The 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round was played from 11 to 15 August 2015. A total of six teams competed in the qualifying round to decide two places in the competition proper of the
2016 AFC Cup
The 2016 AFC Cup was the 13th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Bengaluru FC in the final to win their first AFC Cup title, becoming ...
.
The AFC Cup qualifying round was held to replace the
AFC President's Cup, whose last edition was held in
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
, as starting from 2015, league champions of "emerging countries" were eligible to participate in the
AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying s ...
qualifying play-off.
Teams
A total of six teams six nine
AFC associations competed in the qualifying round.
Teams were not split into zones for the qualifying round.
''In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count all those since the 2004 season (including both competition proper and qualifying rounds).''
Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 29 June 2015 at the AFC House in
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three.
For the draw, the pre-selected hosts were placed in their own pot, while the remaining teams were seeded according to the performance of their association in the
2014 AFC President's Cup
The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth and the last edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia. Balkan were the defending champions ...
.
Format
In the qualifying round, each group was played on a single round-robin basis at the pre-selected hosts. The winners of each group advanced to either the
qualifying play-off or the
group stage (depending on number of teams in each zone and geographical location).
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to
points
Point or points may refer to:
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
#Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
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Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
#Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
#Goal difference in all the group matches;
#Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
#
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
#Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
#Drawing of lots.
Schedule
The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
Host Countries
Groups
Group A
*All matches were held in
Bhutan.
*Times listed were
UTC+6.
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Group B
*All matches were held in
Kyrgyzstan.
*Times listed were
UTC+6.
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References
External links
AFC Cup the-AFC.com
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