The 2019 Malaysia Cup ( Malay: ''Piala Malaysia 2019'') was the 93rd edition of

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

tournament organised by

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(FAM) and

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(MFL). The 2019 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into four groups, each containing four teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after six matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

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were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by

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in the quarter-finals.

Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2019 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2019 Malaysia Cup will be held on 22 July 2019 in Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC) in

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Seeding

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 22 July 2019 at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre (DPAC) in

. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on the following principles (introduced starting this season): *Pot 1, 2 and 3 contained the 11 top teams from 2019 Super League, seeded based on their final standings or end placements in the league. *Pot 3 and 4 contained the 5 top teams from 2019 Premier League, seeded based on their final standings or end placements in the league. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the

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. The matchdays were 2–4 August, 7–8 August, 16–18 August, 20–21 & 23–25 August, 13–14 September, and 17–18 & 22 September 2019.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

In the

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, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows: *In the draw for the quarter final, the fourth group winners were seeded, and the fourth group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other. *In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

The final was played on 2 November 2019 at the

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Statistics

Goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by first name.

Hat-tricks

References

External links

Malaysian Football League Official Website - (Malaysia Cup)
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