2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs#ASEAN Zone

The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 30 January to 28 February 2017.{{cite web|url=http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/naozce2bn8czrxemt46m.pdf|publisher=AFC|title=AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017|format=PDF}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/hfkpbo5advjk0bqceqyp.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206135849/http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/hfkpbo5advjk0bqceqyp.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2017|title=2017 AFC Cup Competition Regulations|publisher=AFC|format=PDF}}

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:{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2017/stage-set-for-afc-cup-2017-draw|title=Stage set for AFC Cup 2017 draw|publisher=AFC|date=12 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/gd3bnjehovvkxcswempe.pdf|title=AFC Cup 2017 Draw Mechanism|publisher=AFC|access-date=2017-12-05|archive-date=2018-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106190355/http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/gd3bnjehovvkxcswempe.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2017/afc-cup-contenders-learn-2017-opponents|title=AFC Cup contenders learn 2017 opponents|publisher=AFC|date=14 December 2016}}

  • 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.

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width=120|Zone

!width=250|Teams entering in play-off round

!width=250|Teams entering in preliminary round

West Asia Zone

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Central Asia Zone

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South Asia Zone

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ASEAN Zone

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East Asia Zone

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  • {{flagicon|PRK}} Kigwancha{{refn|group=note|name=East Asia Zone|Rovers (Guam) and Taipower (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the group stage after the draw, and Tatung (Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the qualifying play-offs,{{cite web|url=https://sports.ettoday.net/news/862202?t=2017%E4%BA%9E%E8%B6%B3%E8%81%AF%E7%9B%83%E3%80%80%E5%8F%B0%E9%9B%BB%E3%80%81%E5%A4%A7%E5%90%8C%E9%83%BD%E4%B8%8D%E5%8F%83%E8%B3%BD|title=2017亞足聯盃 台電、大同都不參賽|publisher=ETNews|date=7 February 2017}} 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.}}

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  • {{flagicon|TPE}} Tatung{{refn|group=note|name=East Asia Zone}}
  • {{flagicon|MNG}} Erchim{{refn|group=note|name=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.

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone).

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rowspan=2|Round

!colspan=2|W, A

!colspan=2|C, S

First leg

!Second leg

!First leg

!Second leg

Preliminary round

|colspan=2|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.

=Play-off West Asia=

{{2TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|seeds=n

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|PLE}} Shabab Al-Khalil

| RD1-score1-1 = 2

| RD1-score1-2 = 1

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Al-Suwaiq

| RD1-score2-1 = 1

| RD1-score2-2 = 3

}}

=Play-off Central Asia=

{{4TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|seeds=n

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Preliminary round

| RD2 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi

| RD1-score1-1 = 1

| RD1-score1-2 = 2

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} Balkan

| RD1-score2-1 = 1

| RD1-score2-2 = 1

| RD1-team3 = {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} Shaheen Asmayee

| RD1-score3-1 = 0

| RD1-score3-2 = 0

| RD1-team4 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Khosilot

| RD1-score4-1 = 1

| RD1-score4-2 = 0

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi

| RD2-score1-1 = 1

| RD2-score1-2 = 1

| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Khosilot

| RD2-score2-1 = 0

| RD2-score2-2 = 1

}}

=Play-off South Asia=

{{4TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|seeds=n

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Preliminary round

| RD2 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Thimphu City

| RD1-score1-1 = 0

| RD1-score1-2 = 0

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} Club Valencia

| RD1-score2-1 = 0

| RD1-score2-2 = 3

| RD1-team3 = {{flagicon|SRI}} Colombo

| RD1-score3-1 = 1

| RD1-score3-2 = 1

| RD1-team4 = {{flagicon|IND}} Mohun Bagan

| RD1-score4-1 = 2

| RD1-score4-2 = 2

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|MDV}} Club Valencia

| RD2-score1-1 = 1

| RD2-score1-2 = 1

| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Mohun Bagan

| RD2-score2-1 = 1

| RD2-score2-2 = 4

}}

=Play-off ASEAN 1=

{{2TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|seeds=n

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|CAM}} Phnom Penh Crown

| RD1-score1-1 = 3

| RD1-score1-2 = 0

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} Home United

| RD1-score2-1 = 4

| RD1-score2-2 = 3

}}

=Play-off ASEAN 2=

{{2TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|seeds=n

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|CAM}} Boeung Ket Angkor

| RD1-score1-1 = 1

| RD1-score1-2 = 1

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|LAO}} Lao Toyota

| RD1-score2-1 = 1

| RD1-score2-2 = 0

}}

=Play-off East Asia=

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

  • {{flagicon|PRK}} Kigwancha advanced directly to Group I after Rovers (Guam) withdrew from the group stage.
  • {{flagicon|MNG}} 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.

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+Central Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Shaheen Asmayee|AFG|var1=2013|0–1|Khosilot|TJK|0–1|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dordoi|KGZ|3–2|Balkan|TKM|1–1|2–1}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+South Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Colombo|SRI|2–4|Mohun Bagan|IND|1–2|1–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Thimphu City|BHU|0–3|Club Valencia|MDV|0–0|0–3}}

{{end}}

=Central Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = Shaheen Asmayee v Khosilot

|date = {{Start date|2017|1|31|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:30|5}}

|team1 = Shaheen Asmayee {{flagicon|AFG|2013}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Khosilot

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe (Tajikistan){{refn|Teams from Afghanistan were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security reasons.{{cite web|url=http://fft.tj/oba-matcha-mezhdu-hosilotom-i-shahin-asmai-projdut-v-dushanbe/|title=Кубок АФК-2017: оба матча между «Хосилотом» и «Шахин Асмаи» пройдут в Душанбе — Федерация Футбола Таджикистана|language=ru|publisher=Tajikistan Football Federation|date=6 January 2017|access-date=6 January 2017}}|group=note|name=Shaheen_Asmayee_v_Khosilot}}

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10644

}}

{{Football box

|id = Khosilot v Shaheen Asmayee

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|5}}

|team1 = Khosilot {{flagicon|TJK}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|AFG|2013}} Shaheen Asmayee

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10645

}}

Khosilot won 1–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = Dordoi v Balkan

|date = {{Start date|2017|1|31|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|14:00|6}}

|team1 = Dordoi {{flagicon|KGZ}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} Balkan

|goals1 =

  • Azizov {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Suyumbayev Stadion, Osh

|attendance = 8,000

|referee = Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10646

}}

{{Football box

|id = Balkan v Dordoi

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|5}}

|team1 = Balkan {{flagicon|TKM}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

  • Azizov {{goal|8}}
  • Otkeev {{goal|53}}

|stadium = Sport Toplumy Stadium, Balkanabat

|attendance = 9,700

|referee = Rowan Arumughan (India)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10647

}}

Dordoi won 3–2 on aggregate.

=South Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = Colombo v Mohun Bagan

|date = {{Start date|2017|1|31|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:30|5:30}}

|team1 = Colombo {{flagicon|SRI}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Mohun Bagan

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

|attendance = 3,800

|referee = Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10640

}}

{{Football box

|id = Mohun Bagan v Colombo

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|5:30}}

|team1 = Mohun Bagan {{flagicon|IND}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|SRI}} Colombo

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata

|attendance = 3,156

|referee = Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10641

}}

Mohun Bagan won 4–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = Thimphu City v Club Valencia

|date = {{Start date|2017|1|31|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|6}}

|team1 = Thimphu City {{flagicon|BHU}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} Club Valencia

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

|attendance = 4,200

|referee = Hanna Hattab (Syria)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10642

}}

{{Football box

|id = Club Valencia v Thimphu City

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|5}}

|team1 = Club Valencia {{flagicon|MDV}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Thimphu City

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Football Stadium, Malé

|attendance = 1,114

|referee = Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10643

}}

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.

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+West Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Shabab Al-Khalil|PLE|3–4|Al-Suwaiq|OMA|2–1|1–3}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+Central Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Dordoi|KGZ|2–1|Khosilot|TJK|1–0|1–1}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+South Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Club Valencia|MDV|2–5|Mohun Bagan|IND|1–1|1–4}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+ASEAN Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Phnom Penh Crown|CAM|3–7|Home United|SIN|3–4|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Boeung Ket Angkor|CAM|2–1|Lao Toyota|LAO|1–1|1–0}}

{{end}}

=West Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = Shabab Al-Khalil v Al-Suwaiq

|date = {{Start date|2017|1|30|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|17:00|2}}

|team1 = Shabab Al-Khalil {{flagicon|PLE}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|OMA}} Al-Suwaiq

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dora International Stadium, Hebron

|attendance = 4,500

|referee = Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10658

}}

{{Football box

|id = Al-Suwaiq v Shabab Al-Khalil

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|6|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:00|4}}

|team1 = Al-Suwaiq {{flagicon|OMA}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|PLE}} Shabab Al-Khalil

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

|attendance = 1,085

|referee = Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10659

}}

Al-Suwaiq won 4–3 on aggregate.

=Central Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = Dordoi v Khosilot

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|21|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|6}}

|team1 = Dordoi {{flagicon|KGZ}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Khosilot

|goals1 =

  • Azizov {{goal|54}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Suyumbayev Stadion, Osh

|attendance = 2,500

|referee = Wang Di (China)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10648

}}

{{Football box

|id = Khosilot v Dordoi

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|28|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|5}}

|team1 = Khosilot {{flagicon|TJK}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10649

}}

Dordoi won 2–1 on aggregate.

=South Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = Club Valencia v Mohun Bagan

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|21|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|5}}

|team1 = Club Valencia {{flagicon|MDV}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Mohun Bagan

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Football Stadium, Malé

|attendance = 850

|referee = Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10650

}}

{{Football box

|id = Mohun Bagan v Club Valencia

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|28|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|5:30}}

|team1 = Mohun Bagan {{flagicon|IND}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} Club Valencia

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata

|attendance = 4,250

|referee = Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10651

}}

Mohun Bagan won 5–2 on aggregate.

=ASEAN Zone=

{{Football box

|id = Phnom Penh Crown v Home United

|date = {{Start date|2017|1|30|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|7}}

|team1 = Phnom Penh Crown {{flagicon|CAM}}

|score = 3–4

|team2 = {{flagicon|SIN}} Home United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh

|attendance = 1,700

|referee = Pranjal Banerjee (India)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10654

}}

{{Football box

|id = Home United v Phnom Penh Crown

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}}

|team1 = Home United {{flagicon|SIN}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|CAM}} Phnom Penh Crown

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

|attendance = 642

|referee = Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10655

}}

Home United won 7–3 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = Boeung Ket Angkor v Lao Toyota

|date = {{Start date|2017|1|31|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|7}}

|team1 = Boeung Ket Angkor {{flagicon|CAM}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|LAO}} Lao Toyota

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

|attendance = 7,175

|referee = Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10656

}}

{{Football box

|id = Lao Toyota v Boeung Ket Angkor

|date = {{Start date|2017|2|7|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|7}}

|team1 = Lao Toyota {{flagicon|LAO}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|CAM}} Boeung Ket Angkor

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

|attendance = 700

|referee = Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10657

}}

Boeung Ket Angkor won 2–1 on aggregate.

Notes

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