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2017 AFC Cup qualifying round

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = AFC Cup qualifying round

| year = 2017

| other_titles = 2017 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers

| country = {{KGZ}}

| country2 = {{MNG}}

| country3 = {{BHU}}

| dates = 19–25 August 2016

| num_teams = 9

| associations = 9

| matches = 9

| goals = 25

| attendance = {{#expr: + 850 + 350 + 750 + 2000 + 950 + 100 + 766 + 200 + 2000}}

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|CMR}} Jean Jules Ikanga {{nowrap|(3 goals)}}

| prevseason = 2016

| nextseason =

}}

The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round was played from 19 to 25 August 2016. A total of nine teams competed in the qualifying round to decide three places in the qualifying play-offs of the 2017 AFC Cup.{{cite web|url=http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/ggxpq1awgikrolkgwszb.pdf|title=AFC Cup 2017 Play-Off Qualifiers Competition Regulations|publisher=AFC}}

Teams

The following nine teams from nine associations entered the qualifying round.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2017/2017-afc-cup-play-off-qualifiers-all-you-need-to-know|title=2017 AFC Cup Play-off Qualifiers: All You Need to Know|publisher=AFC|date=19 August 2016}} Teams were not split into zones for the qualifying round.

In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count all those since the 2004 season (including both competition proper and qualifying rounds).

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Association

!Team

!Qualifying method

!App

!Last App

{{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh

|Sheikh Russel

|2015 Bangladesh Football Premier League runners-up

|2nd

|2015

{{flagicon|BHU}} Bhutan

|Tertons

|2015 Bhutan National League champions

|1st

|none

{{flagicon|CAM}} Cambodia

|Nagaworld

|2015 Cambodian League runners-up

|1st

|none

{{flagicon|TPE}} Chinese Taipei

|Tatung

|2015–16 Intercity Football League runners-up

|1st

|none

{{flagicon|GUM}} Guam

|Rovers

|2015–16 Guam Soccer League champions

|1st

|none

{{flagicon|KGZ}} Kyrgyzstan

|Dordoi

|2015 Kyrgyzstan League runners-up

|2nd

|2015

{{flagicon|MAC}} Macau

|Benfica de Macau

|2016 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions

|2nd

|2016

{{flagicon|MNG}} Mongolia

|Erchim

|2015 Mongolian Premier League champions

|1st

|none

{{flagicon|NEP}} Nepal

|Three Star Club

|2015 Nepal National League champions

|1st

|none

Rovers were the first team from Guam to play in an AFC club competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2017/2017-afc-cup-play-off-qualifiers-meet-the-teams|title=2017 AFC Cup Play-off Qualifiers: Meet the Teams|publisher=AFC|date=17 August 2016}}

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 17 June 2016, 11:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.{{cite web|title=Stage set for 2017 AFC Cup Playoff Qualifiers draw |url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/stage-set-for-2017-afc-cup-playoff-qualifiers-draw |publisher=AFC |date=16 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616150839/http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/stage-set-for-2017-afc-cup-playoff-qualifiers-draw |archivedate=16 June 2016 }} The nine teams were drawn into three groups of three.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2016/teams-learn-2017-afc-cup-playoff-qualifiers-opponents|title=Teams learn 2017 AFC Cup Playoff Qualifiers opponents|publisher=AFC|date=17 June 2016}}

For the draw, the pre-selected hosts were placed in their own pot, while the remaining teams were seeded according to the performance of their association in the 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round, with associations participating ranked and associations not participating unranked.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/video/afc-cup-2017-playoff-qualifiers-draw|title=AFC Cup 2017 Playoff Qualifiers Draw|publisher=AFC|date=17 June 2016}}

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Pot 1 (Hosts)

!Pot 2 (Ranked teams)

!Pot 3 (Unranked teams)

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Format

In the qualifying round, each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. The winners of each group advanced to the qualifying play-offs.

=Tiebreakers=

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.4):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  7. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  8. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.{{cite web|url=http://res.cloudinary.com/deltatreafcprod/image/upload/jb6nobvvlcatxwgesjtr.pdf|title=2017 AFC Cup playoff qualifiers draw result}}

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rowspan=2|Matchday

!colspan=2|Date

!rowspan=2|Match

Group A

!Groups B & C

Matchday 1

|19 August 2016

|21 August 2016

|Team 3 vs. Team 1

Matchday 2

|21 August 2016

|23 August 2016

|Team 2 vs. Team 3

Matchday 3

|23 August 2016

|25 August 2016

|Team 1 vs. Team 2

Host Countries

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{{flagicon|BHU}} Thimphu

! {{flagicon|MGL}} Ulaanbaatar

! {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Bishkek

Changlimithang Stadium

| MFF Football Centre

| Dordoi Stadium

Capacity: 45,000

| Capacity: 5,000

| Capacity: 3,000

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|200px

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Groups

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_matches=true |teamwidth=200

|source=[http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/tables AFC]

|name_DOR={{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi |short_DOR=DOR

|name_BEN={{flagicon|MAC}} Benfica de Macau |short_BEN=BEN

|name_ROV={{flagicon|GUM}} Rovers |short_ROV=ROV

|update=complete

|win_DOR=2 |draw_DOR=0 |loss_DOR=0 |gf_DOR=4 |ga_DOR=1 |status_DOR=H

|win_BEN=1 |draw_BEN=0 |loss_BEN=1 |gf_BEN=5 |ga_BEN=4 |status_BEN=

|win_ROV=0 |draw_ROV=0 |loss_ROV=2 |gf_ROV=2 |ga_ROV=6 |status_ROV=

|team1=DOR |team2=BEN |team3=ROV

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=PO

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO={{nowrap|Qualifying play-offs}}

|match_DOR_BEN=2–1

|match_DOR_ROV=—

|match_BEN_DOR=—

|match_BEN_ROV=4–2

|match_ROV_DOR=0–2

|match_ROV_BEN=—

}}

{{Football box

|id = Rovers v Dordoi

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|19|df=y}}

|time = 17:30

|team1 = Rovers {{flagicon|GUM}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dordoi Stadium, Bishkek

|attendance = 850

|referee = Hanna Hattab (Syria)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10496

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Benfica de Macau v Rovers

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|21|df=y}}

|time = 17:30

|team1 = Benfica de Macau {{flagicon|MAC}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|GUM}} Rovers

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dordoi Stadium, Bishkek

|attendance = 350

|referee = Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10497

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Dordoi v Benfica de Macau

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|23|df=y}}

|time = 17:30

|team1 = Dordoi {{flagicon|KGZ}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|MAC}} Benfica de Macau

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Dordoi Stadium, Bishkek

|attendance = 950

|referee = Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10498

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_matches=true |teamwidth=200

|source=[http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/tables AFC]

|name_ERC={{flagicon|MNG}} Erchim |short_ERC=ERC

|name_NAG={{flagicon|CAM}} Nagaworld |short_NAG=NAG

|name_TSC={{flagicon|NEP}} Three Star Club |short_TSC=TSC

|update=complete

|win_ERC=1 |draw_ERC=0 |loss_ERC=1 |gf_ERC=1 |ga_ERC=2 |status_ERC=H

|win_NAG=0 |draw_NAG=1 |loss_NAG=1 |gf_NAG=1 |ga_NAG=2 |status_NAG=

|win_TSC=1 |draw_TSC=1 |loss_TSC=0 |gf_TSC=3 |ga_TSC=1 |status_TSC=

|team1=TSC |team2=ERC |team3=NAG

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=PO

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO={{nowrap|Qualifying play-offs}}

|note_res_PO=The All Nepal Football Association failed to register Three Star Club by the competition deadline for the qualifying play-offs.{{cite web|url=http://www.myrepublica.com/news/10768|title=ANFA negligence deprives Three Star from AFC Asia Cup|publisher=myRepublica|date = 8 December 2016}}

|match_ERC_NAG=1–0

|match_ERC_TSC=—

|match_NAG_ERC=—

|match_NAG_TSC=1–1

|match_TSC_ERC=2–0

|match_TSC_NAG=—

}}

{{Football box

|id = Three Star Club v Erchim

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|21|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Three Star Club {{flagicon|NEP}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|MNG}} Erchim

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

|attendance = 750

|referee = Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10499

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Nagaworld v Three Star Club

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|23|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Nagaworld {{flagicon|CAM}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|NEP}} Three Star Club

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

|attendance = 100

|referee = Jansen Foo (Singapore)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10500

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Erchim v Nagaworld

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Erchim {{flagicon|MNG}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|CAM}} Nagaworld

|goals1 =

  • Davaajav {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

|attendance = 200

|referee = Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10501

}}

=Group C=

  • All matches were held in Bhutan.
  • Times listed were UTC+6.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_matches=true |teamwidth=200

|source=[http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/tables AFC]

|name_TER={{flagicon|BHU}} Tertons |short_TER=TER

|name_SHR={{flagicon|BAN}} Sheikh Russel |short_SHR=SHR

|name_TAT={{flagicon|TPE}} Tatung |short_TAT=TAT

|update=complete

|win_TER=1 |draw_TER=1 |loss_TER=0 |gf_TER=4 |ga_TER=3 |status_TER=H

|win_SHR=0 |draw_SHR=1 |loss_SHR=1 |gf_SHR=4 |ga_SHR=5 |status_SHR=

|win_TAT=0 |draw_TAT=2 |loss_TAT=0 |gf_TAT=1 |ga_TAT=1 |status_TAT=

|team1=TER |team2=TAT |team3=SHR

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=PO

|col_PO=blue1 |text_PO={{nowrap|Qualifying play-offs}}

|note_res_PO=The Bhutan Football Federation registered Thimphu City, instead of Tertons, as their representative for the qualifying play-offs.

|match_TER_SHR=4–3

|match_TER_TAT=—

|match_SHR_TER=—

|match_SHR_TAT=1–1

|match_TAT_TER=0–0

|match_TAT_SHR=—

}}

{{Football box

|id = Tatung v Tertons

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|21|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Tatung {{flagicon|TPE}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Tertons

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Pranjal Banerjee (India)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10502

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Sheikh Russel v Tatung

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|23|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Sheikh Russel {{flagicon|BAN}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|TPE}} Tatung

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

|attendance = 766

|referee = Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10503

}}

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{{Football box

|id = Tertons v Sheikh Russel

|date = {{Start date|2016|8|25|df=y}}

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Tertons {{flagicon|BHU}}

|score = 4–3

|team2 = {{flagicon|BAN}} Sheikh Russel

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

|report = http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/matches/2017/10504

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/|name=AFC Cup}}, the-AFC.com
  • [http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/192 AFC Cup 2017], stats.the-AFC.com

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