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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Play-off East Asia

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

  • Kigwancha advanced directly to Group I after Rovers (Guam) withdrew from the group stage.
  • Erchim advanced directly to Group I after Taipower and Tatung (both Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the group stage and qualifying play-offs respectively.

Preliminary round

A total of 8 teams played in the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legl
Central Asia Zone
Shaheen Asmayee 0–1 Khosilot 0–1 0–0
Dordoi 3–2 Balkan 1–1 2–1
Team 1 Agg. 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
Shaheen Asmayee 0–1 Khosilot
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Khosilot 0–0 Shaheen Asmayee
Report
Attendance: 6,000

Khosilot won 1–0 on aggregate.

Dordoi 1–1 Balkan
 Report
  • Mämmedaliýew  69'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Balkan 1–2 Dordoi
  • Metdaýew  90'
 Report
Attendance: 9,700

Dordoi won 3–2 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone
Colombo 1–2 Mohun Bagan
  • Olofin  30'
 Report
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Mohun Bagan 2–1 Colombo
 Report
  • Seka  88'
Attendance: 3,156
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Mohun Bagan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Thimphu City 0–0 Club Valencia
Report
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Club Valencia 3–0 Thimphu City
  • Ibrahim  79'
  • Chinonye  85'
  • Rilwan  90+3'
 Report
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

Club Valencia won 3–0 on aggregate.

Play-off round

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Shabab Al-Khalil 3–4 Al-Suwaiq 2–1 1–3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Dordoi 2–1 Khosilot 1–0 1–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Club Valencia 2–5 Mohun Bagan 1–1 1–4
Team 1 Agg. 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
Shabab Al-Khalil 2–1 Al-Suwaiq
 Report
  • Al-Saadi  36'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Al-Suwaiq 3–1 Shabab Al-Khalil
  • Agbaria  25' (o.g.)
  • Al Ghassani  45+3'
  • Al Nofli  66'
 Report
  • Shaban  90+4'
Attendance: 1,085
Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)

Al-Suwaiq won 4–3 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone
Dordoi 1–0 Khosilot
 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Khosilot 1–1 Dordoi
  • Muhammadjoni  90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Dordoi won 2–1 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone
Club Valencia 1–1 Mohun Bagan
 Report
Attendance: 850
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Mohun Bagan 4–1 Club Valencia
 Report
  • Omodu  52'
Attendance: 4,250

Mohun Bagan won 5–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone
Phnom Penh Crown 3–4 Home United
 Report
Attendance: 1,700
Home United 3–0 Phnom Penh Crown
 Report
Attendance: 642
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Home United won 7–3 on aggregate.

Boeung Ket Angkor 1–1 Lao Toyota
 Report
  • Vongdalasene  23'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 7,175
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Lao Toyota 0–1 Boeung Ket Angkor
Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Boeung Ket Angkor won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes
  1. 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]
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References
  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "2017 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. "Stage set for AFC Cup 2017 draw". AFC. 12 December 2016.
  4. "AFC Cup 2017 Draw Mechanism" (PDF). AFC.
  5. "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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