The 2017 General Aung San Shield () is the third season of Myanmar knockout football competition. The tournament is organized by the Myanmar Football Federation. It is the league cup competition started in 2017 Myanmar football season. This cup succeeded the Myanmar Football Federation Cup. MFF has changed the cup competition style as follows.
In the first round, ten clubs competing in 2017 MNL-2 and two clubs which were promoted to 2017 MNL, twelve teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with six teams emerged as winners. In the second round, ten clubs competing in 2016 MNL, and the six winners from the first round, sixteen teams in total, will be involved playing at a neutral ground with eight teams emerged as winners. The Quarter-finals will still be played as one-legged matches, but the Semi-final will be competed as two-legged (Home and Away) matches.
The cup winner is guaranteed a place in the 2018 AFC Cup.
Prize fund Round No. of Clubsreceive fund Prize fundper club Champion 1 K300,000,000 Final runners-up 1 K150,000,000 Semi-Final 2 K75,000,000
Results
Preliminary round Preliminary round consists of two rounds for teams currently playing in the Regional League Division 1 level. The First round was held 24 April 2017.
First round
Second round
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
First leg
Second leg
Final
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Samuel Mahar United4 2 Han Kyung-In Shan United 43 Mercio Gomez Hantharwady United3 4 Kyaw Ko Ko Yangon United 3 5 Adusalam Magwe 3 6 Aung Thu Yadanarbon 3
Sponsor
Official Main Sponsor Myanmar Brewery Ltd
Official Partner AYA Bank
Media Broadcasting MWD
Co-sponsor AYA Myanmar Insurance M-150 Thanlwin Private School Sumitomo Electric
References