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
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), at the AFC House in
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...
,
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...
.
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, 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
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(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;
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Penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
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
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...
.
*Times listed were
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As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Bishkek, Chittagong, Dhaka, Omsk, Thimphu
South Asia
*Bangladesh – Bangladesh Standard Time
*Bhutan â ...
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Group B
*All matches were held in
Mongolia
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.
*Times listed were
UTC+9
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During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with ...
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Group C
*All matches were held in
Bhutan
Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
.
*Times listed were
UTC+6
UTC+06:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +06:00. This time is used in:
As standard time (year-round)
Principal cities: Bishkek, Chittagong, Dhaka, Omsk, Thimphu
South Asia
*Bangladesh – Bangladesh Standard Time
*Bhutan â ...
.
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References
External links
*, the-AFC.com
AFC Cup 2017 stats.the-AFC.com
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