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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:

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:

  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; (Away goals do not apply)
  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.

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

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

  1. (2011-12-06). "AFC Cup 2012 - Group Stage draw". AFC.
  2. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012". AFC.
  3. "AFC Cup 2012 Competitions Regulations". AFC.
  4. (27 February 2012). "Yemen, Syria clubs to play in neutral venue". AFC.
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