2014 AFC President's Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
Sri Lanka (final stage) Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka (group stage) |
| Dates | 1–11 May 2014 (group stage) 20–26 September 2014 (final stage) |
| Teams | 6 (final stage) 11 (total) (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 HTTU Asgabat (1st title)
|
| Runners-up |
 Rimyongsu
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 70 (3.18 per match) |
| Attendance | 35,387 (1,609 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Süleýman Muhadow (11 goals) |
| Best player |
Süleýman Muhadow
|
The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth, and the last edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.
On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed that the 2014 AFC President's Cup to be the last edition of the competition. Starting from 2015, league champions of "emerging countries" are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.
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.
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:
Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The eleven teams were drawn into two groups of four and one group of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage.
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
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