2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off

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The 2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying rounds were played from 14 September 2016 to 4 March 2017. A total of 11 teams from 11 associations from Africa and Asia competed in the qualifying rounds to decide which 3 teams would qualify for the group stage of the 2017 Arab Club Championship held in Egypt, alongside 9 automatically qualified teams.[1]

Teams[edit]

The following 11 teams (6 from Asia and 5 from Africa) were entered into the qualifying rounds:

Zone Teams entering in Round 1 Teams entering in Round 2 Teams entering in Play-off
Asia Zone
Africa Zone

Preliminary round 1[edit]

Asia Zone[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Riffa Bahrain 1–5 Lebanon Al-Ahed 0–1 1–4
Al-Riffa Bahrain0–1Lebanon Al-Ahed
90+2' Zreik
Referee: Mohamed Arafah (Jordan)

Al-Ahed Lebanon4–1Bahrain Al-Riffa
Hussain 10' (o.g.)
Fahs 43'
Mansour 60' (pen.)
H. Haider 82'
72' Al-Romehi
Referee: Mohamad Karram (Syria)

Africa Zone[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom[Note DJI] (H) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Preliminary round 2
2 Somalia Dekedaha 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Comoros Volcan Club 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Source: UAFA
(H) Hosts
Dekedaha Somalia0–0Comoros Volcan Club

ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti0–0Comoros Volcan Club

Notes
  1. ^
    ASAS Djibouti Télécom qualified via a drawing of lots.

Preliminary round 2[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asia Zone
Al-Ahed Lebanon 3–0 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil 1–0 2–0
Africa Zone
ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti 1–2 Sudan Al-Merrikh 1–1 0–1

Asia Zone[edit]

Shabab Al-Khalil State of Palestine0–2Lebanon Al-Ahed
23' M. Haidar
82' Mansour
Referee: Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baqi (Oman)

Africa Zone[edit]

ASAS Djibouti Télécom Djibouti1–1Sudan Al-Merrikh
Lucio 59' 2' Al-Madina
Al-Merrikh Sudan1–0Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom
Al-Madina 57'
Referee: Lyés Bekouassa (Algeria)

Play-off round[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asia Zone
Al-Jaish Syria 0–1 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 0–0 0–1
Al-Ahed Lebanon 6–1 Oman Fanja 2–1 4–0
Africa Zone
FC Tevragh-Zeina Mauritania 2–3 Sudan Al-Merrikh 0–1 2–2

Asia Zone[edit]

Al-Jaish Syria0–0Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
Referee: Jamil Ramadan (Lebanon)

Naft Al-Wasat Iraq1–0Syria Al-Jaish
Salih Sadir 72'
Referee: Samer Kassem (Lebanon)

Al-Ahed Lebanon2–1Oman Fanja
Kdouh 5'
Al-Zein 75'
87' Al-Hasani
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

Fanja Oman0–4Lebanon Al-Ahed
40' Mansour
44', 57', 79' Zreik
Referee: Abdulaziz Yusuf Abdulla (Bahrain)

Africa Zone[edit]

FC Tevragh-Zeina Mauritania0–1Sudan Al-Merrikh
65' Gaffar
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Al-Merrikh Sudan2–2Mauritania FC Tevragh-Zeina
Osunwa 2'
Al-Madina 21'
54' Vidal
76' Diara
Referee: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)

Qualified teams[edit]

3 teams qualified to the 2017 Arab Club Championship final tournament held in Egypt, joining 9 other teams that qualified automatically.

Top scorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Lebanon Ahmad Zreik Lebanon Al-Ahed 4
2 Lebanon Nour Mansour Lebanon Al-Ahed 3
Sudan Bakri Al-Madina Sudan Al-Merrikh 3
4 Lebanon Mohammad Kdouh Lebanon Al-Ahed 2
5 Bahrain Mohammed Saad Al-Romehi Bahrain Al-Riffa 1
Djibouti Haruna Lucio Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1
Djibouti Billy Mohideen Djibouti ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1
Iraq Salih Sadir Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 1
Lebanon Hussein Al-Zein Lebanon Al-Ahed 1
Lebanon Mahdi Fahs Lebanon Al-Ahed 1
Lebanon Mohamad Haidar Lebanon Al-Ahed 1
Lebanon Hussain Haider Lebanon Al-Ahed 1
Brazil Nixon Vidal Mauritania FC Tevragh-Zeina 1
Mauritania Ely Diara Mauritania FC Tevragh-Zeina 1
Oman Mahmood Al-Hasani Oman Fanja 1
Somalia Manier Kizza Somalia Dekedaha 1
Nigeria Kelechi Osunwa Sudan Al-Merrikh 1
Sudan Ali Gaffar Sudan Al-Merrikh 1

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