2018 Malaysia Cup knockout stage

The 2018 Malaysia Cup knockout stage began on 21 September 2018 and concluded on 27 October 2018 with the final at Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, to decide the champions of the 2018 Malaysia Cup. A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase.

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage.

Group Winners
(Seeded in quarter final draw) 		Runners-up
(Unseeded in quarter final draw)
A Terengganu Perak
B PKNS FELDA United
C Johor Darul Ta'zim Kelantan
D Sabah Pahang

Format

The knockout phase involved the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time was played. The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores were level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

  • In the draw for the quarter-final, the four group winners were seeded, and the four group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.
  • In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.

Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the Damansara Performing Arts Centre in Petaling Jaya).[1]

Round Draw date and time First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 30 July 2018, 15:30 UTC+8 21–23 & 25 September 2018 28–30 September 2018
Semi-finals 6–7 October 2018 20–21 October 2017
Final 27 October 2018 at Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
B2 FELDA United 1 3 4
A1 Terengganu 2 4 6
Terengganu 1 2 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 2 2
D2 Pahang 1 0 1
C1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 2 3
Terengganu 3 (1)
Perak 3 (4)
A2 Perak 0 2 2
B1 PKNS 0 0 0
Perak 5 2 7
Sabah 0 2 2
C2 Kelantan 2 0 2
D1 Sabah (a) 1 1 2

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 21, 22, 23 & 25 September, and the second legs were played on 28, 29 and 30 September 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FELDA United 4–6 Terengganu 1–2 3–4
Kelantan 2–2 (a) Sabah 2–1 0–1
Pahang 1–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 0–2
Perak 2–0 PKNS 0–0 2–0

Matches

First leg
FELDA United1–2Terengganu
Gilberto 56' Report Nasrullah 9'
Tuck 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,470[2]
Second leg
Terengganu4–3FELDA United
Tuck 57'
Adib 69'
Malik 83'
Tchétché 86'		 Report Thiago 12'
Syamim 49'
Gilberto 79'
Attendance: 10,661[3]

Terengganu won 6–4 on aggregate.

First leg
Kelantan2–1Sabah
Duyshobekov 29'
Akif 45+2' (pen.)		 Report Hamran 43'
Attendance: 13,987[4]
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin
Second leg
Sabah1–0Kelantan
Paunović 31' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 20,220[5]
Referee: Fitri Maskon

2–2 on aggregate. Sabah won on away goals.

First leg
Pahang1–1Johor Darul Ta'zim
Safuwan 90+2' Report Cabrera 46'
Attendance: 13,446[6]
Second leg
Johor Darul Ta'zim2–0Pahang
Safawi 1', 73' Report
Attendance: 18,850[7]
Referee: Zohri Tajuddin

Johor Darul Ta'zim won 3–1 on aggregate.

First leg
Perak0–0PKNS
Report
Attendance: 4,729[8]
Second leg
PKNS0–2Perak
Report Wander Luiz 23', 57'
Attendance: 2,235[9]

Perak won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 October, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 October 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Terengganu 3–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 2–2
Perak 7–2 Sabah 5–0 2–2

Matches

First leg
Terengganu1–0Johor Darul Ta'zim
Malik 78' Report
Attendance: 10,800[10]
Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria
Second leg
Johor Darul Ta'zim2–2Terengganu
Márquez 41' (pen.)
Cabrera 62'		 Report Tchétché 69', 90+2'
Attendance: 21,150[11]

Terengganu won 3–2 on aggregate.

First leg
Perak5–0Sabah
 Report
Attendance: 18,462[12]
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin
Second leg
Sabah2–2Perak
Sabri 35'
Rawilson 85'		 Report Gilmar 74' (pen.), 81'
Attendance: 4,150[13]

Perak won 7–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup final

The final was played on 27 October 2018 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam.

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