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
East Zone

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
Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
Al-Suwaiq 0–1 Al-Qadsia
Shabab Al-Ordon 1–3 (a.e.t.) Al-Hidd
Al-Kuwait 1–0 Al-Shorta
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Zone
Tampines Rovers 1–2 (a.e.t.) South China
Pune 0–3 Hà Nội T&T

West Zone
Al-Suwaiq 0–1 Al-Qadsia
Report Keita  90+4'
Attendance: 6,200
Shabab Al-Ordon 1–3 (a.e.t.) Al-Hidd
Mubaideen  42' Report Tuca  83' (pen.)
Orok  96', 102'
Attendance: 579

East Zone
Tampines Rovers 1–2 (a.e.t.) South China
Mrdaković  64' Report Barisić  20', 103'
Attendance: 1,192
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Round 2
Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
Baniyas 0–4 Al-Qadsia
El Jaish 5–1 Nasaf Qarshi
Lekhwiya 2–1 Al-Hidd
Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–3 Al-Kuwait
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Zone
Chonburi 3–0 South China
Muangthong United 2–0 Hà Nội T&T

West Zone
Lekhwiya 2–1 Al-Hidd
Nam Tae-hee  35'
Nasief  48' (o.g.)		 Report Nasief  60'
Attendance: 927
Baniyas 0–4 Al-Qadsia
Report Neda  10'
Al Soma  35'
Al Sheikh  73'
Al Ansari  83'
Attendance: 1,932
El Jaish 5–1 Nasaf Qarshi
Go Seul-ki  4', 27', 80'
Nilmar  36'
Abubakar  49'		 Report Sayfiev  76'
Attendance: 5,400
Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–3 Al-Kuwait
Nagaev  66' Report Jemâa  22', 37', 86'
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
Muangthong United 2–0 Hà Nội T&T
Gjurovski  36'
Bothroyd  62'		 Report
Attendance: 7,927
Chonburi 3–0 South China
Pipob  19'
Cunha  37', 55'		 Report
Attendance: 7,336

Round 3
Team 1  Score  Team 2
West Zone
El Jaish 3–0 Al-Qadsia
Lekhwiya 4–1 Al-Kuwait
Team 1  Score  Team 2
East Zone
Beijing Guoan 4–0 Chonburi
Melbourne Victory 2–1 Muangthong United

West Zone
Lekhwiya 4–1 Al-Kuwait
Soria  29'
Msakni  72'
Boudiaf  78'
Luiz Ceará  90+3'		 Report Nekounam  34' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,075
El Jaish 3–0 Al-Qadsia
Nilmar  36'
Muntari  63'
El-Sayed  85'		 Report
Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

East Zone
Melbourne Victory 2–1 Muangthong United
Troisi  58'
Broxham  83'		 Report Gjurovski  22'
Attendance: 8,304
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Beijing Guoan 4–0 Chonburi
Guerrón  1', 11'
Utaka  18'
Shao Jiayi  89'		 Report
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 20,055

References
  1. "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "AFC Champions League 2014 and AFC Cup 2014 Competition Format - AFC Champions League & AFC Cup Play-off" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Vietnam Professional Football. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  3. "ACL Playoff Picture complete". AFC. 10 December 2013.
  4. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
  5. "Lokomotiv-Kuwait SC match postponed". Asian Football Confederation. 8 February 2014.
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