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.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/acc_2015_competition_regulations_final.pdf AFC Cup 2015 Competition Regulations AFC PDF 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.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-cup-2015/afc-cup-2015-draw AFC Cup 2015 Draw AFC 12 December 2014 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. Teams The following 13 teams (11 from West Zone, 2 from East Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off: ZoneTeams entering in play-off roundTeams entering in preliminary roundWest ZoneOMA Fanja BHR Al-Hidd LIB Salam Zgharta SYR 1980 Al-Jaish PLE Hilal Al-QudsPLE Hilal Al-Quds TJK Khayr Vahdat TKM Altyn Asyr TKM Ahal KGZ Dordoi YEM Al-Saqr BAN Sheikh RusselEast ZoneMDV Maziya PHI Ceres Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2015.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015 PDF RoundMatch datePreliminary round9–10 February 2015Play-off round17 February 2015 Bracket Play-off West 1 Ahal advanced to Group C. 200 Preliminary round Play-off round TKM Ahal 1 KGZ Dordoi 0 OMA Fanja 2 TKM Ahal 3 Play-off West 2 Al-Hidd advanced to Group B. 200 Preliminary round Play-off round TKM Altyn Asyr 0 YEM Al-Saqr 1 BHR Al-Hidd 2 YEM Al-Saqr 1 Play-off West 3 Salam Zgharta advanced to Group A. 200 Preliminary round Play-off round TJK Khayr Vahdat 1 BAN Sheikh Russel 0 LIB Salam Zgharta 3 TJK Khayr Vahdat 0 Play-off West 4 Al-Jaish advanced to Group D. 200 Preliminary round Play-off round PLE Hilal Al-Quds (w/o Walkover) — NEP Manang Marshyangdi Club — SYR 1980 Al-Jaish (pen.) 0(5) PLE Hilal Al-Quds 0(4) Play-off East Maziya advanced to Group E. 200 Preliminary round Play-off round MDV Maziya 1 PHI Ceres 0 Preliminary round |- !colspan=3|West Zone Ahal TKM 1–0 Dordoi KGZ Altyn Asyr TKM 0–1 Al-Saqr YEM Khayr Vahdat TJK 1–0 Sheikh Russel BAN Hilal Al-Quds PLE w/o WalkoverK Manang Marshyangdi Club NEP |} "Ahal v Dordoi" 9 February 2015 17:00 UTC+5 Ahal TKM 1–0 Report KGZ Dordoi Annadurdyýew 8 Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat 15,000 Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan) "Khayr Vahdat v Sheikh Russel" 10 February 2015 13:00 UTC+5 Khayr Vahdat TJK 1–0 Report BAN Sheikh Russel Rustamov 22 Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe 10,000 Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) "Altyn Asyr v Al-Saqr" 10 February 2015 18:00 UTC+5 Altyn Asyr TKM 0–1 Report YEM Al-Saqr Ali 67 Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat 18,000 Wang Di (China) "Hilal Al-Quds v Manang Marshyangdi Club" 10 February 2015 Hilal Al-Quds PLE Cancelled NEP Manang Marshyangdi Club Manang Marshyangdi Club withdrew.http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=23156 MMC Not To Play AFC Cup Play Off Against Al Quids Hilal GoalNepal.com 29 January 2015 30 January 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031246/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=23156 dead Play-off round |- !colspan=3|West Zone Fanja OMA 2–3 Ahal TKM Al-Hidd BHR 2–1 Al-Saqr YEM Salam Zgharta LIB 3–0 Khayr Vahdat TJK Al-Jaish SYR 1980 0–0 (5–4 p) Hilal Al-Quds PLE |- !colspan=3|East Zone Maziya MDV 1–0 Ceres PHI |} "Maziya v Ceres" 17 February 2015 16:00 UTC+5 Maziya MDV 1–0 Report PHI Ceres Samdhooh 82 National Football Stadium, Malé 1,522 Tan Hai (China) "Salam Zgharta v Khayr Vahdat" 17 February 2015 13:45 UTC+2 Salam Zgharta LIB 3–0 Report TJK Khayr Vahdat Khatib 23Galán 48Boutros 87 Zgharta Stadium, Zgharta 1,271 Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia) "Fanja v Ahal" 17 February 2015 19:00 UTC+4 Fanja OMA 2–3 Report TKM Ahal Ndione 67Danguir 83 Annadurdyýew 7Annaýew 41Şermetow 75 Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb 1,000 Ma Ning (China) "Al-Jaish v Hilal Al-Quds" 17 February 2015 18:00 UTC+3 Al-Jaish SYR 1980 0–0 yes Report PLE Hilal Al-Quds Al Ahli Stadium, Manama (Bahrain)A 200 Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) Al-Awad Sharifa Al-Kaddour Salkeni Dommarani (Note: Order of Al-Jaish penalties not known) 5–4 Saba'a Ismail Salem Saleh Hwaiti "Al-Hidd v Al-Saqr" 17 February 2015 18:30 UTC+3 Al-Hidd BHR 2–1 Report YEM Al-Saqr Adnan 17Orok 52 Al-Worafi 64 pen. Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa 480 Jumpei Iida (Japan) Notes A Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns. References External links AFC Cup, the-AFC.com *1