2007 AFC Cup

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The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the AFC Cup, playing among clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualification

The 13 'developing' nations in the Asian Football Confederation were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition. 2006 winners, Al-Faisaly of Jordan qualify automatically, but proceed to the group stage. Vietnam and Thailand lose ration for Australia in AFC Champions League. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for AFC Champions League, the second representative team of Vietnam and Thailand is demoted to play in AFC Cup. Bangladesh were excluded, after they were relegated to AFC President's Cup along Turkmenistan. Champions of North Korea and Myanmar did not participate. The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into six groups.

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables:

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Best runners-up

Two best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and one from groups D, E and F, qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A, B, C (West & Central Asia Zone)

Group D, E, F (East, South & South East Asia Zone)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Footnotes

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