2010 AFC Challenge Cup
The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament will be held in a yet to be determined location.[1] The winner will qualify for the Asian Cup 2011. However, if India successfully defends its 2008 title, the runner-up will qualify instead.
Tournament
The finals will see three automatic qualifiers joined by five teams from the qualification phase. Qualification consists of two sections.
- A playoff between the 19th and 20th ranked entrants (Mongolia and Macau)
- Four qualification groups for four teams. Each group winner will advance to the finals, along with the best-ranked runner-up. No official indication has been received to suggest how the best-ranked runner-up will be chosen given the withdrawal of Afghanistan - however, the AFC regulations for this tournament[2] suggest that matches against the fourth-placed side in the four team groups should be excluded for the purposes of comparison.
Seeding
Seeding was based partially on the FIFA World Ranks as at January 2009 (ranking shown in brackets).
Automatic Qualifiers | Group Hosts | Other Teams | ||
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Laos, Timor Leste and Guam chose not to compete. Afghanistan withdrew prior to their first match.
Qualification
Preliminary playoff
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Macau ![]() |
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7 Apr | 14 Apr |
Moved from originally scheduled dates of 7 March and 14 March due to conflict with the qualification for the East Asian Football Championship 2010 championship.[3]
Group phase
Qualification is officially scheduled take place from 2 April-13 April 2009, although the actual dates extend beyond that.[4] Each qualification group will be held in a single location - Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka hosting their respective groups.
Qualification Group A
To be hosted by Bangladesh in late April
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playoff winner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Myanmar ![]() | v | Playoff winner |
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Playoff winner | v | ![]() |
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Bangladesh ![]() | v | Playoff winner |
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Qualification Group B
To be hosted by Maldives
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Qualification Group C
To be hosted by Nepal
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Kyrgyzstan ranked ahead of Nepal and Palestine on the basis of goals scored.
- Nepal ranked ahead of Palestine on the basis of a better disciplinary record.
Afghanistan withdrew on 24 March.[5]
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Mirlan Murzaev ![]() |
Biraj Maharjan ![]() |
Kyrgyzstan ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Mirlan Murzaev ![]() |
Said Al-Sobhaki ![]() |
Qualification Group D
To be hosted by Sri Lanka
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 4 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 |
Sri Lanka ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() |
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Kasun Jayasuriya ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ali Asmeer ![]() |
Kamarul Ramlee ![]() |
Pakistan ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Adnan Ahmed ![]() |
Chang Han ![]() |
Brunei ![]() | 0 – 6 | ![]() |
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Safiullah Khan ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jadeed Khan ![]() Adnan Ahmed ![]() |
Ranking of second placed teams
Due to Afghanistan's withdrawal from Group C, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups are excluded from the following comparison. Only completed groups are shown.
Grp | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Final Tournament
The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, will be held either from 3-14 February 2010 or 16-27 May 2010[6].
Qualifiers
Qualifiers for the final tournament are:
India - automatic qualifier
North Korea - automatic qualifier
Tajikistan - automatic qualifier
- TBD - winner Group A
- TBD - winner Group B
Kyrgyzstan - winner Group C
- TBD - winner Group D
- TBD - best runner-up
References
- ^ "Kyrgyz coach sets semi-final target". the-afc.com. 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ "Regulations - AFC Challenge Cup 2010 (Qualifiers) Appendix 3 Case 2" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "2009 Draft Activity Plan (in Chinese)" (PDF). Macau Football Association. 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2009" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-10-7.
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(help) - ^ "Afc challenge cup qualifiers:Afghanistan pull out". thehimalayantimes.com. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2010" (PDF). the-afc.com. Retrieved 2009-04-06.