Region Teams entering in play-off round Teams entering in preliminary round West Region Al-Taawoun Baniyas Sharjah Al-Zawraa Nasaf Qarshi Al-Jaish East Region Changchun Yatai Vissel Kobe Ulsan Hyundai Daegu FC Buriram United Port Australia 2 Sydney FC Kaya FC–Iloilo Shan United[note 1]