2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off

The 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off was contested by nine teams (five from West Asia Zone, four from East Asia Zone).

The draw for the qualifying play-off was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 December 2011, 15:00 UTC+08:00.[1] The draw, without any seeding or country protection, determined the brackets as well as host of each play-off match. The semi-final round was played on 10 February 2012, and the final round was played 16 and 18 February 2012.[2]

Extra time and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[3] The four winners of the final round (two from West Asia Zone, two from East Asia Zone) advanced to the group stage to join the 28 teams which directly entered the group stage. The three losers of the final round (two from West Asia Zone, one from East Asia zone) advanced to the 2012 AFC Cup group stage, except the loser of the match between Adelaide United and Persipura Jayapura.[4]

Matches

West Asia Zone
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Semi-final Round
Esteghlal 2–0 Zob Ahan
Final Round
Al-Shabab 3–0 Neftchi Farg'ona
Esteghlal 3–1 Al-Ettifaq

Semi-final round
Esteghlal 2–0 Zob Ahan
Heyrdari  23'
Borhani  67'		 Report
Attendance: 33,750
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Final round
Esteghlal 3–1 Al-Ettifaq
Jerković  37'
Heydari  62'
Borhani  65'		 Report Al-Salem  59'
Attendance: 61,120
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Al-Shabab 3–0 Neftchi Farg'ona
Obaid  6', 60'
Haydarov  90+3'		 Report
Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

East Asia Zone
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Final Round
Pohang Steelers 2–0 Chonburi
Adelaide United 3–0 Persipura Jayapura

The following team was also slated to enter the qualifying play-off in the East Asia Zone, but did not enter the competition:

  • Liaoning Whowin

Final round
Adelaide United 3–0 Persipura Jayapura
Boogaard  12'
Levchenko  57'
van Dijk  84'		 Report
Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Pohang Steelers 2–0 Chonburi
Hwang Jin-Sung  28'
Park Sung-Ho  70'		 Report
Attendance: 5,344

References
  1. "Reds' relief as Adelaide avoid playoff". AFC. 2011-12-06. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14.
  2. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012" (PDF). AFC.
  3. "AFC Champions League 2012 Competitions Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-23.
  4. "ACL playoff: Adelaide United vs Persipura Jayapura on Feb 16". AFC. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012.
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