2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off

International football tournament The 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off was played from 4 to 17 February 2015. A total of 25 teams competed in the qualifying play-off to decide eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/acl_2015_competition_regulations_final.pdf AFC Champions League 2015 Competition Regulations AFC PDF Format The bracket for the qualifying play-off, which consisted of three rounds (preliminary round 1, preliminary round 2, and play-off round), was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2015/afc-champions-league-2015-draw AFC Champions League 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 24 automatic qualifiers. All losers in each round which were from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage. Teams The following 25 teams (11 from West Zone, 14 from East Zone) were involved in the qualifying play-off: ZoneTeams entering in play-off roundTeams entering in preliminary round 2Teams entering in preliminary round 1West ZoneKSA Al-Ahli IRN Naft Tehran UZB Bunyodkor UAE Al-Wahda UAE Al-JaziraQAT Al-Sadd QAT El Jaish KUW Al-Qadsia JOR Al-Wehdat OMA Al-Nahda BHR RiffaEast ZoneKOR FC Seoul JPN Kashiwa Reysol AUS Central Coast Mariners CHN Beijing GuoanCHN Guangzhou R&F THA Bangkok Glass THA Chonburi VIE Hà Nội T&T IDN Persib Bandung HKG KitcheeMYA Yadanarbon MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim IND Bengaluru FC SIN Warriors 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 round 14 February 2015Preliminary round 210 February 2015Play-off round17 February 2015 Bracket Play-off West 1 Al-Ahli advanced to Group D. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round KUW Al-Qadsia 1 JOR Al-Wehdat 0 KSA Al-Ahli 2 KUW Al-Qadsia 1 Play-off West 2 Naft Tehran advanced to Group B. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round QAT El Jaish 2 OMA Al-Nahda 1 IRN Naft Tehran 1 QAT El Jaish 0 Play-off West 3 Bunyodkor advanced to Group A. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round UZB Bunyodkor 2 UAE Al-Jazira 1 Play-off West 4 Al-Sadd advanced to Group C. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round QAT Al-Sadd 1(11) BHR Riffa 1(10) UAE Al-Wahda 4(4) QAT Al-Sadd 4(5) Play-off East 1 FC Seoul advanced to Group H. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round VIE Hà Nội T&T 4 IDN Persib Bandung 0 KOR FC Seoul 7 VIE Hà Nội T&T 0 Play-off East 2 Kashiwa Reysol advanced to Group E. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round THA Chonburi 4 HKG Kitchee 1 JPN Kashiwa Reysol 3 THA Chonburi 2 Play-off East 3 Guangzhou R&F advanced to Group F. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round MYA Yadanarbon 1(5) SIN Warriors 1(6) CHN Guangzhou R&F 3 SIN Warriors 0 AUS Central Coast Mariners 1 CHN Guangzhou R&F 3 Play-off East 4 Beijing Guoan advanced to Group G. 200 Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Play-off round MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim 2 IND Bengaluru FC 1 THA Bangkok Glass 3 MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 CHN Beijing Guoan 3 THA Bangkok Glass 0 Preliminary round 1 |- |+East Zone Yadanarbon MYA 1–1 (5–6 p) Warriors SIN Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 2–1 Bengaluru FC IND |} "Yadanarbon v Warriors" 4 February 2015 16:00 UTC+6:30 Yadanarbon MYA 1–1 yes Report SIN Warriors Ye Win Aung 102 Andy 99 Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay 21,400 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) Djawa Yan Paing Okpechi Thiha Sithu Boakay Sithu Aung 5–6 Shi J.Y. Beattie Bennett Vidošević Vélez Andy "Johor Darul Ta'zim v Bengaluru FC" 4 February 2015 20:45 UTC+8 Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS 2–1 yes Report IND Bengaluru FC Hariss 47Chanturu 97 Lyngdoh 90 Larkin Stadium, Johor Bahru 17,455 Yudai Yamamoto (Japan) Preliminary round 2 |- |+West Zone Al-Qadsia KUW 1–0 Al-Wehdat JOR El Jaish QAT 2–1 Al-Nahda OMA Al-Sadd QAT 0–0 (11–10 p) Riffa BHR |+East Zone Hà Nội T&T VIE 4–0 Persib Bandung IDN Chonburi THA 4–1 Kitchee HKG Guangzhou R&F CHN 3–0 Warriors SIN Bangkok Glass THA 3–0 Johor Darul Ta'zim MAS |} "Hà Nội T&T v Persib Bandung" 10 February 2015 18:00 UTC+7 Hà Nội T&T VIE 4–0 Report IDN Persib Bandung Marronkle 33 pen. 57Samson 46 71 Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi 2,500 Jarred Gillett (Australia) "Guangzhou R&F v Warriors" 10 February 2015 19:30 UTC+8 Guangzhou R&F CHN 3–0 Report SIN Warriors Jiang Zhipeng 53Jang Hyun-soo 60Zhang Shuo 75 Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 7,883 Minoru Tōjō (Japan) "Chonburi v Kitchee" 10 February 2015 19:00 UTC+7 Chonburi THA 4–1 Report HKG Kitchee Assumpção 8 39 55Nurul 27 E. Wan 35 Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi 3,432 Kim Sang-woo (South Korea) "Bangkok Glass v Johor Darul Ta'zim" 10 February 2015 19:00 UTC+7 Bangkok Glass THA 3–0 Report MAS Johor Darul Ta'zim Narong 28Kaimbi 52 62 Leo Stadium, Pathum Thani 5,299 Chris Beath (Australia) "El Jaish v Al-Nahda" 10 February 2015 18:00 UTC+3 El Jaish QAT 2–1 Report OMA Al-Nahda Wagner Ribeiro 78Romarinho 90+2 Voullany 4 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 5,507 Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) "Al-Qadsia v Al-Wehdat" 10 February 2015 18:15 UTC+3 Al-Qadsia KUW 1–0 Report JOR Al-Wehdat Said 60 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City 9,200 Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq) "Al-Sadd v Riffa" 10 February 2015 18:30 UTC+3 Al-Sadd QAT 0–0 yes Report BHR Riffa Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 2,500 Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) Ibrahim Al-Haydos Majid Hassan Belhadj Kasola Nabeel Lee J.S. Yahia Khoder Al-Sheeb Ibrahim 11–10 Ozéia João Luiz Galeb Deeb Salman Saeed Mubarak Al Amer Shalal Al-Hooti Alawi Ozéia Play-off round |- |+West Zone Al-Ahli KSA 2–1 Al-Qadsia KUW Naft Tehran IRN 1–0 El Jaish QAT Bunyodkor UZB 2–1 Al-Jazira UAE Al-Wahda UAE 4–4 (4–5 p) Al-Sadd QAT |+East Zone FC Seoul KOR 7–0 Hà Nội T&T VIE Kashiwa Reysol JPN 3–2 Chonburi THA Central Coast Mariners AUS 1–3 Guangzhou R&F CHN Beijing Guoan CHN 3–0 Bangkok Glass THA |} "Central Coast Mariners v Guangzhou R&F" 17 February 2015 19:30 UTC+11 Central Coast Mariners AUS 1–3 Report CHN Guangzhou R&F Trifiro 90+2 Jiang Ning 8Lu Lin 57J. Rose 89 o.g. Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 2,776 Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) "Kashiwa Reysol v Chonburi" 17 February 2015 19:00 UTC+9 Kashiwa Reysol JPN 3–2 yes Report THA Chonburi Taketomi 8Leandro 58 pen. 115 Assumpção 10Kroekrit 65 Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa 6,344 Peter Green (Australia) "Beijing Guoan v Bangkok Glass" 17 February 2015 18:00 UTC+8 Beijing Guoan CHN 3–0 Report THA Bangkok Glass Song Boxuan 17Batalla 64 pen. 72 Workers Stadium, Beijing 21,017 Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea) "FC Seoul v Hà Nội T&T" 17 February 2015 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 7–0 Report VIE Hà Nội T&T Yun Il-lok 14Éverton Santos 20Jung Jo-gook 30 46Escudero 40Lee Seok-hyun 70Koh Myong-jin 72 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 6,718 Ryuji Sato (Japan) "Bunyodkor v Al-Jazira" 17 February 2015 17:00 UTC+5 Bunyodkor UZB 2–1 Report UAE Al-Jazira Shodiev 23Rashidov 52 Mabkhout 45+1 pen. Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent 9,263 Alireza Faghani (Iran) "Naft Tehran v El Jaish" 17 February 2015 18:00 UTC+3:30 Naft Tehran IRN 1–0 Report QAT El Jaish Motahari 50 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 5,750 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) "Al-Wahda v Al-Sadd" 17 February 2015 19:10 UTC+4 Al-Wahda UAE 4–4 yes Report QAT Al-Sadd Díaz 8Omar 72Al-Shehhi 90+2Matar 108 Ahmed 55Ibrahim 66 90+7 98 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi 4,208 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Al-Shehhi Al-Noubi Omar Matar Saleh Fadhel 4–5 Ibrahim Al-Haidos Grafite Majid Belhadj Hassan "Al-Ahli v Al-Qadsia" 17 February 2015 20:10 UTC+3 Al-Ahli KSA 2–1 yes Report KUW Al-Qadsia Al Soma 85 pen.Al-Bassas 115 Al-Mutawa 33 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah 34,028 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) References External links AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com *1