2016 AFC Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates |
Qualifying round: 11–15 August 2015 Competition proper: 9 February – 5 November 2016 |
| Teams |
Competition proper: 36 Total: 40 (from 23 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (1st title)
|
| Runners-up |
 Bengaluru FC
|
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 127 |
| Goals scored | 361 (2.84 per match) |
| Attendance | 394,183 (3,104 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Hammadi Ahmad (16 goals)
|
| Best player |
Hammadi Ahmad
|
| Fair play award |
Bengaluru FC
|
The 2016 AFC Cup was the 13th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Bengaluru FC in the final to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming the first Iraqi team to win an Asian club competition.Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Bengaluru FC.
The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014, which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014. The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2014 rankings:
The AFC Competitions Committee decided on the participation of member associations in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the AFC Cup on 28 November 2014.
The following table shows the slot allocation for the 2016 AFC Cup, which are adjusted accordingly since some of the slots are unused.
The following 40 teams from 23 associations entered the competition.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws are held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 29 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three.
In the qualifying round, each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. The winners of each group advanced to either the qualifying play-off or the group stage (depending on number of teams in each zone and geographical location).
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