2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

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The 2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 22 January to 20 February 2018. 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.

Teams

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
  • Al-Suwaiq
  • Hilal Al-Quds
Central Asia Zone
  • Khujand
  • Ahal
  • Dordoi
South Asia Zone
  • Bengaluru
  • TC Sports
  • Saif
  • Transport United
ASEAN Zone
  • Lao Toyota
  • Boeung Ket Angkor
East Asia Zone
  • Hwaebul
  • Erchim

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 five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 31 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; E: East Asia Zone).

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

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.

Play-off West Asia

  • Al-Suwaiq advanced to Group A.
Play-off round
    
Hilal Al-Quds 0 1 1
Al-Suwaiq 1 1 2

Play-off Central Asia

  • Ahal advanced to Group D.
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

  • Bengaluru advanced to Group E.
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

  • Boeung Ket Angkor advanced to Group F.
Play-off round
    
Boeung Ket Angkor 3 1 4
Lao Toyota 3 0 3

Play-off East Asia

  • Hwaebul advanced to Group I.
Play-off round
    
Erchim 0 0 0
Hwaebul 4 3 7

Preliminary round

Summary

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

Dordoi 1–3 Ahal
  • Zhyrgalbek Uulu 19'
 Stats Report
  • Muhadow 1'
  • Annaýew 75', 86'
Dordoi Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Ahal 2–2 Dordoi
  • Hajyýew 39' (pen.)
  • Muhadow 88'
 Stats Report
  • Gurbani 58', 69'
Sport Toplumy Stadium, Balkanabat
Attendance: 6,670
Referee: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)

Ahal won 5–3 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

Transport United 0–0 Bengaluru
Stats Report
Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
Bengaluru 3–0 Transport United
  • B. Haokip 27'
  • Lalhlimpuia 54'
  • T. Haokip 62'
 Stats Report
Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 1,167
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

Bengaluru won 3–0 on aggregate.

Saif 0–1 TC Sports
Stats Report
  • Vlasichev 26'
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
TC Sports 3–1 Saif
  • Vlasichev 23', 84' (pen.), 88'
 Stats Report
  • Chigozie 33'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

TC Sports won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round

Summary

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

Hilal Al-Quds 0–1 Al-Suwaiq
Stats Report
  • Al-Busaidi 26'
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 1,450
Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Al-Suwaiq 1–1 Hilal Al-Quds
  • Al-Muqbali 69'
 Stats Report
  • Yameen 19'
Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

Al-Suwaiq won 2–1 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone

Ahal 1–0 Khujand
  • Annaýew 18' (pen.)
 Stats Report
Sport Toplumy Stadium, Balkanabat
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
Khujand 0–2 Ahal
Stats Report
  • Ylýasow 49'
  • Muhadow 52'
20 Years of Independence Stadium, Khujand
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Ahal won 3–0 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

TC Sports 2–3 Bengaluru
  • Vlasichev 71'
  • Mahudhee 73'
 Stats Report
  • T. Haokip 51', 78'
  • Paartalu 69'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 890
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Bengaluru 5–0 TC Sports
  • Dovale 12', 35', 48'
  • Paartalu 36'
  • Bheke 90+1'
 Stats Report
Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
Attendance: 1,473
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Bengaluru won 8–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone

Boeung Ket Angkor 3–3 Lao Toyota
  • Maycon 6' (pen.), 53'
  • Laboravy 60'
 Stats Report
  • Honma 30', 87'
  • Pooda 79'
Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 1,778
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Lao Toyota 0–1 Boeung Ket Angkor
Stats Report
  • Laboravy 61'
New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane
Attendance: 450
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

Boeung Ket Angkor won 4–3 on aggregate.

East Asia Zone

Erchim 0–4 Hwaebul
Stats Report
  • Ri Chang-ho 9', 90'
  • Ri Song 41'
  • Ri Il-san 85'
MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 335
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
Hwaebul 3–0 Erchim
  • Jang Kuk-chol 27'
  • Choe Kwang-jin 41'
  • Jon Chung-il 45+1'
 Stats Report
Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang
Attendance: 31,010
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)

Hwaebul won 7–0 on aggregate.

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