2015 AFC Cup qualifying play-off

The 2015 AFC Cup qualifying play-off was played from 9 to 17 February 2015. A total of 14 teams competed in the qualifying play-off to decide five of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2015 AFC Cup.[1]

Format

The bracket for the qualifying play-off, which consisted of two rounds (preliminary round and play-off round), was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team.[2] Each tie was played as a single match, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie in the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 27 automatic qualifiers.[1]

Teams

The following 14 teams (12 from West Zone, 2 from East Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off:[2]

Zone Teams entering in play-off round Teams entering in preliminary round
West Zone
East Zone

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3]

Round Match date
Preliminary round 9–10 February 2015
Play-off round 17 February 2015

Bracket

Play-off West 1

Ahal advanced to Group C.

Preliminary round Play-off round
     
        Fanja 2
Ahal 1     Ahal 3
Dordoi 0  

Play-off West 2

Al-Hidd advanced to Group B.

Preliminary round Play-off round
     
        Al-Hidd 2
Altyn Asyr 0     Al-Saqr 1
Al-Saqr 1  

Play-off West 3

Salam Zgharta advanced to Group A.

Preliminary round Play-off round
     
        Salam Zgharta 3
Khayr Vahdat 1     Khayr Vahdat 0
Sheikh Russel 0  

Play-off West 4

Al-Jaish advanced to Group D.

Preliminary round Play-off round
     
        Al-Jaish (pen.) 0(5)
Hilal Al-Quds (w/o) —     Hilal Al-Quds 0(4)
Manang Marshyangdi Club —  

Play-off East

Maziya advanced to Group E.

Preliminary round Play-off round
     
        Maziya 1
        Ceres 0
     

Preliminary round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
Ahal 1–0 Dordoi
Altyn Asyr 0–1 Al-Saqr
Khayr Vahdat 1–0 Sheikh Russel
Hilal Al-Quds w/o Manang Marshyangdi Club
Ahal 1–0 Dordoi
Annadurdyýew  8' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Khayr Vahdat 1–0 Sheikh Russel
Rustamov  22' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Altyn Asyr 0–1 Al-Saqr
Report Ali  67'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Hilal Al-Quds Cancelled Manang Marshyangdi Club

Manang Marshyangdi Club withdrew.[4]

Play-off round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
Fanja 2–3 Ahal
Al-Hidd 2–1 Al-Saqr
Salam Zgharta 3–0 Khayr Vahdat
Al-Jaish 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Hilal Al-Quds
East Zone
Maziya 1–0 Ceres
Maziya 1–0 Ceres
Samdhooh  82' Report
Attendance: 1,522
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Salam Zgharta 3–0 Khayr Vahdat
Khatib  23'
Galán  48'
Boutros  87'		 Report
Zgharta Stadium, Zgharta
Attendance: 1,271
Fanja 2–3 Ahal
Ndione  67'
Danguir  83'		 Report Annadurdyýew  7'
Annaýew  41'
Şermetow  75'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Al-Jaish 0–0 (a.e.t.) Hilal Al-Quds
Report
Penalties
Al-Awad
Sharifa
Al-Kaddour
Salkeni
Dommarani
(Note: Order of Al-Jaish penalties not known)		 5–4 Saba'a
Ismail
Salem
Saleh
Hwaiti
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Hidd 2–1 Al-Saqr
Adnan  17'
Orok  52'		 Report Al-Worafi  64' (pen.)
Attendance: 480
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Notes
  1. ^
    Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References
  1. "AFC Cup 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "AFC Cup 2015 Draw". AFC. 12 December 2014.
  3. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "MMC Not To Play AFC Cup Play Off Against Al Quids Hilal". GoalNepal.com. 29 January 2015.
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