2015 AFC Cup qualifying play-off

The 2015 AFC Cup qualifying play-off was played from 9 to 17 February 2015. A total of 14 teams competed in the qualifying play-off to decide five of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2015 AFC Cup.^[1]

Format

The bracket for the qualifying play-off, which consisted of two rounds (preliminary round and play-off round), was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team.^[2] Each tie was played as a single match, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie in the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 27 automatic qualifiers.^[1]

Teams

The following 14 teams (12 from West Zone, 2 from East Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off:^[2]

Zone	Teams entering in play-off round	Teams entering in preliminary round
West Zone	Fanja Al-Hidd Salam Zgharta Al-Jaish	Hilal Al-Quds Khayr Vahdat Altyn Asyr Ahal Dordoi Al-Saqr Sheikh Russel Manang Marshyangdi Club
East Zone	Maziya Ceres

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[3]

Round	Match date
Preliminary round	9–10 February 2015
Play-off round	17 February 2015

Bracket

Play-off West 1

Ahal advanced to Group C.

Preliminary round		Play-off round


		Fanja	2
Ahal	1	Ahal	3
Dordoi	0

Play-off West 2

Al-Hidd advanced to Group B.

Preliminary round		Play-off round


		Al-Hidd	2
Altyn Asyr	0	Al-Saqr	1
Al-Saqr	1

Play-off West 3

Salam Zgharta advanced to Group A.

Preliminary round		Play-off round


		Salam Zgharta	3
Khayr Vahdat	1	Khayr Vahdat	0
Sheikh Russel	0

Play-off West 4

Al-Jaish advanced to Group D.

Preliminary round		Play-off round


		Al-Jaish (pen.)	0(5)
Hilal Al-Quds (w/o)	—	Hilal Al-Quds	0(4)
Manang Marshyangdi Club	—

Play-off East

Maziya advanced to Group E.

Preliminary round	Play-off round


	Maziya	1
	Ceres	0

Preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Zone
Ahal	1–0	Dordoi
Altyn Asyr	0–1	Al-Saqr
Khayr Vahdat	1–0	Sheikh Russel
Hilal Al-Quds	w/o	Manang Marshyangdi Club

Ahal v Dordoi

9 February 2015
17:00 UTC+5

Ahal	1–0	Dordoi
Annadurdyýew 8'	Report

Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Khayr Vahdat v Sheikh Russel

10 February 2015
13:00 UTC+5

Khayr Vahdat	1–0	Sheikh Russel
Rustamov 22'	Report

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Altyn Asyr v Al-Saqr

10 February 2015
18:00 UTC+5

Altyn Asyr	0–1	Al-Saqr
	Report	Ali 67'

Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Wang Di (China)

10 February 2015

Hilal Al-Quds	Cancelled	Manang Marshyangdi Club

Manang Marshyangdi Club withdrew.^[4]

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Zone
Fanja	2–3	Ahal
Al-Hidd	2–1	Al-Saqr
Salam Zgharta	3–0	Khayr Vahdat
Al-Jaish	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Hilal Al-Quds
East Zone
Maziya	1–0	Ceres

Maziya v Ceres

17 February 2015
16:00 UTC+5

Maziya	1–0	Ceres
Samdhooh 82'	Report

National Football Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 1,522
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Salam Zgharta v Khayr Vahdat

17 February 2015
13:45 UTC+2

Salam Zgharta	3–0	Khayr Vahdat
Khatib 23' Galán 48' Boutros 87'	Report

Zgharta Stadium, Zgharta
Attendance: 1,271
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

Fanja v Ahal

17 February 2015
19:00 UTC+4

Fanja	2–3	Ahal
Ndione 67' Danguir 83'	Report	Annadurdyýew 7' Annaýew 41' Şermetow 75'

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Al-Jaish v Hilal Al-Quds

17 February 2015
18:00 UTC+3

Al-Jaish	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Hilal Al-Quds
	Report
	Penalties
Al-Awad Sharifa Al-Kaddour Salkeni Dommarani (Note: Order of Al-Jaish penalties not known)	5–4	Saba'a Ismail Salem Saleh Hwaiti

Al Ahli Stadium, Manama (Bahrain)^[A]
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Al-Hidd v Al-Saqr

17 February 2015
18:30 UTC+3

Al-Hidd	2–1	Al-Saqr
Adnan 17' Orok 52'	Report	Al-Worafi 64' (pen.)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa
Attendance: 480
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Notes

^ Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

References

1 2 "AFC Cup 2015 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
1 2 "AFC Cup 2015 Draw". AFC. 12 December 2014.
↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
↑ "MMC Not To Play AFC Cup Play Off Against Al Quids Hilal". GoalNepal.com. 29 January 2015.

External links

AFC Cup, the-AFC.com

2015 in Asian Football (AFC)

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