The 2017 Arab Club Championship qualifying rounds were played from 14 September 2016 to 4 March 2017. A total of 11 teams from 11 associations from Africa and Asia competed in the qualifying rounds to decide which 3 teams would qualify for the group stage of the 2017 Arab Club Championship held in Egypt, alongside 9 automatically qualified teams.
Teams
The following 11 teams (6 from Asia and 5 from Africa) were entered into the qualifying rounds:
Preliminary round 1
Asia Zone
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Africa Zone
Notes
Preliminary round 2
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Asia Zone
Africa Zone
Play-off round
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Asia Zone
Africa Zone
Qualified teams
3 teams qualified to the 2017 Arab Club Championship final tournament held in Egypt, joining 9 other teams that qualified automatically.