2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

AFC Cup qualifying round 2016 2016 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers 11–15 August 2015 6 6 6 16 NGA Emeka OnuohaPAK Muhammad RasoolBAN Shakhawat Hossain Rony(2 goals each) 2017 The 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round was played from 11 to 15 August 2015.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2015.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015 PDF A total of six teams competed in the qualifying round to decide two places in the competition proper of the 2016 AFC Cup.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_cup_2016_play-off_qualifiers_competition_regulations.pdf AFC Cup 2016 Play-Off Qualifiers Competition Regulations AFC The AFC Cup qualifying round was held to replace the AFC President's Cup, whose last edition was held in 2014, as starting from 2015, league champions of "emerging countries" were eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.http://www.the-afc.com/presidents-cup-2014/afc-president%E2%80%99s-cup-the-end-of-a-glorious-journey AFC President’s Cup: The end of a glorious journey AFC 26 July 2014 Teams A total of six teams six nine AFC associations competed in the qualifying round. Teams were not split into zones for the qualifying round. In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count all those since the 2004 season (including both competition proper and qualifying rounds). AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppLast AppBAN BangladeshSheikh Jamal Dhanmondi2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions1stnoneBHU BhutanDruk United2014 Bhutan National League champions1stnoneKGZ KyrgyzstanAlga2014 Kyrgyzstan League 3rd place1stnoneMAC MacauBenfica de Macau2015 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions1stnoneMNG MongoliaKhoromkhon2014 Mongolian Premier League champions1stnonePAK PakistanK-Electric2014–15 Pakistan Premier League champions1stnone Draw The draw for the qualifying round was held on 29 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2015/stage-set-for-2016-afc-cup-play-off-qualifiers Stage set for 2016 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers AFC 29 June 2015 For the draw, the pre-selected hosts were placed in their own pot, while the remaining teams were seeded according to the performance of their association in the 2014 AFC President's Cup. Pot 1 (Hosts)Pot 2Pot 3BHU Druk United KGZ AlgaBAN Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi MNG KhoromkhonPAK K-Electric MAC Benfica de Macau Format In the qualifying round, each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. The winners of each group advanced to either the qualifying play-off or the group stage (depending on number of teams in each zone and geographical location). Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference in all the group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card); Drawing of lots. Schedule The schedule of each matchday was as follows. MatchdayDateMatchMatchday 111 August 2015Team 3 vs. Team 1Matchday 213 August 2015Team 2 vs. Team 3Matchday 315 August 2015Team 1 vs. Team 2 Host Countries Group A Group B BHU Thimphu Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Changlimithang Stadium Dolen Omurzakov Stadium Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 23,000 220px Groups Group A All matches were held in Bhutan. Times listed were UTC+6. main WDL true 240 AFC BHU Druk United DRU MNG Khoromkhon KHO PAK K-Electric KEL complete 0 2 0 3 3 H 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 KEL DRU KHO Q PO blue1 Qualifying play-off 0–0 — — 0–1 3–3 — K-Electric v Druk United 2015 8 11 y 18:00 K-Electric PAK 3–3 BHU Druk United Rasool 8 45Rehman 86 Ts. Dorji 21Wangdi 58Th. Dorji 75 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu 3,000 Fu Ming (China) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9725&stageid=377&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Khoromkhon v K-Electric 2015 8 13 y 18:00 Khoromkhon MNG 0–1 PAK K-Electric Oludeyi 74 Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu 1,000 Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9726&stageid=377&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Druk United v Khoromkhon 2015 8 15 y 18:00 Druk United BHU 0–0 MNG Khoromkhon Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu 2,500 Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9727&stageid=377&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Group B All matches were held in Kyrgyzstan. Times listed were UTC+6. main WDL true 240 AFC KGZ Alga ALG BAN Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi SJD MAC Benfica de Macau BEN complete 1 1 0 3 1 H 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 2 1 6 SJD ALG BEN Q GS green1 Group stage Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi advanced directly to the group stage due to an insufficient number of teams in the East Zone. 1–1 — — 4–1 0–2 — Benfica de Macau v Alga 2015 8 11 y 18:00 Benfica de Macau MAC 0–2 KGZ Alga Filatov 29Akhmataliev 65 Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek 5,000 Mooud Bonyadifard (Iran) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9728&stageid=377&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi v Benfica de Macau 2015 8 13 y 18:00 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi BAN 4–1 MAC Benfica de Macau Onuoha 44Islam 72Rony 77 86 Torrão 26 Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek 1,000 Rowan Arumughan (India) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9729&stageid=377&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Alga v Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 2015 8 15 y 18:00 Alga KGZ 1–1 BAN Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Amirov 22 Onuoha 78 Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek 8,000 Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia) http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?fixtureid=9730&stageid=377&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary References External links AFC Cup, the-AFC.com *0 AFC Cup qualifying round