2019 AFC Cup final
Event | 2019 AFC Cup | ||||||
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Date | 4 November 2019 | ||||||
Venue | 2021 → |
The 2019 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the
The final was contested as a single match between April 25 from North Korea and Al-Ahed from Lebanon. The match was played at the Kuala Lumpur Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on 4 November 2019.
Al-Ahed won 1–0 by a goal from Ghanaian player Issah Yakubu. This was Al-Ahed's first continental title, as well as the first for a Lebanese team.[3] April 25 became the first North Korean men's football club to qualify for an Asian final,[4] while Al-Ahed were the third Lebanese side to do so (after Nejmeh in 2005 and Safa in 2008).[3]
Teams
Team | Zone | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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April 25 | East Asia Zone (EAFF) (Inter-zone play-off winner) |
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Al-Ahed | West Asia Zone (WAFF) | None |
Venue
The match was originally to be hosted by April 25 at the
Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
April 25 | Round | Al-Ahed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hang Yuen
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3–0 (A) | Matchday 1 | Al-Qadsia | 0–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kitchee | 2–0 (H) | Matchday 2 | Malkiya | 0–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tai Po | 3–1 (A) | Matchday 3 | Al-Suwaiq | 4–2 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tai Po | 4–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | Al-Suwaiq | 1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hang Yuen
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5–0 (H) | Matchday 5 | Al-Qadsia | 1–0 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kitchee | 0–1 (A) | Matchday 6 | Malkiya | 2–1 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group I winners
Source: AFC
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Final standings | Group C winners
Source: AFC
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Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout stage | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
— | Zonal semi-finals | Al-Wehdat | 1–0 | 1–0 (A) | 0–0 (H) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zonal finals | Al-Jazeera
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1–0 | 0–0 (A) | 1–0 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abahani Limited Dhaka | 5–4 | 3–4 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hà Nội | 2–2 (a) | 2–2 (A) | 0–0 (H) | Inter-zone play-off final |
Format
The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winners of the Inter-zone play-off final) alternated from the previous season's final.
Should it tied after regulation time,
Match
Details
April 25 | 0–1 | Al-Ahed |
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Live Report Stats Report |
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April 25
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Al-Ahed
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Man of the Match:
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Match rules[2]
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See also
- 2019 AFC Champions League Final
References
- ^ a b c d e f "4.25 SC v Al Ahed FC". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ a b Mahfoud, Maroun (5 November 2019). "Observations from Ahed's AFC Cup triumph". FaLebanon. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "North Korea loses hosting soccer match amid TV concerns". AP NEWS. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- ^ "نهائي كأس الاتحاد الآسيوي في الصين". lebanonfg.com (in Arabic). 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2019 final to be played in Shanghai". AFC. 22 October 2019.
- ^ "AFC Cup 2019 final to be played on November 4 in Kuala Lumpur". AFC. 25 October 2019.
External links
- AFC Cup, the-AFC.com
- AFC Cup 2019, stats.the-AFC.com