2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off

Association football tournament The 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off was contested by nine teams (five from West Zone, four from East Zone). The draw for the qualifying play-off was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 December 2011, 15:00 UTC+08:00.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league/935-afc-champions-league-2012/37401-reds-relief-as-adelaide-avoid-playoff https://archive.today/20120914020627/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league/935-afc-champions-league-2012/37401-reds-relief-as-adelaide-avoid-playoff dead 2012-09-14 AFC Reds' relief as Adelaide avoid playoff 2011-12-06 The draw, without any seeding or country protection, determined the brackets as well as host of each play-off match. The semi-final round was played on 10 February 2012, and the final round was played 16 and 18 February 2012.https://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/afc-calendars-download/competition/425-afc-competitions-calendar-2012/download AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012 AFC PDF Extra time and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary.http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/338-afc-champions-league-2012-competitions-regulations/download AFC Champions League 2012 Competitions Regulations AFC PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120723144348/http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/338-afc-champions-league-2012-competitions-regulations/download 2012-07-23 The four winners of the final round (two from West Zone, two from East Zone) advanced to the group stage to join the 28 teams which directly entered the group stage. The three losers of the final round (two from West Zone, one from East zone) advanced to the 2012 AFC Cup group stage, except the loser of the match between Adelaide United and Persipura Jayapura.http://www.the-afc.com/en/media-releases/38005-acl-playoff-adelaide-united-vs-persipura-jayapura-on-feb-16 https://archive.today/20121204163430/http://www.the-afc.com/en/media-releases/38005-acl-playoff-adelaide-united-vs-persipura-jayapura-on-feb-16 dead 4 December 2012 ACL playoff: Adelaide United vs Persipura Jayapura on Feb 16 AFC 13 February 2012 Matches West Zone !colspan="3"|Semi-final Round Esteghlal IRN 2–0 Zob Ahan IRN |- !colspan="3"|Final Round Al-Shabab UAE 3–0 Neftchi Farg'ona UZB Esteghlal IRN 3–1 Al-Ettifaq KSA |} Semi-final round Esteghlal v Zob Ahan 10 February 2012 17:15 UTC+03:30 Esteghlal IRN 2–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20120911045848/http://www.the-afc.com:80/en/acl2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6213&stageid=230&tMode=H&view=ajax&show=matchsummary IRN Zob Ahan Heyrdari 23Borhani 67 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 33,750 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) Final round Esteghlal v Al-Ettifaq 18 February 2012 17:20 UTC+03:30 Esteghlal IRN 3–1 Report KSA Al-Ettifaq Jerković 37Heydari 62Borhani 65 Al-Salem 59 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 61,120 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Al-Shabab v Neftchi Farg'ona 18 February 2012 20:00 UTC+04:00 Al-Shabab UAE 3–0 Report UZB Neftchi Farg'ona Obaid 6 60Haydarov 90+3 Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 2,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) East Zone !colspan="3"|Final Round Pohang Steelers KOR 2–0 Chonburi THA Adelaide United AUS 3–0 Persipura Jayapura IDN |} The following team was also slated to enter the qualifying play-off in the East Zone, but did not enter the competition: CHN Liaoning Whowin Final round Adelaide United v Persipura Jayapura 16 February 2012 19:30 UTC+10:30 Adelaide United AUS 3–0 Report IDN Persipura Jayapura Boogaard 12Levchenko 57van Dijk 84 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide 5,013 Masaaki Toma (Japan) Pohang Steelers v Chonburi 18 February 2012 15:30 UTC+09:00 Pohang Steelers KOR 2–0 Report THA Chonburi Hwang Jin-Sung 28Park Sung-Ho 70 Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang 5,344 Peter Green (Australia) References External links http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league AFC Champions League en Qualifying play-off