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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[1]
The following 25 teams (11 from West Zone, 14 from East Zone) were involved in the qualifying play-off:[2]
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The schedule of the competition was as follows.[3]
Round | Match date | |
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Preliminary round 1 | 4 February 2015 | |
Preliminary round 2 | 10 February 2015 | |
Play-off round | 17 February 2015 |
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.
Guangzhou R&F advanced to Group F.
Beijing Guoan advanced to Group G.
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