2013 3 Hours of Inje
The 2013 3 Hours of Inje was the first round of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season and the first Asian Le Mans Series race since the 2009 1000 km of Okayama. It took place on August 4, 2013, at the Inje Speedium in Inje County, South Korea.


2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring
The 2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring was an auto racing event held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria on 19–20 July 2013. It was the third round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season, and the series' first visit to the Red Bull Ring. Thiriet by TDS Racing, with drivers Pierre Thiriet and Mathias Beche, won the race over Signatech Alpine, while the LMPC category was led by Paul-Loup Chatin and Gary Hirsch. Ram Racing's Matt Griffin and Johnny Mowlem led the LMGTE category, while Fabio Babini, Kirill Ladygin, and Viktor Shaitar of SMP Racing won the GTC class.


2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring, Qualifying, Qualifying result
– The No. 36 Signatech Oreca-Nissan had its qualifying times nullified after it set its fastest qualifying lap while a sector of the track was under yellow flag conditions. The team was allowed to start from the back of the LMP2 class grid.


2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 3 Hours of Sepang
The 2013 3 Hours of Sepang was the fourth and final round of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on December 8, 2013 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia.


2013 3 Hours of Silverstone
The 2013 3 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England, on 12–13 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season, in a weekend shared with the FIA World Endurance Championship and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. Heavy rains during the race forced the event to be cut short, with only two and a quarter hours being run before Britons Simon Dolan and Oliver Turvey of Jota Sport were declared the winners. Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons led the LMPC category, Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda, and Nick Tandy won the LMGTE class, and Andrew Smith, Ollie Millroy, and Alisdair McCaig were the GTC class victors.


2013 3 Hours of Silverstone, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 3 Hours of Silverstone, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 3 Hours of Zhuhai
The 2013 3 Hours of Zhuhai was the third round of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series season. It took place on October 13, 2013, at the Zhuhai International Circuit in Zhuhai, China.


2013 3. deild karla
The 2013 3. deild karla (English: Men's Third Division) was the 32nd season of fourth-tier football in Iceland. Ten teams contested the league, which as of 2013 is no longer the lowest division in Iceland following the restructuring of the league pyramid. The fixtures for the 2013 campaign were released by the KSÍ on 10 November 2012; play began on 17 May and concluded on 14 September.


2013 3. deild karla, Previous season
The previous season the division was the lowest one in Iceland, but starting this season the 4. deild will be beneath the 3. deild. As a result, the 30 teams competing in the division last season were not just competing for two promotion places to 2. deild, but also for eight offered places in the 2013 season of the 3. deild. As a result, the remaining 20 teams were "relegated" to the new 4. deild for the 2013 season, although a couple of teams quit and a few new ones joined, as had always been the case with the 3. deild when it was the lowest division in Iceland.


2013 3. deild karla, Teams
The league was contested by ten clubs, eight of which played in the division during the 2012 season. There are two new clubs from the previous campaign, with eight remaining of the 30 teams that competed last year, with those not mentioned below either competing in the new 4. deild or not competing this season.


2013 3. deild karla, Statistics, Results
Each team plays every opponent once home and away for a total of 18 matches per club, and 90 matches altogether.


2013 3. divisjon
The 2013 season of the 3. divisjon, the fourth highest association football league for men in Norway.


2013 3. divisjon
Between 22 and 26 games (depending on group size) are played in 12 groups, with 3 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Twelve group winners are promoted to the 2. divisjon.


2013 4 Nations Cup
The 2013 4 Nations Cup was a women's ice hockey tournament held in Lake Placid, New York, United States. It was the 18th edition of the 4 Nations Cup.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km
The 2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km was the fifth round of the 2013 Super GT season and the 42nd running of the 1000 km Suzuka event. It took place on August 18, 2013 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Background
Team Kunimitsu drivers Takuya Izawa and Takashi Kogure led the GT500 championship standings by one point over Lexus Team DENSO SARD's Juichi Wakisaka and Hiroaki Ishiura, while Team Mugen led the GT300 championship over Autobacs Racing Team Aguri in the second Honda CR-Z.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Background
Following the SUGO race, the Japan Automobile Federation adjusted the Balance of Performance for Suzuka. The fuel tanks on the FIA GT3 cars were increased in capacity from a maximum of 100L to 110L. The minimum ground clearance for the JAF-GT cars was increased from 45mm to 53mm and a fuel flow restrictor was added to the fuel rigs for JAF-GT teams.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Background
Team Mach returned to the championship at Suzuka, however they had swapped their Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 they started the season with, replacing it with a Nissan GT-R GT3. Tomei Sports Nissan GT-R GT3 was not entered for the race, nor was the Dijon Racing Callaway Corvette Z06.R GT3 which had competed in two of the four rounds in the season.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Background
With Suzuka being the longest race on the championship calendar, bonus points would be awarded for all 10 points scoring positions. Instead of 20 points being awarded for the win, 25 points were awarded to the winner of the race. With the race also being the longest on the calendar, 15 of the 23 GT300 teams elected to run a third driver in their car.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Background
Gran Turismo Academy winner Lucas Ordóñez was entered in the race with NDDP Racing while former World Touring Car Championship and American Le Mans Series driver Jörg Müller was entered as a third driver for the GSR Hatsune Miku team. As in the 2012 race, 2013 All-Japan Formula Three champion Yuichi Nakayama was the third driver for apr, while Carlo van Dam returned to Super GT with the Cars Tokai Dream28 McLaren.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was held on August 17, 2013 with the first of the sessions for the GT300 cars. Tetsuya Yamano was the fastest GT300 driver in the first session, breaking the track record with a 2:01.481, a record set by Yamano's teammate Kota Sasaki in the practice session earlier that day. The teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th in the GT300 championship prior to Suzuka weren't fast enough to qualify for the second session. The #87 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 with Hiroki Yoshimoto driving had technical trouble and only ran one lap and was off the pace. In the first GT500 class session Frédéric Makowiecki set the fastest laptime in the first session, who set the fastest time on his last lap of the session, beating the #6 Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS being driven by Yuji Kunimoto.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Qualifying
In the second GT300 qualifying session for the thirteen fastest cars in the first qualifying session, Kota Sasaki wasn't able to beat his teammate's Q1 time but was still able to get their fourth pole position of the 2013 season with a 2:01.693, 0.782 seconds faster than Daiki Sasaki in the #3 NDDP Racing Nissan GT-R GT3. The #50 Arnage Racing Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 that won the 2012 race and finished second in the GT300 championship qualified third fastest with Hideto Yasuoka driving.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Qualifying
In the final session, for the eight fastest GT500 cars, Ronnie Quintarelli in the #23 NISMO Nissan GT-R did a 1:52.157 early on in the session, which was fast enough for pole position. The #18 Weider Dome Racing Honda HSV-010 GT that was fastest in Q1 with Makowiecki driving was second fastest in Q2 with Naoki Yamamoto driving.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
The race was held on August 18, 2013. The race started at 12:35pm and all cars racing made clean starts, with Quintarelli and Sasaki leading the race from their respective pole positions. Kazuki Nakajima managed to overtake Yamamoto for 2nd place on the opening lap, but as the leaders caught up to the slower GT300 cars Yamamoto re-passed Nakajima for 2nd. On lap 20 after GT300 cars slowed Quintarelli and Yamamoto managed to overtake him for the overall race lead.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
The #61 Subaru BRZ led from pole position and was able to consistently lap faster than the field, after one-third race distance Sasaki and Takuto Iguchi who drove the 2nd stint in the car was 90 seconds ahead of the #4 GSR Hatsune Miku BMW. However, as the overall leaders were on their 66th lap, the #86 JLOC Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 with Shinya Hosokawa driving blew a tyre and from the resulting damage there was a small fire on the Lamborghini. The safety car was deployed and many teams elected to make their second of four compulsory pitstops.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
The #1 MOLA GT-R, #24 Kondo Racing GT-R and the #38 Cerumo SC430 along with many GT300 competitors (the #2 McLaren, the #3 GT-R, the #5 GT-R, the #9 Porsche, and the #87 Lamborghini) were all judged to be in violation of the safety car regulations and all were given 90 second stop-go penalties.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
Following the #1 car serving its penalty and due to the timing of the safety car Ronnie Quintarelli in the #23 NISMO Nissan GT-R was back into the lead of the GT500 class while the #61 R&D Sport Subaru BRZ was still leading GT300, now with Tetsuya Yamano driving. Masataka Yanagida had a close call after colliding with a slower GT300 car on his outlap in the #23 GT-R, but the incident allowed Frédéric Makowiecki to close in. Makowiecki ended up passing Yanagida for the lead on lap 116.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
Further behind in the GT500 class Seiji Ara had brought the #19 SC430 from 12th on the grid to 4th place and in a battle with Tsugio Matsuda for 3rd place. However Ara ran wide after trying to pass a GT300 car and dropped to 6th place, behind both the TOM's cars.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
The #61 R&D Sport Subaru BRZ was again leading GT300 by a large margin but with around 30 laps left in the race the rear diffuser on the car was damaged from an earlier incident and had now caused aerodynamic issues as well as damage to the right-rear tyre from bodywork rubbing on it. Sasaki slowed his pace down and Nobuteru Taniguchi in 2nd and Naoya Gamou in 3rd both improved their laptimes to try to catch Sasaki before the end of the race.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
Sasaki ended up pitting the car and the team worked on the car fast enough for Sasaki to rejoin just behind Taniguchi who inherited the lead. With fresher rear tyres and more fuel on board Sasaki was able to push again and with 14 laps left overtook Taniguchi for the race lead, and held him off to win the GT300 class, the first win for the Subaru BRZ in Super GT.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
In the GT500 class, both the leading #18 HSV-010 and the #23 GT-R made their last pitstop at the end of lap 139. Yamamoto took over the wheel of the #18 and managed to stay in front of Quintarelli in the pitstops, and over the course of the final stint was able to hold him off for the GT500 race win, and the first time both Yamamoto and Makowiecki won in Super GT. the #36 Lexus Team Petronas TOM'S entry of Kazuki Nakajima and James Rossiter finished in 3rd place after João Paulo de Oliveira ran off course with 3 laps to go and dropped the #12 Calsonic Team Impul Nissan GT-R to 4th.


2013 42nd International Pokka Sapporo 1000km, Report, Race
The #4 GSR Hatsune Miku BMW that finished 2nd in the GT300 class was later disqualified after it failed post-race inspections. The #52 OKINAWA-IMP RACING with SHIFT Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 inherited 2nd place and the #62 Leon Racing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 was given 3rd place. 32 of the 38 starters managed to complete enough laps to be classified in the final race result.


2013 6 Hours of Bahrain
The 2013 6 Hours of Bahrain was an endurance auto race held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain on 30 November 2013. The race was the eighth and final round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The race was won by Sébastien Buemi, Stéphane Sarrazin and Anthony Davidson driving the No.8 Toyota TS030 Hybrid of Toyota Racing.


2013 6 Hours of Bahrain, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 6 Hours of Bahrain, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas
The 2013 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was an endurance auto race held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on  20–22 September 2013.


2013 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 6 Hours of Fuji
The 2013 6 Hours of Fuji was intended to have been an automobile endurance race held at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan on 20 October 2013. The race was the sixth round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Heavy rains forced race officials to start the race under safety car conditions, completing eight laps before the race was temporarily stopped due to no improvement in track conditions.


2013 6 Hours of Fuji
Following a two-hour delay the race was restarted once more under the safety car, lapping another eight circuits before officials stopped the race again and eventually called an end to the event. The No. 7 Toyota was declared the race winner, gaining the lead following a pit stop under caution from the Audi which started on pole position, while the majority of the field finished in the same position they started the race. Only half points were awarded towards the various championships being held under the WEC umbrella.


2013 6 Hours of Fuji
As a result of the race, which did not take the green flag, the FIA imposed a rule change effective 2014 where points are only scored if two laps are run under green flag conditions to prevent a repeat of what happened in Fuji.


2013 6 Hours of Fuji, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 6 Hours of Fuji, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 6 Hours of Shanghai
The 2013 6 Hours of Shanghai was an endurance auto race held at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China on 9 November 2013. The race was the seventh round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season.


2013 6 Hours of Shanghai
The race was won by André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler of Audi Sport Team Joest. Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Loïc Duval won the World Drivers' Championship at the event after finishing in third place.


2013 6 Hours of Shanghai, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 6 Hours of Shanghai, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
The 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit, near Silverstone, England on 12–14 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season, and served as the annual award for the Royal Automobile Club's Tourist Trophy. Briton Allan McNish, Dane Tom Kristensen, and Frenchman Loïc Duval won the race for Audi, just over three seconds ahead of their teammates. The British Delta-ADR team were victorious in the LMP2 category, while Aston Martin Racing secured both the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am classes.


2013 6 Hours of Silverstone
The event weekend was shared with the European Le Mans Series, which ran the 3 Hours of Silverstone, and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.


2013 6 Hours of Silverstone, Qualifying
The 6 Hours of Silverstone was the first instance in which the WEC utilized a new qualifying procedure in which two drivers were required to set laps during the qualifying session. The grid would then be determined by averaging the total of the two best laps set by each of the drivers. Following the Silverstone qualifying session, several drivers felt the new format was too risky as all teams only had enough time to set four laps during the wet session. The FIA later announced that qualifying would be extended by ten minutes for the next round at Spa to allow teams more leeway.


2013 6 Hours of Silverstone, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
The 2013 WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance race held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on 3—4 May 2013, and the annual running of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. It was the second round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Defending World Champions André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler led a clean sweep of the overall race podium for Audi, while Pecom Racing were victorious in the LMP2 category. The No. 51 car of AF Corse won the LMGTE Pro class, and 8 Star Motorsports won in LMGTE Am.


2013 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Race, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 6 Hours of São Paulo
The 2013 6 Hours of São Paulo was an endurance auto race held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil on 30 August – 1 September 2013. The race was the fourth round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship and the second consecutive running of the 6 Hours of São Paulo. Audi continued their streak of four overall victories following an accident for the sole Toyota in LMP1, with André Lotterer, Marcel Fässler, and Benoît Tréluyer leading the Joest Racing duo to the checkered flag. G-Drive Racing earned their first victory in the LMP2 category ahead of OAK Racing, while AF Corse Ferrari led home Aston Martin Racing in the LMGTE Pro class by a gap of less than two seconds. Aston Martin however prevailed in LMGTE Am, ahead of the 8 Star Ferrari.


2013 6 Hours of São Paulo, Qualifying result
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2013 6 Hours of São Paulo, Race result
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2013 A Lyga
The 2013 A Lyga, also known as SMSCredit.lt A Lyga for sponsoring purposes, is the 24th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season starts on 9 March 2013 and ends on 10 November 2013. FK Ekranas are the defending champions.


2013 A Lyga, Changes from 2012
The league changed its number of teams for the fourth time in a row, reducing it from ten teams in 2012 A Lyga to nine sides. As a consequence, the schedule reduced from 36 to 32 matches per team, with each team playing every other team four times in total, twice at home and twice away.


2013 A-League All Stars Game
The 2013 A-League All Stars Game was a football match that took place on 20 July 2013 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, contested between the A-League All Stars and English Premier League champions Manchester United.


2013 A-League All Stars Game, Background
Tickets which went on sale earlier in the year sold out in minutes. A Manchester United training session which was open to the public attracted 22,000 people at Allianz Stadium. It is the first time since 1999 that Manchester United have visited Australia. On 18 March 2013, it was announced Melbourne Victory coach Ange Postecoglou will coach the all-stars squad, chosen by fans who voted.


2013 A-League All Stars Game, Background
Some A-League players, including Alessandro Del Piero and Emile Heskey, were not able to play due to other commitments.


2013 A-League All Stars Game, Broadcasting
In Australia, the match was broadcast live by the Seven Network, after they secured the rights to the inaugural A-League All Stars game on 23 May 2013. In the UK, the match was broadcast live on Manchester United's subscription television channel MUTV.


2013 A-League Grand Final
The 2013 A-League Grand Final was the eighth A-League Grand Final, which took place at Allianz Stadium, Sydney on 21 April 2013. The match was won by Central Coast Mariners, who beat Western Sydney Wanderers 2–0, in front of 42,102 people. This was the first time the Central Coast Mariners became champions of Australia, after losing three previous grand finals.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final
Both teams came into the final in good form, the Wanderers undefeated in 13 games and the Mariners having won their past 4 A-League games in a row. The sides had previously met three times over the course of the season, with each team winning one match as well as one draw.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final
In their inaugural season, Wanderers performed strongly. Mixed early results were followed by a streak of 12 undefeated games, including a run of 10 wins in a row, which saw the side top the regular season table, winning the A-League premiership. In the semi-final, the Wanderers beat Brisbane Roar 2-0, scoring a goal in each half to qualify for the grand final.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final
Entering the season as reigning A-League premiers, the Mariners had a strong season, highlighted by the fact that they lost only one match at their home ground, Bluetongue Stadium- against the Wanderers. After finishing second in the regular season, the Mariners played Melbourne Victory in the semi-final, winning 1-0 through a Daniel McBreen goal and so qualifying for the final.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Route to the final
The top six teams from the 2012–13 season qualified for the finals series, with the top two receiving byes into the semi-finals.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary
It was announced by the FFA, following Western Sydney Wanderers earning the right to host the grand final, that the match would be played at the Sydney Football Stadium due to its greater capacity than the Wanderers usual home ground, Parramatta Stadium. The match was played in front of a sold-out crowd of 42,102 at the Sydney Football Stadium- the largest crowd of the 2012–13 A-League. In Australia, it was shown live on Fox Sports.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary
The first clear-cut chance of the match came when Trent Sainsbury played a ball over the top for Mile Sterjovski. Sterjovski got in behind the defence and chipped over Wanderers' 'keeper Ante Covic, only for his shot to hit the crossbar and bounce out for a goal kick. Shortly before half-time, the Mariners took the lead. Michael McGlinchey's corner found Patrick Zwaanswijk at the near post, whose powerful header put the Mariners ahead going into half-time.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary
Soon after play resumed, both Shinji Ono and Sterjovski had attempts on goal from attacking positions for their respective sides, but neither was able to put their shot on target. Midway through the half, the Mariners were awarded a penalty. It came after Daniel McBreen retrieved a ball deep inside the penalty area and cut back the bouncing ball, only for it to hit the arm of Jérome Polenz, leading Peter Green to award a penalty. From the resultant penalty, McBreen sent Covic the wrong way, powering his shot into the top left corner and giving the Mariners a two-goal advantage which they retained until the final whistle.


2013 A-League Grand Final, Match, Summary
Daniel McBreen was awarded the Joe Marston Medal as man of the match. The win marked the Central Coast Mariners' first A-League Championship.


2013 AAA 400
The 2013 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on September 29, 2013, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware, United States. Contested over 400 laps on the 1–mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 29th race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship, and the third race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his fifth win of the season and record eighth win at Dover, while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second. Joey Logano, Jeff Gordon, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Background
Dover International Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at nine degrees with the backstretch. The racetrack has seats for 113,000 spectators. Brad Keselowski was the defending race winner after winning the event in the 2012 race.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Background
Before the race, Matt Kenseth was leading the Drivers' Championship with 2,111 points, while Kyle Busch stood in second with 2,097 points. Jimmie Johnson followed in third with 2,093, 18 ahead of Carl Edwards in fourth, and 20 ahead of Greg Biffle in fifth. Kevin Harvick, with 2,072, was in sixth; one ahead of Kurt Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Jeff Gordon was five points ahead of Ryan Newman and six ahead of Clint Bowyer in ninth and tenth. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was eleventh with 2,049, seven points ahead of Joey Logano in twelfth. Kasey Kahne completed the first thirteen positions with 2,040 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Toyota and Chevrolet were tied for the lead with 188 points. Ford was third with 149 points before the race.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Three practice sessions were held before the race. The first session, held on September 27, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third, held a day later on September 28, 2013, were 55 and 50 minutes long. During the first practice session, Kenseth was quickest with a time of 22.556, ahead of Martin Truex, Jr. and Logano in second and third. Kurt Busch followed in the fourth position, ahead of Kyle Busch in fifth.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
During qualifying, forty-three cars were entered. Earnhardt, Jr. clinched his second pole position of the season, with a lap time of 22.243 seconds, setting a new track record. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kenseth. Newman qualified third, Edwards took fourth, and Aric Almirola started fifth. Keselowski, Jamie McMurray, Johnson, Kurt Busch, and Truex, Jr. completed the first ten positions on the grid.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
In the Saturday morning session, Kahne was quickest, ahead of Earnhardt, Jr. and Gordon in second and third. Kurt Busch and Kenseth followed in the fourth and fifth positions. Johnson, Kyle Busch, Bowyer, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Truex, Jr. rounded out ten quickest drivers in the session. In the final practice session for the race, Keselowski was quickest with a time of 23.027 seconds. Johnson followed in second, ahead of Kenseth and Newman in third and fourth. Earnhardt, Jr. managed fifth in the session.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Race
Following the green flag, Earnhardt, Jr. gained a large lead over the rest of the pack. His lead narrowed as he caught up to the slower cars toward the back of the pack. Kenseth took the lead from Earnhardt, Jr. on lap 26. Earnhardt, Jr. regained the lead on lap 31 as Kenseth struggled to get around slower cars. The first caution of the race occurred for debris in turn 3 on lap 38. During this caution, Kyle Busch took over the race lead after the leaders made pit stops.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Race
Kyle Busch continued to lead the race following the restart, gaining a large lead over the rest of the field. Kyle Busch's lead eventually shrunk and on lap 71, Newman passed him for the lead. Earnhardt, Jr. took back the race lead on lap 76. During a round of green-flag pit stops, Earnhardt, Jr. missed the commitment line attempting to make his stop and was forced to do another lap before pitting. This cost him the race lead, which was taken over by Johnson on lap 120. Johnson continued to lead the race after the round of pit stops.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Race
Kurt Busch was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop because of a loose rear wheel. The second caution of the race came out on lap 166 due to debris in turn 1. The leaders came to pit road under this caution and Kenseth won the battle off pit road. Kenseth maintained the race lead following this caution. Kenseth led for multiple laps until he was held up by slower traffic. Johnson regained the lead from Kenseth on lap 198.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Race
Johnson held the lead heading into the second half of the race. Keselowski had to come to pit road after fluid was coming from his car. On lap 229, the third caution was brought out from the fluid dropped by Keselowski. Johnson maintained the lead following this caution. He continued to lead following a cycle of green-flag pit stops. At this point, the lead lap cars did not have enough fuel to make it to the finish except for Bowyer. On lap 371, the fourth and final caution of the race occurred for debris in turn 3.


2013 AAA 400, Report, Race
During this caution, the leaders came to pit road, with Johnson winning the battle off pit road by taking two tires ahead of Earnhardt, Jr. who took four tires. Johnson maintained the lead after the restart and continued on to win the race. This was Johnson's fifth win in 2013 and eighth career win at Dover, setting the track record for most wins by breaking a tie with Richard Petty and Bobby Allison.


2013 AAA Texas 500
The 2013 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race  held on November 3, 2013, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.


2013 AAA Texas 500, Summary
Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-fourth, and the eighth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup during the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his sixth win of the season, while Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second and Joey Logano finished third.


2013 AAA Texas 500, Summary
Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth were considered the most likely to win this race according to the pundits while Brad Keselowski, Elliott Sadler and Juan Pablo Montoya were considered the extreme underdogs. Some of the racing experts predicted that Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin and Greg Biffle would initially make great lap times during the race but would ultimately falter in the end.


2013 AAA Texas 500, Summary
Before the race, the championship lead would be split between Kenseth and Johnson. With three racing remaining, it looked like a tiebreaker would have been needed if the stalemate had carried over into Homestead-Miami.


2013 AAMI Classic – Draw
The 2013 AAMI Classic took place between 9–12 January 2013, at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.


2013 ABL Playoffs
The 2013 ABL Playoffs is the postseason of the 2013 ABL Regular Season which began on Saturday, 23 May 2013, and concluded on 12 June 2013 when the San Miguel Beermen were crowned the 2013 ABL Finals Champions after sweeping the Indonesia Warriors in the 2013 ABL Finals. The four teams with the best regular season record qualified for the playoffs; the team with the higher seed was awarded the home court advantage.


2013 ABL Playoffs
The semifinals were in a best-of-5 format; the team that first won thrice advanced to the next round. The venues alternated between the opposing teams; the higher seed hosting Game 1, 2 and 5 (if necessary), while the lower seed hosted Game 3 and 4 (if necessary).


2013 ABL season
The 2013 ASEAN Basketball League Regular Season was the fourth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) since its establishment. A total of six teams competed in the league. The regular season began on 11 January 2013 and ended on 19 May 2013. Two teams from the previous season, inaugural champions AirAsia Philippine Patriots and Bangkok Cobras did not return for the current season.


2013 ABL season, Preseason
The ABL underwent contraction after it was announced that the Bangkok Cobras and the AirAsia Philippine Patriots would not be returning for the current season. The Brunei Barracudas, who were on leave for the 2012 season, were not announced to the list of active teams for 2013.


2013 ABL season, Preseason
A new format was announced for the regular season, where the teams will play each four times, twice at home and twice away, a deviation from the earlier seasons where teams played each other thrice. Also, the league added Hoops Fest to the regular season schedule. The mid-season tournament was played over two days and the two games played by each team counted towards their regular season records. The playoff format was also changed: both the semifinals and the finals will be best-of-five series, instead of best-of-three in the previous seasons (in the inaugural season, the finals was a best-of-five series).


2013 ABL season, Results, ABL Hoops Fest
The first ever ABL Hoops Fest, an annual mid-season showcase of the league, was added in the 2013 ABL season on 4 March 2013. All six teams will converge on a host city for the three-day contest, which will also include a slam dunk and three point shootout contest. The matchups are made via a random draw during the pre-season. Points obtained during Hoops Fest will count towards the teams’ total points for the regular season. Saigon, Vietnam was chosen as the host for the first edition of the competition, which was held 15 March 2013 to 17 March 2013.


2013 ABL season, Playoffs
The 2013 ABL Playoffs started on 23 May 2013 and concluded with the San Miguel Beermen sweeping the Indonesia Warriors in the 2013 ABL Finals to claim the team's first ever ABL title.


2013 ABL season, Playoffs, Semi-finals
The semi-finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1 and 2, and 5, if necessary. {{ThreeLegStart|legs=5


2013 ABL season, Playoffs, Finals
The Finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1 and 2, and 5, if necessary.


2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (or Rotterdam Open) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 11 and 17 February 2013. It was the 41st edition of the Rotterdam Open, whose official name is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The competition was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2013 ATP World Tour. Second-seeded Juan Martín del Potro won the singles title.


2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Llodra was scheduled to play alongside Juan Martín del Potro but withdrew from the first round while Zimonjić partnered up with Robert Lindstedt and successfully defended the title, defeating Thiemo de Bakker and Jesse Huta Galung in the final 5–7, 6–3, [10–8].


2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Julien Benneteau. Juan Martín del Potro won the title, defeating Benneteau in the final 7–6(7–2), 6–3.


2013 ACB Playoffs
The 2013 ACB Playoffs was the final phase of the 2012–13 ACB season. It started on May 23 and ended on June 19. FC Barcelona Regal were the defending champions, and Real Madrid took the 2013 title.


2013 ACC Championship Game
The 2013 ACC Championship Game was the eighth football championship game for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It featured the Florida State Seminoles, winners of the ACC's Atlantic Division, and the Duke Blue Devils, winners of the ACC's Coastal Division. Duke is the first team other than Georgia Tech or Virginia Tech to represent the Coastal in the ACC Championship Game.


2013 ACC Championship Game
This was the game's fourth consecutive year at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2013 ACC Championship Game
A 45-7 Florida State win cemented a position for the Seminoles in the national championship game while Duke settled for the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Jameis Winston, quarterback of the Florida State Seminoles, accounted for four total touchdowns (3 passing, 1 rushing) and Devonta Freeman paced the rushing attack with 91 yards on 18 carries and a touchdown in the dominating victory.


2013 ACC Championship Game
Florida State defeated Auburn in the national championship game on January 6, 2014.


2013 ACC Championship Game, Scoring summary
1st quarter scoring:There were no points scored in the 1st quarter.


2013 ACC Emerging Teams Cup
The 2013 ACC Emerging Teams Cup was the first edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was held in Singapore. Eight teams participated in the tournament, comprising four under-23 teams from Test nations and four top associate teams from Asia.


2013 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 14–17 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. For the second consecutive year, a team from the state of Florida captured its first-ever ACC Men's Basketball Tournament title, as the Miami Hurricanes won the championship. The 2013 tournament was the final ACC Tournament with 12 teams, as Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Notre Dame joined the ACC for the 2013–14 season.


2013 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Broadcasting
Games were broadcast on both the networks of ESPN and over-the-air in ACC markets via Raycom Sports' ACC Network. Due to ESPN's new contract with the conference, the ACC Network no longer had exclusivity in broadcasting the tournament in ACC markets, allowing ESPN's feed to be carried.


2013 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams are seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under an ACC policy.


2013 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 27th edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. Held at the Maryland SoccerPlex, the Maryland Terrapins, the defending champions, successfully defended their title against their rivals, the Virginia Cavaliers, 1–0 in the final.


2013 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
For the first time since 2001, not every ACC team earned a berth into the tournament. Instead, the top eight teams in the conference based on their conference record earned qualification into the tournament.


2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup
The 2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup was a cricket tournament held between March 26 and April 3 in Nepal. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Afghanistan has already qualified as an ODI nation while UAE has already qualified as host for the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Hence, the tournament will, in reality, serve as qualifier for other top two teams from Asian region.


2013 ACC Twenty20 Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five highest run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2013 ACC Women's Championship
The 2013 ACC Women's Championship was an international women's cricket tournament held in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, from 23 to 31 January 2013. It was organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).


2013 ACC Women's Championship
Unlike the two previous ACC women's tournaments, where matches were played using the Twenty20 format, matches at the 2013 event were played over 25 overs. Eleven teams participated in the tournament, up from ten at the previous edition. Iran and Qatar returned to the competition for the first time since the 2009 tournament, while Oman did not return. The teams were divided into uneven groups of five and six, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the final. China, undefeated in the group stages, eventually met Thailand in the final, but were defeated by 17 runs. Thailand consequently qualified for the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland, which was the qualification tournament for the 2014 World Twenty20.


2013 ACC Women's Championship, Statistics, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2013 ACC Women's Championship, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2013 ADAC Formel Masters
The 2013 ADAC Formel Masters was the sixth season of the ADAC Formel Masters series, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Germany. The season began on 27 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 29 September at Hockenheim after eight race weekends, totalling 24 races.


2013 ADAC Formel Masters
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. driver Alessio Picariello dominated the battle for the drivers' championship from start to finish taking twelve wins from the 24 races on his way to the championship title. Other race wins were shared between his teammates Maximilian Günther and Hendrik Grapp, Schiller Motorsport drivers Jason Kremer and Fabian Schiller, Neuhauser Racing drivers Nicolas Beer and Marvin Dienst, Lotus drivers Indy Dontje and Beitske Visser, as well as Team KUG Motorsport driver Ralph Boschung, who inherited his first win after Picariello was penalised at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring.


2013 ADAC GT Masters
The 2013 ADAC GT Masters season was the seventh season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. It began on 27 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 29 September at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings. Diego Alessi and Daniel Keilwitz claimed the championship title.


2013 ADAC Procar Series
The 2013 ADAC Procar Series season was the nineteenth season of the ADAC Procar Series, the German championship for Super 2000 touring cars. The season consisted of eight separate race weekends with two races each, spread over eight different tracks.


2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a continental beach soccer tournament which took place from 22 to 26 January 2013, at a temporary stadium and adjacent pitch on Katara Beach in Doha, Qatar. The stadium will have a capacity of 3,000 spectators.


2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The two finalists and the third place play-off winner earned qualification to represent Asia at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Papeete, Tahiti.


2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams
Sixteen teams have been confirmed to be taking part in the tournament, a record number, surpassing that of the eleven teams that competed in the 2011 qualifiers. The first 13 participating teams are as follows:


2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Participating teams
The organizers left three slots available and would announce who the three teams would be inside of two weeks after the draw. It was learned on 8 January 2013 that the Philippines have fielded a team to participate in the Asian qualifier. It was also learned that Afghanistan and Thailand will also participate. These newly-known entries have been indicated with a *.


2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
The draw to divide the teams into the following four groups was conducted on December 20, 2012, in Doha. The subsequent fixtures were determined on 10 January 2013.


2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Group stage
All kickoff times are listed as Qatar local time (UTC+3).


2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, Playoff stage
After the group stage had concluded, a draw was held at 21:30 to determine the match-ups for all 16 teams, including the group winners, based on where the teams place.


2013 AFC Champions League
The 2013 AFC Champions League was the 32nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 11th under the current AFC Champions League title. The defending champions, Ulsan Hyundai, failed to qualify for the tournament.


2013 AFC Champions League
In the final, Chinese team Guangzhou Evergrande defeated South Korean team FC Seoul on away goals to win their first title, becoming the first Chinese team to win the AFC Champions League (and the second Chinese team to be crowned Asian club champions after Liaoning FC), and qualified for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.


2013 AFC Champions League, Allocation of entries per association
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with inspection of the associations interested in participating in the AFC Champions League to be done in 2012, and the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2012.


2013 AFC Champions League, Allocation of entries per association
The following criteria for participation in the AFC Champions League were proposed by the AFC in July 2012:


2013 AFC Champions League, Allocation of entries per association
On 29 November 2012, the AFC Executive Committee approved the slots for the 2013 edition of the AFC Champions League. However, this final allocation of slots did not fully follow the proposal above.


2013 AFC Champions League, Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League.


2013 AFC Champions League, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).


2013 AFC Champions League, Schedule, Format changes
The following changes in the format of the competition were made compared with the previous year:


2013 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-off
The draw for the qualifying play-off was held on 6 December 2012. Each tie was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie advanced to the group stage to join the 29 automatic qualifiers.


2013 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2013 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2013 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2013 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2013 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the order of two legs) was held on 20 June 2013. In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two teams from the same association, they may play each other in the quarter-finals.


2013 AFC Champions League Final
The 2013 AFC Champions League Final was the final match of the 2013 AFC Champions League, the thirty-second round of the top grade Asian club football tournament. It was organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was the eleventh round under the title of AFC Champions League.


2013 AFC Champions League Final
The final match was contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between FC Seoul of South Korea and Guangzhou Evergrande of China. The first leg was hosted by FC Seoul at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul on 26 October 2013, while the second leg was hosted by Guangzhou Evergrande at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou on 9 November 2013. The winner would represent the AFC at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, beginning at the quarterfinal stage.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Outcome
The first leg ended with a 2 all draw. Goals were scored by Sergio Escudero and Dejan Damjanović for FC Seoul, and Elkeson and Gao Lin for Guangzhou Evergrande. The second leg ended with a 1 all draw. Goals in this game were made by Elkeson for Guangzhou Evergrande, and Dejan Damjanović for FC Seoul.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Outcome
Guangzhou Evergrande won the match and was awarded the premiership. This was their first premiership win on the away goals rule.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
After the 2012 AFC Champions League Final took place at the home of one of the finalists, the  Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that the following year's competition final would be contested in a two-legged home-and-away format. It was the first time since 2008 that the AFC had adopted such an arrangement.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
FC Seoul's home venue, Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul is a 66,806 seated stadium located in the capital city. It is also the home ground of the Korea Republic national football team, and was the opening venue of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. It is the third largest soccer stadium in Asia after Azadi Stadium and Salt Lake Stadium.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
Guangzhou Evergrande's home venue, Tianhe Stadium, is a 58,500 seated stadium located in the city of Guangzhou. It hosted the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and the football matches of the 2010 Asian Games.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
In the history of the competition, five finals have been held in South Korea but this was the first one in Seoul.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Neither FC Seoul nor Guangzhou Everard had won the AFC club premiership before. The predecessors of FC Seoul, the Anyang LG Cheetahs, finished as runners-up of the 2001–02 Asian Club Championship. It was also sixteenth time a Korean club had reached the final and the fourth time a Chinese club had done so.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Choi Yong-Soo was manager of an experienced Korean side. A Korean side had won the AFC Champions League premiership four times in the previous five years. FC Seoul had represented Korea in the final games for five consecutive seasons. They had been defeated in the quarter-finals in 2009 and 2011.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Guanghzhou's head coach from May 2012 was Marcello Lippi. Lippi had won the UEFA Champions League with Juventus in 1996 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national football team. Guangzhou won the Chinese Super League premiership in 2010 and 2011 and had reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 AFC Champions League. Guangzhou, like FC Seoul, had lost just once en route to the final, having scored 14 goals in their last four games. Choi had the full Italian squad at his disposal. The last time China had won the premiership was in 1990 with the Liaoning team. In 1998, Dalian Wanda had lost the premiership to the Pohang Steelers.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Rules
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. This was a change from the previous year when the final had been played as a single game. The order of the legs was decided by a draw. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner, if necessary.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Team news
FC Seoul's squad featured veterans of its previous campaigns, and a Colombian midfielder, Mauricio Molina. Molina had won the 2010 AFC Champions League premiership title as part of Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. FC Seoul was without its defender, Cha Du-ri, for the first leg of the final due to his suspension. A veteran Brazilian, Adilson dos Santos replaced him. dos Santos was expected to play at right-back.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Team news
Guanghzhou's Brazilian striker, Muriqui, was the leading scorer in the competition. He had made 13 goals prior to the final. Dario Conca and Elkeson, both from South America had also made significant contributions. Lippi confirmed that right-back Zhang Linpeng and midfielder Zhao Xuri had recovered from injury.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
55,501 patrons attended the first game at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. Sergio Escudero for FC Seoul, scored in the eleventh minute of the match. However, fifteen minutes before half time, Elkeson (who had scored four goals in the previous four games) scored at the equalizer.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
The China international, Gao Lin, then added to the Brazilian's header a minute before the hour mark, and despite Montenegrin striker Damjanovic equalizing with seven minutes remaining, Guangzhou headed into the next month's second leg in pole position. Guangzhou came close to a breakthrough after eight minutes as Dario Conca's shot was palmed back out towards the penalty spot only for Huang Bowen to blaze over the crossbar. But just two minutes later FC Seoul took the lead as Guangzhou's defence failed to deal with a quickly taken free-kick and Escudero held off Feng Xiaoting before coolly beating the goalkeeper, Zeng Cheng, with a low shot from just inside the penalty area.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
At twenty minutes, Gao made a goal for Guangzhou: his angled strike from inside the area was kicked away by FC Seoul goal keeper, Kim Yong-Dae, before Elkeson fired over from Zhang Linpeng's cross. Guangzhou were back on level terms 16 minutes before half-time as Huang's left wing corner was met by the unmarked Elkeson and the Brazilian's downward header from the edge of the six yard area gave Kim little chance despite a despairing dive from the FC Seoul goalkeeper. Guangzhou finished the first half strongly and almost completed the comeback in stoppage time as Kim had to be on his toes to push a rising strike from Conca away at his near post.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
FC Seoul striker Damjanovic made a strike at goal seven minutes into the second half. One minute before the hour mark, Guangzhou took the lead as FC Seoul's defence failed to fully clear the danger inside their penalty area and Sun Xiang's low drilled cross was diverted into the back of the net at the near post when Gao Lin poked it in. Damjanovic again went close to making another goal for FC Seoul after 66 minutes only to be denied by a last-ditch block by Sun Xiang before Koh Myong-Jin fired into the side netting.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
Guangzhou should have added a third point with seven minutes remaining as Elkeson fired a tame effort straight at Kim from a promising position. FC Seoul took full advantage less than a minute later as substitute Yun Il-Lok found Escudero in space on the left and Yun's cut back found Damjanovic, who calmly swept the ball past Zeng from inside the area.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
The last play of the match fell to FC Seoul as a counter-attack quickly established itself between FC Seoul's striking partnership of Damjanovic and Escudero. However, Damjanovic's shot was blocked by Zeng Cheng before the whistle blew.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Details
AFC Man of the Match: Dejan Damjanović (FC Seoul)Fans' Man of the Match: Sergio Escudero (FC Seoul)


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Reactions
After the first game, the FC Seoul head coach, Choi Yong-Soo was confident his team could secure the win needed in the second leg to claim the AFC Champions League premiership. He said, "It was a tough match, as you expect to see in the AFC Champions League final. We always prepare to win but we drew in our home game. But we have an opportunity to win the game in the second leg; we're never going to give up and we can do it."


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Reactions
Marcello Lippi rued a string of missed opportunities. He said, "The match was well fought throughout. The game was quite balanced between both teams. It’s been a period when we’ve had a couple of players out injured and this was their first match for 20 days. But FC Seoul are a good team and they attack well and Damjanovic defends the ball well with his body."


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Team news
At the time of the second game, the Guangzhou Evergrande squad was fit. Lippi left Muriqui and right-back Zhang Linpeng out of his side for the Chinese Super League crown 5-0 win over Wuhan Zall. Lippi said, "We are all ready. All of our injured players are ready for tomorrow’s match."


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Team news
For Soul FC, right-back Cha Du-ri returned after missing the first game due to suspension. The left-back Kim Chi-Woo was injured. The former Germany-based defender, Cha, was recalled to the side for the win over Suwon at the expense of Choi Hyo-Jin. The veteran Brazilian defender, Adilson retained his place ahead of Kim. The midfielder, Yun Il-Lok started ahead of Go Yo-Han in the win over Suwon.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
Guangzhou Evergrande became the first Chinese club to win the AFC Champions League premiership since the creation of the League format in 2002. Guangzhou secured the premiership on the away goals ruling after a 1-1 draw at Tianhe Stadium securing an aggregate 3-3 over the two legs of the final against FC Seoul.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
Guangzhou Evergrande started with one change as Zhao Xuri replaced Gao Lin thus moving Conca as a false nine. This move shocked many experts due to Gao's influential role in the season. FC Seoul, swapped Cha Du-Ri in for Choi Hyo-Jin due to Cha getting a yellow card in both matches against Esteghlal during the semifinals.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
Brazilian striker Elkeson gave Guangzhou the lead in the 58th minute with his sixth goal in six AFC Champions League games. Dejan Damjanovic levelled the score four minutes later. FC Seoul could not find their way through the home defence to claim the goal needed to keep the premiership. Guangzhou were deserved winners, having dominated throughout. FC Seoul was unable to register a first half chance of note as the home team controlled the tempo during the majority of the opening period. Zhao Xuri headed Sun Xiang’s cross from the left over the bar in the 11th minute after an impressive build-up by the home side. Five minutes later, Dario Conca's shot on the turn clipped the base of the post.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
Guangzhou dominated possession, forcing the FC Seoul to sit deep. Guangzhou created an increasing number of chances for their side and spurned those of FC Seoul. Conca’s shot from long range was just wide. Kim Yong-Dae dropped to his right to push Elkeson’s effort away for a corner. Elkeson’s attempt at a scissor kick also failed to hit the target in the 27th minute. Zhang Linpeng, who delivered the cross for the Brazilian’s effort, was booked six minutes later for an over-exuberant challenge. Zhang was joined in the book on the stroke of halftime by FC Seoul captain Ha Dae-Sung, who was sanctioned for persistent fouling. Elkeson had earlier spurned an opening when he headed straight at Kim following Sun’s deflected cross.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
Five minutes into the second half, Muriqui forced Kim into a reflect save with his feet after being put through on goal by Huang Bowen. Huang’s shot from range, less than a minute later, was straight at the FC Seoul keeper. Seven minutes later, Guangzhou secured their advantage. Muriqui slipped the ball through the middle of the FC Seoul defence. Elkeson’s deft first touch put him in position to stroke the ball beyond Kim and into the bottom corner.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
Guangzhou's lead lasted four minutes. Sergio Escudero held off the Guangzhou defence releasing Damjanovic who, having barely seen sight of the goal all the game, finished with conviction to Zeng Cheng’s right to put the game in the balance once more.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
Both sides pushed for a second in the final half-hour of the game but, despite increasingly frantic action, neither goalkeeper was troubled, and Guangzhou held on. The crowd of over 42,000 fans became deliriously happy.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Details
AFC Man of the Match: Darío Conca (Guangzhou Evergrande)Fans' Man of the Match: Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande)


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Details
Assistant referees:Yasser Tulefat (Bahrain)Ebrahim Sabt Saleh (Bahrain)Fourth official:Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Reactions
Marcello Lippi hailed his team's win and defended the nature of its win on away goals, claiming that the success was deserved based on the team's performance throughout the competition, FC Seoul's head coach, Choi Yong-Soo was magnanimous in defeat.


2013 AFC Champions League Final, Television coverage
The first leg of the final at Seoul World Cup Stadium averaged 17.42 million viewers in China, the second highest figure for that year for a sporting event. CCTV-5 contributed 14.83 million viewers to the average live audience. In China, the game had 62.62 million viewers across six channels. The average viewer figure was forty-three percent higher than the previous best which was recorded for Guangzhou's semi-final second leg win over Japan's Kashiwa Reysol. The second leg attracted an average audience of 23.68 million viewers on CCTV-5.


2013 AFC Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played from 26 February to 1 May 2013. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.


2013 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2013 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The following 32 teams (16 from West Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 29 automatic qualifiers and the three qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:


2013 AFC Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2013 AFC Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2013 AFC Champions League group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 26–27 February, 12–13 March, 2–3 April, 9–10 April, 23–24 April, and 30 April–1 May 2013.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage
The knock-out stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played from 14 May to 9 November 2013. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had eight teams qualified.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Format
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg. The matchups were determined as follows:


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the order of two legs) was held on 20 June 2013, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two teams from the same association, they may play each other in the quarter-finals.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 14 and 15 May 2013, and the second legs were played on 21 and 22 May 2013.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 21 August 2013, and the second legs were played on 18 September 2013.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 25 September 2013, and the second legs were played on 2 October 2013.


2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Final
The first leg was played on 26 October 2013, and the second leg was played on 9 November 2013.


2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
The qualifying play-off of the 2013 AFC Champions League was played on 9 and 13 February 2013, to decide three of the 32 places in the group stage.


2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Draw
The draw for the qualifying play-off was held on 6 December 2012, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Draw
The following six teams (four from West Zone, two from East Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off draw:


2013 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Format
Each tie was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie advanced to the group stage to join the 29 automatic qualifiers.


2013 AFC Cup
The 2013 AFC Cup was the tenth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.


2013 AFC Cup
In an all-Kuwait final, defending champions Al-Kuwait defeated Al-Qadsia 2–0 to win their third AFC Cup title in five years, and became the first team to win the AFC Cup three times. Both finalists also qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League.


2013 AFC Cup, Allocation of entries per association
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2012. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2012 AFC Cup if the AFC approved the following applications made by any association:


2013 AFC Cup, Allocation of entries per association
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:


2013 AFC Cup, Teams
Al-Muharraq (Bahrain) withdrew after the draw was held. As a result, Regar-TadAZ (Tajikistan), which were initially to enter the qualifying play-off, instead directly entered the group stage, and only two teams participated in the qualifying play-off.


2013 AFC Cup, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).


2013 AFC Cup, Schedule
For 2013, the round of 16 continued to be played as a single match instead of over two legs on a home-and-away basis as originally planned.


2013 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-off
The draw for the qualifying play-off was held on 6 December 2012. Each tie was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary. The winner advanced to the group stage to join the 31 automatic qualifiers.


2013 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-off
Due to the withdrawal of Al-Muharraq after the draw was held, Regar-TadAZ, which were initially drawn to play the winner between Al-Wahda and Al-Ahli Taizz for a place in the group stage, were directly entered into Group A, while the winner between Al-Wahda and Al-Ahli Taizz would be entered into Group B to replace Al-Muharraq.


2013 AFC Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2013 AFC Cup, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2013 AFC Cup, Knock-out stage
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2013 AFC Cup, Knock-out stage, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match.


2013 AFC Cup, Knock-out stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the host team) was held on 20 June 2013. In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals.


2013 AFC Cup Final
The 2013 AFC Cup Final was the final of the 2013 AFC Cup, the 10th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.


2013 AFC Cup Final
The final was contested as a single match between two Kuwaiti teams, Al-Qadsia and Al-Kuwait. The match was hosted by Al-Qadsia at the Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium in Kuwait City on 2 November 2013.


2013 AFC Cup Final
Defending champions Al-Kuwait defeated Al-Qadsia 2–0 to claim their third AFC Cup title in five years, and became the first team to win the AFC Cup three times. Both finalists also qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League.


2013 AFC Cup Final, Venue
The Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, also known as the Peace and Friendship Stadium, is located at Kuwait City and holds 21,500 people.


2013 AFC Cup Final, Venue
This was the third AFC Cup final held in Kuwait. The 2009 AFC Cup Final was hosted by Al-Kuwait at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, while the 2010 AFC Cup Final was hosted by Al-Qadsia at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium.


2013 AFC Cup Final, Background
Al-Kuwait were the defending champions, and had played in three previous finals, winning twice in 2009 and 2012 and losing in 2011, while Al-Qadsia had lost their only previous final in 2010. In fact, since 2009 when Kuwaiti clubs first entered the AFC Cup, this was the fifth straight single-match finals that featured either Al-Kuwait or Al-Qadsia.


2013 AFC Cup Final, Background
The two teams also met in the round of 16 of the 2011 AFC Cup and 2012 AFC Cup, with Al-Kuwait eliminating Al-Qadsia both times on penalties.


2013 AFC Cup Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2013 AFC Cup Final, Rules
The final was played as a single match, with the host team decided by draw. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.


2013 AFC Cup Final, Match
Assistant referees:Tang Yew Mun (Singapore)Jeffrey Goh (Singapore)Fourth official:Muhammad Taqi Al-Jaafari Jahari (Singapore)


2013 AFC Cup group stage
The group stage of the 2013 AFC Cup was played from 26 February to 1 May 2013. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.


2013 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2012, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2013 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The following 32 teams (16 from West Asia Zone, 16 from East Asia Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 31 automatic qualifiers and the qualifying play-off winner, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:


2013 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
Al-Muharraq (Bahrain) withdrew after the draw was held. As a result, Regar-TadAZ (Tajikistan), which were initially to enter the qualifying play-off, instead directly entered the group stage, and only two teams participated in the qualifying play-off.


2013 AFC Cup group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2013 AFC Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2013 AFC Cup group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 5–6 March, 12–13 March, 2–3 April, 9–10 April, 23–24 April, and 30 April–1 May 2013.


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage
The knock-out stage of the 2013 AFC Cup was played from 14 May to 2 November 2013. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Asia Zone and East Asia Zone had eight teams qualified.


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage, Format
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match. The matchups were determined as follows:


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final (to decide the host team) was held on 20 June 2013, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this draw, teams from different zones could play each other, and the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are two teams from the same association, they may not play each other in the quarter-finals.


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage, Round of 16
The matches were played on 14 and 15 May 2013.


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 17 September 2013, and the second legs were played on 24 September 2013.


2013 AFC Cup knockout stage, Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 1 and 2 October 2013, and the second legs were played on 22 October 2013.


2013 AFC Cup qualifying play-off
The qualifying play-off of the 2013 AFC Cup was played on 9 February 2013, to decide one of the 32 places in the group stage.


2013 AFC Cup qualifying play-off, Draw
The draw for the qualifying play-off was held on 6 December 2012, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2013 AFC Cup qualifying play-off, Draw
The following three teams (all from West Asia Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off draw:


2013 AFC Cup qualifying play-off, Draw
Due to the withdrawal of Al-Muharraq after the draw was held, Regar-TadAZ, which were initially drawn to play the winner between Al-Wahda and Al-Ahli Taizz for a place in the group stage, were directly entered into Group A, while the winner between Al-Wahda and Al-Ahli Taizz would be entered into Group B to replace Al-Muharraq.


2013 AFC Cup qualifying play-off, Format
Each tie was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary. The winner advanced to the group stage to join the 31 automatic qualifiers.


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship
The 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 4th AFC Futsal Club Championship. It was held in Nagoya, Japan between 27 Aug and 1 Sep, 2013.


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Draw
The draw for the finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship Japan 2013 will be held on Friday, June 14 and will take place at the Petaling Jaya Hilton Hotel in Malaysia. Eight teams are in the fray including host club Nagoya Oceans and defending champions Giti Pasand Isfahan


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Draw
The 8 teams were drawn in two groups, each group with four teams.


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Qualification
The national league champions of the three best placed teams in the 2012 Championship received a bye to the final as well as the host nation's champion. The remaining four spots were decided in two Asian qualifying tournaments.


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship qualification
The 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship qualification were held to determine 5 spots to the final tournament. The teams finishing first, second and third in the 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship, receive automatic byes to the final round. It will between 11 and 24 April 2013.


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship qualification, Format
Sixteen teams registered in qualifying action for 5 places in the finals. Reigning champions Iran, runners-up Uzbekistan, Japan have direct entry into the tournament proper. The remaining Thirteen team will play in the qualification rounds. The result of the draw for the groups was announced on 13 February 2013. Zone 1 teams will play a round-robin groupstage, with the top two teams qualifying to the semi-finals. The winner of both semi-finals will the prograss to the final tournament as well. Zone 2 will play a round-robin groupstage, with the top two teams qualifying to the semi-finals. A total of three teams from Zone 2 qualifiers will qualify for the finals.


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship qualification, Zones, West, South and Central Asian (Zone 1)
The matches will be played in Panasonic Sports Complex, Shah Alam, Malaysia from April 19 to 24, 2013.


2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship qualification, Zones, ASEAN/East (Zone 2)
The matches will be played in Panasonic Sports Complex, Shah Alam, Malaysia from April 11 to 16, 2013.


2013 AFC President's Cup
The 2013 AFC President's Cup was the ninth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia. Istiqlol were the defending champions, but did not enter the tournament as teams from Tajikistan no longer entered the AFC President's Cup.


2013 AFC President's Cup
In the final, Balkan of Turkmenistan defeated KRL of Pakistan 1–0, and became the first team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.


2013 AFC President's Cup, Teams
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC in November 2012. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2012 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approved the following applications made by any association:


2013 AFC President's Cup, Teams
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:


2013 AFC President's Cup, Teams
Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.


2013 AFC President's Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 19 March 2013, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue, with Cambodia, Nepal, and the Philippines selected by the AFC to host the groups. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage.


2013 AFC President's Cup, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2013 AFC President's Cup, Final stage
The final stage was played at a centralized venue. The matches were played at Malacca, Malaysia, from 23 to 29 September 2013 (all times UTC+8).


2013 AFC President's Cup, Final stage
The draw for the final stage was held on 31 July 2013, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same ranking rules as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the final. The final was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament. The tournament was held from 26 September to 6 October 2013.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
The tournament was played in Nanjing, China, just as the 2011 edition. The top three teams qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Qualification
Four teams were directly qualified by their 2011 performance, the others had to enter qualifying.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Format
The twelve teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. After playing each other once the group winner advances to the semi-finals. The draw was held on 26 April 2013.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, Format
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
The 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification is the qualification stage of 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship. The first matches were played on 6 November 2012.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Format
There is only one qualification round. Teams are divided into four regional groups. After playing each other once the group winners and second placed teams qualify for final tournament.


2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification, Format
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2013 is the seventh edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was played from 11 to 20 October 2013. The top three teams (South Korea, North Korea, and China PR) qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Seedings
3 groups of 4 teams, hosted by Malaysia, Jordan, and Philippines


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Seedings
2 groups of 4 teams, and a play-off between each group winner hosted by Vietnam


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Qualification
First qualification round took place from 17 to 24 October 2012. The second round was played from 2 to 9 December 2012. Myanmar won the only qualification spot to the final tournament.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Format
The teams play each other once. There is no knock-out stage.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Format
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
The 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided final participating team of the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
Only one team qualified to play in the final tournament, including South Korea, North Korea, China PR, Australia, and Japan, who qualified directly as the top 5 finishers of the 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Competition format
3 groups of 4 teams, hosted by Malaysia, Jordan, and Philippines


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Competition format
2 groups of 4 teams, and a play-off between each group winner hosted by Vietnam


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Competition format
The draw for the first and the second qualification round is conducted in March 2012 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Competition format
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, First round
Top two teams of each group will advance to the Second round.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Second round
Top two teams of each group in first qualification round would join Thailand and Vietnam in the second round. Group winners in the groups would play a play-off match where the winner will qualify for the final tournament.


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification, Second round
All matches were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (UTC+7).


2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship squads
The 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship took place in 11–20 October 2013.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship
The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship (also known as the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup) was the first edition of the AFC U-22 Championship. The hosting rights for the tournament was awarded to Oman. It was set to take place between 23 June and 7 July 2013 but was postponed to be held between 11 and 26 January 2014 due to the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship, Host selection
The AFC Competitions Committee awarded the hosting rights of the 2013 finals to Oman on 18 July 2012. Oman and Thailand were the only nations that came forward wanting to host.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship, Qualification
The draw for the group stage of qualifying took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 14 February 2012. 41 national teams are taking part in qualifying. All group matches were set to be held from 23 June to 3 July 2012 but were later changed to June 2–10, 2012 due to Nepal's request.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship, Squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship, Group stage
The draw for the tournament was conducted on 24 August 2013 in Muscat.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship, Goalscorers, Tournament team rankings
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship Final
The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Final was a football match that took place on 26 January 2014 at the Seeb Stadium in Seeb, Oman, to determine the winners of the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship. The match was contested by Iraq and Saudi Arabia, the winners of the semi-finals.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship Final
Iraq beat Saudi Arabia and took the first AFC U23 Championship title.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification
The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification was the qualification tournament for the inaugural edition of the AFC U-22 Asian Cup. The qualifiers took place from 23 June to 3 July 2012, but were later changed to 2–10 June for Group D, due to Nepal's request. The matches were later rescheduled to start from 16 June and 3 July for Indonesia.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Player eligibility
Players born before 1 January 1991 are not eligible to compete in the 2013 AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification tournament.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Format
Forty-one member associations entered the qualification to grab 15 spots in the final tournament The qualifiers were to be held in seven centralized venues.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Format
The teams were divided into six groups of six teams each and one group of five. They played in a single round-robin format and the top two teams qualifying for the tournament proper along with the best third-placed team from all the groups. The hosts of the Finals got a direct berth.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Format
With the AFC Competitions Committee awarding the hosting rights of the 2013 Finals to Oman on 18 July 2012 and with Oman being the best third placed side, this enabled the 2nd best third placed team, Yemen, to enter the finals.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, Teams
The countries which are qualified for the final tournament are emboldened.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads
The 2013 AFC U-22 Championship was an age restricted association football tournament that took place during January 2014 in Oman. It was the first U-22 age group competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation.


2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads
Each nation was required to name 23 players in their national team squad. The full squad listings are below.


2013 AFF Futsal Championship
The 2013 AFF Futsal Championship is the tenth edition of the tournament which was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 19 to 27 October 2013. Ten from twelve member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) have entered all matches were played at the Chanchai Acadium in Bangkok Thonburi University.


2013 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
The 2013 AFF U-16 Youth Championship is the 9th edition of the AFF U-16 Youth Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for the men's under-16 national teams of Southeast Asia. It will be hosted by Myanmar. It will be played between 20 August to 2 September 2013. A total of 10 teams will play in the tournament.


2013 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Malaysia beat Indonesia 3–2 through penalty shoot-out in the final for their first title in the championship.


2013 AFF U-16 Youth Championship, Participant teams
All eleven member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were set to take part in the tournament but Thailand and Timor-Leste withdrew. Australia was invited by the AFF, they were omitted and the AFF reverted to two groups featuring five teams.


2013 AFF U-16 Youth Championship, Group stage
The official draw was made on the twenty-seventh of February 2013. Thailand and Timor-Leste withdrew. Australia was invited by the AFF. The group stage consisted of 2 groups of 5 teams with the top 2 of each group qualifying for the semi-finals.


2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
The  2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship were held from 9 September to 22 September 2013, hosted by Indonesia. 11 members of the ASEAN Football Federation were divided into two groups.


2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
Australia, originally drawn in Group A, withdrew on 8 September 2013, citing lack of preparations. Indonesia won the tournament after defeating unbeaten team, Vietnam, through a penalty shoot-out. This was also their first final edition since the tournament held in 2002.


2013 AFF Women's Championship
The  2013 AFF Women's Championship, known as the 2013 AFF AYA Bank Women's Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 7th edition of the tournament, the women's football championship of Southeast Asia. It was held from 9 September to 22 September 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar.


2013 AFF Women's Championship
Though not an AFF member nation, a Japanese selection side was invited to the tournament. They won the final over Australia.


2013 AFF Women's Championship squads
Below are the squads for the 2013 AFF Women's Championship, hosted by Myanmar, which is took place between 9 and 22 September 2013. 10 teams took part in the championships.


2013 AFF Women's Championship squads, Group B, Indonesia
Caps and goals counted for the 2013 AFF Women's Championship only.


2013 AFL Europe Championship
The 2013 AFL Europe Championship was a 16-a-side Australian rules football competition held in Dublin, Ireland between European countries. This was the second AFL Europe Championship, run by AFL Europe. Matches were played at DCU Sportsground in northern Dublin. Contested between six national teams, the Championships were won by Ireland.


2013 AFL Grand Final
The 2013 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Hawthorn Football Club and Fremantle Football Club at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 September 2013. It was the 117th annual grand final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2013 AFL season. The match, attended by 100,007 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 15 points, marking the club's eleventh VFL/AFL premiership victory. Hawthorn's Brian Lake was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Background
Hawthorn entered the 2013 season having lost the 2012 Grand Final to Sydney, and for most of the season was seen as the favourites for the premiership. After losing to Geelong in Round 1, Hawthorn compiled a 12-match winning streak, until this streak was ended with another loss to Geelong in Round 15. The club's only other loss came against Richmond in Round 19, and it finished with a record of 19–3 to win the minor premiership for the second consecutive year. They defeated Sydney in the qualifying final by 54 points and earned a week off. They ended an 11-match losing streak against Geelong since the 2008 AFL Grand Final to win by five points in the preliminary final. The match was Hawthorn's third grand final appearance in six years.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Background
Fremantle entered the 2013 season having come off a semi-final loss to Adelaide in the previous year's finals series. After winning their first two matches of the season by 28 points, the Dockers lost back-to-back matches against Essendon and Hawthorn to be 2–2 after Round 4 – this was the only time they lost consecutive matches during the season.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Background
Fremantle recorded its largest ever victory when they defeated Greater Western Sydney in Round 20, then, with a finals berth guaranteed, Ross Lyon rested half of his regular side ahead of its final regular season match against St Kilda; the result was a 71-point defeat, which marked the worst defeat in Lyon's coaching career. The team finished third at the end of the home-and-away season, and compiled a club-best record of 16–5–1. They unexpectedly defeated Geelong in Geelong by 15 points in the first week of the finals, which earnt them a week off and a home preliminary final. Fremantle defeated the reigning premiers, Sydney, by 25 points in the preliminary final. The match was Fremantle's first grand final in its history.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Background
The two teams met once during the regular season, in Round 4 at Aurora Stadium; Hawthorn won by 42 points.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Media Coverage
The match was televised by the Seven Network. The primary match commentary was provided by Bruce McAvaney and Dennis Cometti.


2013 AFL Grand Final, Pre-match entertainment
Two Australian bands, Birds of Tokyo and Hunters & Collectors performed before the game and at half time, respectively. The Australian national anthem was sung by Tina Arena.