2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Main article: 2010 AFC Challenge Cup

The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase will see five teams advance to the finals to join three automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in Sri Lanka.

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. Because of the withdrawal of Afghanistan the ranking of second-placed teams will exclude results of any matches against fourth-placed sides.^[1]

1 Seeding
2 Qualifying Tournament
- 2.1 Preliminary round
- 2.2 Qualifying round
3 Final tournament
- 3.1 Qualifiers
4 Goalscorers
5 References

Seeding

Seeding was based partially on the FIFA World Ranks as at January 2009 (ranking shown in brackets).

Automatic Qualifiers	Group Hosts	Other Teams
North Korea (116) India (142) Tajikistan (146)	Maldives (157) Sri Lanka (164) Nepal (174) Bangladesh (175)	Turkmenistan (149) Myanmar (158) Kyrgyzstan (159) Philippines (162)	Pakistan (165) Chinese Taipei (166) Cambodia (179) Palestine (180)	Brunei (182) Afghanistan (184) Bhutan (189) Mongolia (193) Macau (197)

Laos, Timor Leste and Guam chose not to compete. Afghanistan withdrew prior to their first match.

Qualifying Tournament

Preliminary round

Moved from originally scheduled dates of 7 March and 14 March due to conflict with the qualification for the 2010 East Asian Football Championship.^[2]

2009-04-07 20:00 UTC+8	Macau	2 – 0	Mongolia	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau Attendance: 500 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
	Chan Kin Seng 22' Leong Chong In 24'	Report

2009-04-14 15:00 UTC+8	Mongolia	3 – 1	Macau	MFF Football Centre, Ulan Bator Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
	Altankhuyag 55' Geofredo 77' (o.g.) Lkhümbengarav 89'	Report	Chan Kin Seng 39'

3–3 on aggregate. Macau advanced to the group phase on the away goals rule.

Qualifying round

Qualification was officially scheduled take place from 2–13 April 2009, although the actual dates began before and extended beyond that.^[3] Each qualification group will be held in a single location - Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka hosting their respective groups.

Qualification Group A

Matches played in Bangladesh
Times are Bangladesh Standard Time (BST) – UTC+6

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Myanmar	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9
Bangladesh	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6
Cambodia	3	1	2	2	3	−1	3
Macau	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0

2009-04-26 15:30	Myanmar	4 – 0	Macau	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
	Khin Maung Lwin 3' Yazar Win Thein 15' Pyaye Phyo Oo 48' Myo Min Tun 59'	Report

2009-04-26 18:00	Cambodia	0 – 1	Bangladesh	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Attendance: 8,060 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)
		Report	E. Hoque 73'

2009-04-28 15:30	Macau	1 – 2	Cambodia	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
	Che Chi Man 75'	Report	Vathanak 12' Sokngorn 66'

2009-04-28 18:00	Bangladesh	1 – 2	Myanmar	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)
	E. Hoque 12'	Report	Pai Soe 68', 77'

2009-04-30 15:30	Myanmar	1 – 0	Cambodia	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)
	Yazar Win Thein 90+4'	Report

2009-04-30 18:00	Bangladesh	3 – 0	Macau	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Attendance: 8,700 Referee: Dmitry Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
	Mamun 38' Hossain 68', 71'	Report

Qualification Group B

Matches played in the Maldives
Times are Maldives Time (MVT) – UTC+5

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkmenistan	3	3	0	15	1	+14	9
Maldives	3	2	1	9	5	+4	6
Philippines	3	1	2	3	8	−5	3
Bhutan	3	0	3	0	13	−13	0

2009-04-14 16:00	Turkmenistan	3 – 1	Maldives	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
	Nasyrow 42' Şamyradow 49' Mirzoýew 68' (pen.)	Report	Fazeel 61' (pen.)

2009-04-14 21:00	Philippines	1 – 0	Bhutan	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé Attendance: 200 Referee: Kadhim Oda Lazim (Iraq)
	Gould 13'	Report

2009-04-16 16:00	Maldives	3 – 2	Philippines	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ali-Reza Faghani (Iran)
	Fazeel 26' (pen.) Ashfaq 45' Naseer 82'	Report	Borromeo 11' Gould 90+2'

2009-04-16 21:00	Bhutan	0 – 7	Turkmenistan	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé Attendance: 300 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
		Report	Ataýew 13', 67', 79' Çoňkaýew 16' Urazow 47' Mingazow 62' Mirzoýew 90+3'

2009-04-18 16:00	Turkmenistan	5 – 0	Philippines	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé Attendance: 400 Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
	Del Rosario 26' (o.g.) Şamyradow 54', 63' Nasyrow 58' Urazow 65'	Report

2009-04-18 21:00	Bhutan	0 – 5	Maldives	Galolhu National Stadium, Malé Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Kadhim Oda Lazim (Iraq)
		Report	Ashfaq 4' 36' Fazeel 45+1' (pen.), 47' Umair 80'

Qualification Group C

Matches played in Nepal
Times are Nepal Time (NPT) – UTC+5:45

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kyrgyzstan	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Nepal	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Palestine	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Afghanistan	Withdrew on 24 March.^[4]

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 (Nepal 1 yellow card - Palestine 3 yellow cards).

2009-03-26 15:00	Nepal	0 – 0	Palestine	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
		Report

2009-03-28 15:00	Kyrgyzstan	1 – 1	Nepal	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi (Iran)
	Murzaev 86' (pen.)	Report	Maharjan 2'

2009-03-30 15:00	Kyrgyzstan	1 – 1	Palestine	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
	Murzaev 20' (pen.)	Report	Al-Sobakhi 29'

Qualification Group D

Matches played in Sri Lanka
Times are Sri Lanka Time (SLT) – UTC+5:30

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Pakistan	3	1	2	0	9	3	+6	5
Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
Brunei	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

2009-04-04 16:00	Sri Lanka	5 – 1	Brunei	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: 700 Referee: Zhao Liang (China PR)
	Jayasuriya 23', 53', 67', 73' A. Mohamed 32'	Report	Ariffin 82'

2009-04-04 18:30	Pakistan	1 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: 400 Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)
	A. Ahmed 53'	Report	Chang Han 21'

2009-04-06 16:00	Brunei	0 – 6	Pakistan	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: 200 Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
		Report	S. Khan 19', 61', 68', 78' J. Khan 31' A. Ahmed 84'

2009-04-06 18:30	Chinese Taipei	1 – 2	Sri Lanka	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia)
	Huang Wei-yi 80'	Report	Jayasuriya 35' Well Don 39'

2009-04-08 16:00	Chinese Taipei	5 – 0	Brunei	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia)
	Chen Po-liang 11', 13', 58' Huang Wei-yi 30' Kuo Chun-yi 80'	Report

2009-04-08 18:30	Sri Lanka	2 – 2	Pakistan	Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)
	Well Don 2' Shanmugarajah 88'	Report	S. Khan 82' Bashir 84'

Ranking of second placed teams

The best-ranked second placed team will also qualify for the finals tournament.

Due to Afghanistan's withdrawal from Group C, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups are excluded from the following comparison.

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
A	Bangladesh	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
B	Maldives	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
D	Pakistan	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
C	Nepal	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

Bangladesh ranked ahead of the Maldives on the basis of goal difference.
Pakistan ranked ahead of Nepal on the basis of goals scored.

Final tournament

The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, will be held from 16–27 February in Sri Lanka.^[5]

Qualifiers

Qualifiers for the final tournament are:

India - automatic qualifier
North Korea - automatic qualifier
Tajikistan - automatic qualifier
Myanmar - winner Group A
Turkmenistan - winner Group B
Kyrgyzstan - winner Group C
Sri Lanka - winner Group D
Bangladesh - best runner-up

The draw for the final tournament was done on 30 November 2009 at the Galadri Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.^[6]

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

Ibrahim Fazeel

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Mamun
Mohd Kamarul Ariffin
Keo Sokngorn
Teab Vathanak
Chang Han
Kuo Chun-yi
Che Chi Man
Leong Chong In
Mukhthar Naseer
Mohamed Umair
Murun Altankhuyag
Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
Khin Maung Lwin
Myo Min Tun
Pyaye Phyo Oo
Biraj Maharjan
Atif Bashir
Jadid Khan
Said Al-Sobakhi
Alexander Borromeo
Asmeer Mohamed
Sanjeev Shanmugarajah
Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
Ruslan Mingazow

Own goal

Geofredo (for Mongolia)
Anton del Rosario (for Turkmenistan)

References

^ "Regulations - AFC Challenge Cup 2010 (Qualifiers) Appendix 3 Case 2". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/common/cms/afc/clcq010regulations.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
^ "2009 Draft Activity Plan" (in Chinese). MacauFA.com. Macau Football Association. 2009-02-25. http://www.macaufa.com/pdf/2009/doc/2009planning(draft).pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2009". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2008-09-15. http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/common/cms/afc/Comp_Calendar_2009_20080915.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
^ "Afc challenge cup qualifiers:Afghanistan pull out". The Himalayan Times. 24 March 2009. http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=aSAaoa0sdqzpma0Qa9a9a.axamal&folder=aSAaoar7as&Name=Sports&sImageFileName=&dtSiteDate=20090325. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
^ "Sri Lanka to host 2010 AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-10-02. http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/25480-sri-lanka-to-host-2010-afc-challenge-cup. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
^ AFC Challenge "Cup draw on November 30". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-11-05. http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/25889-afc-challenge-cup-draw-on-november-30 AFC Challenge.

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