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AFC Cup |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Region | Asia (AFC) |
| Number of teams | 20 |
| Current champions |  Shabab Al Ordon |
| Most successful club | Al-Faisaly (2 time champions) |
 AFC Cup 2008 |
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The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The 46 member Asian Football Confederation ( AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including Shabab Al Ordon Al Qadisiya ( شباب الأردن القادسية) (Jordan Youth Club is a Jordanian football club based in Amman, Jordan. For the Saudi Arabian football team see Al-Faisaly (Al Majma'ah. AFC Cup 2008 is the 5th edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The 46 member Asian Football Confederation ( AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document [1]. Countries which are 'mature' nations are entered into the AFC Champions League, and countries which are 'emerging' nations are entered into the AFC President's Cup. The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC (2008The AFC President's Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC The 'developing nations' are the fourteen 'next-best' countries which lie outside the top-14 countries in the AFC region which send their club sides to the more prestigious AFC Champions League. The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC Thus the two competitions are not interlinked as the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup in Europe, and Champions League losers do not compete in the Cup. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.
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Participating nations and regions
Clubs from the following 15 football associations take part in the competition. Italics are relagated or excluded.
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West Asia |
Central Asia |
South Asia |
East Asia |
Southeast Asia |
* Vietnam and Thailand lose ration for 
Australia in AFC Champions League. The Kingdom of Bahrain (in مملكة البحرين,, literally Kingdom of the Two Seas) is an Island country in the Persian Gulf Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman ( Arabic: سلطنة عُمان) is an Arab Country in Southwest Asia on the southeast Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly Turkmenistan ( Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially The Maldives ( or, or Maldive Islands) officially the Republic of Maldives, is an Island nation consisting of a group of atolls stretching India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Singapore Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for AFC Champion League, the second representative team of Vietnam and Thailand is demoted to play in AFC Cup.
Singapore, 
Thailand, 
Vietnam, 
Indonesia, 
India, 
Uzbekistan, 
Qatar, 
Syria, 
Kuwait, Jordan all to One Team from 2009 AFC Cup, 
North Korea and 
Myanmar are excluded, and 
Turkmenistan, 
Bangladesh, 
Maldives, 
Yemen, 
Lebanon are relagated to AFC President's Cup. Singapore The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (الأردنّ al-Urdunn) is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Turkmenistan ( Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially The Maldives ( or, or Maldive Islands) officially the Republic of Maldives, is an Island nation consisting of a group of atolls stretching Yemen ( Arabic: اليَمَن al-Yaman officially the Republic of Yemen ( Arabic: الجمهورية اليمنية al-Jumhuuriyya Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية (2008The AFC President's Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC
Competition format
The format of the AFC Cup is the same as that for the AFC Champions League. The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC Each country sends two teams representing the domestic league winners and the cup winners. The participating teams are split into six groups of three or four, with each team playing the others in the group in a round robin format. The term round-robin describes correspondence to a single Address authored or signed by numerous individuals (as found in a Petition) The winners of each group and two best runner-up enter into the quarter finals. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals are played as a knockout competition.
Results
| Season | Final | Semifinalists (No 3rd place match) | |||||
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| Champions | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 2008 Details |
1st leg: - 2nd leg: - |
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| 2007 Details |
Shabab Al Ordon Al Qadisiya |
1st leg: 1-0 2nd leg: 1-1 |
Al-Faisaly Amman |
Al Wihdat Amman |
Al-Nejmeh Beirut |
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| 2006 Details |
Al-Faisaly Amman |
1st leg: 3-0 2nd leg: 2-4 |
Muharraq Club |
Al Wihdat Amman |
Al-Nejmeh Beirut |
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| 2005 Details |
Al-Faisaly Amman |
1st leg: 1-0 2nd leg: 3-2 |
Al-Nejmeh Beirut |
New Radiant |
Xiangxue Sun Hei |
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| 2004 Details |
Al-Jaish Damascus |
1st leg: 2-3 2nd leg: 1-0 (away goals win) |
Al-Wahda Damascus |
Geylang United |
Home United |
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Performance by clubs
| # | Clubs | Winners | Runners-up | Semifinalist |
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| 1 | Al-Faisaly Amman |
2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Shabab Al Ordon Al Qadisiya |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al-Jaish Damascus |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Al-Nejmeh Beirut |
0 | 1 | 2 |
| Muharraq Club |
0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Al-Wahda Damascus |
0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | Al Wihdat Amman |
0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Geylang United FC |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| Home United FC |
0 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Radiant |
0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Xiangxue Sun Hei |
0 | 0 | 1 |
Performance by nations
| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Semifinalist |
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| 1 | Jordan |
3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Syria |
1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Lebanon |
0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Bahrain |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Singapore |
0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hong Kong |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maldives |
0 | 0 | 1 |
By Clubs' Statistics
See also
References
External links
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