2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off

The 2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying rounds were played from 14 September 2016 to 4 March 2017. A total of 11 teams from 11 associations from Africa and Asia competed in the qualifying rounds to decide which 3 teams would qualify for the group stage of the 2017 Arab Club Championship held in Egypt, alongside 9 automatically qualified teams.[1]

Teams

The following 11 teams (6 from Asia and 5 from Africa) were entered into the qualifying rounds:

Zone Teams entering in Round 1 Teams entering in Round 2 Teams entering in Play-off
Asia Zone
  • Al-Riffa
  • Al-Ahed
Africa Zone

Preliminary round 1

Asia Zone
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Riffa 1–5 Al-Ahed 0–1 1–4
Al-Riffa 0–1 Al-Ahed
 90+2' Zreik
Referee: Mohamed Arafah (Jordan)
Al-Ahed 4–1 Al-Riffa
Hussain  10' (o.g.)
Fahs  43'
Mansour  60' (pen.)
H. Haider  82'		  72' Al-Romehi
Referee: Mohamad Karram (Syria)

Africa Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ASAS Djibouti Télécom[Note DJI] (H) 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Preliminary round 2
2 Dekedaha 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Volcan Club 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Source: UAFA
(H) Host.
Dekedaha 0–0 Volcan Club
Referee: Khaled Al-Teris (Saudi Arabia)
ASAS Djibouti Télécom 0–0 Volcan Club
Referee: Sabri Mohamed Fadel (Sudan)
ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1–1 Dekedaha
Kizza  7' Mohideen
Notes
  1. ^
    ASAS Djibouti Télécom qualified via a drawing of lots.

Preliminary round 2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asia Zone
Al-Ahed 3–0 Shabab Al-Khalil 1–0 2–0
Africa Zone
ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1–2 Al-Merrikh 1–1 0–1

Asia Zone
Al-Ahed 1–0 Shabab Al-Khalil
Kdouh  53'
Shabab Al-Khalil 0–2 Al-Ahed
 23' M. Haidar
 82' Mansour
Referee: Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baqi (Oman)

Africa Zone
ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1–1 Al-Merrikh
Lucio  59'  2' Al-Madina
Referee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia)
Al-Merrikh 1–0 ASAS Djibouti Télécom
Al-Madina  57'
Referee: Lyés Bekouassa (Algeria)

Play-off round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Asia Zone
Al-Jaish 0–1 Naft Al-Wasat 0–0 0–1
Al-Ahed 6–1 Fanja 2–1 4–0
Africa Zone
FC Tevragh-Zeina 2–3 Al-Merrikh 0–1 2–2

Asia Zone
Al-Jaish 0–0 Naft Al-Wasat
Zgharta Stadium, Zgharta
Referee: Jamil Ramadan (Lebanon)
Naft Al-Wasat 1–0 Al-Jaish
Salih Sadir  72'
Referee: Samer Kassem (Lebanon)
Al-Ahed 2–1 Fanja
Kdouh  5'
Al-Zein  75'		  87' Al-Hasani
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
Fanja 0–4 Al-Ahed
 40' Mansour
 44', 57', 79' Zreik
Referee: Abdulaziz Yusuf Abdulla (Bahrain)

Africa Zone
FC Tevragh-Zeina 0–1 Al-Merrikh
 65' Gaffar
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Al-Merrikh 2–2 FC Tevragh-Zeina
Osunwa  2'
Al-Madina  21'		  54' Vidal
 76' Diara
Referee: Khalid Ennouni (Morocco)

Qualified teams

3 teams qualified to the 2017 Arab Club Championship final tournament held in Egypt, joining 9 other teams that qualified automatically.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ahmad Zreik Al-Ahed 4
2 Nour Mansour Al-Ahed 3
Bakri Al-Madina Al-Merrikh 3
4 Mohammad Kdouh Al-Ahed 2
5 Mohammed Saad Al-Romehi Al-Riffa 1
Haruna Lucio ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1
Billy Mohideen ASAS Djibouti Télécom 1
Salih Sadir Naft Al-Wasat 1
Hussein Al-Zein Al-Ahed 1
Mahdi Fahs Al-Ahed 1
Mohamad Haidar Al-Ahed 1
Hussain Haider Al-Ahed 1
Nixon Vidal FC Tevragh-Zeina 1
Ely Diara FC Tevragh-Zeina 1
Mahmood Al-Hasani Fanja 1
Manier Kizza Dekedaha 1
Kelechi Osunwa Al-Merrikh 1
Ali Gaffar Al-Merrikh 1

References
  1. Arab Club Championship 2016/17 (RSSSF.com)
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