2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

The 2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 22 January to 20 February 2018.[1] A total of 13 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide five of the 36 places in the group stage of the 2018 AFC Cup.[2]

Teams

The following 13 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:

  • 6 teams entered in the preliminary round.
  • 7 teams entered in the play-off round.
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 do 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 31 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; E: East Asia Zone).[1]

Round W A C, S, E
First leg Second leg First leg Second leg First leg Second leg
Preliminary round Not played 23 January 2018 30 January 2018
Play-off round 22 January 2018 29 January 2018 29 January 2018 2 February 2018 13 February 2018 20 February 2018

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.[5]

Play-off West Asia

Play-off round
    
Hilal Al-Quds 0 1 1
Al-Suwaiq 1 1 2

Play-off Central Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Dordoi 1 2 3
Ahal 3 2 5
Ahal 1 2 3
Khujand 0 0 0

Play-off South Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Saif 0 1 1
TC Sports 1 3 4
TC Sports 2 0 2
Bengaluru 3 5 8
Transport United 0 0 0
Bengaluru 0 3 3

Play-off ASEAN

Play-off round
    
Boeung Ket Angkor 3 1 4
Lao Toyota 3 0 3

Play-off East Asia

Play-off round
    
Erchim 0 0 0
Hwaebul 4 3 7

Preliminary round

Summary

A total of six teams played in the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Dordoi 3–5 Ahal 1–3 2–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Transport United 0–3 Bengaluru 0–0 0–3
Saif 1–4 TC Sports 0–1 1–3

Central Asia Zone

Dordoi 1–3 Ahal
  • Zhyrgalbek Uulu 19'
 Stats Report
Dordoi Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Ahal 2–2 Dordoi
 Stats Report
Attendance: 6,670
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

Ahal won 5–3 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

Transport United 0–0 Bengaluru
Stats Report
Attendance: 3,100
Bengaluru 3–0 Transport United
 Stats Report
Attendance: 1,167
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

Bengaluru won 3–0 on aggregate.

Saif 0–1 TC Sports
Stats Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
TC Sports 3–1 Saif
 Stats Report
  • Chigozie 33'
Attendance: 4,000

TC Sports won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

Summary

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Hilal Al-Quds 1–2 Al-Suwaiq 0–1 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Ahal 3–0 Khujand 1–0 2–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
TC Sports 2–8 Bengaluru 2–3 0–5
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Boeung Ket Angkor 4–3 Lao Toyota 3–3 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Asia Zone
Erchim 0–7 Hwaebul 0–4 0–3

West Asia Zone

Hilal Al-Quds 0–1 Al-Suwaiq
Stats Report
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Suwaiq 1–1 Hilal Al-Quds
 Stats Report
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

Al-Suwaiq won 2–1 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone

Ahal 1–0 Khujand
 Stats Report
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
Khujand 0–2 Ahal
Stats Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Ahal won 3–0 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

TC Sports 2–3 Bengaluru
 Stats Report
Attendance: 890
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Bengaluru 5–0 TC Sports
 Stats Report
Attendance: 1,473

Bengaluru won 8–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone

Boeung Ket Angkor 3–3 Lao Toyota
 Stats Report
Attendance: 1,778
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Lao Toyota 0–1 Boeung Ket Angkor
Stats Report
Attendance: 450

Boeung Ket Angkor won 4–3 on aggregate.

East Asia Zone

Erchim 0–4 Hwaebul
Stats Report
  • Ri Chang-ho 9', 90'
  • Ri Song 41'
  • Ri Il-san 85'
Attendance: 335
Hwaebul 3–0 Erchim
 Stats Report
Attendance: 31,010
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Hwaebul won 7–0 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The identity of the play-off teams from Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and Cambodia was not known at the time of the group stage draw.
  2. ^ On 14 December 2017, the AFC announced that Lao Toyota, the play-off team from Laos, were ruled ineligible to play in the 2018 AFC Cup due to match manipulation during the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup.[3] Lao Toyota appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and on 17 January 2018, CAS ruled Lao Toyota would be eligible to participate.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "2018 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ "Lao Toyota FC ineligible for AFC Cup 2018 because of match manipulation". AFC. 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) declares Lao Tractor Football Club eligible to participate in the 2018 AFC Cup" (PDF). CAS. 17 January 2018.
  5. ^ "AFC Cup 2018 draw confirmed". AFC. 6 December 2017.
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