# 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 30 January to 28 February 2017. A total of 14 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide five of the 34 places in the group stage of the 2017 AFC Cup.

## Teams

The following 14 teams, split into five zones (West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, ASEAN Zone, East Asia Zone), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds:
* 8 teams entered in the preliminary round.
* 6 teams entered in the play-off round.
Originally 17 teams entered the qualifying play-offs (10 entered in the preliminary round, 7 entered in the play-off round) before the withdrawal of teams in the East Asia Zone.
| Zone | Teams entering in play-off round | Teams entering in preliminary round |
| West Asia Zone | Al-Suwaiq Shabab Al-Khalil | |
| Central Asia Zone | | Khosilot Balkan Dordoi Shaheen Asmayee |
| South Asia Zone | | Mohun Bagan Club Valencia Thimphu City Colombo |
| ASEAN Zone | Home United Lao Toyota Boeung Ket Angkor Phnom Penh Crown | |
| East Asia Zone | Kigwancha | Tatung Erchim |

## Format

In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals would not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.3). The five winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 29 direct entrants.

## Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows (W: West Asia Zone; C: Central Asia Zone; S: South Asia Zone; A: ASEAN Zone).
| Round | W, A | W, A | C, S | C, S |
| Round | First leg | Second leg | First leg | Second leg |
| Preliminary round | Not played | Not played | 31 January 2017 | 7 February 2017 |
| Play-off round | 30–31 January 2017 | 6–7 February 2017 | 21 February 2017 | 28 February 2017 |

## Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the second leg. Teams from the same association in the ASEAN Zone could not be placed into the same play-off.

### Play-off West Asia

* Al-Suwaiq advanced to Group A.
| Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| Shabab Al-Khalil | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Al-Suwaiq | 1 | 3 | 4 |

### Play-off Central Asia

* Dordoi advanced to Group D.
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| Dordoi | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Balkan | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Balkan | 1 | 1 | 2 | Dordoi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | Khosilot | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shaheen Asmayee | 0 | 0 | 0 | Khosilot | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Khosilot | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |

### Play-off South Asia

* Mohun Bagan advanced to Group E.
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| Thimphu City | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| Club Valencia | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Club Valencia | 0 | 3 | 3 | Club Valencia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | Mohun Bagan | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Colombo | 1 | 1 | 2 | Mohun Bagan | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | |

### Play-off ASEAN 1

* Home United advanced to Group H.
| Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| Phnom Penh Crown | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Home United | 4 | 3 | 7 |

### Play-off ASEAN 2

* Boeung Ket Angkor advanced to Group F.
| Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| Boeung Ket Angkor | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lao Toyota | 1 | 0 | 1 |

### Play-off East Asia

The East Asia Zone qualifying play-offs were not played due to the withdrawal of teams.
* Kigwancha advanced directly to Group I after Rovers (Guam) withdrew from the group stage.
* Erchim advanced directly to Group I after Taipower and Tatung (both Chinese Taipei) withdrew from the group stage and qualifying play-offs respectively.

## Preliminary round

A total of 8 teams played in the preliminary round.
Central Asia Zone :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
South Asia Zone :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |

### Central Asia Zone

Khosilot won 1–0 on aggregate.
Dordoi won 3–2 on aggregate.

### South Asia Zone

Mohun Bagan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Club Valencia won 3–0 on aggregate.

## Play-off round

A total of 10 teams played in the play-off round: 6 teams which entered in this round, and 4 winners of the preliminary round.
West Asia Zone :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
Central Asia Zone :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
South Asia Zone :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
ASEAN Zone :
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |

### West Asia Zone

Al-Suwaiq won 4–3 on aggregate.

### Central Asia Zone

Dordoi won 2–1 on aggregate.

### South Asia Zone

Mohun Bagan won 5–2 on aggregate.

### ASEAN Zone

Home United won 7–3 on aggregate.
Boeung Ket Angkor won 2–1 on aggregate.