2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

July 2022 July 2022 The qualification phase for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup saw four teams advance to the finals to join four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in India. Qualification was held from 2 April to 28 May 2008 in four different venues. Sixteen teams participated in qualification in four groups containing four teams each. The four group winners joined hosts India, North Korea, Myanmar, and Turkmenistan in the final round.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afc-emerging08.html AFC Challenge Cup 2008 RSSSF 18 April 2026 Seedings 22em PRK TKM IND MYA 1974 TJK SRI NEP KGZ PLE (Withdrew 14 May 2008) TPE BAN BRU PAK CAM PHI AFG 2004 BHU MAC GUM LAO (Withdrew 2 May 2008) The draw for the qualification groups was made on 18 January 2008 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Qualification Group A Matches played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei main WDL Q n SRI SRI PAK PAK TPE TPE GUM GUM 2 1 0 14 4 2 0 1 12 10 1 1 1 7 5 0 0 3 4 18 #ccffcc A complete http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afc-emerging08.html RSSSF 2 April 2008 16:00 UTC+8 SRI 5–1 GUM Bandanage 54 Siyaguna 55 64 S. Mohamed 82 Jayasuriya 90+1 Report Mendiola 62 Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 300 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) 2 April 2008 18:30 UTC+8 TPE 1–2 PAK Lo Chih-an 5 Report Essa 13 Masih 34 Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 800 Masaaki Toma (Japan) 4 April 2008 16:00 UTC+8 PAK 1–7 SRI A. Ahmed 17 Report Jayasuriya 7 42 90+2 Bandanage 13 pen. 82 Dehiwalage 72 77 Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 300 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) 4 April 2008 18:30 UTC+8 GUM 1–4 TPE Pangelinan 17 Report Chang Han 20 Huang Wei-yi 28 Chen Po-liang 33 Chiang Shih-lu 44 Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 850 Win Cho (Myanmar) 6 April 2008 16:00 UTC+8 PAK 9–2 GUM Anwar 9 18 Shah 28 Qasim 44 72 82 T. Ahmed 62 Hameed 65 pen. Rehman 85 Report Pangelinan 74 I. Ahmed 80 o.g. Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 200 Kadhum Auda Lazim (Iraq) 6 April 2008 18:30 UTC+8 SRI 2–2 TPE Chen Po-liang 59 o.g.Jayasuriya 86 Report Chang Han 28 Tsai Hsien-tang 74 Chungshan Stadium, Taipei 900 Masaaki Toma (Japan) Group B Matches played in Iloilo City and Barotac Nuevo, Philippines main WDL Q n TJK TJK PHI PHI BHU BHU BRU BRU 2 1 0 7 1 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 1 2 1 6 #ccffcc A complete http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afc-emerging08.html RSSSF 13 May 2008 15:30 UTC+8 TJK 3–1 BHU Hakimov 27 88 pen. Rabiev 60 Report P. Tshering 69 Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Barotac Nuevo 5,000 Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong) 13 May 2008 15:30 UTC+8 BRU 0–1 PHI Report Caligdong 28 Iloilo Sports Complex, Iloilo City 3,500 Ali Saleem (Maldives) 15 May 2008 15:30 UTC+8 PHI 0–0 TJK Report Iloilo Sports Complex, Iloilo City 4,500 Ali Al-Badawi (United Arab Emirates) 15 May 2008 15:30 UTC+8 BHU 1–1 BRU Dendup 12 Report Bin Salleh 76 Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Barotac Nuevo 4,000 Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand) 17 May 2008 15:30 UTC+8 PHI 3–0 BHU Gould 41 P. Younghusband 43 Rinchen 58 o.g. Report Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Barotac Nuevo 7,000 Ali Saleem (Maldives) 17 May 2008 15:30 UTC+8 TJK 4–0 BRU Rabiev 46 87 Mukhidinov 61 Hakimov 69 https://globalsportsarchive.com/en/soccer/match/2008-08-03/afghanistan-vs-tajikistan/1007718 Iloilo Sports Complex, Iloilo City 450 Ali Al-Badawi (United Arab Emirates) Group C Matches played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Laos withdrew on 2 May. main WDL Q n AFG AFG 2004 KGZ KGZ BAN BAN 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 #ccffcc A complete http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afc-emerging08.html RSSSF 5 May 2008 17:30 UTC+6 BAN 0–0 AFG 2004 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/3276/Bangladesh_Afghanistan.html Spartak Stadium, Bishkek 3,000 Khalid Al-Senan (United Arab Emirates) 7 May 2008 17:30 UTC+6 AFG 2004 1–0 KGZ Yamrali 38 Report Spartak Stadium, Bishkek 7,000 Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia) 9 May 2008 17:30 UTC+6 KGZ 2–1 BAN Kornilov 83 Sydykov 87 Report Ameli 63 Spartak Stadium, Bishkek 5,000 Atallah Jatli Al-Enezi (Kuwait) Group D Matches played in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Palestine withdrew on 14 May. main WDL Q n NEP NEP CAM CAM MAC MAC 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 #ccffcc A complete http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afc-emerging08.html RSSSF 24 May 2008 15:00 UTC+7 NEP 3–2 MAC S. Rai 43 J.M. Rai 57 65 Report Che Chi Man 29 pen.Chan Kin Seng 59 National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh 2,000 Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam) 26 May 2008 15:00 UTC+7 CAM 0–1 NEP Report J.M. Rai 44 National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh 3,000 Mohsen Torky (Iran) 28 May 2008 15:00 UTC+7 CAM 3–1 MAC Sinoun 30 90+2 Rithy 67 Report Che Chi Man 65 National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh 3,000 Çarymyrat Gurbanow (Turkmenistan) Final tournament The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, was held from 30 July to 13 August 2008 in India. Qualifiers Qualifiers for the final tournament were: IND - automatic qualifier PRK - automatic qualifier MYA 1974 - automatic qualifier TKM - automatic qualifier SRI - Group A winner TJK - Group B winner AFG 2004 - Group C winner NEP - Group D winner Goalscorers 5 goals SRI Kasun Jayasuriya 3 goals NEP Ju Manu Rai PAK Muhammad Qasim SRI Channa Ediri Bandanage TJK Numonjon Hakimov TJK Yusuf Rabiev 2 goals CAM Nuth Sinoun TPE Chang Han GUM Zachary Pangelinan MAC Che Chi Man PAK Jamshed Anwar SRI Nimal Dehiwalage SRI Chathura Maduranga Siyaguna 1 goal AFG 2004 Ata Yamrali BAN Mohamed Hasan Ameli BHU Nawang Dendup BHU Passang Tshering BRU Khayrun Bin Salleh CAM Chan Rithy TPE Chen Po-liang TPE Chiang Shih-lu TPE Huang Wei-yi TPE Lo Chih-an TPE Tsai Hsien-tang GUM Christopher Mendiola KGZ Roman Kornilov KGZ Ruslan Sydykov MAC Chan Kin Seng NEP Sandip Rai 1 goal PAK Adnan Ahmed PAK Tanveer Ahmed PAK Mohammad Essa PAK Zahid Hameed PAK Michael Masih PAK Abdul Rehman PAK Farooq Shah PHI Emelio Caligdong PHI Chad Gould PHI Phil Younghusband SRI Sabras Mohamed TJK Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov Own goal BHU Pema Rinchen (playing against Philippines) TPE Chen Po-liang (playing against Sri Lanka) PAK Iltaf Ahmed (playing against Guam) References External links AFC Website qualification fr:Qualifications de l'AFC Challenge Cup 2008