page_title: AFC President's Cup
section_title: Competition format
hierarchical_section_title: AFC President's Cup / Competition format
caption_attribution_description: English: Trophy of AFC President's Cup. Suprah™| (talk|) 10:13, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
context_page_description: The AFC President's Cup was an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation held between 2005 and 2014.
  The competition targeted emerging football nations, and was set a below the AFC Champions League and AFC Cup competitions.
context_section_description: Between 8 and 12 teams participated in each edition of the competition.
  From 2005 to 2007, 8 clubs were placed into two groups of 4 teams. The winners and runners up would advance to the semi-final stage. All the matches were held in a single host country.
  From 2008 to 2010, the tournament was increased to 11 clubs. A qualification round was created and the 11 clubs were split into three groups of 3 or 4 clubs. Each group was played in a different country. The three group winners and the best ranked runner up qualified for the finals stage, hosted in another country.
  From 2011 to 2014, the tournament was increased to 12 clubs. In the qualification round, there were three groups of 4 clubs. The group winners and  runners up qualify for the final stage. These 6 clubs are broken into two groups of 3. The top teams of each group qualified directly for the final.
  In November 2013 the AFC announced that the 2014 AFC President's Cup would be the last edition of the tournament. Starting from 2015, league champions of "emerging countries" are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off. The qualifying round for the 2016 AFC Cup, with a similar format to the AFC President's Cup (but without a final stage), was held in August 2015, which qualified two teams to the AFC Cup play-offs.
caption: The AFC President's Cup trophy.
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