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2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off


The 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off was played from 4 to 17 February 2015. A total of 25 teams competed in the qualifying play-off to decide eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2015 AFC Champions League.

The bracket for the qualifying play-off, which consisted of three rounds (preliminary round 1, preliminary round 2, and play-off round), was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team. 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 the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 24 automatic qualifiers. All losers in each round which were from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.

The following 25 teams (11 from West Zone, 14 from East Zone) were involved in the qualifying play-off:

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Al-Ahli advanced to Group D.

Naft Tehran advanced to Group B.

Bunyodkor advanced to Group A.

Al-Sadd advanced to Group C.

FC Seoul advanced to Group H.

Kashiwa Reysol advanced to Group E.


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