2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off

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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.

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	Shabab Al-Khalil	Fanja Al-Jaish Naft Al-Wasat
Africa Zone	Volcan Club ASAS Djibouti Télécom Dekedaha	Al-Merrikh	FC Tevragh-Zeina

Preliminary round 1

Asia Zone

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Riffa	1–5	Al-Ahed	0–1	1–4

14 December 201618:00 UTC+3

Al-Riffa	0–1	Al-Ahed
		90+2' Zreik

Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa TownReferee: Mohamed Arafah (Jordan)

21 December 201615:30 UTC+3

Al-Ahed	4–1	Al-Riffa
Hussain 10' (o.g.) Fahs 43' Mansour 60' (pen.) H. Haider 82'		72' Al-Romehi

Beirut Municipal Stadium, BeirutReferee: Mohamad Karram (Syria)

Africa Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	D	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
1	ASAS Djibouti Télécom (H)	2	2	1	1	2	Preliminary round 2
2	Dekedaha	2	2	1	1	2
3	Volcan Club	2	2	0	0	2

Source: UAFA
(H) Hosts 14 September 201616:00 UTC+3

Dekedaha	0–0	Volcan Club

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti CityReferee: Khaled Al-Teris (Saudi Arabia)

17 September 201616:00 UTC+3

ASAS Djibouti Télécom	0–0	Volcan Club

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti CityReferee: Sabri Mohamed Fadel (Sudan)

20 September 201616:00 UTC+3

ASAS Djibouti Télécom	1–1	Dekedaha
Kizza 7'		Mohideen

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti City

Notes

ASAS Djibouti Télécom qualified via a drawing of lots.

Preliminary round 2

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

5 January 201715:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahed	1–0	Shabab Al-Khalil
Kdouh 53'

Saida Municipal Stadium, SidonReferee: Ali Sabah Adday Al Qaysi (Iraq) 12 January 201718:00 UTC+3

Shabab Al-Khalil	0–2	Al-Ahed
		23' M. Haidar 82' Mansour

Amman International Stadium, AmmanReferee: Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baqi (Oman)

Africa Zone

20 January 201716:00 UTC+3

ASAS Djibouti Télécom	1–1	Al-Merrikh
Lucio 59'		2' Al-Madina

El Hadj Hassan Gouled Aptidon Stadium, Djibouti CityReferee: Hassan Mohamed Hagi (Somalia) 4 February 201720:00 UTC+3

Al-Merrikh	1–0	ASAS Djibouti Télécom
Al-Madina 57'

Al-Merrikh Stadium, OmdurmanReferee: Lyés Bekouassa (Algeria)

Play-off round

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

24 December 201615:15 UTC+3

Al-Jaish	0–0	Naft Al-Wasat

Zgharta Stadium, ZghartaReferee: Jamil Ramadan (Lebanon)

28 December 201615:00 UTC+3

Naft Al-Wasat	1–0	Al-Jaish
Salih Sadir 72'

Saida Municipal Stadium, SidonReferee: Samer Kassem (Lebanon)

1 February 201713:15 UTC+3

Al-Ahed	2–1	Fanja
Kdouh 5' Al-Zein 75'		87' Al-Hasani

Saida Municipal Stadium, SidonReferee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

8 February 201716:30 UTC+3

Fanja	0–4	Al-Ahed
		40' Mansour 44', 57', 79' Zreik

Al-Seeb Stadium, SeebReferee: Abdulaziz Yusuf Abdulla (Bahrain)

Africa Zone

24 February 201716:00 UTC±0

FC Tevragh-Zeina	0–1	Al-Merrikh
		65' Gaffar

Stade Olympique, NouakchottReferee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

4 March 201717:00 UTC±0

Al-Merrikh	2–2	FC Tevragh-Zeina
Osunwa 2' Al-Madina 21'		54' Vidal 76' Diara

Al-Merrikh Stadium, OmdurmanReferee: 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.

Qualified teams

Teams qualified automatically

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmad Zreik	Al-Ahed	4
2	Nour Mansour	Al-Ahed	3
2	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

Arab Club Championship 2016/17 (RSSSF.com)

External links

UAFA Official website (in Arabic)

Category:

Arab Club Champions Cup