Английская Википедия:2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs
The 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 7 April to 23 June 2021.[1] A total of 15 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide seven of the 40 places in the group stage of the 2021 AFC Champions League.[2]
Teams
The following 15 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds:
- 2 teams entered in the preliminary round.
- 13 teams entered in the play-off round.
Format
<section begin=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]<section end=Format />
Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows.[1][3][4] On 11 March 2021, the AFC announced that the preliminary round and play-off round matches in the East Region, which were originally scheduled to be played on 7 April and 14 April 2021, had been postponed to June/July 2021, and were played in centralised venues of their respective group stage matches.[5]
| Round | West Region | East Region |
|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | Not played | |
| Play-off round | 7 and 10 April 2021 | 23 June 2021 |
Bracket
<section begin=Format /> 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 in the West Region. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie. The eight winners of the play-off round (four each from both West Region and East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 32 direct entrants.[6]<section end=Format />
Play-off West 1
- Шаблон:Fbaicon AGMK advanced to Group A.
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Play-off West 2
- Шаблон:Flagicon Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya advanced to Group B.
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Play-off West 3
- Шаблон:Fbaicon Foolad advanced to Group D.
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Play-off West 4
- Шаблон:Fbaicon Al-Wahda advanced to Group E.
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Play-off East 1
- Шаблон:Fbaicon Kaya–Iloilo advanced to Group F.
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Play-off East 2
- Шаблон:Fbaicon Cerezo Osaka advanced to Group J after Shan United and Melbourne City withdrew from the competition.
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Play-off East 3
- Шаблон:Fbaicon Pohang Steelers and Шаблон:Fbaicon Ratchaburi Mitr Phol advanced to Group G after Jiangsu ceased operations.
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Play-off East 4
- Шаблон:Fbaicon Daegu FC advanced to Group I and Шаблон:Fbaicon Chiangrai United advanced to Group H.
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Preliminary round
Summary
A total of two teams will play in the preliminary round. <section begin=Preliminary round /> Шаблон:OneLegStart |+East Region Шаблон:OneLegResult Шаблон:OneLegResult |}<section end=Preliminary round />
East Region
Play-off round
Summary
A total of 14 teams played in the preliminary round 2: 13 teams which entered in this round, and one winner of the preliminary round. <section begin=Play-off round /> Шаблон:OneLegStart |+West Region Шаблон:OneLegResult Шаблон:OneLegResult Шаблон:OneLegResult Шаблон:OneLegResult |} Шаблон:OneLegStart |+East Region Шаблон:OneLegResult Шаблон:OneLegResult Шаблон:OneLegResult Шаблон:OneLegResult |}<section end=Play-off round />
West Region
East Region
Notes
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- AFC Champions League 2021, stats.the-AFC.com
Шаблон:2021 in Asian football (AFC)
