2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification – Play-off Round


The play-off round of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification was played from 2 June to 11 October 2016.

Format

A total of 11 teams competed in the play-off round. Originally, 12 teams were supposed to compete, but there were only seven instead of eight fifth-placed teams after Indonesia were disqualified due to FIFA suspension.
The play-off round consisted of two rounds of home-and-away two-legged play-off matches to determine the final eight qualifiers for the Asian Cup qualifying third round:
The five Round 1 winners and three Round 2 winners joined the 16 teams which advanced directly from the Asian Cup qualifying second round to the third round, to compete for the final 12 slots in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
The three Round 2 losers joined the six teams which lost in the Asian Cup qualifying first round, to compete for the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.

Qualified teams

Seeding

The draw for the play-off round was held on 7 April 2016, 15:00 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The teams were seeded based on their results in the Asian Cup qualifying second round.
In Round 1, each tie contained a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the team from Pot 1 hosting the first leg.
In Round 2, there were no seeding. As the draw was held before Round 1 was played, the identities of the Round 1 losers were not known at the time of the draw.

Matches

Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Round 1

The first legs were played on 2 June, and the second legs were played on 6–7 June 2016.

Round 2

The first legs were played on 6 September and 8 October, and the second legs were played on 10 and 11 October 2016.

Goalscorers