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2007 AFC Cup

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Runners-up
  
Al-Faisaly

Dates
  
6 Mar 2007 – 9 Nov 2007

Goals scored
  
226

Champion
  
Shabab Al-Ordon Club

Teams
  
24

Matches played
  
86

Champions
  
Shabab Al-Ordon (1st title)

Top scorer(s)
  
Mohammed Ghaddar Odai Al-Saify (5 goals each)

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The 2007 AFC Cup was the 4th edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.

Contents

Qualification

The 'developing' 13 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 relegated AFC President's Cup along Turkmenistan.

Champions of North Korea and Myanmar were not participated

The draw took place in Kuala Lumpur on 22 December, allocating teams into six groups.

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables:

  • Green: Group winners and Best runners-up advance to the quarter finals.
  • The match between Victory SC and Xiangxue Sun Hei was postponed to 9 May after the assistant referees from Indonesia were unable to arrive in the Maldives as their flight was delayed.

    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.

    References

    2007 AFC Cup Wikipedia