2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

The 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 5 February to 13 March 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-competitions-calendar-2019|title=AFC Competitions Calendar 2019|publisher=AFC|date=11 January 2018}} A total of 11 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide four of the 36 places in the group stage of the 2019 AFC Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-cup-2019-competition-regulations|title=2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations|publisher=AFC|format=PDF}}

Teams

The following 11 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.
  • 5 teams entered in the play-off round.

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Zone

!Teams entering in play-off round

!Teams entering in preliminary round

West Asia Zone

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Central Asia Zone

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  • {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahal
  • {{flagicon|KGZ}} Alay
South Asia Zone

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ASEAN Zone

|valign=top colspan=2|None

East Asia Zone

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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 four winners of the play-off round (one each from West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, East Asia Zone) advanced to the group stage to join the 32 direct entrants.

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-cup-2019-match-schedule|title=AFC Cup 2019 Official Match Schedule|publisher=AFC}}

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rowspan=2|Round

!colspan=2|West Asia Zone

!colspan=2|Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, East Asia Zone

First leg

!Second leg

!First leg

!Second leg

Preliminary round

|colspan=2|Not played

|20 February 2019

|27 February 2019

Play-off round

|5 February 2019

|12 February 2019

|6 March 2019

|13 March 2019

Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone, determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg, was officially announced by the AFC prior to the group stage draw on 22 November 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-cup/latest/news/draw-unveils-exciting-2019-challenge|title=Draw unveils exciting 2019 challenge|publisher=AFC|date=22 November 2018}}

=Play-off West Asia=

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

| team-width = 200

| RD1 = Play-off round

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

| RD1-score1-1 = 2

| RD1-score1-2 = 1

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

| RD1-score2-1 = 1

| RD1-score2-2 = 0

}}

=Play-off Central Asia=

{{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}} Alay

| RD1-score1-1 = 1

| RD1-score1-2 = 0

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

| RD1-score2-1 = 2

| RD1-score2-2 = 1

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

| RD2-score1-1 = 1

| RD2-score1-2 = 0

| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Khujand (a)

| RD2-score2-1 = 1

| RD2-score2-2 = 0

}}

=Play-off South Asia=

{{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|SRI}} Colombo

| RD1-score1-1 = 7

| RD1-score1-2 = 2

| RD1-team2 = {{flagicon|BHU}} Transport United

| RD1-score2-1 = 1

| RD1-score2-2 = 1

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|SRI}} Colombo

| RD2-score1-1 = 0

| RD2-score1-2 = 0

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

| RD2-score2-1 = 0

| RD2-score2-2 = 1

}}

=Play-off East Asia=

{{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|MNG}} Erchim

| RD1-score1-1 = 0

| RD1-score1-2 = 0

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

| RD1-score2-1 = 3

| RD1-score2-2 = 3

| RD2-team1 = {{flagicon|PRK}} Ryomyong

| RD2-score1-1 = 0

| RD2-score1-2 = 0

| RD2-score1-agg= 0 {{small|(3)}}

| RD2-team2 = {{flagicon|HKG}} Tai Po {{pso}}

| RD2-score2-1 = 0

| RD2-score2-2 = 0

| RD2-score2-agg= 0 {{small|(5)}}

}}

Preliminary round

=Summary=

A total of six teams played in the preliminary round.

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+Central Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Alay|KGZ|1–3|Ahal|TKM|1–2|0–1}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+South Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Colombo|SRI|9–2|Transport United|BHU|7–1|2–1}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+East Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Erchim|MNG|0–6|Ryomyong|PRK|0–3|0–3}}

{{end}}

=Central Asia Zone=

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|id = Central Asia 1.1

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|20|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Alay {{flagicon|KGZ}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahal

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Suyumbayev Stadion, Osh

|attendance = 3,000

|referee = Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14608

}}

{{Football box

|id = Central Asia 1.2

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|27|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|5}}

|team1 = Ahal {{flagicon|TKM}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|KGZ}} Alay

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat

|attendance = 10,500

|referee = Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14609

}}

Ahal won 3–1 on aggregate.

=South Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 1.1

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|20|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Colombo {{flagicon|SRI}}

|score = 7–1

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

|goals1 =

  • Aakib {{goal|5||8||11}}
  • Tagne {{goal|27||76||87}}
  • Rahuman {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

|attendance = 2,700

|referee = Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14606

}}

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 1.2

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|27|df=y}}

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

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

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{flagicon|SRI}} Colombo

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu

|attendance = 826

|referee = Zhang Lei (China)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14607

}}

Colombo won 9–2 on aggregate.

=East Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = East Asia 1.1

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|20|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Erchim {{flagicon|MNG}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{flagicon|PRK}} Ryomyong

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

|attendance = 416

|referee = Yaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14604

}}

{{Football box

|id = East Asia 1.2

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|27|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|14:00|9}}

|team1 = Ryomyong {{flagicon|PRK}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|MNG}} Erchim

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14605

}}

Ryomyong won 6–0 on aggregate.

Play-off round

=Summary=

A total of eight teams played in the play-off round: five teams which entered in this round, and three winners of the preliminary round.

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+West Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Hilal Al-Quds|PLE|3–1|Al-Nasr|OMA|2–1|1–0}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+Central Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Ahal|TKM|1–1 (a)|Khujand|TJK|1–1|0–0}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+South Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Colombo|SRI|0–1|Chennaiyin|IND|0–0|0–1}}

{{end}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

|+East Asia Zone

{{TwoLegResult|Ryomyong|PRK|0–0 {{pso|3–5}}|Tai Po|HKG|0–0|0–0 {{aet}}}}

{{end}}

=West Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = West Asia 2.1

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|5|df=y}}

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

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

|score = 2–1

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram

|attendance = 3,150

|referee = Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14610

}}

{{Football box

|id = West Asia 2.2

|date = {{Start date|2019|2|12|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|19:30|4}}

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

|score = 0–1

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Salalah Sports Complex, Salalah

|attendance = 350

|referee = Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14611

}}

Hilal Al-Quds won 3–1 on aggregate.

=Central Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = Central Asia 2.1

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|6|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|5}}

|team1 = Ahal {{flagicon|TKM}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{flagicon|TJK}} Khujand

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat

|attendance = 18,100

|referee = C. R. Srikrishna (India)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14616

}}

{{Football box

|id = Central Asia 2.2

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|13|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Khujand {{flagicon|TJK}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|TKM}} Ahal

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = 20 Years of Independence Stadium, Khujand

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14617

}}

1–1 on aggregate. Khujand won on away goals.

=South Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 2.1

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|6|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Colombo {{flagicon|SRI}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|IND}} Chennaiyin

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Colombo Racecourse, Colombo

|attendance = 2,850

|referee = Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14612

}}

{{Football box

|id = South Asia 2.2

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|13|df=y}}

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

|team1 = Chennaiyin {{flagicon|IND}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|SRI}} Colombo

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = The Arena, Ahmedabad

|attendance = 2,842

|referee = Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14613

}}

Chennaiyin won 1–0 on aggregate.

=East Asia Zone=

{{Football box

|id = East Asia 2.1

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|6|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|16:00|9}}

|team1 = Ryomyong {{flagicon|PRK}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{flagicon|HKG}} Tai Po

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

|attendance = 3,800

|referee = Payam Heidari (Iran)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14614

}}

{{Football box

|id = East Asia 2.2

|date = {{Start date|2019|3|13|df=y}}

|time = {{UTZ|20:00|8}}

|team1 = Tai Po {{flagicon|HKG}}

|score = 0–0

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{flagicon|PRK}} Ryomyong

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|penaltyscore = 5–3

|penalties1 =

|penalties2 =

|stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

|attendance = 4,434

|referee = Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/14615

}}

0–0 on aggregate. Tai Po won 5–3 on penalties.

Notes

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