The 2007 AFC Cup was the fourth edition of the

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, playing among clubs from nations who are members of the

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Qualification

The 13 'developing' nations in the

were invited to nominate one or two clubs to participate in the 2007 competition.

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winners, Al-Faisaly of

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

qualify automatically, but proceed to the group stage.

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and

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

lose ration for

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. Instead of sending two teams by each country to compete for

, the second representative team of

and

is demoted to play in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

were excluded, after they were relegated to AFC President's Cup along

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

. Champions of

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

and

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

did not participate. The draw took place in

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on 22 December, allocating teams into six groups.

Group stage

Key to colors in group tables: *''Green:'' Group winners and Best runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Best runners-up

Two best runners-up, one from groups A, B and C and one from groups D, E and F, qualify for the quarter-finals.

Group A, B, C (West & Central Asia Zone)

Group D, E, F (East, South & South East Asia Zone)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Footnotes

References

External links

AFC Cup official page
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Qualification

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Best runners-up

Group A, B, C (West & Central Asia Zone)

Group D, E, F (East, South & South East Asia Zone)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Top goalscorers

See also

Footnotes

References

External links