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The 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 15 to 22 August 2023.^[1] A total of 21 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide eight places in the group stage of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League.

Teams

The following 21 teams, split into two regions (West Region and East Region), entered the qualifying play-offs, consisting of two rounds:

• 10 teams entered in the preliminary round.
• 11 teams entered in the play-off round.

Region	Teams entering in play-off round	Teams entering in preliminary round
West Region	Tractor Al-Nassr Al-Arabi Al-Wakrah Navbahor	Bashundhara Kings Al-Wehdat Al-Seeb Shabab Al-Ahli Sharjah AGMK
East Region	Shanghai Port Zhejiang Urawa Red Diamonds Incheon United BG Pathum United Port	Rangers Lee Man Bali United Haiphong

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.^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.^[1]

Round	Match date
Preliminary round	15–16 August 2023
Play-off round	22 August 2023

Bracket

The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined based on each team's association ranking and their seeding within their association, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be placed into the same tie. The eight winners of the play-off round (four from West Region and four from East Region) advanced to the group stage to join the 32 direct entrants.

Play-off West 1

	Preliminary round				Play-off round
					Al-Nassr	4
					Shabab Al-Ahli	2
	Shabab Al-Ahli	3
	Al-Wehdat	0

Play-off West 2

	Preliminary round				Play-off round
					Tractor	1
					Sharjah	3
	Sharjah	2
	Bashundhara Kings	0

Play-off West 3

	Preliminary round				Play-off round
					Al-Arabi	0
					AGMK	1
	AGMK	1
	Al-Seeb	0

Play-off West 4

	Play-off round
	Al-Wakrah	0
	Navbahor	1

Play-off East 1

	Preliminary round				Play-off round
					Incheon United (a.e.t.)	3
					Haiphong	1
	Rangers	1
	Haiphong (a.e.t.)	4

Play-off East 2

	Preliminary round				Play-off round
					Urawa Red Diamonds	3
					Lee Man	0
	Lee Man	5
	Bali United	1

Play-off East 3

	Play-off round
	Zhejiang	1
	Port	0

Play-off East 4

	Play-off round
	Shanghai Port	2
	BG Pathum United	3

Preliminary round

Summary

A total of 10 teams played in the preliminary round.

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Shabab Al-Ahli	3–0	Al-Wehdat
Sharjah	2–0	Bashundhara Kings
AGMK	1–0	Al-Seeb

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rangers	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Haiphong
Lee Man	5–1	Bali United

West Region

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East Region

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Play-off round

Summary

A total of 16 teams played in the play-off round: 11 teams which entered in this round, and 5 winners of the preliminary round.

West Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Nassr	4–2	Shabab Al-Ahli
Tractor	1–3	Sharjah
Al-Arabi	0–1	AGMK
Al-Wakrah	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Navbahor

East Region

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Incheon United	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Haiphong
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Lee Man
Zhejiang	1–0	Port
Shanghai Port	2–3	BG Pathum United

West Region

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East Region

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References

External links

• Official website