The 2017 AFC Cup qualifying round was played from 19 to 25 August 2016.
A total of nine teams competed in the qualifying round to decide three places in the qualifying play-offs of the
2017 AFC Cup
The 2017 AFC Cup was the 14th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Defending champions Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Istiklol in the final to win their second AFC Cu ...
.
Teams
The following nine teams from nine associations entered 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).''
Rovers were the first team from Guam to play in an AFC club competition.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying round was held on 17 June 2016, 11:00
MYT (
UTC+8), at the AFC House in
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
The nine teams were drawn into three 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
2016 AFC Cup qualifying round
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 AFC Cup qualifying round was held to replace the ...
, with associations participating ranked and associations not participating unranked.
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 the
qualifying play-offs.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to
points
Point or points may refer to:
Places
* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
* Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
* Point ...
(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 10.4):
#Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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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 ...
in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#Goal difference in all group matches;
#Goals scored in all group matches;
#
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
#Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
#Drawing of lots.
Schedule
The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
Host Countries
Groups
Group A
*All matches were held in
Kyrgyzstan.
*Times listed were
UTC+6.
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Group B
*All matches were held in
Mongolia.
*Times listed were
UTC+9.
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Group C
*All matches were held in
Bhutan.
*Times listed were
UTC+6.
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References
External links
*, the-AFC.com
AFC Cup 2017 stats.the-AFC.com
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