AFC President\'s Cup

AFC President's Cup
Current season or competition: AFC President's Cup 2008
Sport	Football (soccer)
Founded	2005
No. The AFC President's Cup 2008 will be the fourth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a competition for football clubs in countries categorized as "emerging nations" Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Athletics (track and field For an extensive coverage see 2005 in athletics (track and field Track of teams	8
Country(ies)	AFC member nations
Most recent champion(s)	Dordoi-Dynamo

The AFC President's 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 FC Dordoi-Dynamo is a Kyrgyz football club based in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan. 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

1 Competition format
2 Qualification
3 Participating countries
4 Participating Countries in 2009
5 Results
6 Performance by nation
7 See also
8 External links

Competition format

The eight teams are split into two groups, and each team in the group plays each other team in their group once. The winner in each group plays the runner up in the other group in the semi finals, and the winner of the semi finals play each other to determine the winner of the competition. There is no match for third place.

Qualification

Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'emerging nations' category as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document. Countries which are 'mature' and 'developing' nations are entered into the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, respectively. The AFC Champions League is the current annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation (AFC The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC. For an 'emerging nation' to have a team representing it in the competition, however, the country must have an acceptable football league. The team that represents a country in one season of the competition is the defending champion of the top-level leagues of participating countries.

Participating countries

Country	2008 team	Best result (team, season)
Bangladesh	Abahani Ltd.	Did not play
Bhutan	Transport United	Group Stage (various)
Cambodia	Nagacorp	Semifinals (Khemara in 2006)
Chinese Taipei	Taipower	Semifinals (Tatung in 2006)
Kyrgyzstan	Dordoi-Dynamo	Champion (Dordoi-Dynamo in 2006 and 2007)
Myanmar	Kan Baw Za	Have not Played
Nepal	Mahendra Police Club	Runner-up (Mahendra Police Club in 2007)
Pakistan	WAPDA	Group Stage (various)
Sri Lanka	Ratnam Sports Club	Semifinals (various)
Tajikistan	Regar TadAZ	Champion (Regar TadAZ in 2005)
Turkmenistan	FC Asgabat	Did not Played

Participating Countries in 2009

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Results

Season	Host	Final			Semifinalists (No 3rd place match)
Season	Host	Champions	Score	Runner-up	Semifinalists (No 3rd place match)
2008 Details	Chinese Taipei
2007 Details	Pakistan	Dordoi-Dynamo	2-1	Mahendra Police Club	Ratnam Sports Club	Regar TadAZ
2006 Details	Malaysia	Dordoi-Dynamo	2-1 (aet)	Vakhsh	Tatung	Khemara
2005 Details	Nepal	Regar TadAZ	3-0	Dordoi-Dynamo	Blue Star SC	Three Star Club

Performance by nation

#	Nation	Winners	Runners-up
1	Kyrgyzstan	2	1
2	Tajikistan	1	1
3	Nepal	0	1

External links

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