2011 AFC President's Cup

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.

2011 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countryChinese Taipei
Dates20 April – 25 May (group stage)
19–25 September (final stage)
Teams6 (final stage)
12 (total) (from 12 associations)
Final positions
Champions Taipower FC (1st title)
Runners-up Phnom Penh Crown
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored90 (3.6 per match)
Attendance58,208 (2,328 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ho Ming-tsan
(6 goals)
Best player(s) Chen Po-liang

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]

TaiPOWER FC 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 Abahani Limited 2009–10 Bangladesh League champions 4th 2010
Bhutan Yeedzin 2010 A-Division champions 2nd 2009
Cambodia Phnom Penh Crown 2010 Cambodian League champions 3rd 2009
Chinese Taipei Taipower FC 2010 Intercity Football League champions 4th 2009
Kyrgyzstan Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 2010 Kyrgyzstan League champions 1st none
Myanmar Yadanarbon 2010 Myanmar National League champions 2nd 2010
Nepal Nepal Police Club 2010 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions 4th 2009
Pakistan WAPDA 2010 Pakistan Premier League champions 4th 2009
Palestine Jabal Al Mukaber 2009–10 West Bank Premier League champions 1st none
Sri Lanka Don Bosco 2010–11 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions 1st none
Tajikistan Istiqlol 2010 Tajik League champions 1st none
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 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
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
Phnom Penh Crown 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
Abahani Limited 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Don Bosco 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source:
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 2–0 Abahani Limited
Adzhiniiazov  10'
Pavlov  33'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Phnom Penh Crown 3–0 Don Bosco
Njoku  25'
Sokumpheak  66'
Chaya  67'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Don Bosco 0–2 Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Report Pavlov  24'
Baldinov  65'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Abahani Limited 0–1 Phnom Penh Crown
Report Chaya  80'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Rustam Kholov (Tajikistan)
Abahani Limited 4–1 Don Bosco
Rony  17'
Ibrahim  51', 61', 81' (pen.)		 Report Arachchilage  15'
Attendance: 1,000
Phnom Penh Crown 0–1 Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Report Adjiniyazov  79'
Attendance: 7,000

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Istiqlol 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
Yadanarbon 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7
Jabal Al Mukaber 3 1 0 2 10 6 +4 3
Yeedzin 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source:
Yadanarbon 6–0 Yeedzin
Yan Paing  4', 50'
Pai Soe  11', 15', 36'
Koné  40'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Istiqlol 2–0 Jabal Al Mukaber
Fatkhuloev  58'
Rabimov  89'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Yeedzin 0–8 Istiqlol
Report Fatkhuloev  16', 30'
Vasiev  24'
Tokhirov  56', 63', 70', 76'
Saburov  90+2'
Attendance: 1,200
Jabal Al Mukaber 3–4 Yadanarbon
Maraaba  8'
A. Aliwisat  27'
Al Amour  39'		 Report Hussein Hasan  41' (o.g.)
Yan Paing  45+3', 58'
Pai Soe  90+4'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Hedayat Mombeni (Iran)
Yadanarbon 1–1 Istiqlol
Yan Paing  90+3' (pen.) Report Davronov  57'
Attendance: 6,000
Jabal Al Mukaber 7–0 Yeedzin
A. Aliwisat  2'
Halman  9'
S. Aliwisat  14'
Al Amour  33', 44'
Khatib  64'
Wadi  80'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Taipower FC 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
Balkan 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
WAPDA 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Nepal Police Club 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source:
Nepal Police Club 0–2 WAPDA
Report Mehmood  39'
Pathan  88'
Attendance: 3,000
Taipower FC 1–1 Balkan
Ho Ming-tsan  67' Report Alikperow  36'
Attendance: 600
WAPDA 0–3 Taipower FC
Report Pan Kuao-kai  41'
Chen Yi-wei  55'
Ho Ming-tsan  65'
Attendance: 350
Balkan 2–0 Nepal Police Club
Kuçerenkow  41'
Diwanow  52'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sgt Win Cho (Myanmar)
Nepal Police Club 0–1 Taipower FC
Report Chiang Shih-lu  67'
Attendance: 1,000
Balkan 1–0 WAPDA
Diwanow  31' Report
Attendance: 600

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
Taiwan Power Company 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6
Balkan 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
Istiqlol 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source:
Istiqlol 0–2 Taiwan Power Company
Report Chen Po-liang  39'
Chiang Shih-lu  41'
Attendance: 1,435
Balkan 1–1 Istiqlol
Gurbani  23' Report Tokhirov  45+1'
Attendance: 209
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
Taiwan Power Company 4–3 Balkan
Ho Ming-tsan  57', 66' (pen.)
Kuo Yin-hung  81'
Chen Po-liang  87'		 Report Gurbani  24', 25'
Garahanow  62'
Attendance: 2,067

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Phnom Penh Crown 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 2 1 0 1 9 4 +5 3
Yadanarbon 2 0 0 2 2 12 −10 0
Source:
Phnom Penh Crown 2–1 Neftchi Kochkor-Ata
Njoku  35'
Chaya  56'		 Report Alimov  79'
Attendance: 118
Yadanarbon 0–4 Phnom Penh Crown
Report Njoku  3', 83'
Sokumpheak  22'
Sopanha  32'
Attendance: 422
Referee: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (UAE)
Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 8–2 Yadanarbon
Pavlov  5', 73', 90+2'
Djamshidov  33', 87'
Dzhumataev  79', 90'
Dzhalilov  86'		 Report Pai Soe  35'
Rakhmanjonov  47' (o.g.)
Attendance: 269
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)

Final
Phnom Penh Crown 2–3 Taiwan Power Company
Njoku  34'
Sovannrithy  82'		 Report Ho Ming-tsan  2', 47'
Chen Po-liang  67'
Attendance: 3,238
Phnom Penh Crown
Taiwan Power Company

Assistant referees:
Nassir Al Mudhaffar (Saudi Arabia)
Mohamed Salman (Bahrain)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

 2011 AFC President's Cup 

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 0 F 0 Total
1 Ho Ming-tsan Taiwan Power Company 1122 6
2 Yan Paing Yadanarbon 221 5
Pai Soe Yadanarbon 311 5
Farkhod Tokhirov Istiqlol 41 5
Pavel Pavlov Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 113 5
Kingsley Njoku Phnom Penh Crown 1121 5

See also

References
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  2. "Yadanarbon in uncharted waters". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 March 2011.
  3. "High hopes from Palestine club: Suzuki". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 March 2011.
  4. "Taiwan Power win AFC President's Cup". the-afc.com. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  5. "Palestine clubs set for AFC President's Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 26 September 2010.
  6. "President's Cup group stage draw on March 14". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 24 February 2011.
  7. "AFC President's Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  8. "Chinese Taipei to host AFC President's Cup Finals". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 June 2011.
  9. "AFC President's Cup Final Stage draw on July 29". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 15 July 2011.
  10. "Kyrgyz challenge awaits Yadanarbon". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 July 2011.
  11. "Triple treat for Taiwan Power". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
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