2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race, Post-Race
In the post-race, the No. 91 Porsche GT was disqualified for low ride height, same being with both the Nos. 7 & 8 of Toyota, giving Thomas Laurent, Mathias Beche, and Gustavo Menezes the win with Rebellion Racing, the first for a non-hybrid since 2012 spa, when Dumas, Gene, and Duval won in the Audi R18 ultra, and Laurent had the prize of youngest race winner. The podium was then a 1-2 for Rebellion followed by SMP No. 17. In LMP2, Richelmi, Aubry, and Tung won from Jafaar, Jeffri, and Tan, followed by the Le Mans class winners. The disqualification of Lietz/Bruni meant that the LMGTE Pro podium was Calado/ Pier Guidi followed by Priaulx/Tincknell, with Estre/Christensen in third. LMGTE Am, the Le Mans winners finished ahead of  TF Sport's Adam/Hankey/Eastwood, completing the podium was Perfetti/ Lindsey/Bergmeister in the "Bumblebee" Project 1.


2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, Race, Race Result
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 135 laps. Class winners in bold.


2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
The 2018 Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was an endurance sports car racing event held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium on 3–5 May 2018. Spa-Francorchamps served as the first race of the 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship, and was the seventh running of the event as part of the championship. The race was won by the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid.


2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Qualifying, Qualifying results
Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.


2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Qualifying, Qualifying results
– Only one driver of the No. 10 DragonSpeed set a lap time. – No.10 DragonSpeed withdrew due to Fittipaldi's high-speed crash at Eau Rouge. – Only one driver of the No. 86 Gulf Racing set a lap time. – Both Manors-run Ginettas withdrew after qualifying due to financial issues. – No.7 Toyota was excluded due to incorrect declaration of Fuel Flow Meter and will start from pit lane a lap down.


2018 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Race, Race result
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 114 laps. Class winners in bold.


2018 A Lyga
The 2018 A Lyga was the 29th season of the A Lyga, the top-tier association football league of Lithuania. The season began on 25 February 2018 and ended on 11 November 2018.


2018 A Lyga
Sūduva Marijampolė began the season as defending champions having won their first league title last year. They secured a second consecutive title in ARVI Football Arena on 7 November, after they beaten Atlantas 6–0.


2018 A Lyga, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 A Lyga, Relegation play-offs
The 7th placed team faced the runners-up of the 2018 LFF I Lyga for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2019 A Lyga.


2018 A Lyga, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
Palanga won 5–0 on aggregate and therefore both clubs remain in their respective leagues.


2018 A Lyga, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2018 A Lyga, Attendance
Updated to games played on 11 November 2018Source: , Notes:1: Team played last season in the I Lyga


2018 A Lyga, Awards, Yearly awards, Individual
Awards were presented at the Lithuanian Football Awards ceremony, which was held on 21 February 2019. Finalists for voted awards were announced after the season and winners were presented at the award ceremony.


2018 A-League Grand Final
The 2018 A-League Grand Final was the thirteenth A-League Grand Final, played on 5 May 2018. The match took place at McDonald Jones Stadium, with Newcastle Jets hosting Melbourne Victory, the first A-League grand final held outside a metropolitan city.


2018 A-League Grand Final
Kosta Barbarouses scored the only goal of the game, in the 9th minute. It was a controversial goal, as replays showed that there was an offside offence in the lead up to the goal, but the Video Assistant Referee system had gone down for technical reasons and the goal was allowed to stand.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the National Soccer League era, since 2006 were in the A-League era.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Records
Kosta Barbarouses's 9th-minute goal was the fastest ever goal scored in an A-League Grand Final.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Records
Kosta Barbarouses's 9th-minute goal was the equal 3rd fastest goal ever scored in any previous National Soccer League Grand Final & A-League Grand Final history behind John Anastasiadis in 1998 for South Melbourne against Carlton at Olympic Park, Mile Sterjovski in 1999 for Sydney United against South Melbourne at Olympic Park, and Mark Koussas in 1984 for Sydney Olympic against South Melbourne at Olympic Park.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Records
Melbourne Victory became the first ever team to qualify for the A-League Grand Final from outside the top 3. With their win, the Victory became the first team in A-League history to win 4 championships, and the first team in A-League history to win the Championship from outside the top 2.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Records
Melbourne Victory also became the first team to win the championship from outside the top 2 positions after regular season since Adelaide City won the 1994 NSL Grand Final from 5th spot on the ladder and Melbourne Victory are only just the 9th team in history to win an away from home Grand Final in 34-year history of season deciders in NSL & A-League history and were just only the 7th team in history to win the NSL Grand Final & A-League Grand Final from outside the top 2 positions after regular season.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Records
Melbourne Victory equal the record for most NSL & A-League championships on four titles along with Hakoah Sydney City (1977, 1980, 1981, 1982), Marconi Stallions (1979, 1988, 1989, 1993), and South Melbourne (1984, 1991, 1998, 1999).


2018 A-League Grand Final, Records
The crowd of 29,410 was Newcastle's biggest ever home attendance.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Video assistant referee (VAR) controversy
Kosta Barbarouses's goal in the 9th minute of the game came about via a header from James Donachie, however Donachie was offside when Leroy George took the free kick which Donachie passed to Barbarouses. The game's video assistant referee (VAR) system failed to detect Donachie's offside position as its video feed had failed in the thirty seconds leading up to the goal. By the time the system was restored, the game had resumed, meaning the decision to allow the goal stood. The Football Federation Australia later acknowledged the technical issues, but offered no real apology to the Newcastle team or fans.


2018 A-League Grand Final, Broadcasting
The Grand Final was broadcast live throughout Australia on Fox Sports and Network Ten.


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism
The 2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 6, 2018, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Report, Background
Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the Verizon IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Report, Background
The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, First practice
Paul Menard was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.524 seconds and a speed of 159.830 mph (257.221 km/h).


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Qualifying
Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.770 and a speed of 158.103 mph (254.442 km/h).


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Joey Logano was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.858 seconds and a speed of 157.494 mph (253.462 km/h).


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Aric Almirola was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.745 seconds and a speed of 158.277 mph (254.722 km/h).


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Media, Television
Fox Sports covered their 18th race at the Dover International Speedway. Mike Joy, five-time Dover winner Jeff Gordon and two-time Dover winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum handled the action on pit road for the television side.


2018 AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Media, Radio
MRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2018 AAA Texas 500
The 2018 AAA Texas 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on November 4, 2018, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 337 laps – extended from 334 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it is the 34th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, eighth race of the Playoffs, and second race of the Round of 8.


2018 AAA Texas 500, Report, Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.


2018 AAA Texas 500, First practice
Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.139 seconds and a speed of 198.976 mph (320.221 km/h).


2018 AAA Texas 500, Qualifying
Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.932 and a speed of 200.505 mph (322.682 km/h).


2018 AAA Texas 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Aric Almirola was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 27.856 seconds and a speed of 193.854 mph (311.978 km/h).


2018 AAA Texas 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.074 seconds and a speed of 192.349 mph (309.556 km/h).


2018 AAA Texas 500, Race, Final Stage Results
† Kevin Harvick was penalized 40 points and the win is encumbered due to a spoiler infraction post-race.


2018 AAA Texas 500, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Two–time Texas winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and 2000 Texas winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.


2018 AAA Texas 500, Media, Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2018 ABA League Playoffs
The 2018 ABA League Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2017–18 ABA League First Division season. The playoffs started on March 18, 2018 and ended on April 14, 2018. The winner of the play-offs qualifies for the 2018–19 EuroLeague.


2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four
The 2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four is the concluding ABA League Second Division tournament of the 2017–18 ABA League Second Division season. The winner of the final four was promoted to the 2018–19 ABA League First Division.


2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four, Venue
After having analyzed the offers, that have been submitted following a tender by 9 February 2018, the ABA League Presidency has decided to award the organization of the Final Four Tournament of the ABA League Second Division to the Borac and their town of Čačak, Serbia.


2018 ABA League Supercup
The 2018 ABA League Supercup was the second tournament of the ABA League Supercup, featuring teams from the Adriatic League First Division.


2018 ABA League Supercup, Qualified teams
Based on the results in the 2017–18 ABA League First Division season there are 8 participants at the 2018 Adriatic Supercup. Eighth team is the host. Qualified teams are the seven best placed teams of the season and the host.


2018 ABC Supply 500
The 2018 ABC Supply 500 was the 14th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. The race was held on August 19 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race served as the 14th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. 2018 Indy 500 champion Will Power qualified on pole position, while 2016 Indy 500 champion Alexander Rossi took victory in the 200-lap race. The race was marred by a massive crash on lap 6 which ended the races of Ryan Hunter-Reay, Robert Wickens, James Hinchcliffe, Takuma Sato, and Pietro Fittipaldi. Hunter-Reay, Hinchcliffe, Sato, and Fittipaldi were unharmed, but Wickens sustained severe injuries and was paralyzed from the chest down as a result.


2018 ABC Supply 500, Results, Race
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.


2018 ABL Finals
The 2018  ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Finals was the best-of-5 championship series of the 2017–18 ABL season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. Mono Vampire and San Miguel Alab Pilipinas competed for the 8th championship contested by the league. After a decider Game 5, San Miguel Alab Pilipinas eventually clinched the club's first franchise championship in its history, and the third ABL Championship that came from the Philippines. Bobby Ray Parks Jr. was named as the Finals MVP after averaging 23 points per game in the finals series.


2018 ABL Finals, Background, Head-to-head matchups
This is the first playoff and finals meeting between Alab Pilipinas and Mono Vampire.


2018 ABL Playoffs
The 2018 ABL Playoffs is the postseason tournament concluding the 2017–18 season of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The top two teams that had the best regular season records qualified directly to the semifinals, while the third to sixth best teams faced each other in the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals and the semifinals will be a best-of-three series, while the Finals is a best-of-five series. The higher-seed team holds the home court advantage, hosting Games 1 and 3 in the semifinals, and Games 1, 2 and 5 in the Finals.


2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2018 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 12–18 February 2018. It was the 45th edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2018 ATP World Tour. The tournament also includes a Men's Wheelchair Tennis Singles and Doubles draw. The wheelchair tennis event was an ITF-1 level tournament, with a total of $32,000 prize money.


2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Ivan Dodig and Marcel Granollers were the defending champions, but Granollers chose not to participate this year. Dodig played alongside Rajeev Ram, but lost in the semifinals to Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.


2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Herbert and Mahut went on to win the title, defeating Oliver Marach and Mate Pavić in the final, 2–6, 6–2, [10–7].


2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began with a left hamstring injury.


2018 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Roger Federer regained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking by reaching the semifinals and went on to win his third title in Rotterdam, defeating Grigor Dimitrov in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2018 ACB Playoffs
The 2018 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2018 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2017–18 season, which began September 29, 2017. The playoffs started on 27 May 2018 and ended on 19 June 2018 with the Finals.


2018 ACB Playoffs
Valencia Basket was the defending champion, but was defeated in quarterfinals by Herbalife Gran Canaria, who achieved qualification to the EuroLeague for the first time ever, but was defeated in semifinals by Real Madrid who won their 34th title after defeating Kirolbet Baskonia in finals.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Format
At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Format
The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that wins three games advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Playoff qualifying
On 8 April 2018, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Bracket
Teams in bold advance to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Real Madrid v Iberostar Tenerife
This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Real Madrid and Iberostar Tenerife.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Kirolbet Baskonia v Unicaja
This was the ninth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Kirolbet Baskonia winning five of the first eight meetings.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, FC Barcelona Lassa v MoraBanc Andorra
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with FC Barcelona Lassa winning the previous meeting.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Valencia Basket v Herbalife Gran Canaria
This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and Herbalife Gran Canaria.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Semifinals, Real Madrid v Herbalife Gran Canaria
This was the 3rd playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous two meetings.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Semifinals, Kirolbet Baskonia v FC Barcelona Lassa
This was the 13th playoff meeting between these two teams, with FC Barcelona Lassa winning seven of the first 12 meetings.


2018 ACB Playoffs, Finals
This was the 11th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning seven of the first 10 meetings.


2018 ACC Championship Game
The 2018 ACC Championship Game was played on December 1, 2018. It was the 14th annual ACC Championship Game, played to determine the 2018 champion of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The game was held at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Clemson emerged victorious and became the 2018 ACC champions, beating Pitt 42–10.


2018 ACC Championship Game, History
The 2018 Championship Game was the 14th in the Atlantic Coast Conference's 66-year history. Last season, the ACC Championship Game featured the Clemson Tigers, champions of the Atlantic Division, and the Miami Hurricanes, champions of the Coastal Division. Clemson won the game 38–3 and went on to the 2017 College Football Playoff.


2018 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Clemson
The Clemson Tigers finished the season with a 12–0 undefeated record. This is the Tigers' fourth straight appearance in the championship game. They have won the previous three championship games. During the season, they defeated Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Wake Forest, NC State, Florida State, Louisville, Boston College and Duke in conference play. Their season was also highlighted by 2 wins over SEC teams (Texas A&M and South Carolina). The Tigers come into the game ranked #2 in both the AP and Coaches poll.


2018 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Panthers finished the season with a 7–5 overall record and a 6–2 record in ACC play. This is Pitt's first appearance in the championship game. During the regular season, they defeated Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Duke, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Wake Forest in conference play. They lost to North Carolina and Miami (FL) in conference play. The Panthers come into the game unranked in both the AP and Coaches poll.


2018 ACC Championship Game, Teams, Clemson vs. Pittsburgh series history
This matchup was the third all-time meeting between the Tigers and Panthers. They last played on November 12, 2016, when Pitt upset No. 2 Clemson at Memorial Stadium, kicking the winning field goal with 6 seconds remaining to defeat Clemson by a final score of 43–42. The win brought Clemson its first (and ultimately, only) loss of the season, as the Tigers went on to win the College Football Playoff National Championship.


2018 ACC Eastern Region T20
The 2018 ACC Eastern Region T20 was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket tournament held in Thailand from 21 to 25 February 2018. The four participating teams in the first edition of this new event were the national sides of Bhutan, China, Myanmar and hosts Thailand. The matches were all played at the Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok. Matches did not have Twenty20 International status, but matches played in future editions will following the decision of the ICC to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019.


2018 ACC Eastern Region T20
The first day's action saw comfortable wins for Bhutan and Thailand over China and Myanmar, respectively. Thailand secured a place in the final by defeating Bhutan on day two, following on from China's win against Myanmar. The third day was lost due to rain with both scheduled matches abandoned, which meant that Bhutan joined Thailand in the final. The final day's play-offs saw Myanmar edge past China by five runs to claim third place, and then Bhutan defeat Thailand by three runs to take the title.


2018 ACC Eastern Region T20
Bhutan's captain Jigme Singye was named as player of the tournament, fellow Bhutanese player Suprit Pradhan was named bowler of the tournament, and the best batsman award was given to Thailand's captain Daniel Jacobs.


2018 ACC Eastern Region T20, Round-robin, Matches
Summaries and player of the match winners, along with downloadable scorecards, can be found on the ACC website.


2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
The 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the third edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and top three teams from 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier. This tournament was organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Initially, Pakistan was sole host for the tournament but India and BCCI refused to send Indian players to Pakistan.


2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup
Following the increasing political tensions between India and Pakistan, ACC announced that Sri Lanka would be the co-host whilst India's matches and knockout stage will be played there. The U-23 teams from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals. Sri Lanka's U-23 defeated India U-23 by 3 runs in the final to win the tournament.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York from March 6–10, 2018. It was the 65th annual edition of the tournament, and the second year in a row being held at Barclays Center. The Virginia Cavaliers entered the tournament as the top seed, with a 17–1 conference record (28–2 overall) under the guidance of Tony Bennett. UVA also began the tournament unanimously ranked number 1 in the country in both major polls.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cavaliers defeated Louisville 75–58 and Clemson 64–58 to secure a place in the tournament championship game. They defeated North Carolina 71–63 in the championship game to become tournament champion. Sophomore guard Kyle Guy was named Tournament MVP. Games were shown on over-the-air television in local media markets by the syndicated ACCN and simulcast nationally on various ESPN cable networks.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Both the Virginia–North Carolina title game and Duke–North Carolina semifinal game set the Barclays Center attendance record for college basketball games, and conference leadership vowed to return the ACC Tournament to New York in the near future.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 15 ACC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tournament was held over five consecutive days. Teams ranked 10–15 played on the first day; teams ranked 5–9 entered the bracket on the second day, with teams ranked 1–4 entering on the third day (quarterfinals). The semifinals were played on the fourth day, and the finals on the last day.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule
All games will be televised on the ACC Network within the ACC footprint and simulcast nationally on the ESPN networks denoted below.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round
Three games were played in the first round. In all three, the higher seed advanced.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round
In the first game, the 12-seed Boston College Eagles took on the 13-seed Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Boston College got out to ten point lead at half time. They opened the second half on a 15-5 run, bring their lead to 20 with under 14 minutes to play. A late flurry of scoring by Georgia Tech reduced the Eagles lead to 6 with only 45 seconds remaining, but BC hit four free throws at the end of the game, ending the chance of a Yellow Jacket comeback. Georgia Tech's Tadric Jackson led all scorers with 29 points in the losing effort.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round
The second game featured the 10-seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the 15-seed Pittsburgh Panthers. The game looked to be one of the biggest mismatches in the tournament, with Notre Dame likely post-season bound with a 20-win season and Pittsburgh entering the tournament having lost every conference game and sporting a woeful 8-24 record.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round
Instead, the two teams played the closest game of the first round, with Notre Dame clinging to a two-point lead with less than a minute remaining; however a controversial loose-ball foul against Pitt's Marcus Carr followed by a turnover by Carr allowed Notre Dame to preserve their lead and close out the game 67-64. Carr's late game mistakes were ironic as his three-pointer was the one that cut the Notre Dame lead to two, and he scored 18 in the game, tied with Jared Wilson-Frame to lead the Panthers in scoring. Notre Dame's Bonzie Colson led all scorers with 19.


2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament, Game summaries, First round
The last game of the day featured the 11-seed Syracuse Orange versus the 14-seed Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Syracuse was playing with a short bench, as several injuries limited their ability to substitute. Despite leading by 19 with under eight minutes to play, the wear on Syracuse's starters showed, as they played all but the last 32 seconds of the second half, and that substitution was forced by Tyus Battle's fifth foul of the game. The Demon Deacons had cut the lead to six with fresher legs, but the Orange held on to win 73-64. Wake Forest's Bryant Crawford led all scoring with 22 points.


2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 32nd edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The final was played at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, NC.


2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The Louisville Cardinals won the tournament over the North Carolina Tar Heels 1–0 in the final.


2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All twelve teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The top 4 seeds receive first round byes and will host the winner of a first round game. All rounds, with the exception of the final are held at the higher seed's home field. Seeding is determined by regular season conference record. Ties are broken by overall winning percentage. Ten of the twelve teams have been ranked this year and eight currently hold spots in the top 11 of the NCAA RPI.


2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Bracket
*Note: Home team listed first. Rankings shown are ACC Tournament Seeds.


2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, All-Tournament Team
Will Pulisic, DukeBrandon Williamson, DukeLamine Conte, LouisvilleCherif Dieye, LouisvilleZiyad Fekri, LouisvilleJake Gelnovatch, LouisvilleTate Schmitt, LouisvilleNils Bruening, North CarolinaAlex Comsia, North CarolinaJohn Nelson, North CarolinaMachop Chol, Wake ForestSam Raben, Wake Forest


2018 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup
The 2018 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 7th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was held in Bangladesh from 29 September to 7 October at Chittagong and Cox's Bazar. 8 teams participated in the tournament, including 5 full members and three qualifiers. Afghanistan were the defending champions but failed to defend their title after a loss against Sri Lanka in the semi-finals. India defeated Sri Lanka by 144 runs in the final to win the tournament for the 6th time.


2018 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, which ended the 2017–18 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was held at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from February 28–March 4, 2018. Louisville, which finished atop the ACC regular-season table along with Notre Dame, won the tournament and with it the ACC's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.


2018 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2018 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The defending champions were the North Carolina Tar Heels. However, North Carolina was unable to defend their crown, losing to Florida State in the final.


2018 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top eight teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The quarterfinal round was held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Sahlen's Stadium in Cary, North Carolina. Clemson received the 5th seed over Louisville due to having a better goal difference in conference games. Five of the eight teams in the tournament were ranked in the United Soccer Coaches poll that was released on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.


2018 ACT Clay Court International
The 2018 ACT Clay Court International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament and part of the 2018 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia, on 19–25 March 2018. It was the first of two tournaments held back-to-back at the same location.


2018 ACT Clay Court International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:


2018 ACT Clay Court International – Doubles
Ashleigh Barty and Arina Rodionova were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2016, however both players chose to participate at the 2018 Miami Open instead.


2018 ACT Clay Court International – Doubles
Priscilla Hon and Dalila Jakupović won the title, defeating Miyu Kato and Makoto Ninomiya in the final, 6–4, 4–6, [10–7].


2018 ACT Clay Court International – Singles
Eri Hozumi was the defending champion, having won the previous edition in 2016, however she lost in the second round to Shérazad Reix.


2018 ACT Clay Court International – Singles
Dalila Jakupović won the title after defeating Destanee Aiava 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship
The 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the fourth season of the ADAC Formula 4, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It began on 14 April at Oschersleben and finished on 23 September at Hockenheim after seven triple header rounds.


2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship
The championship was dominated by US Racing – CHRS driver Lirim Zendeli, who secured the title after race three at the Nürburgring. He extended his wins tally to ten with victory in the season finale at Hockenheim. His success was key for  US Racing – CHRS teams' title. Van Amersfoort Racing driver Liam Lawson lost to Zendeli by 114 points with wins at Lausitz and Spielberg. Prema Theodore Racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi was third with just one win, at Spielberg. Lawson's teammates Frederik Vesti and Charles Weerts were victorious at Hockenheim and Nürburgring, completing the top five in the standings. David Schumacher won the rookie title, defeating fellow German driver Niklas Krütten by 31 points.


2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Race calendar
Venues for the 2018 season were announced on 19 December 2017 with the first Hockenheim round and the Lausitz round as 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters support events, while other event were scheduled to support 2018 ADAC GT Masters. The calendar was altered on 26 March 2018, filling the slot in the 2018 German Grand Prix support package, making a debut for ADAC Formula 4 in the Formula One weekend programme and becoming the first FIA Formula 4 race in the Formula One weekend slot in Europe.


2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.


2018 ADAC GT Masters
The 2018 ADAC GT Masters was the twelfth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season began on 14 April at Oschersleben and ended on 23 September at Hockenheim after seven double-header meetings.


2018 ADAC GT Masters, Race calendar and results
On 29 November 2017, the ADAC announced the 2018 calendar.


2018 ADAC GT Masters, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
The 2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship will be the third season of touring car racing to be run by the German-based sanctioning body ADAC to the TCR regulations. The series will run predominately in ADAC's home nation Germany. As a support category to the ADAC GT Masters series, the championship will also take in races in the neighbouring nations of Austria, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Josh Files will be the defending Drivers' champion, while Target Competition will the defending Teams' champions.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Former ADAC Procar champions YACO Racing will enter the series with a single Audi RS3 LMS TCR for Simon Reicher, who moves from Certainty Racing Team.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Wolf-Power Racing will switch from SEAT León TCR to Renault Mégane TCR for the 2018 season.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Engstler Motorsport will retain Luca Engstler and Floran Thoma. In addition the team will increase to five cars during the entire season signing Théo Coicaud, Justin Häußermann and Niko Kankkunen.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
German footballer Max Kruse will set up his own team Max Kruse Racing, fielding a single Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Benjamin Leuchter, who returns to the series after missing out the 2017 season.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers, Team and driver changes
Reigning double teams' champion Target Competition withdrew from the series to join the TCR Europe Series. The team had originally signed Reece Barr to drive in the series.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results
The 2018 schedule was announced on 30 November 2017, with three events scheduled to be held outside Germany. The championship will again run in support of the ADAC GT Masters weekends.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Calendar changes
The series would make its first visit to the Czech Republic on 29 April at the Autodrom Most becoming the second round of the season.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Calendar changes
The second round held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, which supported the TCR International Series since the series' inception, was discontinued.


2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, Calendar and results, Drivers' Championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. ‡ – Half points were awarded in Race 2 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.


2018 AFA Senior Male League
The 2018 AFA Senior Male League is the 19th season of the AFA Senior Male League, the only football league in Anguilla.


2018 AFA Senior Male League
Kicks United won the league championship, winning every single one of their matches. It was the club's fifth Anguillan title, and their first since 2015.


2018 AFA Senior Male League, Related Competitions, President's Cup
The pre-season President's Cup took place between 19 November and 17 December, and was won by Kicks United.


2018 AFC Champions League
The 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title.


2018 AFC Champions League
Kashima Antlers won the title for the first time, defeating Persepolis in the final, and qualified as the AFC representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.


2018 AFC Champions League
Urawa Red Diamonds were the title holders, but they were unable to defend their title as they finished seventh in the 2017 J1 League and were eliminated in the fourth round of the 2017 Emperor's Cup, thus did not qualify for the tournament. It marked the second season in a row without title holders after Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were disqualified in 2017 as a result of their involvement in a match-fixing scandal in 2016.


2018 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation
The AFC Competitions Committee proposed a revamp of the AFC club competitions on 25 January 2014, which was ratified by the AFC Executive Committee on 16 April 2014. The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) are ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.2):


2018 AFC Champions League, Association team allocation
For the 2018 AFC Champions League, the associations are allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016, which takes into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings, during the period between 2013 and 2016.


2018 AFC Champions League, Teams
The following 46 teams from 20 associations entered the competition.


2018 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.


2018 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.


2018 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-offs
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same play-off.


2018 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. 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 of the knockout stage.


2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. 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 (Regulations Article 11.3).


2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2018 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 from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups determined by the group stage draw.


2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.


2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.


2018 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the East Region, second leg hosted by team from the West Region) reversed from the previous season's final.


2018 AFC Champions League, Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).


2018 AFC Champions League Final
The 2018 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2018 AFC Champions League, the 37th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title.


2018 AFC Champions League Final
The final was contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Kashima Antlers from Japan and Persepolis from Iran, who both made their first Champions League final appearances. The first leg was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on 3 November 2018, while the second leg was hosted by Persepolis at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran on 10 November 2018. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving an Iranian club since Zob Ahan in 2010.


2018 AFC Champions League Final
Kashima Antlers won the final 2–0 on aggregate for their first AFC Champions League title. As winners, they earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the second round.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Teams
In the following table, finals until 2002 were in the Asian Club Championship era, since 2003 were in the AFC Champions League era.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
The 2018 AFC Champions League Final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It is the sixth consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement. Kashima Antlers's home venue, 40,728 seater Kashima Soccer Stadium hosted the first leg. This was the first time that an Asian club final played in the Kashima Soccer Stadium.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
78,116 seater Azadi Stadium hosted the second leg. It is the third time that an Asian club final played in the Azadi Stadium, with the previous final being 1999 and 2002. One of the problems for Azadi's hosting was women's presence at stadium ban, which is runs since 1979. Persepolis officials promised to provide their presence. The stadium also had minor renovations after Persepolis' qualification to the final.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Persepolis became the fifth different Iranian side, third in the AFC Champions League era to qualify for the final. It was the first time since 2010 that an Iranian side qualified for the final, Zob Ahan losing 1–3 to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of South Korea, that time around. They faced some tough opponents on their road to the final, the highlight being their challengers in the semifinal — Al-Sadd of Qatar who lined up with Barcelona great Xavi in the midfield and former Atlético Madrid legend Gabi manning the defence.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Kashima Antlers became the seventh different Japanese side, third in the AFC Champions League era to qualify for the final. They made consecutive appearances for Japanese clubs in the final, Urawa Red Diamonds winning 2–1 on aggregate against Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in the previous edition. They were the runners-up of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup where they lost 2–4 to the Spanish giants Real Madrid in extra time.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Format
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the East Region, second leg hosted by team from the West Region) reversed from the previous season's final.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Format
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 (Regulations, Section 3. 11.2 & 11.3).


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Officials
Ma Ning from China has been chosen to officiate the first leg match. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2011. Ahmed Al-Kaf from Oman also officiated the second leg.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The ambassador for the first leg final was former Brazilian footballer and Kashima Antlers legend Zico. Zico is currently technical manager of the team and brought the trophy before the first match. For the second leg, Persepolis announced its legend Ali Parvin as the ambassador.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
With a stadium capacity of 90,000 for the second leg final, a total of 84,412 tickets were available to fans and the general public, with the guest team had 5,000 tickets. The price of the tickets was: 800,000 Rial ($19), 500,000 Rial ($12) and 300,000 Rial ($7).


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
Iranian singer Mohsen Ebrahimzadeh performed at the opening ceremony preceding the second leg final. The time of concert was 8 minutes and two songs  performed. One of the songs was be English and other Persian.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary
The first big chance fell to the visitors when a cross from the right was nodded into the path of Ali Alipour in the fourth minute. Just eight yards from goal, the striker looked certain to score but Jung Seung-hyun threw himself into the path of the shot and blocked it with his head. Two minutes later, Ahmad Nourollahi's free-kick from the left was tipped over by Kwoun Sun-tae as Persepolis applied early pressure.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary
Kashima worked their way back into the game but the away side's threat on the break was demonstrated when Hiroki Abe was booked for a cynical foul on Bashar Resan as the midfielder surged forward. The hosts finally created an opening in the 25th minute as Daigo Nishi's cushioned header found Yuma Suzuki. But the striker's shot from a narrow angle flashed well wide of the far post. Six minutes later, Kashima had another opportunity when a through ball from Shoma Doi put Serginho through. The Brazilian created an angle for his shot but Shoja' Khalilzadeh slid in to make a vital block.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary
Kashima made the first chance of the second half when Abe instigated a move that ended with Serginho laying the ball back for Silva. The Brazilian tried to curl a shot into the top corner but his attempt drifted wide. But Silva soon had reason to celebrate as he gave Kashima the lead in the 58th minute. The midfield man played a neat one-two with Shoma on the edge of the Persepolis penalty area and cut inside before curling a low left-footed shot into the corner from 18 yards. Kashima then added their second in the 70th minute.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Summary
The ball broke to Kento Misao 20 yards out and he played a deft pass into the path of Serginho on the right and the Brazilian placed his shot into the far corner from the edge of the six-yard box. There was a further blow for Persepolis as Siamak Nemati received his second yellow card in added time and the midfielder would miss the second leg.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg, Details
Assistant referees:Cao Yi (China)Shi Xiang (China)Fourth official:Huo Weiming (China)Additional assistant referees:Fu Ming (China)Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Summary
Persepolis, known for their mean defence, had no option but to attack, but Kashima goalkeeper Kwoun Sun-tae put in a virtuoso performance. Kwoun, for whom this was a third Asian crown following two with South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, was at the top of his game, keeping the Iranians, especially Ali Alipour and Bashar Resan at bay. Seven minutes before half-time Resan muscled his way past two defenders close to the Kashima goal, but failed to beat Kwoun at his near post.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Summary
Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic sent on Mohsen Rabiekhah and Ehsan Alvanzadeh in a desperate attempt to break the deadlock but to no avail. After winning the home leg 2–0, the Japanese team held Persepolis to a goalless stalemate in Iran to clinch their first-ever title in the tournament.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Matches, Second leg, Details
Assistant referees:Abu Bakar Salem Mahad (Oman)Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman)Fourth official:Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)Additional assistant referees:Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Incidents
An Iranian pitch invader skipped to the ground in the 21st minute of the match in Japan. He brought an Iranian Empire flag, which now symbolizes the opposition. He was wearing a shirt with image of Abdolfattah Soltani, Iranian detained judge.


2018 AFC Champions League Final, Incidents
Hundreds of Iranian women were allowed to attend the second leg; Iranian female fans had been barred from attending official matches in Iran since the Iranian Revolution.


2018 AFC Champions League group stage
The 2018 AFC Champions League group stage was played from 12 February to 18 April 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League.


2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 16:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four: four groups each in the West Region (Groups A–D) and the East Region (Groups E–H). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The seeding of each team in the draw was determined by their association and their qualifying position within their association. The mechanism of the draw was as follows:


2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The following 32 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 24 direct entrants and the eight winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.


2018 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 of the knockout stage.


2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):


2018 AFC Champions League group stage, Schedule, Neutral venues
In light of the deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations since 2016, which caused matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia to be played on neutral venues in 2016 and 2017, and the Qatar diplomatic crisis since 2017, which led to travel bans imposed by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to Qatar, the AFC reiterated that matches should be played on a home-and-away basis as normal instead of on neutral venues, and would try to mediate the situation with the concerned associations (Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), such that a solution could be found regarding matches between teams from Iran/Qatar and Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates. In the end, the same arrangements were made as of the previous season, where matches between Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues, while teams from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates must travel to Qatar to play away matches.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage
The 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 7 May to 10 November 2018. A total of 16 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 AFC Champions League.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage advanced to the round of 16, with both West Region (Groups A–D) and East Region (Groups E–H) having eight qualified teams.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split into the two regions until the final. 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 (Regulations Article 11.3).


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows. Matches in the West Region were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the East Region were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the quarter-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Round of 16, Summary
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group from the same region, with the group winners hosting the second leg, and the matchups determined by the group stage draw.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Summary
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the quarter-finals, the four teams from the West Region played in two ties, and the four teams from the East Region played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding or country protection.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals, East Region
3–3 on aggregate. Suwon Samsung Bluewings won 4–2 on penalties.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Semi-finals, Summary
In the semi-finals, the two quarter-final winners from the West Region played each other, and the two quarter-final winners from the East Region played each other, with the order of legs determined by the quarter-final draw.


2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs (first leg hosted by team from the East Region, second leg hosted by team from the West Region) reversed from the previous season's final.


2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
The 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 16 to 30 January 2018. A total of 22 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2018 AFC Champions League.


2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Teams
The following 22 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of three rounds:


2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Format
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.


2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Bracket
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same play-off.


2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round 1, Summary
A total of four teams played in the preliminary round 1.


2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round 2, Summary
A total of eight teams played in the preliminary round 2: six teams which entered in this round, and two winners of the preliminary round 1.


2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs, Play-off round, Summary
A total of 16 teams played in the play-off round: twelve teams which entered in this round, and four winners of the preliminary round 2.


2018 AFC Cup
The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).


2018 AFC Cup
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the final.


2018 AFC Cup, Association team allocation
The AFC Competitions Committee recommended a new format for the AFC Cup starting from 2017 which was played in the AFC's five zones: West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, ASEAN, and East Asia, with the winner of the West Asia Zone and the winner of an inter-zone play-off between the other four zones playing in the final, hosted on a rotational basis at venues in the East and West.


2018 AFC Cup, Association team allocation
The 46 AFC member associations (excluding the associate member Northern Mariana Islands) were ranked based on their national team's and clubs' performance over the last four years in AFC competitions, with the allocation of slots for the 2017 and 2018 editions of the AFC club competitions determined by the 2016 AFC rankings (Entry Manual Article 2.2):


2018 AFC Cup, Association team allocation
For the 2018 AFC Cup, the associations were allocated slots according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016, which took into account their performance in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup, as well as their national team's FIFA World Rankings between 2013 and 2016.


2018 AFC Cup, Teams
The following 44 teams from 26 associations entered the competition.


2018 AFC Cup, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).


2018 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs
In the qualifying play-offs, 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 (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 31 direct entrants.


2018 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-offs
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.


2018 AFC Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone could not be drawn into the same group.


2018 AFC Cup, Group stage
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:


2018 AFC Cup, Group stage
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):


2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which 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 (Regulations Article 11.3).


2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Zonal semi-finals
In the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and the identity of the best runners-up.


2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Zonal finals
The draw for the Zonal finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. The winners of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.


2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winners of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winners of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winners of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.


2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off final
In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winners of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.


2018 AFC Cup, Knockout stage, Final
In the final, the winners of the West Asia Zonal final and the winners of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.


2018 AFC Cup, Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in the qualifying play-offs are not counted when determining top scorer (Regulations Article 64.4).


2018 AFC Cup Final
The 2018 AFC Cup Final was the final match of the 2018 AFC Cup, the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).


2018 AFC Cup Final
The final was contested as a single match between Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya from Iraq and Altyn Asyr from Turkmenistan. The match was hosted by Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya at the Basra Sports City in Basra on 27 October 2018.


2018 AFC Cup Final
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the final 2–0 for their third consecutive and overall AFC Cup title.


2018 AFC Cup Final, Teams
This was Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya's third consecutive AFC Cup final, a record shared with Al-Faisaly (2005 to 2007) and Al-Kuwait (2011 to 2013). If they were to win the final, they would become the first team to win three consecutive AFC Cup titles, and also tie Al-Kuwait as record three-time winners of the AFC Cup.


2018 AFC Cup Final, Teams
Altyn Asyr were the first team from Turkmenistan to reach the AFC Cup final. If they were to win the final, they would become the second team from Central Asia to win the AFC Cup, after Nasaf from Uzbekistan in 2011.


2018 AFC Cup Final, Venue
This was the second AFC Cup final played in Iraq, after the 2012 final played at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Arbil. While Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya were also the home team in the 2016 AFC Cup Final, they hosted the match at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, as Iraqi teams were not allowed to host their home matches during that time. The ban was lifted in March 2018, and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya played their subsequent home matches at the Karbala Sports City in Karbala.


2018 AFC Cup Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2018 AFC Cup Final, Format
The final was played as a single match, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.


2018 AFC Cup Final, Format
If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.


2018 AFC Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)Saoud Al-Maqaleh (Qatar)Fourth official:Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)Fifth official:Juma Al-Burshaid (Qatar)


2018 AFC Cup group stage
The 2018 AFC Cup group stage was played from 10 February to 16 May 2018. A total of 36 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 11 places in the knockout stage of the 2018 AFC Cup.


2018 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 December 2017, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four: three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H), and one group each in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I). Teams from the same association in the West Asia Zone and ASEAN Zone could not be drawn into the same group.


2018 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The seeding of each team in the draw was determined by their association and their qualifying position within their association. The mechanism of the draw was as follows:


2018 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The following 36 teams entered into the group stage draw, which included the 31 direct entrants and the five winners of the play-off round of the qualifying play-offs, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.


2018 AFC Cup group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The following teams advanced to the knockout stage:


2018 AFC Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.5):


2018 AFC Cup group stage, Schedule
The schedule of each matchday was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage
The 2018 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 7 May to 27 October 2018. A total of 11 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 AFC Cup.


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Format
In the knockout stage, the 11 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, except the final which 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 (Regulations Article 11.3).


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone). Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the ASEAN Zone and the Inter-zone play-offs were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The bracket was decided after the draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, which was held on 23 May 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Zonal semi-finals, Summary
In the Zonal semi-finals, the four qualified teams from the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) played in two ties, and the four qualified teams from the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs determined by the group stage draw and the identity of the best runners-up.


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Zonal finals, Summary
The draw for the Zonal finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Zonal finals, the two winners of West Asia Zonal semi-finals played each other, and the two winners of ASEAN Zonal semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw. The winners of the West Asia Zonal final advanced to the final, while the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, Summary
The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. In the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, the four zonal winners other than the West Asia Zone played in two ties, i.e., the winners of the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the winners of the South Asia Zone (Group E), the winners of the East Asia Zone (Group I), and the winners of the ASEAN Zonal final (whose identity was not known at the time of the draw), with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw, without any seeding.


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Inter-zone play-off final, Summary
In the Inter-zone play-off final, the two winners of the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals played each other, with the order of legs determined by the Inter-zone play-off semi-final draw. The winners of the Inter-zone play-off final advanced to the final.


2018 AFC Cup knockout stage, Final
In the final, the winners of the West Asia Zonal final and the winners of the Inter-zone play-off final played each other, with the host team (winners of the West Asia Zonal final) alternated from the previous season's final.


2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
The 2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 22 January to 20 February 2018. A total of 13 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide five of the 36 places in the group stage of the 2018 AFC Cup.


2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Teams
The following 13 teams, split into five zones (West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, ASEAN Zone, East Asia Zone), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds:


2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Format
In the qualifying play-offs, 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 (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 31 direct entrants.


2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone; E: East Asia Zone).


2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Bracket
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.


2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Preliminary round, Summary
A total of six teams played in the preliminary round.


2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs, Play-off round, Summary
A total of 10 teams played in the play-off round: seven teams which entered in this round, and three winners of the preliminary round.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship
The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The AFC appointed Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan (designated as Chinese Taipei by FIFA) as hosts on 29 July 2017; the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018 at Xinzhuang Gymnasium and University of Taipei Gymnasium. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship
Defending champions Iran defeated Japan in the final to win their 12th title.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Qualification
Qualifying was played on 15 October – 12 November 2017.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Venues
The competition was played in two venues in two cities.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Draw
The final draw was held on 12 December 2017, 11:00 TWT (UTC+8), at the Sherwood Taipei in Taipei. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Chinese Taipei automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Squads
Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Group stage
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 15.1).


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, Goalscorers
There were 203 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 6.34 goals per match.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship, 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.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification is the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 15th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
A total of 16 teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including Chinese Taipei who qualified automatically as hosts.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
The qualification process will be divided to four zones, where the ASEAN Zone doubled as the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship, the East Zone and West Zone will be played in Thailand, and the South Zone were merged to Central Zone after Nepal was the only team from South Zone.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Qualification process
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 29 teams entered the competition. The 16 spots in the final tournament are distributed as follows:


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Qualification process
As the final tournament hosts had not been announced at the time of the qualifying draw, the hosts Chinese Taipei were also included in the draw. Despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, they may still decide to participate in qualification, and if they finish in one of the qualification spots, the next best team in their zone (East) advances to play-off.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFF Draw
The original draw for the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship was held on 17 February 2017, 10:00 MMT (UTC+06:30) during the AFF Council Meeting at the Novotel Yangon Max Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar. After Australia withdrew from the competition, a re-draw was held on 23 September 2017 during the AFF Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFF Draw
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFF Futsal Championship tournament.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFC Draw
The draw was held on 6 July 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, except for the ASEAN Zone which uses the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship as their qualification tournament and whose draw had already been held. The mechanism for each zone is as follows:


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Draw, AFC Draw
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue; except ASEAN Zone, South & Central Zone.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):


2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Goalscorers
There were 391 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 8.89 goals per match.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship. The tournament will take place during February 2018 in Taiwan (referred to as Chinese Taipei by the AFC). It will be the 15th competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia.


2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads
Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers. The full squad listings are below.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship
The 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia between 1–12 August 2018.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship
In the final, Mes Sungun defeated Thái Sơn Nam to win their first title. Chonburi Bluewave were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-final VS Bank of Beirut


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Teams
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 16 associations teams entered the competition, each entering one team. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Teams
All 14 associations which participated in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship returned for 2018. Moreover, South Korea entered a team for the first time ever, and Myanmar entered a team for the first time since 2012, when they participated in qualification.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 11:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their association's performance in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, with the team from hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Squads
Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Group stage
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, 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.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads
The 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was an international futsal tournament held in Indonesia from 1 to 12 August 2018. The 16 clubs involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2). Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads
The position listed for each player is per the squad list in the official match reports by the AFC. The age listed for each player is on 1 August 2018, the first day of the tournament. Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Vamos Mataram
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Nagoya Oceans
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Dalian Yuan Dynasty
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group A, Victoria University College
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Thái Sơn Nam
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Al-Dhafrah
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Naft Al-Wasat
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group B, Jeonju MAG
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Chonburi Bluewave
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Al-Sailiya
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Osh EREM
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group C, Vic Vipers
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, Mes Sungun
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, Bank of Beirut
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, AGMK
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads, Group D, Sipar Khujand
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. It took place in Malaysia, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 25 July 2017, between 20 September and 7 October 2018. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship
The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the AFC representatives. Japan won their third title, and qualified together with runners-up Tajikistan and semi-finalists Australia and South Korea. Iraq were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Qualification
Qualifying was played on 16–29 September 2017. Malaysia also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Venues
The matches were played in three venues around Klang Valley. The venues were Bukit Jalil National Stadium, UM Arena Stadium and Petaling Jaya Stadium. The final match was held at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Draw
The draw of the final tournament was held on 26 April 2018, 15:00  MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Malaysia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team should register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Group stage
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to decide the winners if necessary.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 97 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Malaysia who qualified automatically as hosts.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Draw
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 45 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts Malaysia also entered in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament (they had not been confirmed as hosts at the time of the qualification draw).


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Draw
The draw was held on 21 April 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 45 teams were drawn into ten groups: five groups of five teams and five groups of four teams. For the draw, teams were divided into two zones:


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Draw
The teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). The following restrictions were also applied:


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualify for the final tournament. If the final tournament hosts Malaysia win their group or are among the five best runners-up, the sixth best runner-up also qualifies for the final tournament.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Groups
The matches were played between 16 and 29 September 2017.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams
Due to groups having different number of teams and the withdrawal of United Arab Emirates from Group E, the results against the fifth and fourth-placed teams in five and four-team groups are not considered for this ranking.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament took place in Malaysia, between 20 September and 7 October 2018. It was the 18th U-16 age group competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation.


2018 AFC U-16 Championship squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2). The full squad listings are below.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship
The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship was the 40th edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. It took place in Indonesia, which was appointed as the host by the AFC on 25 July 2017, between 18 October and 4 November 2018. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship
The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the AFC representatives. Saudi Arabia won their third title, and qualified together with runners-up South Korea and semi-finalists Qatar and Japan, which were the defending champions but eliminated by Saudi Arabia.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process
Qualification matches were played between 24 October and 8 November 2017.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process
Although Indonesia had already qualified automatically as hosts, they also participated in the qualifiers and finished third place after going down 0–3 and 1–4 loss to South Korea and Malaysia sides respectively.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process
Chinese Taipei returned to the tournament finals for the first time since 1974 as one of the best group runners-up.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process
The 2018 qualifiers also witnessed a unique situation where two teams had to go to penalties to determine the higher-position team. It happened in  Group C after Qatar and Iraq were tied in all tie-breaking criteria and both of them played among each other in the last match. Qatar won the penalties and finished top of the group while Iraq finished second.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification, Qualification process
Twelve out of 2018 qualified sixteen teams played in the 2016 finals.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Venues
The matches were played in three venues around Greater Jakarta.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Draw
The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 15:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Group stage
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 117 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.77 goals per match.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship, Concerns and controversies
An error was made before the start of Jordan–South Korea Group C match on 22 October 2018, where the operator played North Korean national anthem instead of South Korean national anthem. The wrong anthem was stopped immediately and the operator has since been replaced.


2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification was an international men's under-19 football competition to decide the participating teams for the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.