2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off

The qualifying play-off of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 29 January to 15 February 2014, to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage.^[1][2]

Format

The bracket for the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with teams from the higher-ranked associations entering at later rounds.^[2] Teams from the same association may not play each other in the qualifying play-off.^[3] Each tie was played as a single match, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie in round 3 advanced to the group stage to join the 28 automatic qualifiers. All losers of each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.^[1]

Teams

The following 19 teams (11 from West Zone, 8 from East Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off:

Zone	Teams entering in Round 3	Teams entering in Round 2	Teams entering in Round 1
West Zone		Baniyas Lekhwiya El Jaish Lokomotiv Tashkent Nasaf Qarshi	Shabab Al-Ordon Al-Suwaiq Al-Hidd Al-Shorta Al-Kuwait Al-Qadsia
East Zone	Beijing Guoan Melbourne Victory	Muangthong United Chonburi	Pune Tampines Rovers South China Hà Nội T&T

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[4]

Round	Match date
Round 1	2 February 2014
Round 2	8 February 2014
Round 3	15 February 2014

Bracket

West Zone

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3					Advance to group stage
						El Jaish		5
						Nasaf Qarshi		1
											El Jaish		3
											Al-Qadsia		0
						Baniyas		0
	Al-Suwaiq		0			Al-Qadsia		4
	Al-Qadsia		1													El Jaish		—
																Lekhwiya		—
						Lekhwiya		2
	Shabab Al-Ordon		1			Al-Hidd		1
	Al-Hidd (a.e.t.)		3								Lekhwiya		4
											Al-Kuwait		1
						Lokomotiv Tashkent		1
	Al-Kuwait		1			Al-Kuwait		3
	Al-Shorta		0

East Zone

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3					Advance to group stage
											Beijing Guoan		4
											Chonburi		0
						Chonburi		3
	Tampines Rovers		1			South China		0
	South China (a.e.t.)		2													Beijing Guoan		—
																Melbourne Victory		—
											Melbourne Victory		2
											Muangthong United		1
						Muangthong United		2
	Pune		0			Hà Nội T&T		0
	Hà Nội T&T		3

Round 1

West Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Suwaiq	0–1	Al-Qadsia
Shabab Al-Ordon	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hidd
Al-Kuwait	1–0	Al-Shorta

East Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Tampines Rovers	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South China
Pune	0–3	Hà Nội T&T

West Zone

2 February 2014

19:00 UTC+4

Al-Suwaiq	0–1	Al-Qadsia
	Report	Keita 90+4'

Al-Seeb Stadium, Al-Seeb

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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2 February 2014

17:00 UTC+2

Shabab Al-Ordon	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hidd
Mubaideen 42'	Report	Tuca 83' (pen.) Orok 96', 102'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 579

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

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2 February 2014

19:30 UTC+3

Al-Kuwait	1–0	Al-Shorta
Nekounam 63'	Report

Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 1,450

Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

East Zone

29 January 2014

18:30 UTC+5:30

Pune	0–3	Hà Nội T&T
	Report	Gallagher 52' Nguyễn Văn Quyết 71' Hector 83'

Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

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2 February 2014

19:30 UTC+8

Tampines Rovers	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South China
Mrdaković 64'	Report	Barisić 20', 103'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 1,192

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Round 2

West Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Baniyas	0–4	Al-Qadsia
El Jaish	5–1	Nasaf Qarshi
Lekhwiya	2–1	Al-Hidd
Lokomotiv Tashkent	1–3	Al-Kuwait

East Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Chonburi	3–0	South China
Muangthong United	2–0	Hà Nội T&T

West Zone

8 February 2014

18:00 UTC+3

Lekhwiya	2–1	Al-Hidd
Nam Tae-hee 35' Nasief 48' (o.g.)	Report	Nasief 60'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 927

Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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8 February 2014

20:00 UTC+4

Baniyas	0–4	Al-Qadsia
	Report	Neda 10' Al Soma 35' Al Sheikh 73' Al Ansari 83'

Baniyas Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 1,932

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

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8 February 2014

19:00 UTC+3

El Jaish	5–1	Nasaf Qarshi
Go Seul-ki 4', 27', 80' Nilmar 36' Abubakar 49'	Report	Sayfiev 76'

Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

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9 February 2014^[A]

14:00 UTC+5

Lokomotiv Tashkent	1–3	Al-Kuwait
Nagaev 66'	Report	Jemâa 22', 37', 86'

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Notes

1. ^
   Lokomotiv Tashkent v Al-Kuwait was originally scheduled to be played on 8 February 2014, 15:00 UTC+5, but was postponed due to heavy snowfall.^[5]

East Zone

8 February 2014

19:30 UTC+7

Muangthong United	2–0	Hà Nội T&T
Gjurovski 36' Bothroyd 62'	Report

SCG Stadium, Nonthaburi

Attendance: 7,927

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

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9 February 2014

18:30 UTC+7

Chonburi	3–0	South China
Pipob 19' Cunha 37', 55'	Report

Chonburi Municipality Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 7,336

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Round 3

West Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
El Jaish	3–0	Al-Qadsia
Lekhwiya	4–1	Al-Kuwait

East Zone

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Beijing Guoan	4–0	Chonburi
Melbourne Victory	2–1	Muangthong United

West Zone

15 February 2014

18:00 UTC+3

Lekhwiya	4–1	Al-Kuwait
Soria 29' Msakni 72' Boudiaf 78' Luiz Ceará 90+3'	Report	Nekounam 34' (pen.)

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 2,075

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

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15 February 2014

20:00 UTC+3

El Jaish	3–0	Al-Qadsia
Nilmar 36' Muntari 63' El-Sayed 85'	Report

Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 5,326

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

East Zone

15 February 2014

19:45 UTC+11

Melbourne Victory	2–1	Muangthong United
Troisi 58' Broxham 83'	Report	Gjurovski 22'

Kardinia Park, Geelong

Attendance: 8,304

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

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15 February 2014

19:30 UTC+8

Beijing Guoan	4–0	Chonburi
Guerrón 1', 11' Utaka 18' Shao Jiayi 89'	Report

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 20,055

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)