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2012 AFC Cup group stage
The 2012 AFC Cup group stage was contested by a total of 32 teams (20 from West Asia Zone and 12 from East Asia Zone). They included:
- 28 teams which directly entered the 2012 AFC Cup group stage (17 from West Asia Zone and 11 from East Asia Zone)
- 3 losers of the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off final round (2 from West Asia Zone and 1 from East Asia Zone)
- 1 winner of the 2012 AFC Cup qualifying play-off (from West Asia Zone)
The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 December 2011, 15:00 UTC+08:00. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.
In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 6–7 March, 20–21 March, 3–4 April, 10–11 April, 24–25 April, and 8–9 May 2012. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
- Goal difference in all the group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
- Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
- 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)
- Drawing of lots.
Groups
Each team had been numbered from 1 to 4, the numbers determine the order of the fixtures:
- Match Day 1: 1 vs 4, 3 vs 2
- Match Day 2: 2 vs 1, 4 vs 3
- Match Day 3: 1 vs 3, 4 vs 2
- Match Day 4: 3 vs 1, 2 vs 4
- Match Day 5: 4 vs 1, 2 vs 3
- Match Day 6: 1 vs 2, 3 vs 4
Group A
Al Soma
Al-Saadi
Hayel
Al-Saadi
Al Fadhel
Al-Mutairi
Al-Mutawa
Attiah
Hayel
Al-Maharmeh Al-Saadi Al-Saadi
Al-Mutairi Al Soma Al Hasan
;Notes
- Note 1: Due to the political crisis in Syria, the AFC requested Syrian clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.
Group B
Radhi
Al Wuhaib Jammeh
Al Hussain
Faraj
Sharyan
Al-Gabr
Khalaf
Al Azmi
Radhi
;Notes
- Note 2: Due to the political crisis in Yemen, the AFC requested Yemeni clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.
Group C
Al-Salem Walibi
Lambin Dakik Atwi Zreik Tadevosyan
Shamweel Fané
Al-Shammari Khamis
Shamweel Hussain Al-Hamed Al Thyab Al-Sulim
Al-Sulim
Al Kandari
Al-Thiab
Al-Shehri
Rogerinho
Khamis
Jameel
Seumen
Waleed
Group D
Berdiev
Oliveira Alijonov
Shelbaieh
Berdiev Saidov
Elias Al-Sabah Shelbaieh Abu Hwaiti
Shelbaieh
Gonsalves Bevan
Al-Sabah
Berdiev
Al-Wahaibi
Al-Mashaikhi
Ra'fat
Group E
Rafe Mohammed Saad
Hesham Mohammed Ali Saad
Al Waked Awad
Abadi
Hesham Mohammed
Hussein
Habib Kaddoura
;Notes
- Note 3: Due to the political crisis in Yemen, the AFC requested Yemeni clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.
- Note 4: Due to the political crisis in Syria, the AFC requested Syrian clubs to play their home matches at neutral venues.
Group F
Tarrés
Chu Siu Kei
Chu Siu Kei
Doe
Hadi
Joseph
Hoàng Văn Bình
Dieng
Hadi
Group G
Mendy Qiu Li
Baise
Diakité
Mendy
Chiu Chun Kit Sham Kwok Fai On-Mo Etae
Anzité
Tam Lok Hin
Kachaplayuk
Group H
Aung Kyaw Myo Ngangue
Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa
Zamri
Sithu Than
Amiruddin
Musafri
Ghaddar
Musafri
Amiruddin
Nguyễn Quang Hải
References
References
- (2011-12-06). "AFC Cup 2012 - Group Stage draw". AFC.
- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012". AFC.
- "AFC Cup 2012 Competitions Regulations". AFC.
- (27 February 2012). "Yemen, Syria clubs to play in neutral venue". AFC.
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