The 2018 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 16 to 30 January 2018.
A total of 22 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight of the 32 places in the
group stage of the
2018 AFC Champions League
The 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title.
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Teams
The following 22 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of three rounds:
*4 teams entered in the preliminary round 1.
*6 teams entered in the preliminary round 2.
*12 teams entered in the play-off round.
Format
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match.
Extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
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penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the
group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the
AFC Cup group stage.
Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows.
Bracket
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined by the AFC based on the
association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same play-off.
Play-off West 1
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Al-Ain advanced to
Group D Group D may refer to:
* FIA Group D - International Formula racing cars:
** Formula Two
** Formula Three
** Formula 3000
* One of six or eight groups of four teams competing at the FIFA World Cup
** 2022 FIFA World Cup Group D
** 2018 FIFA World ...
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Play-off West 2
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Zob Ahan advanced to
Group B.
Play-off West 3
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Al-Gharafa advanced to
Group A.
Play-off West 4
*
Nasaf Qarshi advanced to
Group C
Group C was a category of sports car racing introduced by the FIA in 1982 and continuing until 1993, with ''Group A'' for touring cars and ''Group B'' for GTs.
It was designed to replace both Group 5 special production cars (closed top touri ...
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Play-off East 1
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings
''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor''
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, ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium
, capacity = 44,031
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advanced to
Group H Group H may refer to:
* A set of international motor racing regulations used in touring car racing
* One of eight groups of four teams competing at the FIFA World Cup
** 2022 FIFA World Cup Group H
** 2018 FIFA World Cup Group H
** 2014 FIFA Worl ...
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Play-off East 2
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Kashiwa Reysol
is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu ...
advanced to
Group E Group E may refer to:
* E-Group: E-Groups are unique architectural complexes found among a number of ancient Maya settlements
* Group E (vase painting) Group E (or E Group) was a group of Attic vase painters of the black-figure style. They were a ...
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Play-off East 3
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Shanghai SIPG advanced to
Group F Group F may refer to:
* A set of international motor racing regulations used in touring car racing
* One of six or eight groups of four teams competing at the FIFA World Cup
** 2022 FIFA World Cup Group F
** 2018 FIFA World Cup Group F
** 2014 FIF ...
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Play-off East 4
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Tianjin Quanjian
Tianjin Tianhai F.C. (; ;) was a Chinese football club. The team was based in Tianjin.
History 2006-2010: Formation and League Two
On June 6, 2006 the Tianjin Binhai Holdings Limited company would form a new football team based in Hohhot called ...
advanced to
Group E Group E may refer to:
* E-Group: E-Groups are unique architectural complexes found among a number of ancient Maya settlements
* Group E (vase painting) Group E (or E Group) was a group of Attic vase painters of the black-figure style. They were a ...
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Preliminary round 1
Summary
A total of four teams played in the preliminary round 1.
, +East Region
East Region
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Preliminary round 2
Summary
A total of eight teams played in the preliminary round 2: six teams which entered in this round, and two winners of the preliminary round 1.
, +East Region
East Region
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Play-off round
Summary
A total of 16 teams played in the play-off round: twelve teams which entered in this round, and four winners of the preliminary round 2.
, +West Region
, +East Region
West Region
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East Region
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Notes
References
External links
*, the-AFC.com
AFC Champions League 2018 stats.the-AFC.com
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January 2018 sports events in Asia