The AFC Cup 2010 was the seventh edition of the Asian Football Confederation discharged (AFC) AFC Cup . As part of a restructuring and upgrading of the AFC Champions League according to new criteria, the AFC Cup also got a different face from 2009 than in previous years. The gymnast was held from March 16 to November 6, 2010. The group stage draw took place on December 7, 2009 at the headquarters of the Asian Association in Kuala Lumpur.
The Syrian representative Al-Ittihad won the AFC Cup, in the final the Aleppo Al Qadsia Kuwait defeated Kuwait on penalties.
Added to this are the winners of the play-offs between the representatives of Qatar and Uzbekistan and the four losers from the play-offs of the 2010 AFC Champions League .
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Group stage
In the group stage, 32 teams play in eight groups, each with four teams, in league mode (home and away leg) according to the three-point rule. The teams are divided according to geographical considerations: teams from West and Central Asia play in groups A to E, teams from East and Southeast Asia play in groups F to H. The first two in the group qualify for the final round of the last 16.
Final round
The round of 16 is drawn and decided in just one game. From the quarter-finals onwards, the tournament winner will be played in a knockout system with a two-legged game, whereby the away goals rule applies. If there is no winner in the second leg and / or final after regular playing time and overtime, the winner will be determined in a penalty shoot-out.
The final was played in just one game. The venue is the home stadium of one of the two finalists.
Qualified teams
Qualifying round
Originally a play-off between the representatives of Qatar and Uzbekistan was planned, but since the Iraqi teams were excluded from participation, Al-Rayyan and Nasaf move into the group stage.
* The second club from Malaysia withdrew from the competition before the start of the AFC Cup. The place is Persiwa Wamena take from Indonesia.
** The Iraqi Football Association was suspended by FIFA in November 2009. On January 6, 2010, the teams from Iraq were definitively excluded from participation.
Nawaf Al Khaldi - Hussain Fadel, Musaed Neda, Aamer Al Fadhel, Mohammed Rashid (111th Ali Al Nemsh) - Talal Al Amer, Fahed Al Ansari, Jehad Al Hussain (120th Soud Al Mejmed), Abdulaziz Al Mashaan - Ahmed Al Bloushi , Hamad Al Enezi (78th Firas Al Khatib ) Coach: Mohammed Ibrahem
Khaled Haj Othman - Ahmad Kalasi (84th Radwan Kalaji), Omar Hemidi, Majed Homsi, Abdulkader Dakka - Mohamad Fares (91st Salah Shahrour), Taha Dyab, Mohamad Al Hasan, Jude Kongnyuy, Ahmad Haj Mohamad - Tamer Rashid (72nd. Ayman Salal) Coach: Valeriu Tiţa
1-0 Hamad Al Enezi (29th)
1: 1 Taha Dyab (53rd)
penalties shoot
Fahed Al Ansari
1: 1 Ahmed Al Bloushi
Firas Al Khatib
2: 3 Soud Al Mejmed
0: 1 Omar Hemidi
1: 2 Taha Dyab
1: 3 Abdulkader Dakka
2: 4 Radwan Kalaji
Talal Al Amer (51st), Hussain Fadel (90th), Abdulaziz Al Mashaan (117th)
Ahmad Haj Mohamad (58th), Abdulkader Dakka (90th), Salah Shahrour (91st)