2017 China Amateur Football League

The 2017 China Amateur Football League season, also known as Shan Lin Financial China Amateur Football League for sponsorship reasons, was the 16th season since its establishment in 2002. It is the highest amateur association football league in PR China with some semi-professional clubs. 50 clubs were qualified for the second round.

From Amateur League
Teams promoted to 2017 China League Two
 * Dalian Boyang
 * Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic
 * Shanghai Sunfun
 * Jilin Baijia
 * Zhenjiang Huasa

Format
The qualification structure is as follows:
 * First round: Chinese Football Association subordinate Provincial, City League, champion will advance to the second round.
 * Second round: It is divided into eight groups. The top two teams of each group will advance to Third round.
 * Third round: The third round is a two-legged elimination. The four winners may be qualify for the 2018 China League Two.
 * Play-offs: 2017 League Two 23rd-placed and 24th-placed faces 2017 CAL 5th-placed and 6th-placed for a play-off match. The winner may be qualify for the 2018 China League Two.

First round
China Amateur Football League includes 44 regional leagues. 2016 or 2017 season champion will advance to the second round.

Teams qualified for the second round
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;width:1000px; !Groups!!No!!FA!!Name!!Qualifying method!!Position!!Remark
 * rowspan=6 |North 1 Heilongjiang Qiqihar
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Heilongjiang FA||Qiqihaer Zhongjian Bituminous Concrete||2017 China Amateur League (Qiqihar Group)||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Daqing Shuaitong||2017 Daqing Football Super League||Runners-up||
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Inner Mongolia FA||Chifeng Hongshan Shire||rowspan="2"|2016 Nei Mongol Football Super League||Third place||
 * 4||Tongliao Lan'ao||Winners||
 * 5||Yanbian FA||Yanbian Beiguo||2017 Yanbian Amateur Super League||Winners||
 * 6||Liaoning FA||Shenyang Junhui||rowspan="3"|2017 Liaoning Provincial Amateur League||Winners||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |North 2 Liaoning Shenyang
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Shenyang FA||Shenyang West Winner||Runners-up||Hosts
 * 2||Shenyang Zhuowei|| || ||
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Dalian FA||Dalian Longjuanfeng||rowspan="2"|2016 Dalian City Super League||Runners-up||
 * 4||Dalian Ruiheng||Third place||
 * 5||Tianjin FA||Tianjin Bintaishun||2017 Tianjin Amateur Super League||Winners||
 * 6||Changchun FA||Changchun Shanghai Yongtai||2017 Changchun Amateur Football League||Fourth place||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |North 3 Qinghai Xining
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Qinghai FA||Qinghai Zhuangbo||rowspan="2"|2017 Qinghai Provincial Amateur League||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Qinghai Honghua||Runners-up||
 * 3||Ningxia FA||Yinchuan Sanyuan||2017 Ningxia Football Super League|| ||
 * 4||Xi'an FA||Xi'an Anxinyuan|| || ||
 * 5||Shannxi FA||Shaanxi Nanzhiqin|| || ||
 * 6||Zhejiang FA||Zhejiang Dacheng||2016 Zhejiang FA Cup||Third place||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=8 |North 4 Shandong Zibo
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Shandong FA||Zibo Sunday||rowspan="2"|2016 Shandong Amateur Super League||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Zibo Qi Eagle||Runners-up||
 * 3||Hebei FA||Hebei Lion||2017 Hebei FA Amateur League||Winners||
 * 4||rowspan="2"|Qingdao FA||Qingdao Red Lions||rowspan="2"|2017 Qingdao Football Association City League||Runners-up||
 * 5||Qingdao Kangtine||Third place||
 * 6||Shanxi FA||Jinzhong Jinzhihu||2017 Shanxi Provincial FA Cup||Winners||
 * 7||rowspan="2"|Henan FA||Henan Orient Classic||2016 Henan Provincial Amateur League||Winners||Seeded
 * 8||Luoyang Tourism Development|| || ||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 1 Zhejiang Hangzhou
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Zhejiang FA||Ningbo Yinbo||rowspan="2"|2016 Zhejiang Provincial Super League||Winners||
 * 2||Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang||Runners-up||Hosts
 * 3||Jiangsu FA||Wuxi Yunlin Yinyang||2016 Jiangsu Provincial Amateur League||Runners-up||Seeded
 * 4||Nanjing FA||Nanjing Shaye||2017 Nanjing City Super League||Winners||
 * 5||Shanghai FA||Shanghai Jiading Boji||2017 Shanghai City Football League||Winners||
 * 6||Fujian FA||Fujian Tianxin||2017 Fujian Provincial Super League||Winners||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 2 Hubei Wuhan
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Wuhan FA||Wuhan Chufeng Heli||rowspan="2"|2017 Wuhan City Super League||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Wuhan Bofa||8th||
 * 3||Anhui FA||Anhui Hefei Guiguan||2017 Anhui Provincial Amateur League||Winners||Seeded
 * 4||Hubei FA||Hubei Huachuang||2017 Hubei Provincial Amateur League Play-off||Winners||
 * 5||Chongqing FA||Chongqing Dikai||2017 Chongqing City Super League|| 6th ||
 * 6||Guangzhou FA||Guangzhou Glorious|| || ||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 3 Sichuan Chengdu
 * 1||Sichuan FA||Sichuan Jiuniu||2016 Sichuan Provincial Football League||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Chengdu FA||Sichuan Jinguancheng||2016 Chengdu City Super League||Runners-up||
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Guangxi FA||Pingxiang Xiongying||rowspan="2"|2017 Guangxi Super League||Winners||
 * 4||Liuzhou Ranko||Runners-up||Seeded
 * 5||Tibet FA||Lhasa Urban Construction Investment|| || ||
 * 6||Kunming FA||Kunming Dongyuan||2017 China Amateur League (Kunming Group)||Winners||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 4 Guangdong Huizhou
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Guangdong FA||Zhanjiang Crazy Wolf||rowspan="2"|2016-17 Guangdong Provincial Football League||Runners-up||
 * 2||Zhaoqing Hengtai||Winners||Hosts
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Shenzhen FA||Shenzhen Pengcheng||rowspan="2"|2017 Shenzhen City Super League||Winners||
 * 4||Shenzhen Xingmeng Yangguang||Runners-up||
 * 5||rowspan="2"|Xiamen FA||Xiamen Tianyu||rowspan="2"|2016 Xiamen City Amateur League||Fourth place||
 * 6||Xiamen Lianchuang Century||Winners||
 * rowspan=6 |South 1 Zhejiang Hangzhou
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Zhejiang FA||Ningbo Yinbo||rowspan="2"|2016 Zhejiang Provincial Super League||Winners||
 * 2||Hangzhou Wuyue Qiantang||Runners-up||Hosts
 * 3||Jiangsu FA||Wuxi Yunlin Yinyang||2016 Jiangsu Provincial Amateur League||Runners-up||Seeded
 * 4||Nanjing FA||Nanjing Shaye||2017 Nanjing City Super League||Winners||
 * 5||Shanghai FA||Shanghai Jiading Boji||2017 Shanghai City Football League||Winners||
 * 6||Fujian FA||Fujian Tianxin||2017 Fujian Provincial Super League||Winners||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 2 Hubei Wuhan
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Wuhan FA||Wuhan Chufeng Heli||rowspan="2"|2017 Wuhan City Super League||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Wuhan Bofa||8th||
 * 3||Anhui FA||Anhui Hefei Guiguan||2017 Anhui Provincial Amateur League||Winners||Seeded
 * 4||Hubei FA||Hubei Huachuang||2017 Hubei Provincial Amateur League Play-off||Winners||
 * 5||Chongqing FA||Chongqing Dikai||2017 Chongqing City Super League|| 6th ||
 * 6||Guangzhou FA||Guangzhou Glorious|| || ||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 3 Sichuan Chengdu
 * 1||Sichuan FA||Sichuan Jiuniu||2016 Sichuan Provincial Football League||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Chengdu FA||Sichuan Jinguancheng||2016 Chengdu City Super League||Runners-up||
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Guangxi FA||Pingxiang Xiongying||rowspan="2"|2017 Guangxi Super League||Winners||
 * 4||Liuzhou Ranko||Runners-up||Seeded
 * 5||Tibet FA||Lhasa Urban Construction Investment|| || ||
 * 6||Kunming FA||Kunming Dongyuan||2017 China Amateur League (Kunming Group)||Winners||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 4 Guangdong Huizhou
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Guangdong FA||Zhanjiang Crazy Wolf||rowspan="2"|2016-17 Guangdong Provincial Football League||Runners-up||
 * 2||Zhaoqing Hengtai||Winners||Hosts
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Shenzhen FA||Shenzhen Pengcheng||rowspan="2"|2017 Shenzhen City Super League||Winners||
 * 4||Shenzhen Xingmeng Yangguang||Runners-up||
 * 5||rowspan="2"|Xiamen FA||Xiamen Tianyu||rowspan="2"|2016 Xiamen City Amateur League||Fourth place||
 * 6||Xiamen Lianchuang Century||Winners||
 * 1||Sichuan FA||Sichuan Jiuniu||2016 Sichuan Provincial Football League||Winners||Hosts
 * 2||Chengdu FA||Sichuan Jinguancheng||2016 Chengdu City Super League||Runners-up||
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Guangxi FA||Pingxiang Xiongying||rowspan="2"|2017 Guangxi Super League||Winners||
 * 4||Liuzhou Ranko||Runners-up||Seeded
 * 5||Tibet FA||Lhasa Urban Construction Investment|| || ||
 * 6||Kunming FA||Kunming Dongyuan||2017 China Amateur League (Kunming Group)||Winners||
 * - style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:5pt;"
 * rowspan=6 |South 4 Guangdong Huizhou
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Guangdong FA||Zhanjiang Crazy Wolf||rowspan="2"|2016-17 Guangdong Provincial Football League||Runners-up||
 * 2||Zhaoqing Hengtai||Winners||Hosts
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Shenzhen FA||Shenzhen Pengcheng||rowspan="2"|2017 Shenzhen City Super League||Winners||
 * 4||Shenzhen Xingmeng Yangguang||Runners-up||
 * 5||rowspan="2"|Xiamen FA||Xiamen Tianyu||rowspan="2"|2016 Xiamen City Amateur League||Fourth place||
 * 6||Xiamen Lianchuang Century||Winners||
 * rowspan=6 |South 4 Guangdong Huizhou
 * 1||rowspan="2"|Guangdong FA||Zhanjiang Crazy Wolf||rowspan="2"|2016-17 Guangdong Provincial Football League||Runners-up||
 * 2||Zhaoqing Hengtai||Winners||Hosts
 * 3||rowspan="2"|Shenzhen FA||Shenzhen Pengcheng||rowspan="2"|2017 Shenzhen City Super League||Winners||
 * 4||Shenzhen Xingmeng Yangguang||Runners-up||
 * 5||rowspan="2"|Xiamen FA||Xiamen Tianyu||rowspan="2"|2016 Xiamen City Amateur League||Fourth place||
 * 6||Xiamen Lianchuang Century||Winners||
 * 4||Shenzhen Xingmeng Yangguang||Runners-up||
 * 5||rowspan="2"|Xiamen FA||Xiamen Tianyu||rowspan="2"|2016 Xiamen City Amateur League||Fourth place||
 * 6||Xiamen Lianchuang Century||Winners||
 * 6||Xiamen Lianchuang Century||Winners||
 * 6||Xiamen Lianchuang Century||Winners||

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Group B
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card); 8) Draw

Round of 16
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!colspan=5|South


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Matches
Qiqihaer Zhongjian Bituminous Concrete won 4–0 on aggregate.

''2–2 on aggregate. Yanbian Beiguo won 5–3 on penalties.''

Zibo Sunday won 9–0 on aggregate.

Qinghai Zhuangbo won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fujian Tianxin won 3–2 on aggregate.

Anhui Hefei Guiguan won 1–0 on aggregate.

Lhasa Urban Construction Investment won 4–3 on aggregate.

Zhaoqing Hengtai won 4–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Matches
Qiqihaer Zhongjian Bituminous Concrete won 3–1 on aggregate.

''3–3 on aggregate. Anhui Hefei Guiguan won 4–3 on penalties.''

Zibo Sunday won 1–0 on aggregate.

''0–0 on aggregate. Zhaoqing Hengtai won 5–3 on penalties.''

5th–6th place
2017 CAL 5th-placed and 6th-placed faces 2017 League Two 23rd-placed and 24th-placed for a play-off match. The winner may be qualify for the 2018 China League Two. See 2017 China League Two.

Semi-finals

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Matches
Anhui Hefei Guiguan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Zibo Sunday won 2–1 on aggregate.

Third-Place Match

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Qiqihaer Zhongjian Bituminous Concrete won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final Match

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Zibo Sunday won 2–1 on aggregate.
 * Notes