2020 AFC Cup

2020 AFC Cup
Tournament details
DatesQualifying:
21 January – 26 February 2020
Competition proper:
10 February – 11 March 2020
(Remaining matches cancelled)
TeamsCompetition proper: 36
Total: 48 (from 28 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNot awarded
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance52,237 (1,632 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Bienvenido Marañón
(5 goals)
2019
2021
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2020 AFC Cup was an abandoned season of the AFC Cup which was the 17th edition of the competition, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]

The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic after group stage matches on 11 March 2020,[2] and was originally to resume on 23 September 2020.[3] However, the season was eventually cancelled by the AFC on 10 September 2020 on account of the continuing pandemic.[4][5]

Al-Ahed of Lebanon were the defending champions.

  1. ^ "2020 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  2. ^ "AFC Statement on AFC Cup 2020 matches". AFC. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. ^ "AFC reiterates commitment to complete 2020 competitions with new calendar". AFC. 9 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". AFC. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Football: Asian Football Confederation cancels second-tier AFC Cup due to Covid-19 pandemic". The Straits Times. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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