2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw five teams advance to the finals to join three automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in Sri Lanka. Qualification consisted of two sections. A playoff between the 19th and 20th ranked entrants (Mongolia and Macau) Four qualification groups for four teams. Each group winner advanced to the finals, along with the best-ranked runner-up. Because of the withdrawal of Afghanistan, the ranking of second-placed teams excluded results of any matches against fourth-placed sides.http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/common/cms/afc/clcq010regulations.pdf Regulations - AFC Challenge Cup 2010 (Qualifiers) The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 2009-03-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110818102201/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/common/cms/afc/clcq010regulations.pdf 2011-08-18 Seeding Seeding was based partially on the FIFA World Ranks as at January 2009 (ranking shown in brackets). Automatic QualifiersGroup HostsOther TeamsPRK (116) IND (142) TJK (146)MDV (157) SRI (164) NEP (174) BAN (175)22em TKM (149) MYA 1974 (158) KGZ (159) PHI (162) PAK (165) TPE (166) CAM (179) PLE (180) BRU (182) AFG 2004 (184) BHU (189) MGL (193) MAC (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.http://www.macaufa.com/pdf/2009/doc/2009planning(draft).pdf 2009 Draft Activity Plan Chinese MacauFA.com Macau Football Association 2009-02-25 2009-03-09 7 April 2009 20:00 UTC+8 MAC 2–0 MGL Chan Kin Seng 22 Leong Chong In 24 Report Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau 500 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) 14 April 2009 15:00 UTC+8 MGL 3–1 MAC Altankhuyag 55 Geofredo 77 o.g. Lkhümbengarav 89 Report Chan Kin Seng 39 MFF Football Centre, Ulan Bator 3,000 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 to take place from 2–13 April 2009, although the actual dates began before and extended beyond that.http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/common/cms/afc/Comp_Calendar_2009_20080915.pdf AFC Competitions Calendar 2009 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 2008-09-15 2008-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20081119152627/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/common/cms/afc/Comp_Calendar_2009_20080915.pdf 19 November 2008 live Each qualification group was held in a single location - Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka hosting their respective groups. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers were 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. Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up qualify for the final tournament Group A Matches played in Bangladesh. Times listed are UTC+6. main WDL Q n MYA MYA 1974 BAN BAN CAM CAM MAC MAC 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 5 2 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 1 9 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 26 April 2009 15:30 MYA 1974 4–0 MAC Khin Maung Lwin 3 Yazar Win Thein 15 Pyaye Phyo Oo 48 Myo Min Tun 59 Report Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 3,600 Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) 26 April 2009 18:00 CAM 0–1 BAN Report Enamul 73 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 8,060 Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran) 28 April 2009 15:30 MAC 1–2 CAM Che Chi Man 75 Report Vathanak 12 Sokngon 66 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 6,000 Ali Saleem (Maldives) 28 April 2009 18:00 BAN 1–2 MYA 1974 Enamul 12 Report Pai Soe 68 77 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 14,000 Hajime Matsuo (Japan) 30 April 2009 15:30 MYA 1974 1–0 CAM Yazar Win Thein 90+4 Report Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 2,500 Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran) 30 April 2009 18:00 BAN 3–0 MAC Mamunul 38 Zahid 68 71 Report Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 8,700 Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan) Group B Matches played in the Maldives. Times listed are UTC+5. main WDL Q n TKM TKM MDV MDV PHI PHI BHU BHU 3 0 0 15 1 2 0 1 9 5 1 0 2 3 8 0 0 3 0 13 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF 14 April 2009 16:00 TKM 3–1 MDV Nasyrow 42 Şamyradow 49 Mirzoýew 68 pen. Report Fazeel 61 pen. Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 9,000 Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan) 14 April 2009 21:00 PHI 1–0 BHU Gould 13 Report Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 200 Kadhum Auda (Iraq) 16 April 2009 16:00 MDV 3–2 PHI Fazeel 26 pen. Ashfaq 45 Naseer 82 Report Borromeo 11 Gould 90+2 Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 9,000 Alireza Faghani (Iran) 16 April 2009 21:00 BHU 0–7 TKM Report Ataýew 13 67 79 Çoňkaýew 16 Urazow 47 Mingazow 62 Mirzoýew 90+3 Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 300 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) 18 April 2009 16:00 TKM 5–0 PHI Del Rosario 26 o.g. Şamyradow 54 63 Nasyrow 58 Urazow 65 Report Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 400 Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan) 18 April 2009 21:00 BHU 0–5 MDV Report Ashfaq 4 36 Fazeel 45+1 pen. 47 Umair 80 Galolhu National Stadium, Malé 9,000 Kadhum Auda (Iraq) Group C Matches played in Nepal. Times listed are UTC+5:45. main WDL Q n KGZ KGZ NEP NEP PLE PLE AFG AFG 2004 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 W Withdrew on 24 March 2009http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullstory.asp?filename=aSAaoa0sdqzpma0Qa9a9a.axamal&folder=aSAaoar7as&Name=Sports&sImageFileName=&dtSiteDate=20090325 Afc challenge cup qualifiers:Afghanistan pull out The Himalayan Times 24 March 2009 25 March 2009 October 2010 H3llBot #ccffcc A black1 WD complete RSSSF 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). 26 March 2009 15:00 NEP 0–0 PLE Report Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 12,000 Andre El Haddad (Lebanon) 28 March 2009 15:00 KGZ 1–1 NEP Murzaev 86 pen. Report Maharjan 2 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 15,000 Yadollah Jahanbazi (Iran) 30 March 2009 15:00 KGZ 1–1 PLE Murzaev 20 pen. Report Al-Sobakhi 29 Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu 2,000 Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei) Group D Matches played in Sri Lanka. Times listed are UTC+5:30. main WDL Q n SRI SRI PAK PAK TPE TPE BRU BRU 2 1 0 9 4 1 2 0 9 3 1 1 1 7 3 0 0 3 1 16 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF 4 April 2009 16:00 SRI 5–1 BRU Jayasuriya 23 53 67 73 A. Mohamed 32 Report Kamarul 82 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 700 Zhao Liang (China PR) 4 April 2009 18:30 PAK 1–1 TPE A. Ahmed 53 Report Chang Han 21 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 400 Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan) 6 April 2009 16:00 BRU 0–6 PAK Report S. Khan 19 61 68 78 J. Khan 31 A. Ahmed 84 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 200 Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan) 6 April 2009 18:30 TPE 1–2 SRI Huang Wei-yi 80 Report Jayasuriya 35 Ruwanthilake 39 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 1,400 Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia) 8 April 2009 16:00 TPE 5–0 BRU Chen Po-liang 11 13 58 Huang Wei-yi 30 Kuo Chun-yi 80 Report Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 1,000 Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia) 8 April 2009 18:30 SRI 2–2 PAK Ruwanthilake 2 S. Sanjeev 88 Report S. Khan 82 Bashir 84 Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 3,000 Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan) Ranking of second placed teams The best-ranked second placed team also qualified for the finals tournament. Due to Afghanistan's withdrawal from Group C, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups were excluded from the following comparison. main WDL Q n BAN BAN MDV MDV PAK PAK NEP NEP 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 y A B D C #ccffcc C complete RSSSF 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, was eventually held from 16–27 February in Sri Lanka.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/25480-sri-lanka-to-host-2010-afc-challenge-cup https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223716/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/25480-sri-lanka-to-host-2010-afc-challenge-cup dead 2019-01-23 Sri Lanka to host 2010 AFC Challenge Cup The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 2009-10-02 2009-10-02 Qualifiers The eight teams that qualified for the final tournament are: 23 IND India U23 – automatic qualifier PRK – automatic qualifier TJK – automatic qualifier MYA 1974 – winner Group A TKM – winner Group B KGZ – winner Group C SRI – winner Group D BAN – best runner-up The draw for the final tournament was done on 30 November 2009 at the Galadri Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/25889-afc-challenge-cup-draw-on-november-30 AFC Challenge Cup draw on November 30 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 2009-11-05 Goalscorers 5 goals PAK Safiullah Khan SRI Kasun Jayasuriya 4 goals MDV Ibrahim Fazeel 3 goals 22em TPE Chen Po-liang MDV Ali Ashfaq TKM Döwletmyrat Ataýew TKM Berdi Şamyradow 2 goals 22em BAN Enamul Haque BAN Mohammed Zahid Hossain TPE Huang Wei-yi KGZ Mirlan Murzaev MAC Chan Kin Seng MYA 1974 Pai Soe MYA 1974 Yazar Win Thein PAK Adnan Ahmed PHI Chad Gould SRI Rohana Ruwanthilake TKM Arif Mirzoýew TKM Mekan Nasyrow TKM Didargylyç Urazow 1 goal 22em BAN Mohd Mamunul Islam BRU Kamarul Ariffin Ramlee CAM Keo Sokngon CAM Teab Vathanak TPE Chang Han TPE Kuo Chun-yi MAC Che Chi Man MAC Leong Chong In MDV Mukhthar Naseer MDV Mohamed Umair MGL Murun Altankhuyag MGL Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav MYA 1974 Khin Maung Lwin MYA 1974 Myo Min Tun MYA 1974 Pyae Phyo Oo NEP Biraj Maharjan PAK Atif Bashir PAK Jadid Khan Pathan PLE Said Al-Sobakhi PHI Alexander Borromeo SRI Asmeer Lathif Mohamed SRI Shanmugarajah Sanjeev TKM Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew TKM Ruslan Mingazow Own goal MAC Geofredo (playing against Mongolia) PHI Anton del Rosario (playing against Turkmenistan) References 2 Qualification Category:2009 in Asian football