The 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs were played from 14 to 28 January 2020.
[1] A total of 28 teams competed in the qualifying play-offs to decide the remaining eight of the 32 places in the group stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League.
Extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 9.2).
[1][3] The bracket of the qualifying play-offs for each region was determined based on the association ranking of each team, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match.
All losers in each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.