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.
Format 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.
Teams The following 25 teams (11 from West Zone, 14 from East Zone) were involved in the qualifying play-off:
ZoneTeams entering in play-off roundTeams entering in preliminary round 2Teams entering in preliminary round 1West Zone Al-Ahli Naft Tehran Bunyodkor Al-Wahda Al-Jazira Al-Sadd El Jaish Al-Qadsia Al-Wehdat Al-Nahda RiffaEast Zone FC Seoul Kashiwa Reysol Central Coast Mariners Beijing Guoan Guangzhou R&F Bangkok Glass Chonburi Hà Nội T&T Persib Bandung Kitchee Yadanarbon Johor Darul Ta'zim Bengaluru FC Warriors
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.
RoundMatch datePreliminary round 14 February 2015Preliminary round 210 February 2015Play-off round17 February 2015
Bracket Play-off West 1 Al-Ahli advanced to Group D.
Play-off West 2 Naft Tehran advanced to Group B.
Play-off West 3 Bunyodkor advanced to Group A.
Play-off West 4 Al-Sadd advanced to Group C.
Play-off East 1 FC Seoul advanced to Group H.
Play-off East 2 Kashiwa Reysol advanced to Group E.
Play-off East 3 Guangzhou R&F advanced to Group F.
Play-off East 4 Beijing Guoan advanced to Group G.
Preliminary round 1
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Preliminary round 2
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Play-off round
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References
External links AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com