The 2017 General Aung San Shield ( my, Bogyoke Aung San Shield) is the third season of
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
knockout
football
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competition. The tournament is organized by the
Myanmar Football Federation
The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) ( my, မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဘောလုံး အဖွဲ့ချုပ်) is the governing body of association football, football in Myanmar. The MFF oversees the Burmese Myanmar nat ...
. It is the league cup competition started in 2017 Myanmar football season. This cup succeeded the
Myanmar Football Federation Cup. MFF has changed the cup competition style as follows.
In the first round, ten clubs competing in 2017 MNL-2 and two clubs which were promoted to 2017 MNL, twelve teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with six teams emerged as winners. In the second round, ten clubs competing in 2016 MNL and the six winners from the first round, sixteen teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with eight teams emerged as winners. The Quarter-finals will still be played as one-legged matches but the Semi-final will be competed as two-legged (Home and Away) matches.
The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the
2018 AFC Cup
The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fin ...
.
Prize fund
Results
Preliminary Round
Preliminary round consists of two rounds for teams currently playing in the Regional League Division 1 level. The First round was held 24 April 2017.
First round
Second round
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers
Sponsor
Official Main Sponsor
*
Myanmar Brewery Ltd
Official Partner
*
AYA Bank
Media Broadcasting
*
MWD
Co-sponsor
* AYA Myanmar Insurance
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M-150
* Thanlwin Private School
* Sumitomo Electric
References
{{2017 in Asian Football (AFC)
General Aung San Shield
2017 in Burmese football
2017 domestic association football cups