2014 AFC Challenge Cup final

March 2025 January 2020 2014 AFC Challenge Cup final Galolhu Dhandu.jpg 250 The National Football Stadium where it was held. 2014 AFC Challenge Cup Palestine PLE 30px 1 Philippines PHI 30px 0 30 May 2014 National Football Stadium Malé Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) 6,500 Cloudy28 °C °Fhttp://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/VRMM/2014/3/30/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA History for Malé, Maldives Weather Underground 14 July 2014 2012 The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup final was an association football match between Palestine and the Philippines on 30 May 2014 at the National Football Stadium in Malé, Maldives. Background The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) nations that was categorized as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" program.http://www.the-afc.com/en/vision-asia-philosophy Vision Asia Philosophy https://web.archive.org/web/20121016084949/http://www.the-afc.com/en/vision-asia-philosophy 16 October 2012 Asian Football Confederation 31 August 2007 14 July 2014 dead It was an idea by former AFC president, Mohammed Bin Hammam which its goal to raise the standards of Asian football at all levels. The AFC Challenge Cup, which reflected the philosophy of "Vision Asia", was created for teams to experience playing in a continental competition with the possibility to win an AFC trophy and potentially discover new talent.http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/afc-challenge-cup-2006-competition-information AFC Challenge Cup in 2006 Competition Information https://web.archive.org/web/20120902105512/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/afc-challenge-cup-2006-competition-information 2 September 2012 Asian Football Confederation 5 September 2007 14 July 2014 dead It was held in every two years as its inaugural edition took place on 2006 in Bangladesh.http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=4586 AFC Challenge Cup opening ceremony in Bangladesh https://web.archive.org/web/20070930235259/http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=4586 30 September 2007 Asian Football Confederation 28 November 2005 15 July 2014 dead This 2014 Challenge Cup was the last season, due to the expansion of participating national teams in the AFC Asian Cup from 16 to 24.http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-departments/competitions-division/27547-revamp-of-afc-competitions.html Revamp of AFC competitions https://web.archive.org/web/20140203183006/http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-departments/competitions-division/27547-revamp-of-afc-competitions.html 3 February 2014 Asian Football Confederation 25 January 2014 15 July 2014 dead Maldives won the hosting rights, with two renovated stadiums (Addu Football Stadium and National Football Stadium) were used as venues in the tournament. http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/maldives-to-host-2014-afc-challenge-cup Maldives to Host 2014 AFC Challenge Cup Asian Football Confederation 28 November 2012 3 January 2015http://www.sun.mv/english/22059 Zone Stadium rebranded as Addu Football Stadium Sun Online 18 May 2014 3 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140519152342/http://www.sun.mv/english/22059 19 May 2014 dead dmy-all The winner qualifies for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-departments/media-communications/media-releases/689-media-releases/24345-afc-asian-cup-australia-2015-preliminary-draw-results.html AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 preliminary draw results https://web.archive.org/web/20131212193358/http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-departments/media-communications/media-releases/689-media-releases/24345-afc-asian-cup-australia-2015-preliminary-draw-results.html 12 December 2013 Asian Football Confederation 9 October 2012 16 July 2014 live The two countries met twice before the finals match.https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/05/30/asia/afc-challenge-cup/palestine/philippines/1649090/head2head/ Head to Head Stats of Palestine v. Philippines Soccerway 16 July 2014 Their first meeting was in the qualification phase of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup on 23 March 2011 which ended in a goalless draw.http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-challenge-cup-relive-2012/24694-philippines-vs-palestine.html Philippines 0–0 Palestine Asian Football Confederation 23 March 2011 16 July 2014 While their second match together was at the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup third-place playoff, where the Filipinos won the game, 4–3.http://www.goal.com/en/match/philippines-vs-palestine/1265215/live-commentary?ICID=MP_MS_3 Live Commentary of Philippines v. Palestine (2012) Goal 16 July 2014 That result causes the Philippines to grab their best finish yet in a major tournament and in the Challenge Cup.http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/251989/sports/football/phl-azkals-seize-3rd-place-in-afc-challenge-cup-with-4-3-win-vs-palestine PHL Azkals seize 3rd place in AFC Challenge Cup with 4-3 win vs. Palestine GMA News Online 19 March 2012 16 July 2014 Michael Weiss, then head coach of the Philippines congratulated his team by "showing their fighting spirit" throughout the game.http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/03/19/12/azkals-lead-palestine-3-1-halftime Azkals make history, finish 3rd in Challenge Cup Naredo, Camille ABS-CBN News ABS-CBN Corporation 19 March 2012 3 January 2015 He later admitted that "[he did not] expected the match to go that way". http://www.the-afc.com/afc-challenge-cup-2012/weiss-gripped-by-third-place-thriller Weiss Gripped by Third Place Thriller Asian Football Confederation 19 March 2012 24 January 2015 While, Palestine head coach Jamal Mahmoud described their last game against them was "the worst game that we ever played in international football".http://www.the-afc.com/afc-challenge-cup-2012/we-saved-our-worst-for-last We saved our worst for last! Asian Football Confederation 19 March 2014 24 January 2015 Like the Philippines, Palestine also made history as they were the first West Asian team to be in the knockout stage of the tournament.https://www.rappler.com/sports/2701-azkals-bring-home-bronze-pride-for-ph/ Azkals bring home bronze, pride for PH Gutierrez, Natashya Rappler 26 June 2012 23 January 2015 The Philippines were considered the "favorites" heading towards the game. Goal.com predicted that the Filipinos were more likely to beat Palestine in a 2–1 scoreline.http://www.goal.com/en/match/palestine-vs-philippines/1649090/preview Preview Report of Palestine v. Philippines (2014) Goal 16 July 2014 Route to the final 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup Before going to the main contest proper, all participating countries except Maldives competed in a qualifying round.http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/afc_challenge_cup_regulations.pdf AFC Challenge Cup 2014 Competition Regulations Asian Football Confederation 18–19, 25 3 January 2015 Twenty nations confirmed their interest to take part in the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiershttp://www.the-afc.com/afc-challenge-cup-2014-northern-mariana-islands/northern-mariana-debuts-in-challenge-cup Northern Mariana Debuts in Challenge Cup Asian Football Confederation 14 September 2012 3 January 2015 with Brunei withdrawing a day before the qualifiers citing "unavoidable circumstances".http://www.aseanfootball.org/v2/?p=12428 Brunei Withdraw from AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers Begawan, Bandar ASEAN Football Federation 21 March 2013 3 January 2015 The winner of each group, and the best and better ranked second placed teams qualified for the AFC Challenge Cup proper. The teams in the group stages was trimmed down to eight, with the first and second ranked teams of each group advancing to the knockout stage. PLERoundPHIAFC Challenge CupOpponentResultQualifying roundOpponentResultBAN1–0Qualifying Matchday 1BRUCancelledNMI9–0Qualifying Matchday 2CAM8–0NEP0–0Qualifying Matchday 3TKM1–0Group D first place Group D PLEQualifying round standingsGroup E first place Group E PHIOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultKGZ1–0Matchday 1AFG 20130–0MYA2–0Matchday 2LAO2–0MDV0–0Matchday 3TKM2–0Group A first place Group A PLEFinal standingsGroup B first place Group B PHIOpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResultAFG 20132–0Semi-finalsMDV3–2 (aet) Match 2014 5 30 y 21:00 MVT PLE PHI 1–0 Nu'man 59 National Football Stadium, Malé 6,300 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Report _uhlsport_liga_white _uhlsport_liga_white _uhlsport_liga_white _band white FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Palestine FFFFFF FFFFFF _AzkPC14b FFFFFF FFFFFF _AzkPC13b FFFFFF Philippines GK 21 Ramzi Saleh (c)DF 2 Raed FaresDF 15 Abdelatif BahdariDF 16 Haytham TheebMF 14 Abdullah JaberMF 19 Abdelhamid Abuhabib 83 86MF 20 Khader YousefMF 23 Murad Ismail SaidMF 8 Hilal Musa 77FW 10 Imad Zatara 90+1FW 7 Ashraf Nu'man 90+4Substitutes:GK 1 Tawfiq AliGK 22 Ghanem MahajnehDF 3 Hussam Abu Saleh 77DF 5 Omar Jarun 90+1DF 6 Mousa Abu Jazar 86DF 13 Khaled MahdiDF 18 Mus'ab Al-BatatFW 9 Tamer SeyamFW 11 Ahmad Maher WridatFW 17 Rami MusalmehHead coach:JOR Jamal MahmoudManager:Abdallah Alfara GK 15 Roland MüllerRB 23 Simone Rota 82CB 12 Amani AguinaldoCB 2 Rob Gier (c)LB 21 Martin Steuble 90+5RM 11 Patrick Reichelt 69CM 6 Jason de JongLM 3 Daisuke SatoAM 22 Paul Mulders 73AM 17 Stephan Schröck 46CF 10 Phil YounghusbandSubstitutes:GK 1 Neil EtheridgeGK 16 Patrick DeytoDF 4 Anton del RosarioDF 5 Juan GuiradoMF 7 James YounghusbandMF 14 Simon GreatwichMF 18 Chris GreatwichMF 19 Jerry Lucena 46MF 20 OJ Porteria 73FW 9 Kenshiro Daniels 82FW 13 Ruben DoctoraHead coach:USA Thomas DooleyManager:Dan Palami Assistant referees: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan) Lee Jung-min (South Korea) Fourth official: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. References Final 2014 2014 2014 Category:2013–14 in Palestinian football Category:2014 in Philippine football Category:May 2014 sports events in Asia