2022 AFC Cup knockout stage

The 2022 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 9 August to 22 October 2022.^[1] A total of 12 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2022 AFC Cup.^[2]

The following teams advanced from the group stage:

• The winners of each of the three groups and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups G–I), advanced to the Zonal semi-finals.
• The winners of each group in the South Asia Zone (Group D), and the East Asia Zone (Group J) advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.
• The winners of each group in the Central Asia Zone (Groups E–F) advanced to the Zonal finals.

Key to colours
Teams which entered the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
Teams which entered the Zonal finals
Teams which entered the Zonal semi-finals

Zone	Group	Winners	Best runners-up
West Asia Zone	A	Al-Seeb	—
	B	Al-Arabi	Al-Riffa
	C	East Riffa	—
South Asia Zone	D	ATK Mohun Bagan	—
Central Asia Zone	E	Sogdiana Jizzakh	—
	F	Khujand	—
ASEAN Zone	G	Kedah Darul Aman	—
	H	PSM Makassar	Kuala Lumpur City
	I	Viettel	—
East Asia Zone	J	Eastern	—

In the knockout stage, the 12 teams played a single-elimination tournament. The extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3 and 10.1).

The schedule of each round was as follows.^[1]

Round	West Asia	South Asia	Central Asia	ASEAN	East Asia
Zonal semi-finals	5–6 September 2022	Not played		9–10 August 2022	Not played
Zonal finals	4 October 2022	Not played	17 August 2022	24 August 2022	Not played
Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	Not played	6–7 September 2022
Inter-zone play-off final		5 October 2022
Final	22 October 2022

The draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 14 July 2022.

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

The Zonal semi-finals were played over one leg, with the home team determined by the following tables based on which group runners-up qualified. The group winner hosts the match against a group runner-up. If two group winners played each other, one of the group winners hosted the match.

West Asia Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Arabi	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Seeb
East Riffa	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Al-Riffa

ASEAN Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
PSM Makassar	2–1	Kedah Darul Aman
Viettel	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Kuala Lumpur City

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The Zonal finals were played over one leg, with the home team decided by draw. The winners of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winners of the Central Asia Zonal final and ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.

West Asia Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Seeb	4–0	Al-Riffa

Central Asia Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Khujand	0–4	Sogdiana Jizzakh

ASEAN Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Kuala Lumpur City	5–2	PSM Makassar

In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winners of the South Asia Zone (Group D), the winners of the East Asia Zone (Group J), the winners of the Central Zonal final, and the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final, with the matchups and home team decided by draw, without any seeding.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sogdiana Jizzakh	1–0	Eastern
ATK Mohun Bagan	1–3	Kuala Lumpur City

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In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the home team determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winners of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sogdiana Jizzakh	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Kuala Lumpur City

The final was played over one leg at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between the winners of the Inter-zone play-off final, Kuala Lumpur City, and the winners of the West Asia Zonal final, Al-Seeb.

• AFC Cup, the-AFC.com