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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

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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,   East Timor and   Guam chose not to compete. Afghanistan withdrew prior to their first match.

Qualifying preliminary round

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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

3–3 on aggregate. Macau advanced to the group phase on the away goals rule.

Qualifying group stage

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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

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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: RSSSF
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 Enamul   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
Enamul   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
Mamunul   38'
Zahid   68', 71'		 Report
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

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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: RSSSF
Turkmenistan  3–1  Maldives
Nasyrow   42'
Şamyradow   49'
Mirzoýew   68' (pen.)		 Report Fazeel   61' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Philippines  1–0  Bhutan
Gould   13' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Maldives  3–2  Philippines
Fazeel   26' (pen.)
Ashfaq   45'
Naseer   82'		 Report Borromeo   11'
Gould   90+2'
Attendance: 9,000
Bhutan  0–7  Turkmenistan
Report Ataýew   13', 67', 79'
Çoňkaýew   16'
Urazow   47'
Mingazow   62'
Mirzoýew   90+3'
Attendance: 300
Turkmenistan  5–0  Philippines
Del Rosario   26' (o.g.)
Şamyradow   54', 63'
Nasyrow   58'
Urazow   65'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Bhutan  0–5  Maldives
Report Ashfaq   4'   36'
Fazeel   45+1' (pen.), 47'
Umair   80'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Group C

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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: RSSSF
(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
Attendance: 12,000
Kyrgyzstan  1–1    Nepal
Murzaev   86' (pen.) Report Maharjan   2'
Attendance: 15,000
Kyrgyzstan  1–1  Palestine
Murzaev   20' (pen.) Report Al-Sobakhi   29'
Attendance: 2,000

Group D

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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: RSSSF
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
Brunei  0–6  Pakistan
Report S. Khan   19', 61', 68', 78'
J. Khan   31'
A. Ahmed   84'
Attendance: 200
Chinese Taipei  1–2  Sri Lanka
Huang Wei-yi   80' Report Jayasuriya   35'
Ruwanthilake   39'
Attendance: 1,400
Chinese Taipei  5–0  Brunei
Chen Po-liang   11', 13', 58'
Huang Wei-yi   30'
Kuo Chun-yi   80'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Sri Lanka  2–2  Pakistan
Ruwanthilake   2'
S. Sanjeev   88'		 Report S. Khan   82'
Bashir   84'
Attendance: 3,000

Ranking of second placed teams

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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: 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

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The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, was eventually held from 16–27 February in Sri Lanka.[5]

Qualifiers

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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

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5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. [dead link]
  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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