Asian Football Confederation play-offs
The 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 15 to 22 August 2023.[1] A total of 21 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight places in the group stage of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League .
Teams The following 21 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds:
10 teams entered in the preliminary round. 11 teams entered in the play-off round. Format In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[2]
Schedule The schedule of each round was as follows.[1]
Round Match date Preliminary round 15–16 August 2023 Play-off round 22 August 2023
Bracket The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined based on each team's association ranking and their seeding within their association, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie. The eight winners of the play-off round (four from West Region and four from East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 32 direct entrants.
Play-off West 1 Play-off West 2 Play-off West 3 Play-off West 4 Play-off East 1 Play-off East 2 Play-off East 3 Play-off East 4 Preliminary round Summary A total of 10 teams played in the preliminary round.
West Region 15 August 2023 (2023-08-15 )
19:35 UTC+4
15 August 2023 (2023-08-15 )
19:35 UTC+4
15 August 2023 (2023-08-15 )
20:00 UTC+5
Attendance: 7,077
Referee: Hanna Hattab (
Syria )
East Region 15 August 2023 (2023-08-15 )
19:30 UTC+8
16 August 2023 (2023-08-16 )
20:00 UTC+8
Attendance: 4,238
Referee: Abdullah Jamali (
Kuwait )
Play-off round Summary A total of 16 teams played in the play-off round: 11 teams which entered in this round, and 5 winners of the preliminary round.
West Region 22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
20:20 UTC+3
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
19:30 UTC+3:30
Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tabriz Attendance: 69,594
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
20:30 UTC+3
Al-Arabi 0–1 AGMK Report Sánchez 69'
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
18:30 UTC+3
Attendance: 6,415
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (
Japan )
East Region 22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
19:30 UTC+9
Attendance: 5,206
Referee: Mouood Bonyadifar (
Iran )
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
19:30 UTC+9
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
19:30 UTC+8
Huzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Huzhou Attendance: 15,608
22 August 2023 (2023-08-22 )
19:30 UTC+8
References ^ a b "Pathways to AFC Champions League and AFC Cup 2023/24 Group Stages confirmed". the-AFC.com . Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2023-08-09 . ^ "AFC Champions League 2022 Competition Regulations" (PDF) . the-AFC.com . Asian Football Confederation. External links AFC Champions League
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