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2013 Piala Malaysia

2013 Piala Malaysia
Piala Malaysia
Country Malaysia
Singapore
Teams 16
Champions Pahang FA
Runners-up Kelantan FA
Matches played 61
Goals scored 194 (3.18 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) 9 goals Marlon Alex James
Matías Conti
Best player Azamuddin Akil

The 2013 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2013) was the 87th season of Malaysia Cup and began on 20 August with a preliminary round and finished on 3 November 2013 with the final, held at Shah Alam Stadium. A total of 16 teams took part in the competition. The teams were divided into 4 groups of 4 teams. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after 6 matches qualified to the quarterfinals.

Kelantan were the defending champions, having beaten ATM 3–2 in last season's final. For the second time, a Singaporean team, LIONSXII, also newly minted 2013 Malaysian Super League champions, participated in this competition.

This 87th edition ended with Pahang winning the title after beating Kelantan 1–0, with a goal scored by Matías Conti.

In this competition, the top 10 teams from 2013 Malaysia Super League is joined by the top 4 teams from 2013 Malaysia Premier League. The remaining 2 teams from 2013 Malaysia Super League and the team who finished 5th and 6th place in the 2013 Malaysia Premier League will battle it out in the playoffs for the remaining 2 spots. The teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. Voting took place on 27 July at TM Convention Centre, Menara Telekom, Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur.

The draws are held at TM Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 27 July 2013 .


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