2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

The 2016 AFC Cup qualifying round was played from 11 to 15 August 2015.[1] A total of six teams competed in the qualifying round to decide two places in the competition proper of the 2016 AFC Cup.[2]

2016 AFC Cup qualifying round
2016 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countries Bhutan
 Kyrgyzstan
Dates11–15 August 2015
Teams6 (from 6 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored16 (2.67 per match)
Attendance20,500 (3,417 per match)
Top scorer(s) Emeka Onuoha
Muhammad Rasool
Shakhawat Hossain Rony
(2 goals each)

The AFC Cup qualifying round was held to replace the AFC President's Cup, whose last edition was held in 2014, as starting from 2015, league champions of "emerging countries" were eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.[3]

Teams

A total of six teams six nine AFC associations competed in the qualifying round.[4] 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).

Association Team Qualifying method App Last App
Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions 1st none
Bhutan Druk United 2014 Bhutan National League champions 1st none
Kyrgyzstan Alga 2014 Kyrgyzstan League 3rd place 1st none
Macau Benfica de Macau 2015 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions 1st none
Mongolia Khoromkhon 2014 Mongolia Premier League champions 1st none
Pakistan K-Electric 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League champions 1st none

Draw

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 29 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three.[4]

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 2014 AFC President's Cup.

Pot 1 (Hosts) Pot 2 Pot 3

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 either the qualifying play-off or the group stage (depending on number of teams in each zone and geographical location).

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[2]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  8. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday Date Match
Matchday 1 11 August 2015 Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 2 13 August 2015 Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 3 15 August 2015 Team 1 vs. Team 2

Groups

Group A
  • All matches were held in Bhutan.
  • Times listed were UTC+6.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KEL DRU KHO
1 K-Electric 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Qualifying play-off — 3–3 —
2 Druk United (H) 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 — — 0–0
3 Khoromkhon 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–1 — —
Source: AFC
(H) Host.
K-Electric 3–3 Druk United
Rasool  8', 45'
Rehman  86'		 Report Ts. Dorji  21'
Wangdi  58'
Th. Dorji  75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Khoromkhon 0–1 K-Electric
Report Oludeyi  74'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Druk United 0–0 Khoromkhon
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SJD ALG BEN
1 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Group stage[lower-alpha 1] — — 4–1
2 Alga (H) 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 1–1 — —
3 Benfica de Macau 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 — 0–2 —
Source: AFC
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi advanced directly to the group stage due to lack of teams in the East Zone.
Benfica de Macau 0–2 Alga
Report Filatov  29'
Akhmataliev  65'
Attendance: 5,000
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 4–1 Benfica de Macau
Onuoha  44'
Islam  72'
Rony  77', 86'		 Report Torrão  26'
Attendance: 1,000
Alga 1–1 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
Amirov  22' Report Onuoha  78'
Attendance: 8,000

References
  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "AFC Cup 2016 Play-Off Qualifiers Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. "AFC President's Cup: The end of a glorious journey". AFC. 26 July 2014.
  4. "Stage set for 2016 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers". AFC. 29 June 2015.
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