AFC CUP

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   AFC CUP

The AFC Cup is a domestic clubs competition by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) running clubs; it’s an annual International association football competition. The clubs gives the players some benefits to join their club but first they have to fulfill each clubs requirements Qualification to the competition is available to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries as laid out in their 'Vision Asia' document. Emerging nation countries are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off, only mature countries are entered in the AFC Champions League.

Some countries whom are very lucky on making the AFC title to them, there are fourteen lucky countries that lie outside the AFC region which send their clubs to the more prestigious AFC Champions League. In 2009 before the reform in competition the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europe League are in Europe are not interlinked , and AFC Champions League losers did not compete in the Cup.

There are many teams whom have won the AFC Cup. The most successful club in the competition's history is Al-Kuwait whom has won three titles. There are different Clubs in Kuwait whom have won four titles and making Kuwait the most successful nation in the competition. Become champions after defeating Bengaluru FC in the final to win the 2016 AFC Cup is Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya .

      History

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            In 2004, that had developing status competed in the first competition with 18 teams being nominated AFC CUP has been started it’s  a second tier competition there are fourteen mature countries whom are  participated in it the AFC Cup. The other two groups had east and South East Asia Group A, B, C had West and Central Asian teams. Where it was a random draw in who was going to play. Al-Jaish was the first of taking the first AFC CUP and there are three runner ups would then head to the knock-out stage after they defeated fellow Syrian opponents Al-Wahda on away goals.

18 teams competed from nine nations in 2005, with the nations still being from one or two teams entering allowed choosing. In the final After Syrian teams left the AFC Cup to try at the Champions League for four years, Al-Faisaly defeated Al-Nejmeh .While Bangladesh would be relegated to the AFC President's Cup which is where they would be until 2015 where they would attempt to qualify with it Jordan teams would win the next two AFC Cup's with Bahrain joining the league

In 2008 Al-Muharraq would break the trend, As they participated in the last two years , this year they make the brake down .

                ALLOCATION

Only 27 countries teams got the facility to reach there on this stage of AFC CUP. Asterisks is the representation of these occasions where finally one team is qualified for the AFC CUP with in 32 AFC countries have had teams participate in qualification, these are the allocation of these countries.