2014 AFC President's Cup

2014 AFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySri Lanka (final stage)
Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage)
Dates1–11 May 2014 (group stage)
20–26 September 2014 (final stage)
Teams6 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsTurkmenistan HTTU Asgabat (1st title)
Runners-upNorth Korea Rimyongsu
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored70 (3.18 per match)
Attendance35,387 (1,609 per match)
Top scorer(s)Turkmenistan Süleýman Muhadow
(11 goals)
Best player(s)Turkmenistan Süleýman Muhadow
2013
2024–25 (ACGL)

The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia, and the final edition under the AFC President's Cup title, as the competition was relaunched under the name AFC Challenge League starting in 2024–25.[1] Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.

On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed the year of 2014 to be the last edition of the competition.[2] Starting from 2015, league champions of emerging countries were eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.[3]

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.[4]

  1. ^ "AFC President's Cup 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014.
  2. ^ "ACL: East vs West final proposed". AFC. 25 November 2013.
  3. ^ "AFC President's Cup: The end of a glorious journey". AFC. 26 July 2014.
  4. ^ "FC HTTU win last-ever AFC President's Cup". AFC. 26 September 2014.