Ninh Bình wrote to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and to the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company to be allowed to stop their participation in the league/cup and also the AFC Cup due to 13 players being involved in match fixing. They had played 8 league matches and were third from bottom at the time.[1] Following their withdrawal from the league, all team results were declared null and void.[2]QNK Quảng Nam awarded as 3–0 after Ninh Bình withdraw.