The 2017 General Aung San Shield () is the third season of

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 ...

knockout

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competition. The tournament is organized by the

Myanmar Football Federation The Myanmar Football Federation ( MFF; ) is the governing body of football in Myanmar. The MFF oversees the Burmese men's national team, the women's national team, and youth national teams as well as national football championships and profes ...

. It is the league cup competition started in 2017 Myanmar football season. This cup succeeded the Myanmar Football Federation Cup. MFF has changed the cup competition style as follows. In the first round, ten clubs competing in 2017 MNL-2 and two clubs which were promoted to 2017 MNL, twelve teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with six teams emerged as winners. In the second round, ten clubs competing in 2016 MNL, and the six winners from the first round, sixteen teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with eight teams emerged as winners. The Quarter-finals will still be played as one-legged matches, but the Semi-final will be competed as two-legged (Home and Away) matches. The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the

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Prize fund

Results

Preliminary round

Preliminary round consists of two rounds for teams currently playing in the Regional League Division 1 level. The First round was held 24 April 2017.

First round

Second round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top goalscorers

Sponsor

Official Main Sponsor

* Myanmar Brewery Ltd

Official Partner

* AYA Bank

Media Broadcasting

* MWD

Co-sponsor

* AYA Myanmar Insurance * M-150 * Thanlwin Private School * Sumitomo Electric

References

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