AFC Cup - Participating Nations and Regions

Participating Nations and Regions

West Asia
Pos Member
Association		 Points Spots
Group stage Play-off
— 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off final round losers — 2 0
1 Kuwait 35.32 3 0
2 Jordan 33.47 2 0
3 Syria 30.28 2 0
4 Iraq 28.98 2 0
5 Bahrain 28.13 0 0
7 Oman 20.68 2 0
11 Lebanon 15.09 2 0
12 India 11.75 2 0
13 Yemen 11.02 1 1
15 Maldives 9.13 1 1
Total 19 2
East Asia
Pos Member
Association		 Points Spots
Group stage Play-off
— 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off final round loser — 2 0
6 Vietnam 24.16 2 0
8 Indonesia 17.58 1 0
9 Singapore 16.51 2 0
10 Hong Kong 15.68 2 0
14 Malaysia 10.79 1 1
16 Myanmar 5.47 1 1
Total 11 2

A total of 32 clubs will participate in the 2010 AFC Cup.

Play-off: (2 teams)

  • Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar and Yemen which have one team qualify. Two winners will qualify to group stage.

Group stage: (32 teams)

  • 2 play-off entries.
  • 3 teams to qualify: Kuwait
  • 2 teams to qualify: Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Singapore, Syria, Vietnam
  • 1 team to qualify: Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Indonesia, Yemen
  • 4 losers from AFC Champions League playoffs. These losers may automatically have been placed in these slots if they failed to meet the AFC Champions League criteria.

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