Yesterday afternoon, the 2021 season's AFC Cup group draw ceremony was held online at the AFC headquarters Malaysia capital Kuala Lumpur . All participating teams are divided into five districts and a total of ten groups. Each district is divided according to the association ranking + club ranking, and the principle of avoidance with the association is adopted. The results of the group draws in each district are as follows:
West Asia Zone: Three groups and 12 teams 11 places were directly promoted, and the qualifying teams competed for 1 place
. No team had received the AFC license before. Syria . At the last moment, two teams passed the AFC Cup qualification review and restored their group stage seats; while the group stage direct quota assigned to Oman and Palestinian was still valid due to the absence of Syrian teams. The last group stage qualification was competed by the Palestinian and Kuwait teams.
Qualification match:
April 20: Palestine Amali Youth (League Runner-up) VS Kuwait SC (League Champion)
Group Group:
A Group: Lebanon Al Ahed (18-19 League Cup Double Champion), Bahrainhid (League Champion), Damascus Unified Syria (Cup Champion), Oman Arnasr (Cup Champion)
B Group: Jordan Alsot (Fourth in the League, Jordan League runner-up and third place in the League have not obtained the AFC license), Balatta Youth (League Champion), Arnar Lebanon (18-19 League runner-up), Bahrain Muharag (Champion Champion)
C Group: Syrian Di Srien (Champion Champion), Oman Alshib (Champion Champion), Jordan Alfisari (Fifth in the League), qualifying team
West Asia Zone Group Stage will be held in a tournament system from May 23 to 29, with a single loop within the group, the first of the three groups and the second of the best results will enter the West Asia Zone semi-finals; the semi-finals adopt a two-round home and away system, and the game time is September 13-14 and September 27-28; the winning team in the semi-finals will compete for two home and away games on October 20 and November 3 to decide the West Asia Zone Champion, and participate in the AFC Cup final on November 26.
South Asia: One group and four teams, three places are directly promoted, and six teams in the qualifying round compete for one group stage
Qualifying round 1 against : April 7
Maldives Male Eagles (League runner-up) VS Bhutan Thimphu (League champion)
Nepal Army Club (League runner-up) VS Sri Lanka Police (Cup Champion)
Qualification Round 2: April 14
India Bangalore (League 3rd place) VS Nepal/Sri Lanka Winning Team
Bangladesh Dhaka Abahani (League 2nd in 18-19) VS Maldives/Bhutan Winning Team
Qualification Round 3: html l6 On April 21, the second round of the qualifying match won the teams to
group match group:
D group: India ATK Mohenbagan (League runner-up), Bangladesh King Basandra (Cup Champion), Maldives Mazya (League Champion), Qualifying match team
South Asia will hold the tournament single-round group match from May 14 to 20, and the first in the group will enter the cross-district semi-finals of the Greater East Asia region.
Central Asian Zone: Two groups and seven teams, unqualified
Uzbekistan directly qualified for the AFC Cup group stage, and four teams directly qualified for the Central Asian Zone, so a group has been added in the Central Asian Zone, and all three teams that originally needed to participate in the qualifying round can directly participate in the group stage.
Group match group:
E Group: Tajikistan Ravshan (Cup Champion), Kyrgyzstan Dodoi (League Champion), Turkmenistan Ahar (League runner-up)
F Group: Uzbekistan representative (the third place in the AFC qualifying round of the AFC if Almarek does not enter the AFC group stage; When Ermarek enters the AFC group stage, only the league runner-up with no AFC license only the AFC Cup license is Nassaff, who is replaced to participate in the AFC Cup group stage), Turkmenistan Artin Asir (League Cup double champion), Tajikistan Khujand (League Runner-up), Kyrgyzstan Alai (Champion Champion)
Central Asia District will hold a single-round group stage from May 14 to 20, and the first in the two groups will hold two rounds of home and away games on August 11 and 25 to decide the Central Asia Champion to participate in the cross-district semifinals of the Greater East Asia District.
Southeast Asia: 12 teams in three groups, 10 places are directly promoted, 6 teams in the qualifying round compete for 2 places
Qualification match first round: April 28
Cambodia Visaka (Cup Championship) VS East Timor Larenok (Cup Championship)
Laos Toyota (League Championship) VS Brunei Kashuka (League Runner-up)
Qualifying round second round: May 19
Myanmar Handawady United (League Runner-up) VS Laos/Brunei wins team
Indonesia Pesipra (League 3rd place) VS Cambodia/East Timor-Leste win team
group group:
G group: Vietnam Hanoi (Champion League runner-up), Indonesian Bali United (League Champions League Champions League), Cambodia Wanji Angkor (League Champions League), Qualification Team (Myanmar/Laos/Brunei)
H group: Malaysia Kedah (League Runner-up), Singapore Lion City Mariners (League 3), Vietnam Saigon (League 3), Qualification Team (Indonesia/Cambodia/East Timor-Leste)
I group: Philippines Kaya FC Iloilo (League Runner-up, such as Kaya If the Canadian Champions League qualifiers advance, there will be no substitute team), Myanmar representatives (the league champion Shan Confederate who participates in the AFC qualifiers will participate in the AFC Cup if the league champions do not enter the AFC group stage; if the Shan Confederate advances to the AFC group stage, the league third place Irrawaddy United will take over the AFC Cup group stage), Malaysia Tengganu (the third place in the league), Singapore Geylang International (the hall of the league)
Southeast Asia will hold a single-round group stage from June 22-28, the first of the three groups and the second with the best results will enter the single-game semi-finals of the Southeast Asia region from August 10-11, and the two winning teams will hold a single-game final on August 25 to decide the Southeast Asia champion to participate in the cross-zone semi-finals of the Greater East Asia region.
East Asia Region: Group 4 teams, unqualified
East Asia Region North Korea and Macau teams all withdrew from the competition, leaving only four participating teams from the three Football Associations, so there is no need to play the qualifying match again.
Group group:
J Group: Hong Kong Oriental (Champion League Runner-up), Chinese Taipei Tainan City Team (League Champions League), Mongolian Athletics 220 Team (League Champions League), Hong Kong Liwen (League Hall, League Third R&F disbanded)
East Asia District will hold a round-robin group match from May 14-20, and the first in the group will enter the cross-district semi-finals of the Greater East Asia District.
East Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and South Asia are in the two-round home and away Greater East Asia semi-finals, with the matches from September 14-15 and September 28-29; the two semi-finals winning teams will play the two-round home and away Greater East Asia finals on October 20 and November 3. The Greater East Asia Champion will win a single game with the West Asia Champion on November 26 to decide the 2021 AFC Cup championship, and the champion team will win a place in the 2022 AFC Champions League qualifiers.
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