2015 AFC Cup qualifying play-off

The 2015 AFC Cup qualifying play-off was played from 9 to 17 February 2015. A total of 14 teams competed in the qualifying play-off to decide five of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2015 AFC Cup.^[1]

Format

The bracket for the qualifying play-off, which consisted of two rounds (preliminary round and play-off round), was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team.^[2] 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 the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 27 automatic qualifiers.^[1]

Teams

The following 13 teams (11 from West Zone, 2 from East Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off:^[2]

Zone	Teams entering in play-off round	Teams entering in preliminary round
West Zone	Fanja Al-Hidd Salam Zgharta Al-Jaish Hilal Al-Quds	Hilal Al-Quds Khayr Vahdat Altyn Asyr Ahal Dordoi Al-Saqr Sheikh Russel
East Zone	Maziya Ceres

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[3]

Round	Match date
Preliminary round	9–10 February 2015
Play-off round	17 February 2015

Bracket

Play-off West 1

Ahal advanced to Group C.

	Preliminary round					Play-off round
						Fanja		2
	Ahal		1			Ahal		3
	Dordoi		0

Play-off West 2

Al-Hidd advanced to Group B.

	Preliminary round					Play-off round
						Al-Hidd		2
	Altyn Asyr		0			Al-Saqr		1
	Al-Saqr		1

Play-off West 3

Salam Zgharta advanced to Group A.

	Preliminary round					Play-off round
						Salam Zgharta		3
	Khayr Vahdat		1			Khayr Vahdat		0
	Sheikh Russel		0

Play-off West 4

Al-Jaish advanced to Group D.

	Preliminary round					Play-off round
						Al-Jaish (pen.)		0(5)
	Hilal Al-Quds (w/o)		—			Hilal Al-Quds		0(4)
	Manang Marshyangdi Club		—

Play-off East

Maziya advanced to Group E.

	Preliminary round					Play-off round
						Maziya		1
						Ceres		0

Preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Zone
Ahal	1–0	Dordoi
Altyn Asyr	0–1	Al-Saqr
Khayr Vahdat	1–0	Sheikh Russel
Hilal Al-Quds	w/o	Manang Marshyangdi Club

9 February 2015

17:00 UTC+5

Ahal	1–0	Dordoi
Annadurdyýew 8'	Report

Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

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10 February 2015

13:00 UTC+5

Khayr Vahdat	1–0	Sheikh Russel
Rustamov 22'	Report

Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

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10 February 2015

18:00 UTC+5

Altyn Asyr	0–1	Al-Saqr
	Report	Ali 67'

Ashgabat Stadium, Ashgabat

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Wang Di (China)

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10 February 2015

Hilal Al-Quds	Cancelled	Manang Marshyangdi Club

Manang Marshyangdi Club withdrew.^[4]

Play-off round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
West Zone
Fanja	2–3	Ahal
Al-Hidd	2–1	Al-Saqr
Salam Zgharta	3–0	Khayr Vahdat
Al-Jaish	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Hilal Al-Quds
East Zone
Maziya	1–0	Ceres

17 February 2015

16:00 UTC+5

Maziya	1–0	Ceres
Samdhooh 82'	Report

National Football Stadium, Malé

Attendance: 1,522

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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17 February 2015

13:45 UTC+2

Salam Zgharta	3–0	Khayr Vahdat
Khatib 23' Galán 48' Boutros 87'	Report

Zgharta Stadium, Zgharta

Attendance: 1,271

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

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17 February 2015

19:00 UTC+4

Fanja	2–3	Ahal
Ndione 67' Danguir 83'	Report	Annadurdyýew 7' Annaýew 41' Şermetow 75'

Al-Seeb Stadium, Seeb

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

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17 February 2015

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Jaish	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Hilal Al-Quds
	Report
Penalties
Al-Awad Sharifa Al-Kaddour Salkeni Dommarani (Note: Order of Al-Jaish penalties not known)	5–4	Saba'a Ismail Salem Saleh Hwaiti

Al Ahli Stadium, Manama (Bahrain)^[A]

Attendance: 200

Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

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17 February 2015

18:30 UTC+3

Al-Hidd	2–1	Al-Saqr
Adnan 17' Orok 52'	Report	Al-Worafi 64' (pen.)

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 480

Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Notes

1. ^
   Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.