In Asia : Preliminary round 1 (14 Dec - 21 Dec) : Ahed (Lebanon) x Riffa (Bahrain) Preliminary round 2 (5 jan - 12 jan): Shabab Al Khalil (Palestine) x winner pr1 play-off round : (26 dec- 28 dec) Naft Al Wast (Irak) x Al Jaysh (Syria) (1 feb - 8 feb) Fanja (Oman) x winner pr2 Already Qualified : Al Nassr and Al Hilal (KSA), Al Ain (UAE) and Al Faisaly (Jordan). In Africa : Al Ahly and Zamalek (Egypt), ES Tunis, Fath Union Sport (Morocco) and NA Hussein Dey (Alger) The tournament will be played on August 2017. 3 groups of 4 teams.
Preliminary round 1 : 1st leg Al Riffa 0-1 Ahed; 2nd leg: Ahed 4-1 Al-Riffa Preliminary round 2 : Shabab Al-Khalil (Palestine) vs Ahed (Lebanon ) : 5 january & 12 january