AFC Cup Draw Result

AFC News - KUALA LUMPUR

Bahrain league champions Muharraq face a tricky assignment in the quarter-finals of this year’s AFC Cup after being drawn against Malaysian treble winners Kedah. The knockout stage draw, held at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, produced East-West meetings in three of the four quarter-finals with Malaysia’s other representatives, Perak, facing Lebanese side Safa. Singapore are also represented by two teams with double winners Singapore Armed Forces meeting Oman’s Al Nahda while Home United take on Indian champions Dempo.

The first legs of the quarter-finals will be played on Tuesday, September 16 with the return matches held a week later on September 23. Saturday’s draw also determined the semi-final match-ups and raised the possibility of either an all-Singaporean or all-Malaysian final. The winner of the Muharraq-Kedah tie will face the winner of the SAF-Al Nahda match in one semi-final while the winner of the Perak-Safa clash will take on either Dempo or Home United match in the other last four match.

The semi-final matches will take place on October 7 and 21 with the two legs of the final slated for October 31 and November 7.

QUARTER-FINAL DRAW

Perak (Malaysia) vs Safa (Lebanon)
Armed Forces (Singapore) vs Al Nahda (Oman)
Dempo (India) vs Home United (Singapore)
Muharraq (Bahrain) vs Kedah (Malaysia)