2016 AFC Cup qualifying round

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2016 AFC Cup qualifying round
2016 AFC Cup play-off qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countriesFile:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
File: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)Nigeria Emeka Onuoha
Pakistan Muhammad Rasool
Bangladesh 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]

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

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

Draw

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<section begin=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]<section end=Draw />

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

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<section begin=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).<section end=Format />

Tiebreakers

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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

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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

Host Countries

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Group A Group B
Bhutan Thimphu Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Changlimithang Stadium Dolen Omurzakov Stadium
Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 23,000
File:Changlimithang Stadium-Field Level.jpg

Groups

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Group A

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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KEL DRU KHO
1 Pakistan K-Electric 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4 Qualifying play-off — 3–3 —
2 Bhutan Druk United (H) 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 — — 0–0
3 Mongolia Khoromkhon 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 0–1 — —
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

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Druk United Bhutan0–0Mongolia Khoromkhon
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SJD ALG BEN
1 Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Group stage[a] — — 4–1
2 Kyrgyzstan Alga (H) 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 1–1 — —
3 Macau Benfica de Macau 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0 — 0–2 —
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi advanced directly to the group stage due to an insufficient number of teams in the East Zone.

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Alga Kyrgyzstan1–1Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
Amirov File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Report Onuoha File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

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