2017 AFC Cup knockout stage

The 2017 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 16 May to 4 November 2017.[1] A total of 11 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2017 AFC Cup.[2]

Qualified teams

The following teams advanced from the group stage:

  • The winners of each of the three groups and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) advanced to the Zonal semi-finals.
  • The winners of each group in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I) advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.
Key to colours
Teams which enter the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
Teams which enter the Zonal semi-finals
Zone Group Winners Best Runners-up
West Asia Zone A Al-Zawraa Al-Wahda
(Group B)
B Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
C Al-Wehdat
Central Asia Zone D Istiklol —
South Asia Zone E Bengaluru FC —
ASEAN Zone F Global Cebu Johor Darul Ta'zim
(Group F)
G Ceres–Negros
H Home United
East Asia Zone I April 25 —

Format

In the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the five zones until the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone).[1] Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the ASEAN Zone and the Inter-zone play-offs were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Round First leg Second leg
Zonal semi-finals 16–17, 22 May 2017 (W, A) 29–31 May 2017 (W, A)
Zonal finals 2 August 2017 (A),
12 September 2017 (W)		 9 August 2017 (A),
26 September 2017 (W)
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals 22–23 August 2017 12–13 September 2017
Inter-zone play-off final 27 September 2017 18 October 2017
Final 4 November 2017

Bracket

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Zonal semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs determined by identity of best runner-up: first team listed host first leg, second team listed host second leg)
Zonal finals (Order of legs decided by draw)
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, involving Winner Group D, Winner Group E, Winner Group I, and Winner AF)
Inter-zone play-off final (Winner IZSF1 host first leg, Winner IZSF2 host second leg)
  • IZF: Winner IZSF1 vs. Winner IZSF2
Final (Host team decided by draw)
  • Winner WF vs. Winner IZF

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 6 June 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4][5][6]

  ASEAN Zonal semi-finals
 		 ASEAN Zonal final
(Winner advances to Inter-zone play-off semi-finals)
                         
Global Cebu 2 2 4  
Home United 2 3 5  
    Home United 2 0 2
  Ceres–Negros 1 2 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3 1 4
Ceres–Negros (a) 2 2 4  
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals Inter-zone play-off final Final
                             
Istiklol 4 1 5  
Ceres–Negros 0 1 1  
  Istiklol 1 2 3  
  Bengaluru FC 0 2 2  
Bengaluru FC 3 0 3
  April 25 0 0 0  
Istiklol 0
West Asia Zonal semi-finals   West Asia Zonal final  
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1
  Al-Wahda 4 0 4  
Al-Wehdat 1 1 2  
Al-Wahda 2 0 2
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (a) 1 1 2  
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1 1 2
  Al-Zawraa 1 0 1  

Zonal semi-finals

In the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and identity of the best runner-up.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 Al-Zawraa 1–1 1–0
Al-Wahda 4–2 Al-Wehdat 4–1 0–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Global Cebu 4–5 Home United 2–2 2–3
Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–4 (a) Ceres–Negros 3–2 1–2

West Asia Zone
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–1 Al-Zawraa
 Report
Attendance: 11,509
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Al-Zawraa 0–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Report
Attendance: 75

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won 2–1 on aggregate.

Al-Wahda 4–1 Al-Wehdat
 Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Al-Wehdat 1–0 Al-Wahda
 Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

Al-Wahda won 4–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone
Global Cebu 2–2 Home United
 Report
Attendance: 486
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Home United 3–2 Global Cebu
 Report
Attendance: 1,370

Home United won 5–4 on aggregate.

Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–2 Ceres–Negros
 Report
Attendance: 14,220
Ceres–Negros 2–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
 Report
Attendance: 5,687
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

4–4 on aggregate. Ceres–Negros won on away goals.

Zonal finals

The draw for the Zonal finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.[4][5][6] The winner of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winner of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Al-Wahda 2–2 (a) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 2–1 0–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Home United 2–3 Ceres–Negros 2–1 0–2

West Asia Zone
Al-Wahda 2–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
 Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 Al-Wahda
 Report
Attendance: 306

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won on away goals.

ASEAN Zone
Home United 2–1 Ceres–Negros
 Report
Attendance: 3,024
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)
Ceres–Negros 2–0 Home United
 Report
Attendance: 7,534

Ceres–Negros won 3–2 on aggregate.

Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 6 June 2017. In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winner of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winner of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winner of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winner of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.[4][5][6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Istiklol 5–1 Ceres–Negros 4–0 1–1
Bengaluru FC 3–0 April 25 3–0 0–0
Istiklol 4–0 Ceres–Negros
 Report
Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Ceres–Negros 1–1 Istiklol
  • Herrera  34'
 Report
Attendance: 4,752

Istiklol won 5–1 on aggregate.

Bengaluru FC 3–0 April 25
 Report
Attendance: 4,709
April 25 0–0 Bengaluru FC
Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Wang Di (China)

Bengaluru FC won 3–0 on aggregate.

Inter-zone play-off final

In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw.[4] The winner of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Istiklol 3–2 Bengaluru FC 1–0 2–2
Istiklol 1–0 Bengaluru FC
 Report
Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
Attendance: 11,000
Bengaluru FC 2–2 Istiklol
 Report
Attendance: 7,862

Istiklol won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2017 AFC Cup Final

The draw for the final was held on 6 June 2017. In the final, the winner of the West Asia Zonal final and the winner of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team decided by draw.[4][5][6]

Istiklol 0–1 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Report
Hisor Central Stadium, Hisor
Attendance: 20,000

Notes
  1. The West Asia Zonal semi-final first leg between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Zawraa was agreed by the AFC to be staged in Iraq following FIFA's approval in May 2017 to allow international matches to be played there, and to allow logistical preparation, was moved from 15 May to 22 May.[7] The second leg was also expected to be played in Iraq, but the home side Al-Zawraa requested that it be played in Qatar.[8] The West Asia Zonal final second leg between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Al-Wahda was also played in Qatar.
  2. Teams from Syria are not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References
  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "2017 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. "AFC Cup 2017 Draw Mechanism" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "AFC Cup 2017 hopefuls await draw". AFC. 5 June 2017.
  5. "AFC Cup 2017 - Official Draw". YouTube. 6 June 2017.
  6. "AFC Cup Knockout Stage official draw concluded". AFC. 6 June 2017.
  7. "AFC Cup West Zone Semi-final to be staged in Iraq". AFC. 10 May 2017.
  8. "AFC agrees for second leg to be played in Doha after request from Al-Zawraa". Iraq Football Association. 11 May 2017.
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