| 2017 AFC Cup Final | |
| Event: | 2017 AFC Cup |
| Team1: | Istiklol |
| Team1association: |  |
| Team1score: | 0 |
| Team2: | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| Team2association: |  |
| Team2score: | 1 |
| Stadium: | Hisor Central Stadium |
| City: | Hisor |
| Referee: | Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) |
| Attendance: | 20,000 |
| Weather: | Windy 16°C |
| Previous: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The 2017 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2017 AFC Cup, the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]
The final was contested as a single match between Tajik team Istiklol and Iraqi team Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. The match was hosted by Istiklol at the Hisor Central Stadium in Hisor on 4 November 2017.
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol 1–0 and were crowned AFC Cup champions for the second consecutive year.[2]
| Team | Zone | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Istiklol | Central Asia Zone (CAFA) (Inter-zone play-off winner) | 1 (2015) | |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | West Asia Zone (WAFF) | 1 (2016) |
Hisor Central Stadium, in Hisor, Tajikistan, hosted the match. This was the second time that an AFC Cup final was played in Tajikistan, with the previous final being 2015.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Istiklol | Round | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||
 Dordoi | 2–0 (H) | bgcolor=#c1e0ff colspan=2 | Matchday 1 | Safa | 0–0 (A) | |||||
 Altyn Asyr | 1–1 (A) | bgcolor=#c1e0ff colspan=2 | Matchday 2 |  Al-Hidd | 2–1 (H) | |||||
| Alay Osh | 3–1 (H) | bgcolor=#c1e0ff colspan=2 | Matchday 3 |  Al-Wahda | 0–0 (A) | |||||
| Alay Osh | 4–1 (A) | bgcolor=#c1e0ff colspan=2 | Matchday 4 | Al-Wahda | 1–1 (H) | |||||
| Dordoi | 4–1 (A) | bgcolor=#c1e0ff colspan=2 | Matchday 5 | Safa | 2–0 (H) | |||||
| Altyn Asyr | 1–0 (H) | bgcolor=#c1e0ff colspan=2 | Matchday 6 | Al-Hidd | 1–0 (A) | |||||
| Group D winners | bgcolor=#c1e0ff colspan=2 | Final standings | Group B winners | |||||||
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout stage | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||
| Ceres–Negros | 5–1 | 4–0 (H) | 1–1 (A) | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | Zonal semi-finals | Al-Zawraa | 2–1 | 1–1 (H) | 1–0 (A) | |
 Bengaluru FC | 3–2 | 1–0 (H) | 2–2 (A) | Inter-zone play-off final | Zonal finals | Al-Wahda | 2–2 (a) | 1–2 (A) | 1–0 (H) | |
The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winner of the Inter-zone play-off final) decided by draw, which was held on 6 June 2017.[3] If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.[1]
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Nikola Stošić
