The 2015 Malaysia Cup (

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: ''Piala Malaysia 2015'') was the 89th edition of

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tournament organised by the

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. The 2015 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after six matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

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were the defending champions, having beaten Johor Darul Takzim on a penalty shootout 5–3 in last season's final, but they were eliminated by the eventual winner,

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, in the semi-finals. Selangor won the trophy after beating

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2–0. This edition also marked the last appearance of LionsXII in this competition.

Format

In the competition, the top 10 teams from

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were joined by the top 4 teams from

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. The remaining two teams from 2015 Malaysia Super League and the team who finished 5th and 6th place in the 2015 Malaysia Premier League competed in the playoffs for the remaining 2 spots. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2015 Malaysia Cup was held on 27 August 2015 at the Hilton Petaling Jaya with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.

Play-off

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Seeding

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

In the

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, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: *In the draw for the quarter final, the fourth group winners were seeded, and the fourth group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. *In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 24 November, and the second legs were played on 28 November 2015.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 2 December, and the second legs were played on 6 December 2015.

Final

The final will be played on 12 December 2015 at the

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Statistics

Top scorers

Statistics exclude play-off round. Source:

Winners

References

External links

Football Malaysia Official Website - (Malaysia Cup)
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