2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

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The 2019 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 5 February to 13 March 2019.[1] 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.[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.
Zone Teams entering in play-off round Teams entering in preliminary round
West Asia Zone
Central Asia Zone
South Asia Zone
ASEAN Zone None
East Asia Zone

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.[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[1][3]

Round West Asia Zone Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, East Asia Zone
First leg Second leg First leg Second leg
Preliminary round 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.[4]

Play-off West Asia

Play-off round
    
Palestine Hilal Al-Quds 2 1 3
Oman Al-Nasr 1 0 1

Play-off Central Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Kyrgyzstan Alay 1 0 1
Turkmenistan Ahal 2 1 3
Turkmenistan Ahal 1 0 1
Tajikistan Khujand (a) 1 0 1

Play-off South Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Sri Lanka Colombo 7 2 9
Bhutan Transport United 1 1 2
Sri Lanka Colombo 0 0 0
India Chennaiyin 0 1 1

Play-off East Asia

Preliminary round Play-off round
        
Mongolia Erchim 0 0 0
North Korea Ryomyong 3 3 6
North Korea Ryomyong 0 0 0 (3)
Hong Kong Tai Po (p) 0 0 0 (5)

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
Alay Kyrgyzstan 1–3 Turkmenistan Ahal 1–2 0–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Colombo Sri Lanka 9–2 Bhutan Transport United 7–1 2–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Asia Zone
Erchim Mongolia 0–6 North Korea Ryomyong 0–3 0–3

Central Asia Zone

Alay Kyrgyzstan1–2Turkmenistan Ahal
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Ahal Turkmenistan1–0Kyrgyzstan Alay
 Report
Attendance: 10,500

Ahal won 3–1 on aggregate.

South Asia Zone

Colombo Sri Lanka7–1Bhutan Transport United
 Report
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Transport United Bhutan1–2Sri Lanka Colombo
 Report
Attendance: 826
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Colombo won 9–2 on aggregate.

East Asia Zone

Erchim Mongolia0–3North Korea Ryomyong
Report
Attendance: 416
Ryomyong North Korea3–0Mongolia Erchim
 Report
Attendance: 2,000

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.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia Zone
Hilal Al-Quds Palestine 3–1 Oman Al-Nasr 2–1 1–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Central Asia Zone
Ahal Turkmenistan 1–1 (a) Tajikistan Khujand 1–1 0–0
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
South Asia Zone
Colombo Sri Lanka 0–1 India Chennaiyin 0–0 0–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Asia Zone
Ryomyong North Korea 0–0 (3–5 p) Hong Kong Tai Po 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)

West Asia Zone

Hilal Al-Quds Palestine2–1Oman Al-Nasr
 Report
Attendance: 3,150
Al-Nasr Oman0–1Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Hilal Al-Quds won 3–1 on aggregate.

Central Asia Zone

Ahal Turkmenistan1–1Tajikistan Khujand
 Report
Attendance: 18,100
Khujand Tajikistan0–0Turkmenistan Ahal
Report
Attendance: 25,000

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

South Asia Zone

Colombo Sri Lanka0–0India Chennaiyin
Report
Attendance: 2,850
Chennaiyin India1–0Sri Lanka Colombo
 Report
Attendance: 2,842

Chennaiyin won 1–0 on aggregate.

East Asia Zone

Ryomyong North Korea0–0Hong Kong Tai Po
Report
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)

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

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "2019 AFC Cup Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ "AFC Cup 2019 Official Match Schedule". AFC.
  4. ^ "Draw unveils exciting 2019 challenge". AFC. 22 November 2018.