2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

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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. File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan (149)
  2. File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Myanmar (158)
  3. File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan (159)
  4. File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (162)
  5. File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (165)
  6. File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei (166)
  7. File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia (179)
  8. File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine (180)
  9. File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei (182)
  10. File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan (184)
  11. File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (189)
  12. File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (193)
  13. File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau (197)

File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos, File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor and File:Flag of Guam.svg 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]

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
File:Flag of Myanmar (1974–2010).svg Myanmar 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: RSSSF

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: RSSSF

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg 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).

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 3 1 2 0 9 3 +6 5
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: RSSSF

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 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
B File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
D File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
C File:Flag of Nepal.svg   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

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  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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