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.[1] 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.[2]

Teams[edit]

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
Central Asia Zone
South Asia Zone
ASEAN Zone
East Asia Zone

Format[edit]

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.[2]

Schedule[edit]

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).[1]

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[edit]

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.[5]

Play-off West Asia[edit]

Play-off round
    
State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 0 1 1
Oman Al-Suwaiq 1 1 2

Play-off Central Asia[edit]

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Kyrgyzstan Dordoi 1 2 3
Turkmenistan Ahal 3 2 5
Turkmenistan Ahal 1 2 3
Tajikistan Khujand 0 0 0

Play-off South Asia[edit]

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Bangladesh Saif 0 1 1
Maldives TC Sports 1 3 4
Maldives TC Sports 2 0 2
India Bengaluru 3 5 8
Bhutan Transport United 0 0 0
India Bengaluru 0 3 3

Play-off ASEAN[edit]

Play-off round
    
Cambodia Boeung Ket Angkor 3 1 4
Laos Lao Toyota 3 0 3

Play-off East Asia[edit]

Play-off round
    
Mongolia Erchim 0 0 0
North Korea Hwaebul 4 3 7

Preliminary round[edit]

Summary[edit]

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 Kyrgyzstan 3–5 Turkmenistan Ahal 1–3 2–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Transport United Bhutan 0–3 India Bengaluru 0–0 0–3
Saif Bangladesh 1–4 Maldives TC Sports 0–1 1–3

Central Asia Zone[edit]

Dordoi Kyrgyzstan1–3Turkmenistan Ahal
Stats Report
Attendance: 1,000
Ahal Turkmenistan2–2Kyrgyzstan Dordoi
Stats Report

Ahal won 5–3 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone[edit]

Transport United Bhutan0–0India Bengaluru
Stats Report
Bengaluru India3–0Bhutan Transport United
Stats Report

Bengaluru won 3–0 on aggregate.


Saif Bangladesh0–1Maldives TC Sports
Stats Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul Baki (Oman)
TC Sports Maldives3–1Bangladesh Saif
Stats Report
  • Chigozie 33'

TC Sports won 4–1 on aggregate.

Play-off round[edit]

Summary[edit]

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 State of Palestine 1–2 Oman Al-Suwaiq 0–1 1–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Ahal Turkmenistan 3–0 Tajikistan Khujand 1–0 2–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
TC Sports Maldives 2–8 India Bengaluru 2–3 0–5
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ASEAN Zone
Boeung Ket Angkor Cambodia 4–3 Laos Lao Toyota 3–3 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Asia Zone
Erchim Mongolia 0–7 North Korea Hwaebul 0–4 0–3

West Asia Zone[edit]

Hilal Al-Quds State of Palestine0–1Oman Al-Suwaiq
Stats Report
Al-Suwaiq Oman1–1State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
Stats Report
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

Al-Suwaiq won 2–1 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone[edit]

Ahal Turkmenistan1–0Tajikistan Khujand
Stats Report
Khujand Tajikistan0–2Turkmenistan Ahal
Stats Report

Ahal won 3–0 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone[edit]

TC Sports Maldives2–3India Bengaluru
Stats Report
Attendance: 890
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Bengaluru India5–0Maldives TC Sports
Stats Report

Bengaluru won 8–2 on aggregate.

ASEAN Zone[edit]

Boeung Ket Angkor Cambodia3–3Laos Lao Toyota
Stats Report
Lao Toyota Laos0–1Cambodia Boeung Ket Angkor
Stats Report

Boeung Ket Angkor won 4–3 on aggregate.

East Asia Zone[edit]

Erchim Mongolia0–4North Korea Hwaebul
Stats Report
Hwaebul North Korea3–0Mongolia Erchim
Stats Report
Attendance: 31,010

Hwaebul won 7–0 on aggregate.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c The identity of the play-off teams from Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and Cambodia was not known at the time of the group stage draw.
  2. ^ On 14 December 2017, the AFC announced that Lao Toyota, the play-off team from Laos, were ruled ineligible to play in the 2018 AFC Cup due to match manipulation during the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cup.[3] Lao Toyota appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and on 17 January 2018, CAS ruled Lao Toyota would be eligible to participate.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "2018 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ "Lao Toyota FC ineligible for AFC Cup 2018 because of match manipulation". AFC. 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) declares Lao Tractor Football Club eligible to participate in the 2018 AFC Cup" (PDF). CAS. 17 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "AFC Cup 2018 draw confirmed". AFC. 6 December 2017.

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