2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-off round

2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-off round was the play-off round of the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship, prior to the competition proper. It began on 8 August and ended on 15 August 2025.[1]

A total of 4 teams competed in the qualifying play-off round. The two winners in the play-off round advanced to the group stage, to join the 10 teams that entered the group stage.

Format

Each tie was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, extra time will be played, and if the same number of goals is scored by both teams during extra time, the tie will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]

Schedule for 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship qualifying play-off round
Draw date First leg Second leg
4 July 2025 8 August 2025 15 August 2025

Teams

Below were the participating teams grouped by their starting play-off round.

Key to colours
Winners of the play-off round advanced to the group stage
Play-off round
No. Team
1 Dynamic Herb Cebu
2 Shan United
3 Ezra
4 Kasuka

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 4 July 2025.[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Summary

The first leg was played on 8 August, and the second leg on 15 August 2025. The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.

Play-off round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Kasuka 2–4 DH Cebu2–10–3
Ezra 1–3 Shan United1–20–1
Kasuka 2–1 DH Cebu
  • Njoku 17', 31'
Report
  • Andes 27'
Referee: Mohamad Zakaria bin Ismail (Malaysia)
DH Cebu 3–0 Kasuka
  • Andes 26', 78'
  • Paulos 20'
Report
Referee: Ahmad A'Qashah (Singapore)

Dynamic Herb Cebu won 4–2 on aggregate.


Ezra 1–2 Shan United
  • Anantaza 63' (pen.)
Report
Referee: Hoàng Ngọc Hà (Vietnam)
Shan United 1–0 Ezra
Report
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Shan United won 3–1 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ Ezra played their home match at Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi (Thailand), due to the New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane already hosting the 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification tournament.

References

  1. ^ a b "Shopee Cup 2025/26 expands in scale, increasing attraction for Southeast Asian football" (in Vietnamese). VFF. 21 May 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ^ "SHOPEE CUP™ 2025/26 OFFICIAL DRAW ROUND UP". ASEAN United FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.