The 2022–23 Independence Cup, also known as Bashundhara Group Independence Cup 2022 due to the sponsorship from
Bashundhara Group
Bashundhara Group ( bn, বসুন্ধরা গ্রুপ) is a Bangladeshi conglomerate. It is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It was incorporated in 1987 as a real estate company venture under the name East West ...
. It was the 12th edition of the
Independence Cup, the oldest official club
football
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tournament in Bangladesh. A total of 16 teams were contested in the tournament including two coming through qualifying round.
Bashundhara Kings
Bashundhara Kings ( bn, বসুন্ধরা কিংস) is a professional football team based in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. They clinched the title of the 2017 Bangladesh Championship League, the second tier of th ...
is the defending champion. They have won the title by beating
Sheikh Russel KC
Sheikh Russel KC is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, currently playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. The club has won the Federation Cup in 2012, which was their first major title. They also won their maiden Banglad ...
by 2(4)−2(1) penalties shoot out on 5 December 2022.
Participating teams
The following sixteen teams will contest in the tournament.
Venues
The matches are being played at these three venues across the country.
Draw
The draw ceremony were held on 31 October 2022 at 3rd floor of BFF house
Motijheel
Motijheel ( bn, মতিঝিল) is a ''thana'' (administrative division) of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is at the heart of the city (the General Post Office is considered the zero point of Dhaka). Motijheel is the major business and commercial hub ...
, Dhaka. There are sixteen team was divided into four groups. Top two team from each group will through in the
Knockout stage
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.
Group summary
Round and dates
Match officials
;Referees
* Md Anisur Rahman Sagor
* Anwar Hossain
* Bituraj Barua
* Md Mizanur Rahman
* Md Nasiruddin
* Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayan
* Bhubon Mohon Tarafder
* Sabuj Das
* Rimon Mahmud
;Assistant Referees
* Md Nuruzzaman
* Md Jahid Hasan
* Sheikh Iqbal Alam
* Md Alamgir Sarker
* Rasel Mahmud
* Md Monir Dhali
* Md Mahmudul Hasan Mamun
* Sujoy Barua
* Junayed Sharif
* Ahmed Rafsan Joni
* Robin Khan
* Mehedi Hasan Emon
* Shah Alam
* Shafiqul Islam Emon
* Soumik Pal
* Bikash Sarker
Qualifying play-offs
Matches
All times at local (
UTC+6
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Almaty, Dhaka, Omsk, Thimphu, Astana, Bishkek, Camp Justice''
South Asia
*Bangladesh – Bangladesh S ...
)
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Group stages
;Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to
points
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Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
* Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Point ...
(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
#Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
#Goal difference in all group matches;
#Goals scored in all group matches;
#
Penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
#Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
#Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
*In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time,
extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
to determine the winner.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third-place
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
Own goals
''† Bold Club indicates winner of the match''
Hat-tricks
n Player scored n goals.
Winners
Awards
Player of the Match
See also
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2022–23 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)
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2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League
The 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as BPL 9 is the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top-level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh, organized by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). In July ...
References
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Independence Cup (Bangladesh)
2022 in Bangladeshi football
2022 Asian domestic association football cups