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

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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
Africa Zone

Preliminary round 1

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Asia Zone

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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) Hosts
Dekedaha  0–0  Volcan Club

ASAS Djibouti Télécom  0–0  Volcan Club

Notes
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    ASAS Djibouti Télécom qualified via a drawing of lots.

Preliminary round 2

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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

Africa Zone

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ASAS Djibouti Télécom  1–1  Al-Merrikh
Lucio   59'   2' Al-Madina
Al-Merrikh  1–0  ASAS Djibouti Télécom
Al-Madina   57'
Referee: Lyés Bekouassa (Algeria)

Play-off round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Al-Jaish  0–0  Naft Al-Wasat
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

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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

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

Top scorers

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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

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