# 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off

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.

## 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. 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:
| Zone | Teams entering in play-off round | Teams entering in preliminary round 2 | Teams entering in preliminary round 1 |
| West Zone | Al-Ahli Naft Tehran Bunyodkor Al-Wahda Al-Jazira | Al-Sadd El Jaish Al-Qadsia Al-Wehdat Al-Nahda Riffa | |
| East Zone | FC Seoul Kashiwa Reysol Central Coast Mariners Beijing Guoan | Guangzhou R&F Bangkok Glass Chonburi Hà Nội T&T Persib Bandung Kitchee | Yadanarbon Johor Darul Ta'zim Bengaluru FC Warriors |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.
| Round | Match date |
| Preliminary round 1 | 4 February 2015 |
| Preliminary round 2 | 10 February 2015 |
| Play-off round | 17 February 2015 |

## Bracket
### Play-off West 1

Al-Ahli advanced to Group D.
| Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | Al-Ahli (a.e.t.) | Al-Ahli (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| | | | Al-Qadsia | Al-Qadsia | 1 |
| Al-Qadsia | Al-Qadsia | 1 | | | |
| Al-Wehdat | Al-Wehdat | 0 | | | |

### Play-off West 2

Naft Tehran advanced to Group B.
| Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | Naft Tehran | Naft Tehran | 1 |
| | | | El Jaish | El Jaish | 0 |
| El Jaish | El Jaish | 2 | | | |
| Al-Nahda | Al-Nahda | 1 | | | |

### Play-off West 3

Bunyodkor advanced to Group A.
| Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | | | | Bunyodkor | Bunyodkor | 2 |
| | | | | | | Al-Jazira | Al-Jazira | 1 |

### Play-off West 4

Al-Sadd advanced to Group C.
| Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | Al-Wahda | Al-Wahda | 4(4) |
| | | | Al-Sadd (p) | Al-Sadd (p) | 4(5) |
| Al-Sadd (p) | Al-Sadd (p) | 1(11) | | | |
| Riffa | Riffa | 1(10) | | | |

### Play-off East 1

FC Seoul advanced to Group H.
| Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | FC Seoul | FC Seoul | 7 |
| | | | Hà Nội T&T | Hà Nội T&T | 0 |
| Hà Nội T&T | Hà Nội T&T | 4 | | | |
| Persib Bandung | Persib Bandung | 0 | | | |

### Play-off East 2

Kashiwa Reysol advanced to Group E.
| Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | Kashiwa Reysol (a.e.t.) | Kashiwa Reysol (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| | | | Chonburi | Chonburi | 2 |
| Chonburi | Chonburi | 4 | | | |
| Kitchee | Kitchee | 1 | | | |

### Play-off East 3

Guangzhou R&F advanced to Group F.
| Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | | | | Central Coast Mariners | Central Coast Mariners | 1 |
| | | | | | | Guangzhou R&F | Guangzhou R&F | 3 |
| | | | Guangzhou R&F | Guangzhou R&F | 3 | | | |
| Yadanarbon | Yadanarbon | 1(5) | Warriors | Warriors | 0 | | | |
| Warriors (p) | Warriors (p) | 1(6) | | | | | | |

### Play-off East 4

Beijing Guoan advanced to Group G.
| Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| | | | | | | Beijing Guoan | Beijing Guoan | 3 |
| | | | | | | Bangkok Glass | Bangkok Glass | 0 |
| | | | Bangkok Glass | Bangkok Glass | 3 | | | |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim (a.e.t.) | Johor Darul Ta'zim (a.e.t.) | 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 0 | | | |
| Bengaluru FC | Bengaluru FC | 1 | | | | | | |

## Preliminary round 1

East Zone :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |

## Preliminary round 2

West Zone :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
East Zone :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |

## Play-off round

West Zone :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
East Zone :
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |