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	refn|group=note|name=Draw West Asia|The seeding of the first and second group stage teams from Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, and Lebanon were determined by draw. Format Tiebreakers Schedule The schedule of each matchday was as follows. Matches in the West Asia Zone were played on Mondays and Tuesdays, while matches in the Central Asia Zone, the South Asia Zone, the ASEAN Zone, and the East Asia Zone were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 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