The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a

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competition organized by the

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(AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in

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, and the final edition under the AFC President's Cup title, as the competition was relaunched under the name ''AFC Challenge League'' starting in 2024–25.

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were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament. On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed the year of 2014 to be the last edition of the competition. Starting from 2015, league champions of emerging countries were eligible to participate in the

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qualifying play-off. In the

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, HTTU Aşgabat of Turkmenistan defeated Rimyongsu of North Korea 2–1, and became the second consecutive team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.

Venues

Teams

The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association: *An association originally participating in the AFC President's Cup may apply to participate in the

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. *An association originally not participating in any AFC club competitions may apply to participate in the 2014 AFC President's Cup. The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year: *

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and

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clubs' participation were upgraded from the AFC President's Cup to the AFC Cup starting from 2014 by the AFC. *Clubs from

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were approved to participate in the AFC President's Cup for the first time in 2014. Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition. ;Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. *Group stage: 1–11 May 2014 *Final stage: 20–26 September 2014

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in

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. The eleven teams were drawn into two groups of four and one group of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage. ;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: #Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned #

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resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned #Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned #Goal difference in all the group matches #Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches #

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if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play #Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card) #Drawing of lots

Group A

*Matches were played in

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(all times UTC+5:30). ---- ----

Group B

*Matches were played in the

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Group C

*Matches were played in

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(all times UTC+8). ---- ----

Final stage

The draw for the final stage, played at a centralized venue, was held on 25 July 2014, 12:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in

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. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same ranking rules as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the

. The final was played as a single match, with

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and

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used to decide the winner if necessary. The final stage was played in

(all times UTC+5:30).

Group A

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Group B

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Final

Awards

Top scorers

References

External links

AFC President's Cup
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Venues

Teams

Schedule

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Final stage

Group A

Group B

Final

Awards

Top scorers

See also

References

External links