AFC Champions League Qualifying

Five games were played on Tuesday as the AFC Champions League's second preliminary round commenced.

EAST REGION:

At Alor Setar, Malaysia:

Brice Tchetche produced a hat trick (3', 21', 90'+2) while Muhammad Azman added a pair (47', 66') as Kedah demolished visiting Tai Po (Hong Kong) 5-1.

At Buriram, Thailand:

Ricardo Bueno da Silva scored the winning goal in the 74th minute as Buriram United held off visiting Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) 2-1.

At Bangkok, Thailand:

Stephan Schrock scored the only goal of the match in the 51st minute as Ceres-Negros of the Philippines defeated Fort FC 1-0 on the road.

At Melbourne, Australia:

Migjan Basha (4'), Josh Hope (37'), Robbie Kruse (59'), Nils Toivonen (81'), and Elvis Kamsoba (90') each scored once as the Melbourne Victory destroyed visiting Bali United from Indonesia 5-0.



WEST REGION:

At Tashkent, Uzbekistan:

Alisher Dzhalilov scored the game's lone goal as Tajikistan's Istiqlol knocked off Lokomotiv Tashkent 1-0 on the road.

NOTES:

Bonyodkor's scheduled match at home with Al-Zawraa (Iraq) was postponed until Wednesday; Iranian clubs Shahr Khodo and Esteghlal had their scheduled games postponed (at home against Al-Riffa of Bahrain and Kuwait's Al-Kuwait, respectively) since their home country's clubs were banned from hosting contests on orders from the Asian Football Confederation.