2014 AFC President's Cup


The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth, and the last edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia. Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.
On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed that the 2014 AFC President's Cup to be the last edition of the competition. Starting from 2015, league champions of "emerging countries" are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.
In the [|final], HTTU Aşgabat of Turkmenistan defeated Rimyongsu of North Korea 2–1, and became the second consecutive team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.

Teams

The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:
Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppLast App
BangladeshSheikh Russel2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions1stnone
BhutanUgyen Academy2013 Bhutan National League champions1stnone
CambodiaSvay Rieng2013 Cambodian League champions1stnone
Chinese TaipeiTatung2013 Intercity Football League champions3rd2007
MongoliaErchim2013 Mongolia Premier League champions3rd2013
NepalManang Marshyangdi Club2013–14 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions2nd2006
North KoreaRimyongsu2013 Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games winners1stnone
PakistanKRL2013–14 Pakistan Premier League champions4th2013
PhilippinesCeres2013–14 PFF–Smart National Club Championship winners1stnone
Sri LankaSri Lanka Air Force2013 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions1stnone
TurkmenistanHTTU Aşgabat2013 Ýokary Liga champions2nd2010

;Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.
The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The eleven teams were drawn into two groups of four and one group of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the [|final stage].
;Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches
  8. Drawing of lots

    Group A


----
----

Group B


----
----

Group C


----
----

Final stage

The draw for the final stage, played at a centralized venue, was held on 25 July 2014, 12:00, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same [|ranking rules] as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the final. The final was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary.
The final stage was played in Sri Lanka.

Group A


----
----

Group B


----
----

Final

Awards

Top scorers