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2008 AFC President's Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | AFC President's Cup |
| year | 2008 |
| image | 2008 AFC President's Cup logo.svg |
| size | 180 |
| country | Kyrgyzstan |
| dates | 12 April - 26 June (group stage) |
| 19-21 September (final stage) | |
| num_teams | 4 (final stage) |
| 11 (total) | |
| associations | 11 |
| champion_other | TJK Regar-TadAZ |
| count | 2 |
| second_other | KGZ Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn |
| matches | 18 |
| goals | 75 |
| top_scorer | MYA Thi Ha Kyaw (6 goals) |
| prevseason | 2007 |
| nextseason | 2009 |
19-21 September (final stage) 11 (total) The 2008 AFC President's Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" by the Asian Football Confederation. For this edition, the tournament was extended from eight to eleven teams, with three groups in place of the previous two. The three new teams came from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Turkmenistan. The eleven teams that competed were split up into three groups and played each other team in their group once. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified for the semifinals, and the winners of the semifinal matches played in the final match to determine the winner.
Each group was to be played over a period of days in April at one venue - Group A at Dashrath Stadium, Nepal, Group B at Chungshan Stadium, Taiwan and Group C at Sugathadasa Stadium, Sri Lanka. However, due to political unrest in Nepal, Group A matches were postponed and eventually played at MPPJ Stadium, Malaysia in June.
The final stage of the competition was played in Kyrgyzstan from 19–21 September.
Venues
Group stage
| Kuala Lumpur | Taipei | Colombo | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPPJ Stadium | Changchun Soccer Stadium | Sugathadasa Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | |||
| [[File:Petaling Jaya Stadium. 2019-12-12 18-36-16.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Inside the Zhongshan Soccer Stadium.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Sugatadasa Stadium.jpg | 200px]] |
Final stage
| Bishkek |
|---|
| Spartak Stadium |
| Capacity: 23,000 |
Qualifying teams
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAN Bangladesh | Abahani Ltd. | 2007 B.League champions | 1st | |
| BHU Bhutan | Transport United | 2007 A-Division champions | 4th | 2007 |
| CAM Cambodia | Nagacorp FC | 2007 Cambodian League champions | 1st | |
| TPE Chinese Taipei | Taipower | 2007 Enterprise Football League champions | 2nd | 2005 |
| KGZ Kyrgyzstan | Dordoi-Dynamo | 2007 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 4th | 2007 |
| MYA Myanmar | Kanbawza | 2007 Myanmar Premier League champions | 1st | |
| NEP Nepal | Nepal Police Club1 | 2006–07 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions2 | 2nd | 2007 |
| PAK Pakistan | WAPDA3 | 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League champions | 2nd | 2005 |
| SRI Sri Lanka | Ratnam SC | 2007 Kit Premier League champions | 3rd | 2007 |
| TJK Tajikistan | Regar-TadAZ | 2007 Tajik League champions | 3rd | 2007 |
| TKM Turkmenistan | FC Aşgabat | 2007 Turkmenistan League champions | 1st |
1 Mehandra Police Club now known as Nepal Police Club. 2 No league held in 2007–08 so 2006–07 champions qualify. 3 Pakistan Army F.C. were originally Pakistan's entrants, but replaced by WAPDA for rearranged group stage.
Group stage
Group A
All matches played at MPPJ Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Rai
Tukhtasunov
Ismoilov
Rai
Group B
All matches played at Chungshan Stadium, Taipei
Vathanak
Amirov Askarov
Ablakimov
Group C
All matches played at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Asmeer
Weerasinghe
Jayasuriya
Pushpakumara
Amanow , ,
Murhalyýew ,
Saparow
Mohamed
Tun , , , Lwin Htet , Than Amanow
Final stage
Semi-finals
Murzaev
Simões
Minhairov
Makhmudov
Geldiýew
Mirzoýew
Final
(3–4 pens.)
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|---|
| KGZ Boris Podkorytov |
|---|
| TJK Khabibulloev Makhmadjon |
|---|
OFFICIALS
- Linesman: Sokhandan Reza (Iran)
- Linesman: Bakhtiyor Tagaev (Uzbekistan)
References
References
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