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2013 AFC Cup group stage
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The group stage of the 2013 AFC Cup was played from 26 February to 1 May 2013. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.[1]
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The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
The following 32 teams (16 from West Asia Zone, 16 from East Asia Zone) were entered into the group-stage draw, which included the 31 automatic qualifiers and the qualifying play-off winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:
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Al-Muharraq (Bahrain) withdrew after the draw was held. As a result, Regar-TadAZ (Tajikistan), which were initially to enter the qualifying play-off, instead directly entered the group stage, and only two teams participated in the qualifying play-off.
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Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[1]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned (away goals do not apply)
- Goal difference in all the group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
- Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
- Drawing of lots
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Groups
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The matchdays were 5–6 March, 12–13 March, 2–3 April, 9–10 April, 23–24 April, and 30 April–1 May 2013.[3]
Group A
- Al-Riffa are ranked ahead of Safa on head-to-head record.
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Group B
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
- Notes
Group C
Attendance: 2,560
Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
- Notes
Group D
- Notes
Group E
- Notes
- ^ The Kitchee v Churchill Brothers match was rescheduled from the original date of 5 March 2013 due to India's participation in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification from 2 to 6 March 2013.[4]
Group F
- New Radiant and Yangon United are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.
- Notes
- ^ The Yangon United v Persibo Bojonegoro match was rescheduled from the original date of 5 March 2013 due to Myanmar's participation in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification from 2 to 6 March 2013.[4]
- ^ The Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei v Persibo Bojonegoro was abandoned in the 65th minute with Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei leading 8–0 after a series of injuries left Persibo Bojonegoro with only six players on the field and below the legal limit.[5] The AFC decided that the result stood according to the regulations of the competition.[6]
Group G
- Notes
- ^ The SHB Đà Nẵng v Ayeyawady United match was rescheduled from the original date of 6 March 2013 due to Myanmar's participation in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification from 2 to 6 March 2013.[4]
Group H
- Selangor are ranked ahead of Sài Gòn Xuân Thành on head-to-head record.
- Notes
- ^ The East Bengal v Selangor match was rescheduled from the original date of 6 March 2013 due to India's participation in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification from 2 to 6 March 2013.[4]
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