2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
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The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase will see five teams advance to the finals to join three automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in Sri Lanka.
Qualification consists of two sections.
World Ranks as at January 2009 (ranking shown in brackets).
Laos
, Timor Leste and Guam
chose not to compete. Afghanistan
withdrew prior to their first match.
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3–3 on aggregate. Macau advanced to the group phase on the away goals rule
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, Maldives
, Nepal
and Sri Lanka
hosting their respective groups.
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Tie-breaking situation:
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Due to Afghanistan's withdrawal from Group C, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups are excluded from the following comparison.
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
The draw for the final tournament was done on 30 November 2009 at the Galadri Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Kasun Jayasuriya
4 goals Ibrahim Fazeel
3 goals Chen Po-liang
Ali Ashfaq
Döwletmyrat Ataýew
Berdi Şamyradow
2 goals Enamul Hoque Mohammed Zahid Hossain Huang Wei-yi
Mirlan Murzaev
Chan Kin Seng
Pai Soe Yazar Win Thein Adnan Ahmed
Chad Gould
Rohana Ruwan Well Don Arif Mirzoýew Mekan Nasyrow Didargylyç Urazow
1 goal Mamun
Mohd Kamarul Ariffin Keo Sokngorn Teab Vathanak
Chang Han
Kuo Chun-yi Che Chi Man Leong Chong In Mukhthar Naseer
Mohamed Umair Murun Altankhuyag Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
Khin Maung Lwin
Myo Min Tun Pyaye Phyo Oo Biraj Maharjan Atif Bashir
Jadid Khan
Said Al-Sobakhi
Alexander Borromeo
Asmeer Mohamed
Sanjeev Shanmugarajah Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
Ruslan Mingazow
Own goal Geofredo (for Mongolia
) Anton del Rosario
(for Turkmenistan
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Qualification consists of two sections.
- A playoff between the 19th and 20th ranked entrants (MongoliaMongolia national football teamThe Mongolian national football team represents the republic of Mongolia in international football under the Mongolian Football Federation. Founded in 1959 the association was inactive between 1960 and 1998 when the team did not feature in any international fixtures...
and MacauMacau national football teamThe Macau football team represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau in international association football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association . The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members...
) - Four qualification groups for four teams. Each group winner will advance to the finals, along with the best-ranked runner-up. Because of the withdrawal of AfghanistanAfghanistan national football teamThe Afghanistan national football team is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. The national team was founded in 1922 that joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954...
the ranking of second-placed teams will exclude results of any matches against fourth-placed sides.
Seeding
Seeding was based partially on the FIFAFIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
World Ranks as at January 2009 (ranking shown in brackets).
| Automatic Qualifiers | Group Hosts | Other Teams | ||
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(116) (142) (146) |
(157) (164) (174) (175) |
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Laos
Laos national football team
The Laos national football team is the national team of Laos and is controlled by the Lao Football Federation. A member of the AFC, Laos has developed regional rivalries with Thailand and Burma.-History:...
, Timor Leste and Guam
Guam national football team
The Guam national football team is the national team of Guam, an overseas territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. They are affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.The team was founded in...
chose not to compete. Afghanistan
Afghanistan national football team
The Afghanistan national football team is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. The national team was founded in 1922 that joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954...
withdrew prior to their first match.
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.----
3–3 on aggregate. Macau advanced to the group phase on the away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
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Qualifying round
Qualification was officially scheduled take place from 2–13 April 2009, although the actual dates began before and extended beyond that. Each qualification group will be held in a single location - BangladeshBangladesh national football team
The Bangladesh national football team is the national team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and has yet to qualify for the World Cup finals...
, Maldives
Maldives national football team
The Maldives national football team is the national team of the Maldives and is controlled by the Football Association of Maldives. A member of the AFC, it qualified for the second stage of Asian qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, where it drew with South Korea at home 0–0.Maldives most significant...
, Nepal
Nepal national football team
The Nepal national football team is the national team of Nepal and is controlled by the All Nepal Football Association. A member of the Asian Football Confederation , the Nepalese football team play their home games at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium located at Tripureswhor in Kathmandu. The All Nepal...
and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka national football team
The Sri Lanka national football team represents Sri Lanka in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, the governing body for football in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's home grounds are Sugathadasa Stadium and Kalutara Stadium and their head coach is Jang Jung...
hosting their respective groups.
Qualification Group A
- Matches played in BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
- Times are Bangladesh Standard TimeBangladesh Standard TimeBangladesh Standard Time , commonly abbreviated as BST is the time zone of Bangladesh, is observed throughout the whole country, with a time offset of UTC+6:00. Bangladesh observed daylight saving time in 2009 in order to cope with the ongoing electricity crisis but in 2010 the decision was cancelled...
(BST) – UTC+6Team 3 3 0 0 7 1 6 9 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
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Qualification Group B
- Matches played in the MaldivesMaldivesThe Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
- Times are Maldives Time (MVT) – UTC+5
Team 3 3 0 0 15 1 14 9 3 2 0 1 9 5 4 6 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
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Qualification Group C
- Matches played in NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
- Times are Nepal TimeNepal TimeNepal Standard Time is the time zone for Nepal, with a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time of +05:45. Nepal Standard Time, is one of only two official time zones with a 45-minute increment from UTC. The Chatham Islands, which uses Chatham Island Standard Time also has a 45-minute...
(NPT) – UTC+5:45
Team 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 Withdrew on 24 March.
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).
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Qualification Group D
- Matches played in Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
- Times are Sri Lanka TimeSri Lanka TimeSri Lanka Standard Time is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT/UTC .The Sri Lanka Time reverted on 15 April 2006 to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5 ° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for...
(SLT) – UTC+5:30Team 3 2 1 0 9 4 5 7 3 1 2 0 9 3 6 5 3 1 1 1 7 3 4 4 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
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Ranking of second placed teams
The best-ranked second placed team will also qualify for the finals tournament.Due to Afghanistan's withdrawal from Group C, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups are excluded from the following comparison.
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| A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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, will be held from 16–27 February in Sri Lanka.Qualifiers
Qualifiers for the final tournament are: - automatic qualifier - automatic qualifier - automatic qualifier - winner Group A - winner Group B - winner Group C - winner Group D - best runner-upThe draw for the final tournament was done on 30 November 2009 at the Galadri Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Goalscorers
5 goals Safiullah KhanSafiullah Khan
Safiullah Khan is a Pakistani footballer, who is a member of Pakistan national football team.Khan is a forward who earned his first international cap during the IndoPak football series in 2005. He also got the highest goal-scorer award in the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers 2010.-References:...
Kasun Jayasuriya
Kasun Jayasuriya
Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan football player who plays for Renown Sports Club and the Sri Lanka national football team....
4 goals Ibrahim Fazeel
Ibrahim Fazeel
Ibrahim Fazeel is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Oppo",can play both as a midfielder and as a Forward, who started his career while he was a student in Majeedhiyaa School in 1999.He played his first international match on 2 April 2000 Maldives vs Syria .His 1st goal scored in Golden jubilee...
3 goals Chen Po-liang
Chen Po-liang
Chen Po-liang is a Taiwanese football midfielder. He played for Hong Kong First Division League side TSW Pegasus FC.-Early career:Chen started to display his goal scoring sense since young age. He was the top goalscorer in the National Futsal Championship, in which he scored 28 goals for Minzu...
Ali Ashfaq
Ali Ashfaq
Ali Ashfaq is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Dhagandey" . He has played as a forward for club Valencia, New Radiant, DPMM FC and currently playing for V.B Sports Club in the Maldivian Dhiraagu Dhivehi League...
Döwletmyrat Ataýew
Döwletmyrat Ataýew
Döwletmyrat Ataýew is a professional Turkmen football player currently playing for FC Karvan.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:*...
Berdi Şamyradow
Berdi Şamyradow
Berdimyrat Şamyradow is a professional Turkmen football player currently playing for HTTU Aşgabat. He is six-times top goalscorer of Ýokary Liga. In 2009, Şamyradow shattered the all-times Ýokary Liga topscorer title of Rejepmyrat Agabaýew...
2 goals Enamul Hoque Mohammed Zahid Hossain Huang Wei-yi
Huang Wei-yi
Huang Wei-yi is a Taiwanese football striker who currently plays for Tatung F.C.. He comes from Atayal tribe.In 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games, he scored 3 goals, which were the only goals received by Chinese Taipei...
Mirlan Murzaev
Mirlan Murzaev
Mirlan Murzaev is a Kyrgyzstani professional footballer. He plays as a forward.- International goals:-External links:...
Chan Kin Seng
Chan Kin Seng
Chan Kin Seng is a Macau professional football striker who currently plays for Windsor Arch Ka I of the Macau 1st Division Football. He also has played for the Macau team in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, 2006 Lusophony Games and scored both goals for Macau in their 2-13 aggregate 2010 FIFA World Cup...
Pai Soe Yazar Win Thein Adnan Ahmed
Adnan Ahmed
Adnan Farooq Ahmed is a professional footballer who plays for Bradford Park Avenue in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. Ahmed is a British Asian of Pakistani descent...
Chad Gould
Chad Gould
Chad Edward Alesna Gould is an English-Filipino footballer who plays for the Philippine national team. Gould is also a member of the England national beach soccer team after playing in the National Tour and successfully getting through the trial process...
Rohana Ruwan Well Don Arif Mirzoýew Mekan Nasyrow Didargylyç Urazow
1 goal Mamun
Mohd Mamunul Islam
Mohd Mamunul Islam is a Bangladeshi international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mohammedan SC and the Bangladesh national football team. He plays on a centre midfielder position.-References:...
Mohd Kamarul Ariffin Keo Sokngorn Teab Vathanak
Teab Vathanak
Teab Vathanak is a footballer for Nagacorp FC in the Cambodian League 1.Although he plays as a Midfielder for club he has mainly been used as a striker for the Cambodia national football team, earning 43 caps and scoring 12 goals. Vathanak made 2 appearances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying...
Chang Han
Chang Han
Chang Han is a Taiwanese football player from Amis tribe. He usually plays as a striker. During the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifications, he was usually in the starting line-up in Chinese Taipei's 4-4-2 with Huang Wei-yi...
Kuo Chun-yi Che Chi Man Leong Chong In Mukhthar Naseer
Mukhthar Naseer
Mukhthar Naseer is a Maldivian international footballer. He is best known for his dribbling skills and fast speed. He currently plays for Victory SC in the Maldives. He scored the winning goal for the Maldives against India in the final of the 2008 SAFF Championship.Mukhtar is from Thoddoo, Alif...
Mohamed Umair Murun Altankhuyag Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
Donorovyn Lümbengarav , is a Mongolian footballer who plays as a defender. He is a member of the Mongolia national football team, and has participated in nine FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. He is also the captain of the national team....
Khin Maung Lwin
Khin Maung Lwin
Khin Maung Lwin is a Burmese footballer.He is the current captain of the Myanmar national football team....
Myo Min Tun Pyaye Phyo Oo Biraj Maharjan Atif Bashir
Atif Bashir
Atif Bashir Qureshi is a German Turkish-Pakistani footballer, who plays for Barry Town in the Welsh Football League First Division and at international level for the Pakistan national team.-Early career:...
Jadid Khan
Jadid Khan Pathan
Jadid Khan Pathan is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for Afghan FC. He is also a member of Pakistan national football team.Khan plays as a Midfielder. He earned his first international cap during the 2008 SAFF Cup against the Maldives.-References:...
Said Al-Sobakhi
Said Al-Sobakhi
Said Al-Sobakhi is a Palestinian footballer who plays his club football for Wadi Al-Nes. He is primarily used as a striker although he can be deployed as an attacking midfielder. Al-Sobakhi made his national team debut for Palestine during the 2008 WAFF Championship...
Alexander Borromeo
Alexander Borromeo
Alexander Charles Luis "Aly" Borromeo is an American born Filipino footballer who plays for and is the current captain of the Philippines national team. Previously a goalkeeper, he has since become a utility player, playing as a central midfielder or center forward for his club and mainly as a...
Asmeer Mohamed
Asmeer Lathif Mohamed
Asmeer Lathif Mohamed is a Sri Lankan footballer currently playing for Negombo Youth SC in Negombo and also is a starter on the Sri Lanka national football team. He is born to a Muslim family. Mohamed wears jersey number 14 on the Sri Lanka national football team.- References :...
Sanjeev Shanmugarajah Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew is a professional Turkmen football player currently playing for FC Okzhetpes.-External links:*...
Ruslan Mingazow
Ruslan Mingazow
Ruslan Mingazov is a Turkmenistan footballer currently playing for Skonto Riga in the Latvian Higher League.Mingazov made his senior national team debut on 14 April 2009, in an 2010 AFC Challenge Cup Qualification match against Maldives...
Own goal Geofredo (for Mongolia
Mongolia national football team
The Mongolian national football team represents the republic of Mongolia in international football under the Mongolian Football Federation. Founded in 1959 the association was inactive between 1960 and 1998 when the team did not feature in any international fixtures...
) Anton del Rosario
Anton del Rosario
Anton Edward Quimson del Rosario is an American born Filipino footballer who plays as a right back or centre back for Kaya and the Philippines national team.- Youth and college :...
(for Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan national football team
The Turkmenistan national football team is the national team of Turkmenistan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.-History:After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Kazakhstan on June 1, 1992...
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