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The 2018 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs are scheduled to be played from 22 January to 20 February 2018.[1] A total of 11 teams compete in the qualifying play-offs to decide four of the 36 places in the group stage of the 2018 AFC Cup.[2]

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.

Originally 13 teams entered the qualifying play-offs (6 entered in the preliminary round, 7 entered in the play-off round) before the disqualification of teams in the ASEAN Zone.

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

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie is 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 are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The four winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage to join the 32 direct entrants.[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round is as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; E: East Asia Zone).[1]

Round W C, S, E
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 13 February 2018 20 February 2018

Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone is determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.[4]

Play-off West Asia

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Play-off Central Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
          
1 Kyrgyzstan Dordoi
4 Turkmenistan Ahal
Winner Central Asia 1.1
Tajikistan Khujand
3 Bye — — —
2 Tajikistan Khujand — — —

Play-off South Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
          
1 Bangladesh Saif
4 Maldives TC Sports
Winner South Asia 1.2[†]
Winner South Asia 1.1[†]
3 Bhutan Transport United
2 India Bengaluru FC
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.

Play-off ASEAN

Play-off East Asia

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Preliminary round

A total of 6 teams play in the preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Dordoi Kyrgyzstan Central Asia 1.1 Turkmenistan Ahal 23 Jan 30 Jan
South Asia Zone
Transport United Bhutan South Asia 1.1 India Bengaluru FC 23 Jan 30 Jan
Saif Bangladesh South Asia 1.2 Maldives TC Sports 23 Jan 30 Jan

Central Asia Zone

Dordoi KyrgyzstanvTurkmenistan Ahal
Ahal TurkmenistanvKyrgyzstan Dordoi

South Asia Zone

Transport United BhutanvIndia Bengaluru FC
Bengaluru FC IndiavBhutan Transport United
Saif BangladeshvMaldives TC Sports
TC Sports MaldivesvBangladesh Saif

Play-off round

A total of 8 teams play in the play-off round: 5 teams which enter in this round, and 3 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 West Asia 2.1 Oman Al-Suwaiq 22 Jan 29 Jan
Central Asia Zone
Winner Central Asia 1.1 Central Asia 2.1 Tajikistan Khujand 13 Feb 20 Feb
South Asia Zone
Winner South Asia 1.2 South Asia 2.1[†] Winner South Asia 1.1 13 Feb 20 Feb
East Asia Zone
Erchim Mongolia East Asia 2.1 North Korea Hwaebul 13 Feb 20 Feb
  1. † Order of legs to be decided, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg.

West Asia Zone

Hilal Al-Quds State of PalestinevOman Al-Suwaiq
Al-Suwaiq OmanvState of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds

Central Asia Zone

Winner Central Asia 1.1 vTajikistan Khujand
Khujand Tajikistanv Winner Central Asia 1.1

South Asia Zone

Winner South Asia 1.2/1.1 v Winner South Asia 1.1/1.2
Winner South Asia 1.1/1.2 v Winner South Asia 1.2/1.1

East Asia Zone

Erchim MongoliavNorth Korea Hwaebul
Hwaebul North KoreavMongolia Erchim

Notes

  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. ^ a b 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]. No other teams were eligible to replace them. As a result, Boeung Ket Angkor, the play-off team from Cambodia (whose identity was not known at the time of Lao Toyota's disqualification), advanced directly from the play-off round to the group stage, and the ASEAN zone play-off would be not played.

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018" (PDF). AFC. 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2018 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ a b "Lao Toyota FC ineligible for AFC Cup 2018 because of match manipulation". AFC. 14 December 2017.
  4. ^ "AFC Cup 2018 draw confirmed". AFC. 6 December 2017.

External links

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