Hazfi Cup
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| Founded | 1975 |
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 Iran
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| Number of teams | 100 |
| Current champions | Zob Ahan (4th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Esteghlal (6 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | IRIB, Jame Jam 1, Press TV, Al-Jazeera (only the Final) |
 2016–17 Hazfi Cup
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The Hazfi Cup (Persian: جام حذفی lit. "The Elimination Cup") is the Iranian football knockout cup competition, run by the Iranian Football Federation.
The Iranian football league was not being held during the 1980s, hence the winner of Hazfi Cup represented Iran in the Asian Club Championship. After the revive of the league system, the champion of Iranian league qualified for Asian Club Championship and the winner of Hazfi Cup ran for Asian Cup Winners' Cup. However, the Asian Cup Winners' Cup merged with the Asian Champions Cup in 2002-03 to form the AFC Champions League and Iran had been initially given two (and later four) slots in this competitions. The IRIFF decided to award one of Iran's AFC Champions League spots to the winner of the Hazfi Cup, and since then, the winners of Hazfi Cup have always been allocated a spot in the AFC Champions League.
The competition was founded in 1975. Esteghlal is the most successful club with six titles. The current title holders are Zob Ahan.
The rules for the final were exactly the same as the one for the previous knockout rounds. The tie was contested over two legs with away goals deciding the winner if the two teams were level on goals after the second leg. If the teams could still not be separated at that stage, then extra time would have been played with a penalty shootout (taking place if the teams were still level after that).
The champions are shown in Bold.
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