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2014 AFC President's Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | AFC President's Cup |
| image | File:Sugatadasa Stadium.jpg |
| size | 280px |
| caption | Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo hosted the final |
| year | 2014 |
| country | Sri Lanka (final stage) |
| Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage) | |
| dates | 1–11 May 2014 (group stage) |
| 20–26 September 2014 (final stage) | |
| num_teams | 6 (final stage) |
| 11 (total) | |
| associations | 11 |
| champion_other | TKM HTTU Asgabat |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | PRK Rimyongsu |
| matches | 22 |
| goals | 70 |
| attendance | |
| top_scorer | TKM Süleýman Muhadow |
| (11 goals) | |
| player | TKM Süleýman Muhadow |
| prevseason | 2013 |
| nextseason | 2024–25 |
| (AFC Challenge League) |
Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage) 20–26 September 2014 (final stage) 11 (total) (11 goals) (AFC Challenge League)
The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia, and the final edition under the AFC President's Cup title, as the competition was relaunched under the name AFC Challenge League starting in 2024–25. Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.
On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed the year of 2014 to be the last edition of the competition. Starting from 2015, league champions of emerging countries were eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.
In the final, HTTU Aşgabat of Turkmenistan defeated Rimyongsu of North Korea 2–1, and became the second consecutive team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.
Venues
| Colombo | Bacolod | Ulaanbaatar | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugathadasa Stadium | Panaad Stadium | MFF Football Centre | |||
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 9,825 | Capacity: 5,000 | |||
| [[File:Sugatadasa Stadium.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Panaad Stadium.jpg | 200px]] | [[File:Mff-football-centre-ulaanbaatar.jpg | 200px]] |
Teams
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:
- An association originally participating in the AFC President's Cup may apply to participate in the 2014 AFC Cup.
- An association originally not participating in any AFC club competitions may apply to participate in the 2014 AFC President's Cup.
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:
- Kyrgyzstan and Palestine clubs' participation were upgraded from the AFC President's Cup to the AFC Cup starting from 2014 by the AFC.
- Clubs from North Korea were approved to participate in the AFC President's Cup for the first time in 2014.
Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAN Bangladesh | Sheikh Russel | 2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions | 1st | none |
| BHU Bhutan | Ugyen Academy | 2013 Bhutan National League champions | 1st | none |
| CAM Cambodia | Svay Rieng | 2013 Cambodian League champions | 1st | none |
| TPE Chinese Taipei | Tatung | 2013 Intercity Football League champions | 3rd | 2007 |
| MNG Mongolia | Erchim | 2013 Mongolian Premier League champions | 3rd | 2013 |
| NEP Nepal | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions | 2nd | 2006 |
| PRK North Korea | Rimyongsu | 2013 Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games winners | 1st | none |
| PAK Pakistan | KRL | 2013–14 Pakistan Premier League champions | 4th | 2013 |
| PHI Philippines | Ceres | 2013–14 PFF–Smart National Club Championship winners | 1st | none |
| SRI Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Air Force | 2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions | 1st | none |
| TKM Turkmenistan | HTTU Aşgabat | 2013 Ýokary Liga champions | 2nd | 2010 |
;Notes
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
- Group stage: 1–11 May 2014
- Final stage: 20–26 September 2014
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The eleven teams were drawn into two groups of four and one group of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage. Tiebreakers ;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the 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
- Goal difference in all the group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
- Penalty shoot-out 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 a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots
Group A
- Matches were played in Sri Lanka (all times UTC+5:30).
Dawood Qasim Mithun Millien Bisswash
Mithun Ahmed Dharshaka Ishan
Group B
- Matches were played in the Philippines (all times UTC+8).
Reichelt
Guirado
Jong Il-gwan Ri Hyok-chol Pak Song-chol
Group C
- Matches were played in Mongolia (all times UTC+8).
Daravorn Azeez Maskey Malla Tola
Gal-Erden
Final stage
The draw for the final stage, played at a centralized venue, was held on 25 July 2014, 12:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same ranking rules as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the final. The final was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary.
The final stage was played in Sri Lanka (all times UTC+5:30).
Group A
Gurung
Group B
Ri Hyok Ri Kwang-hyok Pak Song-chol
Pak Song-chol Ro Hak-su Kim Kyong-il
Final
Muhadow
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|---|
| TKM Begench Garayev |
|---|
| PRK Jon Man-ho & Jo Tong-sop |
|---|
| 2014 AFC President's Cup |
|---|
| TKM |
| HTTU Aşgabat |
| 1st Title |
Awards
| Award | Player | Team | Most Valuable Player | Top Goalscorer | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TKM Süleýman Muhadow | TKM HTTU Aşgabat | ||||
| TKM Süleýman Muhadow | TKM HTTU Aşgabat | ||||
| — | ? |
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Group stage | Final stage | Total | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TKM Süleýman Muhadow | TKM HTTU Aşgabat | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BAN Mithun Chowdhury Mithun | BAN Sheikh Russel | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PRK Pak Song-chol | PRK Rimyongsu | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PRK Ri Kwang-hyok | PRK Rimyongsu | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PRK Ri Jin-hyok | PRK Rimyongsu | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SRI Kavindu Ishan | SRI Sri Lanka Air Force | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| BAN Shakil Ahmed | BAN Sheikh Russel | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HAI Pascal Millien | BAN Sheikh Russel | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CAM Nub Tola | CAM Svay Rieng | 2 | × | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MNG Soyol-Erdene Gal-Erdene | MNG Erchim | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NEP Dipak Rai | NEP Manang Marshyangdi Club | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PRK Ri Hyok-chol | PRK Rimyongsu | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PHI Juan Luis Guirado | PHI Ceres | 2 | × | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PHI Patrick Reichelt | PHI Ceres | 2 | × |
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References
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- (21 December 2013). "Ceres repeats as SMART PFF National Football Champions". The Passionate Fan - Yahoo Sports Philippines.
- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014". AFC.
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