2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

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2016 AFC Cup qualifying round
2016 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  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) Flag of Nigeria.svg Emeka Onuoha
Flag of Pakistan.svg Muhammad Rasool
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Shakhawat Hossain Rony
(2 goals each)
2017

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]

Contents

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).

AssociationTeamQualifying methodAppLast App
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League champions1stnone
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan Druk United 2014 Bhutan National League champions1stnone
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan Alga 2014 Kyrgyzstan League 3rd place1stnone
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Benfica de Macau 2015 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol champions1stnone
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia Khoromkhon 2014 Mongolian Premier League champions1stnone
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan K-Electric 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League champions1stnone

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 2Pot 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.

MatchdayDateMatch
Matchday 111 August 2015Team 3 vs. Team 1
Matchday 213 August 2015Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 315 August 2015Team 1 vs. Team 2

Host Countries

Group AGroup B
Flag of Bhutan.svg Thimphu Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Bishkek
Changlimithang Stadium Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 23,000
Changlimithang Stadium-Field Level.jpg

Groups

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification KEL DRU KHO
1 Flag of Pakistan.svg K-Electric 211043+14 Qualifying play-off 3–3
2 Flag of Bhutan.svg Druk United (H)20203302 0–0
3 Flag of Mongolia.svg Khoromkhon 20110111 0–1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
K-Electric Flag of Pakistan.svg 3–3 Flag of Bhutan.svg Druk United
Rasool Soccerball shade.svg8', 45'
Rehman Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report Ts. Dorji Soccerball shade.svg21'
Wangdi Soccerball shade.svg58'
Th. Dorji Soccerball shade.svg75'
Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Khoromkhon Flag of Mongolia.svg 0–1 Flag of Pakistan.svg K-Electric
Report Oludeyi Soccerball shade.svg74'

Druk United Flag of Bhutan.svg 0–0 Flag of Mongolia.svg Khoromkhon
Report
Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SJD ALG BEN
1 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 211052+34 Group stage [a] 4–1
2 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Alga (H)211031+24 1–1
3 Flag of Macau.svg Benfica de Macau 20021650 0–2
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi advanced directly to the group stage due to luck of teams in the East Zone.
Benfica de Macau Flag of Macau.svg 0–2 Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Alga
Report Filatov Soccerball shade.svg29'
Akhmataliev Soccerball shade.svg65'

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Flag of Bangladesh.svg 4–1 Flag of Macau.svg Benfica de Macau
Onuoha Soccerball shade.svg44'
Islam Soccerball shade.svg72'
Rony Soccerball shade.svg77', 86'
Report Torrão Soccerball shade.svg26'

Alga Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg 1–1 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
Amirov Soccerball shade.svg22' Report Onuoha Soccerball shade.svg78'
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

References

  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 "Stage set for 2016 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers". AFC. 29 June 2015.