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2021 AFC Cup Qualifying Play-offs
The 2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 7 April to 15 August 2021. A total of seven teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide three of the 38 places in the 2021 AFC Cup group stage, group stage of the 2021 AFC Cup. Teams The following 7 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 three rounds: *4 teams entered in the preliminary round 1. *3 teams entered in the preliminary round 2. Format In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Overtime (sports)#association football, Extra time and penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows. Bracket The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined based on each team's 2021 AFC Cup#Association ranking, association ranking, with the team from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 AFC Cup Group Stage
The 2021 AFC Cup group stage was played from 14 May to 24 August 2021. A total of 38 teams should have competed in the group stage to decide the 12 places in the knockout stage of the 2021 AFC Cup. Draw The draw for the group stage was held on 27 January 2021, 14:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 38 teams were drawn into nine groups of four and one group of three (in the Central Asia Zone): three groups each in the West Asia Zone (Groups A–C) and the ASEAN Zone (Groups G–I), two groups in the Central Asia Zone (Groups E–F), and one group each in the South Asia Zone (Group D) and the East Asia Zone (Group J). For each zone, teams were seeded into four pots and drawn into the relevant positions within each group, based on their association ranking and their seeding within their association, in consideration of technical balance between groups. Teams from the same association in zones with more than one group (West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |