title: 2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying play-off
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Al-Riffa | 1–5 | Al-Ahed | 0–1 | 1–4 |
  
  ### Africa Zone
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ASAS Djibouti Télécom (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 | |
  
  **Notes**
  
  * ^ ASAS Djibouti Télécom qualified via a drawing of lots.
  
  ## Preliminary round 2
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |
  
  ## Play-off round
  
  | Team 1 | Agg. | 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 |
  
  ## Qualified teams
  
  3 teams qualified to the 2017 Arab Club Championship final tournament held in Egypt, joining 9 other teams that 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 |
  | 5 | Haruna Lucio | ASAS Djibouti Télécom | 1 |
  | 5 | Billy Mohideen | ASAS Djibouti Télécom | 1 |
  | 5 | Salih Sadir | Naft Al-Wasat | 1 |
  | 5 | Hussein Al-Zein | Al-Ahed | 1 |
  | 5 | Mahdi Fahs | Al-Ahed | 1 |
  | 5 | Mohamad Haidar | Al-Ahed | 1 |
  | 5 | Hussain Haider | Al-Ahed | 1 |
  | 5 | Nixon Vidal | FC Tevragh-Zeina | 1 |
  | 5 | Ely Diara | FC Tevragh-Zeina | 1 |
  | 5 | Mahmood Al-Hasani | Fanja | 1 |
  | 5 | Manier Kizza | Dekedaha | 1 |
  | 5 | Kelechi Osunwa | Al-Merrikh | 1 |
  | 5 | Ali Gaffar | Al-Merrikh | 1 |
  