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.[1]

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]

Macau 2–0 Mongolia
Chan Kin Seng  22'
Leong Chong In  24'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Mongolia 3–1 Macau
Altankhuyag  55'
Geofredo  77' (o.g.)
Lkhümbengarav  89'		 Report Chan Kin Seng  39'
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 to take place from 2–13 April 2009, although the actual dates began before and extended beyond that.[3] 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:[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
Source:
Myanmar 4–0 Macau
Khin Maung Lwin  3'
Yazar Win Thein  15'
Pyaye Phyo Oo  48'
Myo Min Tun  59'		 Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Cambodia 0–1 Bangladesh
Report E. Hoque  73'
Attendance: 8,060
Macau 1–2 Cambodia
Che Chi Man  75' Report Vathanak  12'
Sokngon  66'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Bangladesh 1–2 Myanmar
E. Hoque  12' Report Pai Soe  68', 77'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)
Myanmar 1–0 Cambodia
Yazar Win Thein  90+4' Report
Attendance: 2,500
Bangladesh 3–0 Macau
Mamun  38'
Hossain  68', 71'		 Report
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

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
Source:
Turkmenistan 3–1 Maldives
Nasyrow  42'
Şamyradow  49'
Mirzoýew  68' (pen.)		 Report Fazeel  61' (pen.)
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 9,000
Philippines 1–0 Bhutan
Gould  13' Report
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Maldives 3–2 Philippines
Fazeel  26' (pen.)
Ashfaq  45'
Naseer  82'		 Report Borromeo  11'
Gould  90+2'
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 9,000
Bhutan 0–7 Turkmenistan
Report Ataýew  13', 67', 79'
Çoňkaýew  16'
Urazow  47'
Mingazow  62'
Mirzoýew  90+3'
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 300
Turkmenistan 5–0 Philippines
Del Rosario  26' (o.g.)
Şamyradow  54', 63'
Nasyrow  58'
Urazow  65'		 Report
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 400
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
 Afghanistan (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
(W) Withdrew on 24 March 2009[4].

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).
Nepal   0–0 Palestine
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
Kyrgyzstan 1–1   Nepal
Murzaev  86' (pen.) Report Maharjan  2'
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 15,000
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
Source:
Sri Lanka 5–1 Brunei
Jayasuriya  23', 53', 67', 73'
A. Mohamed  32'		 Report Kamarul  82'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Zhao Liang (China PR)
Pakistan 1–1 Chinese Taipei
A. Ahmed  53' Report Chang Han  21'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)
Brunei 0–6 Pakistan
Report S. Khan  19', 61', 68', 78'
J. Khan  31'
A. Ahmed  84'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Chinese Taipei 1–2 Sri Lanka
Huang Wei-yi  80' Report Jayasuriya  35'
Ruwanthilake  39'
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia)
Chinese Taipei 5–0 Brunei
Chen Po-liang  11', 13', 58'
Huang Wei-yi  30'
Kuo Chun-yi  80'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia)
Sri Lanka 2–2 Pakistan
Ruwanthilake  2'
S. Sanjeev  88'		 Report S. Khan  82'
Bashir  84'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: 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.

Grp 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
Source:

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.[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
  • Geofredo (playing against Mongolia)
  • Anton del Rosario (playing against Turkmenistan)
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References
  1. "Regulations - AFC Challenge Cup 2010 (Qualifiers)" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  6. "AFC Challenge Cup draw on November 30". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-11-05.
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