain Al-Najma 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 1–1 0–1 — 2–1
4 Syria Al-Ittihad 6 0 1 5 2 12 −10 1 0–2 0–2 1–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Kuwait Kuwait0–0Syria Al-Ittihad
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Attendance: 627
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Najma Bahrain1–1Jordan Al-Jazeera
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Attendance: 100
Al-Jazeera Jordan1–0Kuwait Al-Kuwait
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Attendance: 343
Al-Jazeera Jordan4–0Syria Al-Ittihad
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Attendance: 511
Al-Najma Bahrain0–1Kuwait Al-Kuwait
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Attendance: 80
Al-Kuwait Kuwait2–1Bahrain Al-Najma
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Attendance: 1,121
Al-Jazeera Jordan3–0Bahrain Al-Najma
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Attendance: 211
Al-Ittihad Syria0–2Kuwait Al-Kuwait
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Attendance: 254
Al-Najma Bahrain2–1Syria Al-Ittihad
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Attendance: 50
Al-Kuwait Kuwait1–2Jordan Al-Jazeera
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Attendance: 300

Group C[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AHE MAL QAD SUW
1 Lebanon Al-Ahed 6 4 2 0 8 3 +5 14 Zonal semi-finals — 2–1 0–0 4–2
2 Bahrain Malkiya 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8 0–0 — 1–2 2–2
3 Kuwait Al-Qadsia 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7 0–1 1–2 — 2–0
4 Oman Al-Suwaiq 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 0–1 1–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al-Ahed Lebanon0–0Kuwait Al-Qadsia
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Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Suwaiq Oman1–2Bahrain Malkiya
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Attendance: 500
Malkiya Bahrain0–0Lebanon Al-Ahed
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Attendance: 437
Al-Qadsia Kuwait2–0Oman Al-Suwaiq
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Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Al-Ahed Lebanon4–2Oman Al-Suwaiq
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Attendance: 1,000
Al-Qadsia Kuwait1–2Bahrain Malkiya
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Attendance: 2,300
Al-Suwaiq Oman0–1Lebanon Al-Ahed
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Attendance: 385
Malkiya Bahrain1–2Kuwait Al-Qadsia
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Attendance: 1,384
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Malkiya Bahrain2–2Oman Al-Suwaiq
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Attendance: 147
Al-Qadsia Kuwait0–1Lebanon Al-Ahed
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Attendance: 1,600
Al-Ahed Lebanon2–1Bahrain Malkiya
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Attendance: 2,155
Al-Suwaiq Oman2–1Kuwait Al-Qadsia
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Attendance: 150

Group D[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALT IST DOR KHU
1 Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr 6 2 4 0 7 4 +3 10 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 1–1 3–1 1–0
2 Tajikistan Istiklol 6 2 2 2 12 8 +4 8 1–1 — 4–1 3–0
3 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7[a] 1–1 2–1 — 3–0
4 Tajikistan Khujand 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7[a] 0–0 3–2 3–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Khujand 3–1 Dordoi, Dordoi 3–0 Khujand.
Istiklol Tajikistan3–0Tajikistan Khujand
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Attendance: 12,800
Dordoi Kyrgyzstan1–1Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr
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Attendance: 8,101
Khujand Tajikistan3–1Kyrgyzstan Dordoi
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Attendance: 7,200
Altyn Asyr Turkmenistan1–1Tajikistan Istiklol
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Attendance: 11,300
Khujand Tajikistan0–0Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr
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Attendance: 5,200
Istiklol Tajikistan4–1Kyrgyzstan Dordoi
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Attendance: 13,200
Altyn Asyr Turkmenistan1–0Tajikistan Khujand
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Attendance: 12,300
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
Dordoi Kyrgyzstan2–1Tajikistan Istiklol
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Attendance: 4,435
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
Khujand Tajikistan3–2Tajikistan Istiklol
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Attendance: 6,850
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Altyn Asyr Turkmenistan3–1Kyrgyzstan Dordoi
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Attendance: 11,250
Istiklol Tajikistan1–1Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr
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Attendance: 14,000
Dordoi Kyrgyzstan3–0Tajikistan Khujand
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Attendance: 1,100

Group E[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ABD CFC MIN MMC
1 Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 3–2 2–2 5–0
2 India Chennaiyin 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 1–0 — 0–0 2–0
3 India Minerva Punjab 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1 5 0–1 1–1 — 2–2
4 Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 0–1 2–3 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Manang Marshyangdi Club Nepal0–1Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka
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Attendance: 1,776
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
Chennaiyin India0–0India Minerva Punjab
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Attendance: 1,656
Abahani Limited Dhaka Bangladesh2–2India Minerva Punjab
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Attendance: 1,700
Chennaiyin India2–0Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club
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Attendance: 1,271
Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
Chennaiyin India1–0Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka
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Attendance: 1,224
Abahani Limited Dhaka Bangladesh3–2India Chennaiyin
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Attendance: 850
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Manang Marshyangdi Club Nepal2–3India Chennaiyin
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Attendance: 857

Group F[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAN TAM YAN NAG
1 Vietnam Hà Nội 6 4 1 1 23 5 +18 13[a] Zonal semi-finals — 2–0 0–1 10–0
2 Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 4 1 1 17 10 +7 13[a] 1–1 — 4–3 4–2
3 Myanmar Yangon United 6 2 0 4 10 14 −4 6 2–5 1–3 — 2–0
4 Cambodia Nagaworld 6 1 0 5 6 27 −21 3 1–5 1–5 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Tampines Rovers 1–1 Hà Nội, Hà Nội 2–0 Tampines Rovers.
Yangon United Myanmar1–3Singapore Tampines Rovers
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Attendance: 675
Hà Nội Vietnam10–0Cambodia Nagaworld
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Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
Nagaworld Cambodia2–1Myanmar Yangon United
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Attendance: 352
Tampines Rovers Singapore1–1Vietnam Hà Nội
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Attendance: 1,671
Nagaworld Cambodia1–5Singapore Tampines Rovers
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Attendance: 320
Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)
Hà Nội Vietnam0–1Myanmar Yangon United
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Attendance: 3,921
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Yangon United Myanmar2–5Vietnam Hà Nội
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Attendance: 524
Tampines Rovers Singapore4–2Cambodia Nagaworld
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Attendance: 1,283
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Nagaworld Cambodia1–5Vietnam Hà Nội
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Attendance: 396
Tampines Rovers Singapore4–3Myanmar Yangon United
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Attendance: 1,827
Hà Nội Vietnam2–0Singapore Tampines Rovers
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Attendance: 3,678
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Yangon United Myanmar2–0Cambodia Nagaworld
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Attendance: 241

Group G[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CER BBD PSJ SHA
1 Philippines Ceres–Negros 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9 15 Zonal semi-finals — 0–1 1–0 3–2
2 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 1–3 — 3–1 6–0
3 Indonesia Persija Jakarta 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 7 2–3 0–0 — 6–1
4 Myanmar Shan United 6 0 0 6 5 25 −20 0 0–5 1–2 1–3 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Persija Jakarta Indonesia0–0Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
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Attendance: 35,282
Ceres–Negros Philippines3–2Myanmar Shan United
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Attendance: 5,748
Shan United Myanmar1–3Indonesia Persija Jakarta
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Attendance: 512
Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam1–3Philippines Ceres–Negros
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Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Shan United Myanmar1–2Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
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Attendance: 545
Ceres–Negros Philippines1–0Indonesia Persija Jakarta
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Attendance: 5,878
Referee: Vahid Kazemi (Iran)
Becamex Bình Dương Vietnam6–0Myanmar Shan United
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Attendance: 2,548
Persija Jakarta Indonesia2–3Philippines Ceres–Negros
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Attendance: 26,923
Shan United Myanmar0–5Philippines Ceres–Negros
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Attendance: 420
Ceres–Negros Philippines0–1Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương
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Attendance: 5,347
Persija Jakarta Indonesia6–1Myanmar Shan United
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Attendance: 8,633

Group H[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PSM HOM KAY LAO
1 Indonesia PSM Makassar 6 4 2 0 17 8 +9 14 Zonal semi-finals — 3–2 1–1 7–3
2 Singapore Home United 6 3 1 2 9 11 −2 10 1–1 — 2–0 1–0
3 Philippines Kaya–Iloilo 6 2 2 2 13 7 +6 8 1–2 5–0 — 5–1
4 Laos Lao Toyota 6 0 1 5 7 20 −13 1 0–3 2–3 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Home United Singapore1–1Indonesia PSM Makassar
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Attendance: 1,589
Lao Toyota Laos1–1Philippines Kaya–Iloilo
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Attendance: 1,200
Kaya–Iloilo Philippines5–0Singapore Home United
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Attendance: 527
PSM Makassar Indonesia7–3Laos Lao Toyota
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Attendance: 626
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
PSM Makassar Indonesia1–1Philippines Kaya–Iloilo
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Attendance: 723
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Home United Singapore1–0Laos Lao Toyota
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Attendance: 1,247
Kaya–Iloilo Philippines1–2Indonesia PSM Makassar
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Attendance: 743
Lao Toyota Laos2–3Singapore Home United
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Attendance: 327
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
Kaya–Iloilo Philippines5–1Laos Lao Toyota
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Attendance: 397
PSM Makassar Indonesia3–2Singapore Home United
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Attendance: 517
Home United Singapore2–0Philippines Kaya–Iloilo
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Attendance: 963
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Lao Toyota Laos0–3Indonesia PSM Makassar
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Attendance: 230
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Group I[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification APR KIT TAI HYU
1 North Korea April 25 6 5 0 1 17 2 +15 15 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals — 2–0 4–0 5–0
2 Hong Kong Kitchee 6 3 1 2 11 10 +1 10 1–0 — 2–4 3–0
3 Hong Kong Tai Po 6 2 2 2 13 15 −2 8 1–3 3–3 — 4–2
4 Chinese Taipei Hang Yuen 6 0 1 5 4 18 −14 1 0–3 1–2 1–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Hang Yuen Chinese Taipei0–3North Korea April 25
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Attendance: 250
Kitchee Hong Kong2–4Hong Kong Tai Po
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Attendance: 2,481
April 25 North Korea2–0Hong Kong Kitchee
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Attendance: 3,800
Tai Po Hong Kong4–2Chinese Taipei Hang Yuen
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Attendance: 3,533
Tai Po Hong Kong1–3North Korea April 25
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Attendance: 4,341
Kitchee Hong Kong3–0Chinese Taipei Hang Yuen
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Attendance: 1,797
April 25 North Korea4–0Hong Kong Tai Po
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Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Hang Yuen Chinese Taipei1–2Hong Kong Kitchee
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Attendance: 410
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
April 25 North Korea5–0Chinese Taipei Hang Yuen
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Attendance: 3,100
Tai Po Hong Kong3–3Hong Kong Kitchee
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Attendance: 2,688
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Kitchee Hong Kong1–0North Korea April 25
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Attendance: 1,242
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Hang Yuen Chinese Taipei1–1Hong Kong Tai Po
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Attendance: 386

Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

West Asia Zone[edit]

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Syria Al-Jaish 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10[a] Zonal semi-finals
2 B Kuwait Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10[a]
3 C Bahrain Malkiya 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 8
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: Al-Jaish −6, Al-Kuwait −11.

ASEAN Zone[edit]

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 G Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Zonal semi-finals
2 F Singapore Tampines Rovers 6 4 1 1 17 10 +7 13
3 H Singapore Home United 6 3 1 2 9 11 −2 10
Source: AFC

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e The identity of the teams from Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia (both group stage and standby teams) was not known at the time of the group stage draw.
  2. ^ The standby teams would replace a team from the same association which played in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage. There were no standby teams from India (for Minerva Punjab), Vietnam (for Hà Nội), and Singapore (for Home United).
  3. ^ Davao Aguilas were the standby team from Philippines at the time of the draw, but were not active in 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.
  5. ^ a b The Hilal Al-Quds v Al-Jaish match, originally scheduled to be played on 30 April 2019, 17:00 UTC+3, at Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, was moved to a neutral venue.
  6. ^ a b The Hilal Al-Quds v Nejmeh match, originally scheduled to be played on 1 April 2019, 17:00 UTC+3, at Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, was postponed as Nejmeh failed to arrive for the match.[5][6] The match was rescheduled to 3 May 2019 and moved to a neutral venue.[7]
  7. ^ a b The Nejmeh v Hilal Al-Quds match, originally scheduled to be played on 16 April 2019, 19:00 UTC+3, at Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, was rescheduled to 6 May 2019 and moved to a neutral venue.[7]
  8. ^ a b The matches between Minerva Punjab and Chennaiyin on Matchdays 1 and 5, were reversed from the original scheduled dates of 3 April 2019 and 19 June 2019.
  9. ^ The Persija Jakarta v Ceres–Negros match was rescheduled from the original date of 16 April to 23 April due to its proximity to the general election held in Indonesia the next day.
  10. ^ a b c PSM Makassar played their home matches at Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong, instead of their home Andi Mattalata Stadium, Makassar, since the stadium did not meet AFC regulations.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ "Draw unveils exciting 2019 challenge". AFC. 22 November 2018.
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