2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 30 January to 28 February 2017.[1] A total of 14 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide five of the 34 places in the group stage of the 2017 AFC Cup.[2]

Teams

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The following 14 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:[3][4][5]

  • 8 teams entered in the preliminary round.
  • 6 teams entered in the play-off round.

Originally 17 teams entered the qualifying play-offs (10 entered in the preliminary round, 7 entered in the play-off round) before the withdrawal of teams in the East Asia Zone.

Zone Teams entering in play-off round Teams entering in preliminary round
West Asia Zone
Central Asia Zone
South Asia Zone
ASEAN Zone
East Asia Zone

Format

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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 would 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 29 direct entrants.[2]

Schedule

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The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone).[1]

Round W, A C, S
First leg Second leg First leg Second leg
Preliminary round Not played 31 January 2017 7 February 2017
Play-off round 30–31 January 2017 6–7 February 2017 21 February 2017 28 February 2017

Bracket

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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. Teams from the same association in the ASEAN Zone could not be placed into the same play-off.[4]

Play-off West Asia

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Play-off round
    
  Shabab Al-Khalil 2 1 3
  Al-Suwaiq 1 3 4

Play-off Central Asia

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Preliminary round Play-off round
        
  Dordoi 1 2 3
  Balkan 1 1 2
  Dordoi 1 1 2
  Khosilot 0 1 1
  Shaheen Asmayee 0 0 0
  Khosilot 1 0 1

Play-off South Asia

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Preliminary round Play-off round
        
  Thimphu City 0 0 0
  Club Valencia 0 3 3
  Club Valencia 1 1 2
  Mohun Bagan 1 4 5
  Colombo 1 1 2
  Mohun Bagan 2 2 4

Play-off ASEAN 1

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Play-off round
    
  Phnom Penh Crown 3 0 3
  Home United 4 3 7

Play-off ASEAN 2

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Play-off round
    
  Boeung Ket Angkor 1 1 2
  Lao Toyota 1 0 1

Play-off East Asia

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The East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played due to the withdrawal of teams.

Preliminary round

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A total of 8 teams played in the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Shaheen Asmayee   0–1   Khosilot 0–1 0–0
Dordoi   3–2   Balkan 1–1 2–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Colombo   2–4   Mohun Bagan 1–2 1–2
Thimphu City   0–3   Club Valencia 0–0 0–3

Central Asia Zone

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Shaheen Asmayee  0–1  Khosilot
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  • Rabimov   35'
Khosilot  0–0  Shaheen Asmayee
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Attendance: 6,000

Khosilot won 1–0 on aggregate.


Dordoi  1–1  Balkan
  • Azizov   78'
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Attendance: 8,000
Balkan  1–2  Dordoi
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Dordoi won 3–2 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

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Colombo  1–2  Mohun Bagan
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Mohun Bagan  2–1  Colombo
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Mohun Bagan won 4–2 on aggregate.


Thimphu City  0–0  Club Valencia
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Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Club Valencia  3–0  Thimphu City
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Club Valencia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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A total of 10 teams played in the play-off round: 6 teams which entered in this round, and 4 winners of the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Shabab Al-Khalil   3–4   Al-Suwaiq 2–1 1–3
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Dordoi   2–1   Khosilot 1–0 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Club Valencia   2–5   Mohun Bagan 1–1 1–4
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Phnom Penh Crown   3–7   Home United 3–4 0–3
Boeung Ket Angkor   2–1   Lao Toyota 1–1 1–0

West Asia Zone

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Shabab Al-Khalil  2–1  Al-Suwaiq
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Al-Suwaiq  3–1  Shabab Al-Khalil
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Al-Suwaiq won 4–3 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone

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Dordoi  1–0  Khosilot
  • Azizov   54'
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Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Khosilot  1–1  Dordoi
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Attendance: 7,000

Dordoi won 2–1 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

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Club Valencia  1–1  Mohun Bagan
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Mohun Bagan  4–1  Club Valencia
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Mohun Bagan won 5–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone

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Phnom Penh Crown  3–4  Home United
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Attendance: 1,700
Home United  3–0  Phnom Penh Crown
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Home United won 7–3 on aggregate.


Boeung Ket Angkor  1–1  Lao Toyota
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Attendance: 7,175
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Lao Toyota  0–1  Boeung Ket Angkor
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Boeung Ket Angkor won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Rovers (Guam) and Taipower (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the group stage after the draw, and Tatung (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the qualifying play-offs,[6] and thus Kigwancha (North Korea) and Erchim (Mongolia) advanced directly from the play-off round and preliminary round respectively to the group stage to replace them, and only three teams competed in the East Asia Zone group stage, and the East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played.
  2. ^ Teams from Afghanistan were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security reasons.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ a b "2017 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Stage set for AFC Cup 2017 draw". AFC. 12 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "AFC Cup 2017 Draw Mechanism" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "AFC Cup contenders learn 2017 opponents". AFC. 14 December 2016.
  6. ^ "2017亞足聯盃 台電、大同都不參賽". ETNews. 7 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Кубок АФК-2017: оба матча между «Хосилотом» и «Шахин Асмаи» пройдут в Душанбе — Федерация Футбола Таджикистана" (in Russian). Tajikistan Football Federation. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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