2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

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.

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).

• {{flagicon|OMA}} Al-Suwaiq advanced to Group A.

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

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|PLE}} Hilal Al-Quds

| RD1-score1-1 = 0

| RD1-score1-2 = 1

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

| RD1-score2-1 = 1

| RD1-score2-2 = 1

}}

• {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahal advanced to Group D.

{{4TeamBracket|legs=2|aggregate=score|seeds=n|byes=1

| team-width = 200

| score-width= 30

| RD1 = Preliminary round

| RD2 = Play-off round

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

| RD1-score1-1 = 1

| RD1-score1-2 = 2

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

| RD1-score2-1 = 3

| RD1-score2-2 = 2

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahal

| RD2-score1-1 = 1

| RD2-score1-2 = 2

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

| RD2-score2-1 = 0

| RD2-score2-2 = 0

}}

• {{flagicon|IND}} Bengaluru advanced to Group E.

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

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Preliminary round

| RD2 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|BAN}} Saif

| RD1-score1-1 = 0

| RD1-score1-2 = 1

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} TC Sports

| RD1-score2-1 = 1

| RD1-score2-2 = 3

| RD1-team3 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Transport United

| RD1-score3-1 = 0

| RD1-score3-2 = 0

| RD1-team4 = {{flagicon|IND}} Bengaluru

| RD1-score4-1 = 0

| RD1-score4-2 = 3

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|MDV}} TC Sports

| RD2-score1-1 = 2

| RD2-score1-2 = 0

| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Bengaluru

| RD2-score2-1 = 3

| RD2-score2-2 = 5

}}

• {{flagicon|CAM}} Boeung Ket Angkor advanced to Group F.

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

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Play-off round

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

| RD1-score1-1 = 3

| RD1-score1-2 = 1

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

| RD1-score2-1 = 3

| RD1-score2-2 = 0

}}

• {{flagicon|PRK}} Hwaebul advanced to Group I.

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

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Play-off round

| RD1-team1 = {{flagicon|MNG}} Erchim

| RD1-score1-1 = 0

| RD1-score1-2 = 0

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|PRK}} Hwaebul

| RD1-score2-1 = 4

| RD1-score2-2 = 3

}}

A total of six teams played in the preliminary round.

{{Football box

|id = Central Asia 1.1.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|23|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Dordoi {{flagicon|KGZ}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahal

|goals1 =

• Zhyrgalbek Uulu {{goal|19}}

|goals2 =

• Muhadow {{goal|1}}
• Annaýew {{goal|75||86}}

|stadium = Dordoi Stadium, Bishkek

|attendance = 1,000

|referee = Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12698 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = Central Asia 1.1.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|30|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Ahal {{flagicon|TKM}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Dordoi

|goals1 =

• Hajyýew {{goal|39|pen.}}
• Muhadow {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

• Gurbani {{goal|58||69}}

|stadium = Sport Toplumy Stadium, Balkanabat

|attendance = 6,670

|referee = Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12699 Stats Report]

}}

Ahal won 5–3 on aggregate.

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 1.1.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|23|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Transport United {{flagicon|BHU}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Bengaluru

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

|attendance = 3,100

|referee = Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12700 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 1.1.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|30|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|5:30}}

|team1 = Bengaluru {{flagicon|IND}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Transport United

|goals1 =

• B. Haokip {{goal|27}}
• Lalhlimpuia {{goal|54}}
• T. Haokip {{goal|62}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

|attendance = 1,167

|referee = Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12701 Stats Report]

}}

Bengaluru won 3–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = South Asia 1.2.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|23|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Saif {{flagicon|BAN}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} TC Sports

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Vlasichev {{goal|26}}

|stadium = Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12702 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 1.2.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|30|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|21:00|5}}

|team1 = TC Sports {{flagicon|MDV}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|BAN}} Saif

|goals1 =

• Vlasichev {{goal|23||84|pen.|88}}

|goals2 =

• Chigozie {{goal|33}}

|stadium = Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

|attendance = 4,000

|referee = Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12703 Stats Report]

}}

TC Sports won 4–1 on aggregate.

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.

{{Football box

|id = West Asia 2.1.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|22|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Hilal Al-Quds {{flagicon|PLE}}

|score = 0–1

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Al-Busaidi {{goal|26}}

|stadium = Arab American University Stadium, Jenin

|attendance = 1,450

|referee = Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12704 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = West Asia 2.1.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|29|df=y}}

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

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

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|PLE}} Hilal Al-Quds

|goals1 =

• Al-Muqbali {{goal|69}}

|goals2 =

• Yameen {{goal|19}}

|stadium = Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb

|attendance = 4,300

|referee = Hanna Hattab (Syria)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12705 Stats Report]

}}

Al-Suwaiq won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{Football box

|id = Central Asia 2.1.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|2|13|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Ahal {{flagicon|TKM}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Khujand

|goals1 =

• Annaýew {{goal|18|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sport Toplumy Stadium, Balkanabat

|attendance = 9,300

|referee = Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12706 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = Central Asia 2.1.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|2|20|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|14:00|5}}

|team1 = Khujand {{flagicon|TJK}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahal

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Ylýasow {{goal|49}}
• Muhadow {{goal|52}}

|stadium = 20 Years of Independence Stadium, Khujand

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12707 Stats Report]

}}

Ahal won 3–0 on aggregate.

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 2.1.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|2|13|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|21:00|5}}

|team1 = TC Sports {{flagicon|MDV}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Bengaluru

|goals1 =

• Vlasichev {{goal|71}}
• Mahudhee {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

• T. Haokip {{goal|51||78}}
• Paartalu {{goal|69}}

|stadium = Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé

|attendance = 890

|referee = Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12709 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 2.1.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|2|20|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|5:30}}

|team1 = Bengaluru {{flagicon|IND}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|MDV}} TC Sports

|goals1 =

• Dovale {{goal|12||35||48}}
• Paartalu {{goal|36}}
• Bheke {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

|attendance = 1,473

|referee = Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12708 Stats Report]

}}

Bengaluru won 8–2 on aggregate.

{{Football box

|id = ASEAN 2.1.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|1|29|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:30|7}}

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

|score = 3–3

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

|goals1 =

• Maycon {{goal|6|pen.|53}}
• Laboravy {{goal|60}}

|goals2 =

• Honma {{goal|30||87}}
• Pooda {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh

|attendance = 1,778

|referee = Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12951 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = ASEAN 2.1.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|2|2|df=y}}

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

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

|score = 0–1

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Laboravy {{goal|61}}

|stadium = New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane

|attendance = 450

|referee = Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12952 Stats Report]

}}

Boeung Ket Angkor won 4–3 on aggregate.

{{Football box

|id = East Asia 2.1.1

|date = {{Start date|2018|2|13|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|14:00|8}}

|team1 = Erchim {{flagicon|MNG}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{flagicon|PRK}} Hwaebul

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Ri Chang-ho {{goal|9||90}}
• Ri Song {{goal|41}}
• Ri Il-san {{goal|85}}

|stadium = MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

|attendance = 335

|referee = Pranjal Banerjee (India)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12712 Stats Report]

}}

{{Football box

|id = East Asia 2.1.2

|date = {{Start date|2018|2|20|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|15:00|8:30}}

|team1 = Hwaebul {{flagicon|PRK}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|MNG}} Erchim

|goals1 =

• Jang Kuk-chol {{goal|27}}
• Choe Kwang-jin {{goal|41}}
• Jon Chung-il {{goal|45+1}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

|attendance = 31,010

|referee = Jansen Foo (Singapore)

|report = [http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12713 Stats Report]

}}

Hwaebul won 7–0 on aggregate.

{{reflist|group=note}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/|name=AFC Cup}}, the-AFC.com
• [http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/222 AFC Cup 2018], stats.the-AFC.com

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