{{Infobox football match | image = | pixel = | event = [[2011 AFC Cup]] | team1 = [[Nasaf Qarshi]] | team1association = {{flagicon|UZB|size=30px}} | team1score = 2 | team2 = [[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]] | team2association = {{flagicon|KUW|size=30px}} | team2score = 1 | details = | date = 29 October 2011 | stadium = [[Markaziy Stadium (Qarshi)|Markaziy Stadium]] | city = [[Qarshi]] | man_of_the_match1a = | man_of_the_match1atitle = AFC | man_of_the_match1b = | man_of_the_match1btitle = | referee = [[Kim Dong-Jin (referee)|Kim Dong-Jin]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]]) | attendance = 15,753 | weather = Clear and very cool, 8°C | previous = [[2010 AFC Cup final|2010]] | next = [[2012 AFC Cup final|2012]] }} The '''2011 AFC Cup final''' was a [[association football|football]] match which was played on Saturday, 29 October 2011, to determine the champion of the [[2011 AFC Cup]]. It was the final of the 8th edition of the [[AFC Cup]], a competition organized by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in [[Asia]].

[[Nasaf Qarshi]] became the first [[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]] team to win the AFC Cup with a 2–1 win over [[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]] from [[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/36929-nasaf-v-kuwait-sports-club|title=Nasaf win 2011 AFC Cup|date=2011-10-29|work=the-afc.com|access-date=2011-10-29}}</ref>

==Venue== The [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] decided that the final would be hosted by one of the finalists.<ref name="regulations">{{Cite web |url=http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/comps/regs/AFCCup_2011_Competitions_Regulations.pdf |title=AFC Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations |access-date=2011-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214074403/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/comps/regs/AFCCup_2011_Competitions_Regulations.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This format is the same as the [[2009 AFC Cup Final|2009]] and [[2010 AFC Cup Final|2010]] editions. On 7 June 2011, the draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was made. For the final, the winner of semi-final 1 (played between the winners of quarter-finals 2 and 4) would be the home team, while the winner of semi-final 2 (played between the winners of quarter-finals 1 and 3) would be the away team.<ref>[http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup/35199-treat-awaits-fans-in-afc-cup Treat awaits fans in AFC Cup]</ref> Therefore [[Nasaf Qarshi]] were the home team, and [[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]] were the away team.

==Road to final== {{details|2011 AFC Cup}}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !colspan=4|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Nasaf Qarshi]] !Round !colspan=4|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]] |-bgcolor=#c1e0ff |Opponent |colspan=3|Result |[[2011 AFC Cup group stage|Group stage]] |Opponent |colspan=3|Result |- |align=left|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Al-Ansar Club|Al-Ansar]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Nasaf Qarshi v Al-Ansar|3–0]] (H) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 1 |align=left|{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Al-Suwaiq]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Suwaiq v Al-Kuwait|3–1]] (A) |- |align=left|{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Tilal SC|Al-Tilal]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Tilal v Nasaf Qarshi|3–2]] (A) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 2 |align=left|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Kuwait v Al-Talaba|1–0]] (H) |- |align=left|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dempo SC|Dempo]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Dempo v Nasaf Qarshi|4–0]] (A) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 3 |align=left|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Weehdat Club (Amman)|Al-Wehdat]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Kuwait v Al-Wehdat|1–3]] (H) |- |align=left|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dempo SC|Dempo]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Nasaf Qarshi v Dempo|9–0]] (H) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 4 |align=left|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Weehdat Club (Amman)|Al-Wehdat]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Wehdat v Al-Kuwait|0–1]] (A) |- |align=left|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Al-Ansar Club|Al-Ansar]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Ansar v Nasaf Qarshi|4–1]] (A) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 5 |align=left|{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Al-Suwaiq]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Kuwait v Al-Suwaiq|0–0]] (H) |- |align=left|{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Tilal SC|Al-Tilal]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Nasaf Qarshi v Al-Tilal|7–1]] (H) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Matchday 6 |align=left|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Al-Talaba v Al-Kuwait|2–1]] (A) |- |colspan=4 align=center valign=top|'''[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Group A|Group A]] winner''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}} |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} '''[[Nasaf Qarshi]]''' |6||6||0||0||30||4||+26||'''18''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dempo SC|Dempo]] |6||2||1||3||6||19||&minus;13||'''7''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Al-Ansar Club|Al-Ansar]] |6||2||0||4||8||12||&minus;4||'''6''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Tilal SC|Al-Tilal]] |6||1||1||4||9||18||&minus;9||'''4''' |} |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Final standings |colspan=4 align=center valign=top|'''[[2011 AFC Cup group stage#Group D|Group D]] runner-up''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pld | Played}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| W | Won}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| D | Drawn}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| L | Lost}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| GF | Goals for}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| GA | Goals against}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| GD | Goal difference}} !width=20 |{{Tooltip| Pts | Points}} |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Weehdat Club (Amman)|Al-Wehdat]] |6||4||2||0||11||3||+8||'''14''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|KUW}} '''[[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]]''' |6||3||1||2||7||6||+1||'''10''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Talaba SC|Al-Talaba]] |6||1||2||3||4||6||&minus;2||'''5''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Al-Suwaiq]] |6||0||3||3||5||12||&minus;7||'''3''' |} |-bgcolor=#c1e0ff |Opponent |Agg. |1st leg |2nd leg |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage|Knockout phase]] |Opponent |Agg. |1st leg |2nd leg |- |align=left|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Faisaly Club (Amman)|Al-Faisaly]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Nasaf Qarshi v Al-Faisaly|2–1]] (H) (one-leg match) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Round of 16 |align=left|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Qadsia SC|Al-Qadsia]] |colspan=3|[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Al-Qadsia v Al-Kuwait|2–2]] ([[Extra time (association football)|aet]]) (3–2 [[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]]) (A) (one-leg match) |- |align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Chonburi F.C.|Chonburi]] |1–1 (4–3 [[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]]) |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Chonburi v Nasaf Qarshi|1–0]] (A) |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Nasaf Qarshi v Chonburi|0–1]] ([[Extra time (association football)|aet]]) (H) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarterfinals |align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Muangthong United F.C.|Muangthong United]] |1–0 |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Al-Kuwait v Muangthong United|1–0]] (H) |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Muangthong United v Al-Kuwait|0–0]] (A) |- |align=left|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Weehdat Club (Amman)|Al-Wehdat]] |2–1 |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Nasaf Qarshi v Al-Wehdat|1–0]] (H) |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Al-Wehdat v Nasaf Qarshi|1–1]] (A) |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semifinals |align=left|{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Arbil SC|Arbil]] |5–3 |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Arbil v Al-Kuwait|2–0]] (A) |[[2011 AFC Cup knockout stage#Al-Kuwait v Arbil|3–3]] (H) |}

== Match details == {{footballbox |date = 29 October 2011 |time = 19:00 [[UTC+05:00]] |team1 = [[Nasaf Qarshi]] {{flagicon|UZB}} |score = 2 – 1 |report = [http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=412&matchId=4116 Report] |team2 = {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait SC|Al-Kuwait]] |goals1 = Shomurodov {{goal|62}}<br />[[Andrejs Perepļotkins|Perepļotkins]] {{goal|65}} |goals2 = [[Boris Kabi|Kabi]] {{goal|68}} |stadium = [[Markaziy Stadium (Qarshi)|Markaziy Stadium]], [[Qarshi]] |attendance = 15,753 |referee = [[Kim Dong-Jin (referee)|Kim Dong-Jin]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]]) }}

{| width="100%" |valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan=4|'''NASAF QARSHI:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK || '''42''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Murod Zukhurov]] || {{yel|88}} |- |DF || '''4''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Maksud Karimov]] |- |DF || '''5''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Botir Qoraev]] |- |DF || '''34''' || {{Flagicon|SRB}} [[Bojan Mališić]] || {{yel|89}} |- |MF || '''7''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Jahongir Djiyamurodov]] |- |MF || '''8''' || {{Flagicon|LVA}} [[Andrejs Perepļotkins]] |- |MF || '''13''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Lutfulla Turaev]] |- |MF || '''17''' || {{Flagicon|TKM}} [[Artur Gevorkyan]] |- |MF || '''20''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Erkin Boydullaev]] |- |FW || '''9''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} Ilkhom Shomurodov || || {{suboff|84}} |- |FW || '''19''' || {{Flagicon|MNE}} [[Ivan Bošković]] || || {{suboff|90+4}} |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutions:''' |- |MF || '''18''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Fozil Musaev]] || || {{subon|84}} |- |DF || '''16''' || {{Flagicon|UZB}} [[Artyom Filiposyan]] || || {{subon|90+4}} |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=3|{{Flagicon|UKR}} [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] |} |valign="top"| |valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" |colspan=4|'''AL-KUWAIT:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- |GK || '''23''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Khaled Al Fadhli]] |- |DF || '''2''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Yaqoub Al Taher]] |- |DF || '''3''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Fahad Awadh]] |- |DF || '''20''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Hussain Hakem]] || {{yel|49}} || {{suboff|80}} |- |DF || '''25''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Ahmad Al Subaih]] || {{yel|35}} || {{suboff|61}} |- |MF || '''8''' || {{Flagicon|MLI}} [[Lassana Fané]] |- |MF || '''13''' || {{Flagicon|JOR}} [[Ra'fat Ali]] |- |MF || '''35''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Naser Al Qahtani]] |- |FW || '''5''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Khaled Al Shammari]] |- |FW || '''10''' || {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Rogério de Assis Silva Coutinho|Rogério]] |- |FW || '''28''' || {{Flagicon|CIV}} [[Boris Kabi]] || {{yel|26}} |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutions:''' |- |MF || '''17''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Abdullah Al Buraiki]] || || {{subon|61}} |- |MF || '''11''' || {{Flagicon|KUW}} [[Ali Al Kandari]] || || {{subon|80}} |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=3|{{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Dragan Talajić]] |} |}

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'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:''' <br />Jeong Hae-Sang ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]]) <br />Lee Jung-Min ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]]) <br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:''' <br />[[Kim Jong-Hyeok]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]]) |}

==See also== *[[2011 AFC Cup]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090814133440/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-cup AFC Cup Official Page] {{in lang|en}}

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