The 2016 AFC Cup final was the final match of the 2016 AFC Cup, the 13th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from 'developing countries' in Asia according to the Vision Asia plan.
The final was contested as a single match between Iraqi team Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and Indian team Bengaluru. The match was hosted by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on 5 November 2016.
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Bengaluru 1–0 to become the first Iraqi team to win the AFC Cup title.
Venue As Iraqi teams were not allowed to host their home matches in their country, the final was played at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, also known as Qatar SC Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is the home stadium of Qatar Sports Club and holds 13,000 spectators.
Background Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup group stage as the 2014–15 Iraqi Premier League runners-up. This was their first appearance in the AFC Cup.
Bengaluru qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup as the 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup winners. This was their second consecutive appearance in the AFC Cup.
Both teams reached the AFC Cup final for the first time, and Bengaluru were the first team from India to reach the final.
Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaRound BengaluruOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Shabab Al-Dhahiriya2–0 (A)Matchday 1 Lao Toyota1–2 (A) Al-Oruba2–1 (H)Matchday 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim0–1 (H) Al-Wahda2–5 (A)Matchday 3 Ayeyawady United1–0 (A) Al-Wahda1–0 (H)Matchday 4 Ayeyawady United5–3 (H) Shabab Al-Dhahiriya4–1 (H)Matchday 5 Lao Toyota2–1 (H) Al-Oruba4–0 (A)Matchday 6 Johor Darul Ta'zim0–3 (A)Group C winnersFinal standingsGroup H runners-upOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout stageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Al-Wehdat2–1 (H)N/ARound of 16 Kitchee3–2 (A)N/A Al-Jaish5–11–1 (H)4–0 (A)Quarter-finals Tampines Rovers1–01–0 (H)0–0 (A) Al-Ahed4–31–1 (H)3–2 (A)Semi-finals Johor Darul Ta'zim4–21–1 (A)3–1 (H)
Rules The final was played as a single match, with the host team decided by draw. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.
Match
GK 1 Fahad Talib DF 3 Ali Abdul-Jabbar (c) DF 4 Saad Natiq DF 6 Sameh Saeed FW 9 Emad Mohsin FW 10 Hammadi Ahmed MF 11 Humam Tariq MF 17 Ahmad Abdul-Amir DF 36 Ali Bahjat FW 40 Amjad Radhi MF 46 Zaher MidaniSubstitutes GK 44 Amjed Raheem MF 15 Osama Ali FW 16 Ali Ghalioum MF 20 Mohammad Hasan MF 38 Halgurd Mulla Mohammed DF 41 Ahmed Abdul-Ridha DF 42 Saif HatemManager Basim Qasim GK 28 Lalthuammawia Ralte DF 2 Juanan DF 6 John Johnson MF 9 Álvaro Rubio FW 11 Sunil Chhetri (c) DF 13 Rino Anto MF 14 Eugeneson Lyngdoh MF 20 Alwyn George DF 20 Nishu Kumar MF 26 Cameron Watson FW 31 C. K. VineethSubstitutes GK 32 Calvin Abhishek DF 5 Keegan Pereira MF 17 Seminlen Doungel MF 21 Udanta Singh DF 24 Salam Ranjan Singh FW 25 Daniel Lalhlimpuia MF 30 MalsawmzualaManager Albert Roca AFC Man of the Match: Hammadi Ahmad (Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya)
Assistant referees: Yoon Kwang-yeol (South Korea) Kim Young-ha (South Korea) Fourth official: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea) Fifth official: Park Sang-jun (South Korea)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
References
External links AFC Cup, the-AFC.com