2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
# 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs

The 2022 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs were played from 5 to 19 April 2022. A total of ten teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide three of the 39 places in the group stage of the 2022 AFC Cup.

## Teams

The following 10 teams, split into five zones (West Asia Zone, Central Asia Zone, South Asia Zone, ASEAN Zone, East Asia Zone), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of three rounds:

* 4 teams entered in the preliminary round 1.
* 2 teams entered in the preliminary round 2.
* 4 teams entered in the play-off.

| Zone | Teams entering in play-off round | Teams entering in preliminary round 2 | Teams entering in preliminary round 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| West Asia Zone | None | None | None |
| South Asia Zone | Abahani Limited Dhaka | ATK Mohun Bagan Abahani Limited Dhaka | Valencia Machhindra Blue Star Paro |
| Central Asia Zone | None | None | None |
| ASEAN Zone | Visakha FC Young Elephants | | |
| East Asia Zone | Lee Man Athletic 220 | | |

## 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.

## Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.

| Round | Match date |
| - | - |
| Preliminary round 1 | 5 April 2022 |
| Preliminary round 2 | 12 April 2022 |
| Play-off round | 19 April 2022 |

## Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each zone was determined based on each team's association ranking, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. The three winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage to join the 36 direct entrants.

### South Asia play-off

* ATK Mohun Bagan advanced to Group D.

| Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 1 | Preliminary round 2 | Preliminary round 2 | Play-off round | Play-off round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | ATK Mohun Bagan | 5 |
| | | Blue Star | 0 |
| Machhindra | 1 | Blue Star | 0 |
| Blue Star | 2 | | | | |
| Blue Star | 2 | | | ATK Mohun Bagan | 3 |
| | | | | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 1 |
| | | Abahani Limited Dhaka | w/o | | |
| | | Valencia | |
| Valencia (a.e.t.) | 2 | Valencia | |
| Paro | 1 | | |

### ASEAN play-off

* Visakha FC advanced to Group G and Young Elephants advanced to Group I.

| Play-off round | Play-off round |
| - | - |
| Visakha FC | — |
| Young Elephants | — |

### East Asia play-off

* Lee Man advanced to Group J.

| Play-off round | Play-off round |
| - | - |
| Lee Man | 2 |
| Athletic 220 | 1 |

## Preliminary round 1

### Summary

A total of four teams played in the preliminary round 1.

South Asia Zone :

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |

## Preliminary round 2

### Summary

A total of four teams played in the preliminary round 2: two teams which entered in this round, and two winners of the preliminary round 1.

South Asia Zone :

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |

## Play-off round

### Summary

A total of six teams played in the play-off round: four teams which entered in this round, and two winners of the preliminary round 2.

South Asia Zone :

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |

ASEAN Zone :

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |

East Zone :

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
