The 2019 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the

2019 AFC Cup The 2019 AFC Cup was the 16th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Al-Ahed won the title for the first time, defeating April 25 in the final. Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya w ...

, the 16th edition of the

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, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the

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(AFC). The final was contested as a single match between

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from

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and

Al-Ahed Al Ahed Football Club ( ar, نادي العهد الرياضي, lit=The Covenant Sporting Club) is a football club based in Ouzai, a district in Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the Lebanese Premier League, the top flight of Lebanese footba ...

from

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

. The match was played at the

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on 4 November 2019. Al-Ahed won 1–0 by a goal from Ghanaian player Issah Yakubu. This was Al-Ahed's first continental title, as well as the first for a Lebanese team. April 25 became the first North Korean men's football club to qualify for an Asian final, while Al-Ahed were the third Lebanese side to do so (after

Nejmeh Nejmeh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي النجمة الرياضي, lit=The Star Sporting Club) is a football club based in Manara, a district in Ras Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, that competes in the . The club was established in Beirut in 1945, and ...

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and

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Teams

Venue

The match was originally to be hosted by April 25 at the

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on 2 November 2019. However, on 22 October 2019, due to North Korea's decision to ban television transmission of football games, the AFC announced that the final would be held in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China in order for the match to be transmitted. On 25 October 2019, the match was rescheduled from 2 November to 4 November and the host city was shifted from Shanghai to

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Road to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''

Format

The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winners of the Inter-zone play-off final) alternated from the previous season's final. Should it tied after regulation time,

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and, if necessary,

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

would have been used to decide the winning team.

Match

Details

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
AFC Cup 2019
stats.the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc Cup Final 2019 AFC Cup finals *Final November 2019 sports events in Asia International club association football competitions hosted by Malaysia