2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off

The 2016 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off was played from 27 January to 9 February 2016.^[1] A total of 21 teams competed in the qualifying play-off to decide eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2016 AFC Champions League.^[2]

Teams

The following 21 teams (8 from West Zone, 13 from East Zone) entered the qualifying play-off, which consisted of three rounds (preliminary round 1, preliminary round 2, play-off round):^[3]

Two teams (both from East Zone) entered in preliminary round 1.
Seven teams (all from East Zone) entered in preliminary round 2.
Twelve teams (8 from West Zone, 4 from East Zone) entered in play-off round.

Zone	Teams entering in play-off round	Teams entering in preliminary round 2	Teams entering in preliminary round 1
West Zone	Al-Ittihad Naft Tehran Bunyodkor Al-Jazira Al-Shabab Al-Sadd El Jaish Al-Wehdat
East Zone	Pohang Steelers FC Tokyo Adelaide United Shanghai SIPG	Shandong Luneng Muangthong United Chonburi Hà Nội T&T Kitchee Yangon United Johor Darul Ta'zim	Mohun Bagan Tampines Rovers

Format

In the qualifying play-off, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The eight winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round which were from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.^[1]

Round	Match date
Preliminary round 1	27 January 2016
Preliminary round 2	2 February 2016
Play-off round	9 February 2016

Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting each match. Teams from the same association could not be placed in the same play-off.^[4]^[5]

Play-off West 1

Al-Ittihad advanced to Group A.

Al-Ittihad

Play-off West 2

El Jaish advanced to Group D.

El Jaish

Play-off West 3

Bunyodkor advanced to Group B.

Bunyodkor

Play-off West 4

Al-Jazira advanced to Group C.

Preliminary round 1

Preliminary round 2

Play-off round

Al-Jazira (p)

2 (5)

Al-Sadd

2 (4)

Play-off East 1

Pohang Steelers advanced to Group H.

Pohang Steelers

Hà Nội T&T

Play-off East 2

FC Tokyo advanced to Group E.

FC Tokyo

Chonburi (a.e.t.)

Yangon United

Play-off East 3

Shandong Luneng advanced to Group F.

Preliminary round 1		Preliminary round 2		Play-off round




				Adelaide United	1
				Shandong Luneng	2
		Shandong Luneng	6
Mohun Bagan	3	Mohun Bagan	0
Tampines Rovers	1

Play-off East 4

Shanghai SIPG advanced to Group G.

Shanghai SIPG

Muangthong United (p)

0 (3)

Johor Darul Ta'zim

0 (0)

Preliminary round 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
East Zone
Mohun Bagan	3–1	Tampines Rovers

Mohun Bagan v Tampines Rovers

27 January 2016
19:00 UTC+5:30

Mohun Bagan	3–1	Tampines Rovers
Lalpekhlua 6' Glen 42' Yusa 84'	Report	Hanapi 44'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Attendance: 12,640
Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

Preliminary round 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
East Zone
Hà Nội T&T	1–0	Kitchee
Chonburi	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Yangon United
Shandong Luneng	6–0	Mohun Bagan
Muangthong United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Shandong Luneng v Mohun Bagan

2 February 2016
15:00 UTC+8

Shandong Luneng	6–0	Mohun Bagan
Montillo 24' Tardelli 40' Yang Xu 55', 69' Zheng Zheng 76' Wang Yongpo 88'	Report

Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan
Attendance: 15,109
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray (Iraq)

Hà Nội T&T v Kitchee

2 February 2016
18:00 UTC+7

Hà Nội T&T	1–0	Kitchee
Marronkle 61'	Report

Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hanoi
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

Chonburi v Yangon United

2 February 2016
19:00 UTC+7

Chonburi	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Yangon United
Anderson 63' Suttinan 81' Kroekrit 105+1'	Report	Fernandes 19' Kyaw Ko Ko 79'

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 3,886
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

2 February 2016
19:30 UTC+7

Muangthong United	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Report
	Penalties
Cleiton Silva Peerapat Sarach	3–0	Díaz António Harun

SCG Stadium, Nonthaburi
Attendance: 11,446
Referee: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Zone
Al-Ittihad	2–1	Al-Wehdat
Naft Tehran	0–2	El Jaish
Bunyodkor	2–0	Al-Shabab
Al-Jazira	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Al-Sadd
East Zone
Pohang Steelers	3–0	Hà Nội T&T
FC Tokyo	9–0	Chonburi
Adelaide United	1–2	Shandong Luneng
Shanghai SIPG	3–0	Muangthong United

West Zone

Bunyodkor v Al-Shabab

9 February 2016
17:00 UTC+5

Bunyodkor	2–0	Al-Shabab
Shomurodov 2', 35'	Report

Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 9,485
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Naft Tehran v El Jaish

9 February 2016
18:00 UTC+3:30

Naft Tehran	0–2	El Jaish
	Report	Hamdallah 63' Romarinho 90+4'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 3,860
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

Al-Jazira v Al-Sadd

9 February 2016
20:15 UTC+4

Al-Jazira	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Sadd
Jones 45' Mabkhout 65'	Report	Sanhaji 22', 88'
	Penalties
Mabkhout Juma Rashid Al-Shamsi Neves Park Jong-woo Mousa	5–4	Xavi Al-Haidos Pedro Miguel Pouraliganji Belhadj Hassan Sanhaji

Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 13,340
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Al-Ittihad v Al-Wehdat

9 February 2016
20:20 UTC+3

Al-Ittihad	2–1	Al-Wehdat
Rivas 17' Fallatah 45' (pen.)	Report	Tall 11'

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Attendance: 58,555
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

East Zone

Pohang Steelers v Hà Nội T&T

9 February 2016
14:00 UTC+9

Pohang Steelers	3–0	Hà Nội T&T
Shim Dong-woon 35', 62', 84'	Report

Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang
Attendance: 2,877
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore)

Adelaide United v Shandong Luneng

9 February 2016
19:30 UTC+10:30

Adelaide United	1–2	Shandong Luneng
Cirio 90'	Report	Yang Xu 17' Tardelli 39'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Attendance: 8,487
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

FC Tokyo v Chonburi

9 February 2016
19:30 UTC+9

FC Tokyo	9–0	Chonburi
Careca 6' (o.g.) Abe 9' Higashi 34' Maeda 54' Yonemoto 55' Mizunuma 61' Kawano 73', 90+2' (pen.) Chonlatit 84' (o.g.)	Report

Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 10,801
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Shanghai SIPG v Muangthong United

9 February 2016
19:30 UTC+8

Shanghai SIPG	3–0	Muangthong United
Wu Lei 45', 88' Conca 83'	Report

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 25,136
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

References

1 2 "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
1 2 "2016 AFC Champions League Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. 28 November 2015.
↑ "Champions Guangzhou Evergrande to learn ACL 2016 opponents". AFC. 4 December 2015.
↑ "AFC Champions League 2016 Group Stage Draw". AFC. 10 December 2015.
↑ "ACL 2016 Draw Results" (PDF). AFC.

External links

AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com

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