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2016 AFC Cup

2016 AFC Cup
Tournament details
DatesQualifying round:
11–15 August 2015
Competition proper:
9 February – 5 November 2016
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 40 (from 23 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1st title)
Runners-upBengaluru FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played127
Goals scored361 (2.84 per match)
Attendance394,183 (3,104 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hammadi Ahmed (16 goals)
Best player(s)Hammadi Ahmed
Fair play awardBengaluru FC
2015
2017

The 2016 AFC Cup was the 13th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]

Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq defeated India's Bengaluru FC in the final to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming the first Iraqi team to win the competition.[2] Johor Darul Ta'zim, the defending champions, were eliminated in the semi-finals by Bengaluru FC.

  1. ^ "2016 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. 28 November 2015.
  2. ^ "AFC President congratulates Air Force Club for historic". AFC. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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