2017 AFC Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates |
Qualifying round: 19–25 August 2016 Competition proper: 30 January – 4 November 2017 |
| Teams |
Competition proper: 47 Total: 52 (from 29 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 121 |
| Goals scored | 351 (2.9 per match) |
| Attendance | 338,116 (2,794 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Kim Yu-song(9 goals)
|
The 2017 AFC Cup is the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the defending champions.
The AFC Competitions Committee recommended a new format for the AFC Cup starting from 2017 which is played in the AFC's five zones: West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, ASEAN, and East Asia, with the winner of the West Asia Zone and the winner of an inter-zone play-off between the other four zones playing in the final, hosted on a rotational basis at venues in the East and West. 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 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings:
For the 2017 AFC Cup, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016, which takes into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2013 and 2016.
The slot allocation was announced on 7 December 2016. The final slot allocation, after unused slots were redistributed, was announced on 12 December 2016.
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