The2019 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 5 to 19 February 2019.[1] A total of 27 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight of the 32 places in thegroup stage of the2019 AFC Champions League.[2]
In the qualifying play-offs, each tie was played as a single match.Extra time andpenalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2). The eight winners of the play-off round (four each from both West Region and East Region) advanced to thegroup stage to join the 24 direct entrants. All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slot entered theAFC Cup group stage.[2]
The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region, determined based on theassociation ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match, was officially announced by the AFC prior to the group stage draw on 22 November 2018.[4] Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie.
^abcdefThe identity of the second play-off team from Uzbekistan, and the play-off teams from South Korea, China, Japan and Indonesia was not known at the time of the group stage draw.
Al-Nasr
Pakhtakor
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Al-Nassr
Istiklol
Al-Rayyan
Saipa
Minerva Punjab
Al-Wehdat
Al-Kuwait
Ulsan Hyundai advanced toGroup H.
Perak
Kitchee
Shandong Luneng advanced toGroup E.
Hanoi
Bangkok United
Sanfrecce Hiroshima advanced toGroup F.
Ceres–Negros
Yangon United
Newcastle Jets
Home United
Persija Jakarta
