2017 AFC Cup group stage

Draw

• For the West Asia Zone, a draw was held for the five associations with two direct entrants to determine the three associations occupying seeds 1 and 2, with seeds 1 placed in order for Groups A, B and C, and the two associations occupying seeds 3 and 4, with seeds 3 placed in order for Groups A and B. The remaining teams were then allocated to groups according to the rules set by AFC.
• For the ASEAN Zone, a draw was held for the four associations with two direct entrants to determine the three associations occupying seeds 1 and 2, with seeds 1 placed in order for Groups F, G and H, and the one association occupying seeds 3 and 4, with seed 3 placed in Group F. The remaining teams were then allocated to the groups according to the rules set by AFC.
• For the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, and the East Asia Zone, no draw was held, and the teams were allocated to the groups according to their association ranking published on 30 November 2016.

Zone	Groups	Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4
West Asia Zone	A–C	Al-Zawraa	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Al-Jaish	Al-Wahda
West Asia Zone	A–C	Al-Hidd	Al-Muharraq	Safa	Nejmeh
West Asia Zone	A–C	Al-Wehdat	Al-Ahli	Saham	Al-Suwaiq
Central Asia Zone	D	Istiklol	Altyn Asyr	Alay Osh	Dordoi
South Asia Zone	E	Bengaluru FC	Maziya	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohun Bagan
ASEAN Zone	F–H	Johor Darul Ta'zim	FELDA United	Global Cebu	Ceres–Negros
ASEAN Zone	F–H	Hà Nội	Than Quảng Ninh	Tampines Rovers	Home United
ASEAN Zone	F–H	Yadanarbon	Magwe	Lanexang United	Boeung Ket Angkor
East Asia Zone	I	April 25	Rovers	Taipower Kigwancha	Erchim

• Al-Jazeera
• East Bengal
• SHB Đà Nẵng
• Kedah
• Yangon United
• Loyola Meralco Sparks
• Geylang International

  Format

Tiebreakers

Schedule

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Ranking of second-placed teams

West Asia Zone

ASEAN Zone