The 2018 Malaysia Cup knockout stage began on 21 September 2018 and concluded on 27 October 2018 with the final at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, to decide the champions of the 2018 Malaysia Cup. A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase.
Qualified teams The knockout phase involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage. GroupWinners(Seeded in quarter final draw)Runners-up(Unseeded in quarter final draw)A Terengganu PerakB PKNS FELDA UnitedC Johor Darul Ta'zim KelantanD Sabah Pahang
Format The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: In the draw for the quarter-final, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.
Schedule The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre in Petaling Jaya).
RoundDraw date and timeFirst legSecond legQuarter-finals30 July 2018, 15:30 UTC+821–23 & 25 September 201828–30 September 2018Semi-finals6–7 October 201820–21 October 2017Final27 October 2018 at Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Bracket
Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 21, 22, 23 & 25 September, and the second legs were played on 28, 29 and 30 September 2018.
Matches First leg
Second leg
Terengganu won 6–4 on aggregate.
First leg
Second leg
2–2 on aggregate. Sabah won on away goals.
First leg
Second leg
Johor Darul Ta'zim won 3–1 on aggregate.
First leg
Second leg
Perak won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 October, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 October 2018.
Matches First leg
Second leg
Terengganu won 3–2 on aggregate.
First leg
Second leg
Perak won 7–2 on aggregate.
Final
The final was played on 27 October 2018 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam.
References
External links Football Malaysia Official Website - (Malaysia Cup)