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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Play-off Central Asia edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Play-off East Asia edit

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

Preliminary round edit

Summary edit

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 edit

Dordoi  1–3  Ahal
 Stats Report
Attendance: 1,000
Ahal  2–2  Dordoi
 Stats Report
Attendance: 6,670

Ahal won 5–3 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone edit

Transport United  0–0  Bengaluru
Stats Report
Attendance: 3,100
Bengaluru  3–0  Transport United
 Stats Report
Attendance: 1,167

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 edit

Summary edit

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 edit

Hilal Al-Quds  0–1  Al-Suwaiq
Stats Report
Attendance: 1,450
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 edit

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

Ahal won 3–0 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone edit

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 edit

Boeung Ket Angkor  3–3  Lao Toyota
 Stats Report
Attendance: 1,778
Lao Toyota  0–1  Boeung Ket Angkor
Stats Report
Attendance: 450

Boeung Ket Angkor won 4–3 on aggregate.

East Asia Zone edit

Erchim  0–4  Hwaebul
Stats Report
Attendance: 335
Hwaebul  3–0  Erchim
 Stats Report
Attendance: 31,010

Hwaebul won 7–0 on aggregate.

Notes edit

  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 edit

  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.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "AFC Cup 2018 draw confirmed". AFC. 6 December 2017.

External links edit

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