2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

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.

Seeding

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

Automatic Qualifiers Group Hosts Other Teams
  1.  Turkmenistan (149)
  2.  Myanmar (158)
  3.  Kyrgyzstan (159)
  4.  Philippines (162)
  5.  Pakistan (165)
  6.  Chinese Taipei (166)
  7.  Cambodia (179)
  8.  Palestine (180)
  9.  Brunei (182)
  10.  Afghanistan (184)
  11.  Bhutan (189)
  12.  Mongolia (193)
  13.  Macau (197)

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

Qualifying 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]

7 April 2009
20:00 UTC+8
Macau  2–0  Mongolia
Chan Kin Seng  22'
Leong Chong In  24' 		Report

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

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

Qualifying group stage

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.

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots.
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up qualify for the final tournament

Group A

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

26 April 2009
15:30
Myanmar  4–0  Macau
Khin Maung Lwin  3'
Yazar Win Thein  15'
Pyaye Phyo Oo  48'
Myo Min Tun  59' 		Report

26 April 2009
18:00
Cambodia  0–1  Bangladesh
Report E. Hoque  73'

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

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

30 April 2009
15:30
Myanmar  1–0  Cambodia
Yazar Win Thein  90+4' Report

30 April 2009
18:00
Bangladesh  3–0  Macau
Mamun  38'
Hossain  68', 71' 		Report

Group B

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

14 April 2009
16:00
Turkmenistan  3–1  Maldives
Nasyrow  42'
Şamyradow  49'
Mirzoýew  68' (pen.) 		Report Fazeel  61' (pen.)

14 April 2009
21:00
Philippines  1–0  Bhutan
Gould  13' Report

16 April 2009
16:00
Maldives  3–2  Philippines
Fazeel  26' (pen.)
Ashfaq  45'
Naseer  82' 		Report Borromeo  11'
Gould  90+2'

16 April 2009
21:00
Bhutan  0–7  Turkmenistan
Report Ataýew  13', 67', 79'
Çoňkaýew  16'
Urazow  47'
Mingazow  62'
Mirzoýew  90+3'

18 April 2009
16:00
Turkmenistan  5–0  Philippines
Del Rosario  26' (o.g.)
Şamyradow  54', 63'
Nasyrow  58'
Urazow  65' 		Report

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

Group C

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
 AfghanistanWithdrew on 24 March 2009.[4]

Tie-breaking situation:

26 March 2009
15:00
Nepal    0–0  Palestine
Report

28 March 2009
15:00
Kyrgyzstan  1–1    Nepal
Murzaev  86' (pen.) Report Maharjan  2'

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

Group D

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

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

4 April 2009
18:30
Pakistan  1–1  Chinese Taipei
A. Ahmed  53' Report Chang Han  21'

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

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

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

8 April 2009
18:30
Sri Lanka  2–2  Pakistan
Thilaka  2'
S. Sanjeev  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:

Final tournament

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

Qualifiers

The eight teams that qualified for the final tournament are:

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
3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations - AFC Challenge Cup 2010 (Qualifiers)" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  2. ↑ "2009 Draft Activity Plan" (PDF). MacauFA.com (in Chinese). Macau Football Association. 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  3. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2009" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2008-09-15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  4. ↑ "Afc challenge cup qualifiers:Afghanistan pull out". The Himalayan Times. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  5. ↑ "Sri Lanka to host 2010 AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  6. ↑ AFC Challenge "Cup draw on November 30" Check |url= value (help). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-11-05.
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