The 2012 AFC Cup final was a football match which was played on 3 November 2012, to determine the champion of the 2012 AFC Cup. It was the final of the 8th edition of the AFC Cup, a competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.
The final was played between Erbil from Iraq and Al-Kuwait from Kuwait. It was the first continental final to be hosted in Iraq since the first leg of the 1989 Asian Club Championship Final. Al-Kuwait won 4–0 to win their second AFC Cup title in four years.
Venue The AFC decided that the final would be hosted by one of the finalists. On 14 June 2012, the draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was made. For the final, the winner of semi-final 2 (played between the winners of quarter-finals 3 and 4) would be the home team, while the winner of semi-final 1 (played between the winners of quarter-finals 1 and 2) would be the away team. As a result, Arbil is the home team, and Al-Kuwait is the away team.
The match was played at Arbil's home stadium, Franso Hariri Stadium, in Arbil, Iraq.
Road to final
ArbilRound Al-KuwaitByeQualifying play-offByeOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Kazma1–1 (H)Matchday 1 Al-Ettifaq1–5 (H) Al-Oruba2–2 (A)Matchday 2 VB2–2 (A) East Bengal2–0 (A)Matchday 3 Al-Ahed4–0 (A) East Bengal2–0 (H)Matchday 4 Al-Ahed1–0 (H) Kazma2–1 (A)Matchday 5 Al-Ettifaq2–2 (A) Al-Oruba2–1 (H)Matchday 6 VB7–1 (H)Group B winner Team Arbil6420115+614 Kazma6321106+411 Al-Oruba6222108+28 East Bengal6006214−120Final standingsGroup C runner-up Team Al-Ettifaq6420187+1114 Al-Kuwait63211710+711 Al-Ahed6213711−47 VB6015923−141OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Neftchi Farg'ona4–0 (H) (one-leg match)Round of 16 Al-Qadsia1–1 (aet) (3–1 p) (A) (one-leg match) Kelantan6–25–1 (H)1–1 (A)Quarterfinals Al-Wehdat3–00–0 (H)3–0 (A) Chonburi8–24–1 (H)4–1 (A)Semifinals Al-Ettifaq6–14–1 (H)2–0 (A)
Match details
GK 21 Sarhang Mohsen (c)DF 14 Ivan BukenyaDF 30 Ahmad IbrahimMF 8 Salih Sadir MF 9 Ahmed Al-Asadi MF 12 Nadim SabaghMF 16 Miran KhesroMF 25 Saad Abdul-AmirFW 7 Halgurd Mulla MohammedFW 17 Nabeel Sabah FW 29 Amjad RadhiSubstitutesGK 22 Jalal HassanDF 3 Hardi TahirDF 28 Hatem ZedanFW 5 Papa DiopFW 10 Sula Matovu FW 11 Luay Salah FW 19 Mustafa Karim Manager Nizar Mahrous GK 1 Musab Al KanderiDF 3 Fahad AwadhDF 19 Hussain Ali BabaDF 31 Sami Al SaneaMF 13 Chadi Hammami MF 20 Hussain Hakem (c)MF 37 Sherida KhaledMF 7 Fahad Al Enezi FW 9 Issam Jemâa FW 10 Rogério MF 15 Waleed AliSubstitutesGK 34 Abdulrahman Al HussainanDF 33 Fahad HamoudMF 14 Abdullah Al Dhafeeri MF 17 Abdullah Al BuraikiMF 18 Jarah Al Ateeqi MF 30 Rashed SalemFW 40 Abdulhadi Khamis Manager Marin Ion Assistant referees: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Mamur Saidkasimov (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
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