2012 AFC Challenge Cup

September 2018 2012 एएफसी च्यालेन्ज कप फुटबल-२०१२ 2012 AFC Challenge Cup logo.svg 180px Logo of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup Nepal 8–19 March 8 2 1 North Korea 2 Turkmenistan Philippines Palestine 16 42 PHI Phil Younghusband (6 goals) PRK Pak Nam-chol 2010 2014 The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia programme. It took place in Nepal from 8–19 March 2012.http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/calendars/Comp_Calendar_2012_men.pdf AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012 (Men) The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 26 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110516223723/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/calendars/Comp_Calendar_2012_men.pdf 16 May 2011 dead Unlike in previous editions of the tournament, there were no automatic qualifiers. Therefore, 2010 champions North Korea, runners-up Turkmenistan, and third-placed Tajikistan had to navigate the qualification phase in order to return to the finals.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/28956-no-direct-entry-for-top-three-to-afc-challenge-cup-2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20180817193407/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/28956-no-direct-entry-for-top-three-to-afc-challenge-cup-2012 dead 17 August 2018 No direct entry for 2012 AFC Challenge Cup The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 17 May 2010 17 May 2010 North Korea successfully defended their title and qualified for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/31494-afc-competitions-committee- AFC Competitions Committee The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 23 November 2010 27 January 2011 Hosts Maldives, Nepal and Palestine expressed an interest to bid to host the tournament. A decision on which country would be hosts was set to be made by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on 14 June 2011,http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-challenge-cup/34993-maldives-nepal-and-palestine-bidding-to-host-cc-2012-finals Maldives, Nepal and Palestine bidding to host CC 2012 Finals The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 23 May 2011 23 May 2011 but was deferred until the AFC Executive Committee on 29 July 2011.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-presidents-cup/35290-chinese-taipei-to-host-afc-presidents-cup-finals Chinese Taipei to host AFC President’s Cup Finals The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 14 June 2011 14 June 2011 The committee decided to endorse Nepal as the hosts of the AFC Challenge Cup 2012 Finals.http://www.the-afc.com/en/news/35880-message-of-unity-from-afc-exco Message of unity from AFC ExCo The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 29 July 2011 29 July 2011 Venues Kathmandu Dasarath Rangasala Stadium Halchowk Stadium Capacity: 17,800 Capacity: 3,500200px200pxcenter Nepal 450 Nepal 27.7172 85.324 right Kathmandu Qualification 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification The qualification stage saw 20 eligible member associations compete in qualifiers.http://afcasiancup.com/en/afc-challenge-cup-2010/30064-no-direct-entry-for-2012-afc-challenge-cup No direct entry for 2012 AFC Challenge Cup The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 13 August 2010 21 August 2010 An initial pre-qualifying round (home and away) narrowed the field to 16 teams. The final qualifying round consist of four groups of four teams each with the group winners and runners-up qualifying. Only the eight teams that qualified for the tournament finals were permitted to bid to be hosts. Qualified nations PLE – Qualification Group A winners PHI – Qualification Group A runners-up IND – Qualification Group B winners TKM – Qualification Group B runners-up MDV – Qualification Group C winners TJK – Qualification Group C runners-up PRK – Qualification Group D winners NEP – Qualification Group D runners-up Draw The draw for the final tournament was held on 1 December 2011 at the Soaltee Crown Plaza Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal.Nepal's luck of the draw http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-challenge-cup/37352-afc-challenge-cup-draw The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 1 December 2011 Squads 2012 AFC Challenge Cup squads Each team could name a squad of 23 players.http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/345-afc-challenge-cup-2012-competition-regulations/download Competition Regulations AFC Challenge Cup Nepal 2012 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 16 February 2012 Group stage All times are Nepal Time (NPT) – UTC+5:45 Key to colours in group tablesTop two placed teams advance to the semi-finals Tie-breaking criteria 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: Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference in all the group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; 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) Drawing of lots. Group A main WDL Group A Q n TKM TKM PLE PLE MDV MDV NEP NEP H 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 0 6 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 8 March 2012 15:00 TKM 3–1 https://archive.today/20121205050738/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4382 Report MDV Mingazow 33Çoňkaýew 78Amanow 85 Adhuham 20 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu 1,000 Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait) 8 March 2012 17:00 NEP 0–2 https://archive.today/20121204165348/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4383 Report PLE Attieh 4 Attal 65 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 12,300 Ryuji Sato (Japan) 10 March 2012 15:00 PLE 0–0 https://archive.today/20121204163405/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4381 Report TKM Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu 1,000 Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic) 10 March 2012 17:00 MDV 1–0 https://archive.today/20121209234629/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4380 Report NEP Rasheed 51 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 15,000 Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrygyzstan) 12 March 2012 15:00 NEP 0–3 https://archive.today/20120918070845/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4379 Report TKM Tagaýew 7 Biraj 79 o.g. Hangeldiýew 89 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 2,400 Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon) 12 March 2012 15:00 MDV 0–2 https://archive.today/20121216133851/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4378 Report PLE Wadi 59 Nu'man 90+4 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu 300 Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrygyzstan) Group B main WDL Group B Q n PRK PRK PHI PHI TJK TJK IND IND 3 0 0 8 0 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 0 8 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 9 March 2012 15:00 PRK 2–0 https://archive.today/20121205081032/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4377 Report PHI Pak Nam-chol I 58Jang Kuk-chol 70 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu 1,500 Pratap Singh (India) 9 March 2012 17:00 IND 0–2 https://archive.today/20121217180856/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4376 Report TJK Khamroqulov 61 Davronov 66 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 700 Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon) 11 March 2012 15:00 TJK 0–2 https://archive.today/20121204164608/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4374 Report PRK Pak Nam-chol I 4Jang Kuk-chol 86 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu 1,000 Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait) 11 March 2012 17:00 PHI 2–0 https://archive.today/20120912220357/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4375 Report IND P. Younghusband 10 73 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 300 Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand) 13 March 2012 15:00 PRK 4–0 https://archive.today/20121204161305/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4373 Report IND Jon Kwang-ik 3Ri Kwang-hyok 34Pak Nam-chol I 59Ri Chol-myong 70 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 200 Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand) 13 March 2012 15:00 TJK 1–2 https://archive.today/20121205045020/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4372 Report PHI Negmatov 45+1 P. Younghusband 54 Á. Guirado 80 Halchowk Stadium, Kathmandu 800 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Knockout stage 16 March TKM 2 PHI 1 16 March PRK 2 PLE 0 19 March TKM 1 PRK 2 19 March PHI 4 PLE 3 Semi-finals 16 March 2012 14:30 TKM 2–1 https://archive.today/20120914085414/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4371 Report PHI Amanow 80Çoňkaýew 86 P. Younghusband 25 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 500 Ko Hyung-jin (Korea Republic) 16 March 2012 18:30 PRK 2–0 https://archive.today/20121204152429/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4370 Report PLE Pak Kwang-ryong 42 68 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 3,000 Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait) Third place play-off 19 March 2012 14:30 PHI 4–3 Report PLE P. Younghusband 4 25 pen.Á. Guirado 42J. Guirado 69 Abuhabib 21 67Attal 78 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 1,000 Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon) Final 2012 AFC Challenge Cup final 19 March 2012 18:30 TKM 1–2 https://archive.today/20121204162013/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=408&matchId=4368 Report PRK Şamyradow 2 Jong Il-gwan 36 Jang Song-hyok 87 pen. Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 9,000 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Statistics Winner fb 2012 AFC Challenge Cup champions North Korea Second Individual awards The following awards were given for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup:http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-challenge-cup/38403-mvp Pak scoops MVP award The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 19 March 2012 23 March 2012 http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-challenge-cup/38394-top-scorer https://archive.today/20120911224031/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-challenge-cup/38394-top-scorer dead 11 September 2012 Six-shooter Phil takes top scorer title The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 19 March 2012 22 March 2012 Fair Play Award Golden Shoe Most Valuable PlayerPRKPHI Phil YounghusbandPRK Pak Nam-chol I Team of the tournament The team of the tournament – Dream Team in a 4-4-2 formation. Goalkeeper: PRK Ri Myong-guk Defenders: PRK Ri Kwang-hyok, TKM Şöhrat Söýünow, PLE Khaled Mahdi, PRK Jon Kwang-ik Midfielders: TKM Arslanmyrat Amanow, TKM Guwanç Rejepow, PRK Pak Nam-chol I, PRK Jong Il-gwan Forwards: PRK Pak Kwang-ryong, PHI Phil Younghusband Coach: PRK Yun Jong-su (North Korea) Goalscorers 6 goals PHI Phil Younghusband 3 goals PRK Pak Nam-chol I 2 goals 22em PRK Jang Kuk-chol PRK Pak Kwang-ryong PLE Abdelhamid Abuhabib PLE Fahed Attal PHI Ángel Guirado TKM Arslanmyrat Amanow TKM Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew 1 goal 22em PRK Jang Song-hyok PRK Jon Kwang-ik PRK Jong Il-gwan PRK Ri Chol-myong PRK Ri Kwang-hyok MDV Hassan Adhuham MDV Mohamed Rasheed PLE Alaa Atiya PLE Ashraf Nu'man PLE Houssam Wadi PHI Juan Luis Guirado TJK Nuriddin Davronov TJK Akhtam Khamrakulov TJK Aleksey Negmatov TKM Guwanç Hangeldiýew TKM Ruslan Mingazow TKM Berdi Şamyradow TKM Elman Tagaýew 1 own goal NEP Biraj Maharjan (playing against Turkmenistan) Post-tournament team ranking As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL Result n none PRK PRK TKM TKM PHI PHI PLE PLE TJK TJK MDV MDV NEP NEP IND IND y 5 0 0 12 1 3 1 1 9 4 3 0 2 9 8 2 1 2 7 6 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 8 #FFD700 1ST #C0C0C0 2ND #CD7F32 3RD complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afc-emerging2012.html 2012 AFC Challenge Cup: RSSSF.com 4 September 2022 References 2 External links AFC Challenge Cup 2012 Challenge Cup Challenge Cup Category:2011–12 in Nepalese football 2012 Category:March 2012 sports events in Asia Category:March 2012 in Nepal Category:21st century in Kathmandu 2012