The 2019 AFC Cup knockout stage was played from 17 June to 4 November 2019.^[1] A total of 11 teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2019 AFC Cup.^[2]

The following teams advanced from the group stage:

• The winners of each of the three groups and the best runners-up in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups F–H) advanced to the Zonal semi-finals.
• The winners of each group in the Central Asia Zone (Group D), the South Asia Zone (Group E), and the East Asia Zone (Group I) advanced to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals.

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Zone	Group	Winners	Best runners-up
West Asia Zone	A	Al-Wehdat	Al-Jaish (Group A)
	B	Al-Jazeera
	C	Al-Ahed
Central Asia Zone	D	Altyn Asyr	—
South Asia Zone	E	Abahani Limited Dhaka	—
ASEAN Zone	F	Hà Nội	Becamex Bình Dương (Group G)
	G	Ceres–Negros
	H	PSM Makassar
East Asia Zone	I	April 25	—

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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 winners if necessary (Regulations Article 11.3).

The schedule of each round is as follows (W: West Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone).^[1] 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.

The bracket of the knockout stage was determined as follows:

The bracket was decided after the draw for the Zonal finals and the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals, which was held on 2 July 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3][4]

	Zonal semi-finals							Zonal finals							Interzone play-off semi-finals							Interzone play-off final							Final
	Becamex Bình Dương (a)		1	1	2
	PSM Makassar		0	2	2
								Becamex Bình Dương		0	0	0
								Hà Nội		1	1	2			Hà Nội		3	2	5
	Ceres–Negros		1	1	2
															Altyn Asyr		2	2	4
	Hà Nội		1	2	3																	Hà Nội		2	0	2
																						April 25 (a)		2	0	2
															Abahani Limited Dhaka		4	0	4
															April 25		3	2	5
																													April 25		0
																													Al-Ahed		1
	Al-Jaish		3	0	3
	Al-Jazeera		0	4	4
								Al-Jazeera		0	0	0
								Al-Ahed		0	1	1
	Al-Wehdat		0	0	0
	Al-Ahed		1	0	1

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 Inter-zone play-off final) alternated from the previous season's final.^[6]

The match was originally to be hosted by April 25 at the Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on 2 November 2019. However, on 22 October 2019, due to North Korea's decision to ban television transmission of football games, the AFC announced that the final would be held in Shanghai, China in order for the match to be transmitted.^[7][8] On 25 October 2019, the match was rescheduled from 2 November to 4 November and the host city was shifted from Shanghai to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[9]

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April 25	0–1	Al-Ahed
	Live Report Stats Report	Yakubu 74'

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