2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

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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

<section begin=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]<section end=Format />

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

<section begin=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]<section end=Bracket />

Play-off West Asia

Play-off round
    
State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 0 1 1
Oman Al-Suwaiq 1 1 2

Play-off Central Asia

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

Play-off South Asia

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

Play-off ASEAN

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

Play-off East Asia

Play-off round
    
Mongolia Erchim 0 0 0
North Korea Hwaebul 4 3 7

Preliminary round

Summary

A total of six teams played in the preliminary round. <section begin=Preliminary round/>

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

<section end=Preliminary round/>

Central Asia Zone

Dordoi Kyrgyzstan1–3Turkmenistan Ahal
 Stats Report
Attendance: 1,000

Ahal won 5–3 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

Transport United Bhutan0–0India Bengaluru
Stats Report
Attendance: 3,100

Bengaluru won 3–0 on aggregate.

Saif Bangladesh0–1Maldives TC Sports
Stats Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
TC Sports Maldives3–1Bangladesh Saif
 Stats Report
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. <section begin=Play-off round/>

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Hilal Al-Quds State of Palestine 1–2 Oman Al-Suwaiq 0–1 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Ahal Turkmenistan 3–0 Tajikistan Khujand 1–0 2–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
TC Sports Maldives 2–8 India Bengaluru 2–3 0–5
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Boeung Ket Angkor Cambodia 4–3 Laos Lao Toyota 3–3 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Asia Zone
Erchim Mongolia 0–7 North Korea Hwaebul 0–4 0–3

<section end=Play-off round/>

West Asia Zone

Al-Suwaiq won 2–1 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone

Ahal Turkmenistan1–0Tajikistan Khujand
 Stats Report
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Ahal won 3–0 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

Bengaluru won 8–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone

Boeung Ket Angkor won 4–3 on aggregate.

East Asia Zone

Hwaebul won 7–0 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ↑ "AFC Cup 2018 draw confirmed". AFC. 6 December 2017.

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