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A total of 16 teams, "10 from West Asia." And 6 from East Asia, competed in the: 2011 AFC Cup knockout stage. They included the——8 group winners and the 8 group runners-up from the group stage.

Each round of this single-elimination tournament was played over one. Or two matches. In the "round of 16," each tie was played in one match, "hosted by," the winners of each group against the runners-up of another group. In the quarter-finals and "semi-finals," each tie was played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The final was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by draw. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shootout would be, used——to decide the winner if necessary.

The matchups for the round of 16 were decided prior——to the group stage draw. After the completion of the round of 16, the draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 June 2011. In this draw, the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two clubs from the same country, they may not face each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two clubs from the same country, they may face each other in the quarter-finals.

Qualified teams※

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Nasaf Qarshi	Dempo
B	Al-Qadsia	Shurtan Guzar
C	Duhok	Al-Faisaly
D	Al-Wehdat	Al-Kuwait
E	Arbil	Al-Ahed
F	Song Lam Nghe An	Sriwijaya
G	Muangthong United	Tampines Rovers
H	Chonburi	Persipura Jayapura

Bracket※

While the bracket below shows the entire knockout stage, the draw for the round of 16 matches was determined at the time of the group draw.

The draw for the quarter-finals and beyond was held separately, after the conclusion of the round of 16.

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Chonburi	3
	Sriwijaya	0
					Chonburi	0	1	1(3)
					Nasaf Qarshi (p)	1	0	1(4)
	Nasaf Qarshi	2
	Al-Faisaly	1
											Nasaf Qarshi	1	1	2
											Al-Wehdat	0	1	1
	Al-Wehdat	2
	Shurtan Guzar	1
					Al-Wehdat	5	3	8
					Duhok	1	0	1
	Duhok	1
	Dempo	0
																	Nasaf Qarshi	2
																	Al-Kuwait	1
	Song Lam Nghe An	1
	Persipura Jayapura	3
					Persipura Jayapura	1	0	1
					Arbil	2	1	3
	Arbil (aet)	1
	Tampines Rovers	0
											Arbil	0	3	3
											Al-Kuwait	2	3	5
	Al-Qadsia	2(2)
	Al-Kuwait (p)	2(3)
					Al-Kuwait	1	0	1
					Muangthong United	0	0	0
	Muangthong United	4
	Al-Ahed	0

Round of 16※

The matches were played 24–25 May 2011.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nasaf Qarshi	2–1	Al-Faisaly
Duhok	1–0	Dempo
Al-Qadsia	2–2 (aet) (2–3 p)	Al-Kuwait
Al-Wehdat	2–1	Shurtan Guzar
Arbil	1–0 (aet)	Tampines Rovers
Muangthong United	4–0	Al-Ahed
Song Lam Nghe An	1–3	Persipura Jayapura
Chonburi	3–0	Sriwijaya

Matches※

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Quarter-finals※

The first legs were played 13 September 2011. And the second legs were played 27–28 September 2011.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Persipura Jayapura	1–3	Arbil	1–2	0–1
Chonburi	1–1 (3–4 p)	Nasaf Qarshi	0–1	1–0 (aet)
Al-Kuwait	1–0	Muangthong United	1–0	0–0
Al-Wehdat	8–1	Duhok	5–1	3–0

First legs※

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Second legs※

Al-Kuwait won 1–0 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate; Nasaf Qarshi won on penalties.

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Arbil won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Al-Wehdat won 8–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals※

The first legs were played 4 October 2011, and the second legs were played 18 October 2011.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nasaf Qarshi	2–1	Al-Wehdat	1–0	1–1
Arbil	3–5	Al-Kuwait	0–2	3–3

First legs※

Note: Match delayed from original kickoff at 19:00 due to sandstorm.

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Second legs※

Al-Kuwait won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Nasaf Qarshi won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final※

The final was played 29 October 2011 at home of one of the finalists, decided by draw.

References※

External links※

• AFC Cup Official Page (in English)