2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

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2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates2–26 March 2013
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored80 (2.96 per match)
Attendance127,100 (4,707 per match)
Top scorer(s)Philippines Phil Younghusband
(5 goals)
← 2012

The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase determined the teams which advanced to the final tournament. The qualification draw was held on 11 December 2012, in AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1]

Qualified nations

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives Hosts 28 November 2012 1 (2012)
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan Group C winner 6 March 2013 2 (2006, 2008)
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar Group A winner 6 March 2013 2 (2008, 2010)
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine Group D winner 6 March 2013 2 (2006, 2012)
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan Group B winner 21 March 2013 2 (2006, 2010)
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Group E winner 26 March 2013 2 (2006, 2012)
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan Best second place team 26 March 2013 3 (2008, 2010, 2012)
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos[note 1] Best second place team 20 March 2013 0 (debut)
Notes
  1. ↑ Bangladesh originally qualified for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, but with Brunei's withdrawal, their result against bottom-placed Northern Mariana Islands were declared void, leaving Turkmenistan and Laos as the best two second-placed teams.

Format

Twenty teams expressed their interest to take part before the deadline of 7 September 2012.[2] The Northern Mariana Islands made their Challenge Cup debut after having been approved by the AFC to participate (the Northern Mariana Islands is an associate member of the AFC).[3] It was decided that starting from this tournament, an automatic qualification place will be given to the AFC Challenge Cup host.[4] The hosting rights were given to Maldives in the AFC Competitions Committee meeting on 28 November.[5] The twenty teams involved in the qualification draw were drawn into five groups of four teams, with each group containing one team from each of the following seeding pots.[6] Teams in each group will play a single round-robin at a pre-determined host country. The five group winners plus the two best second-placed teams will qualify for the finals. Below the table of national teams that participated in this qualifications along with their FIFA ranking (and points) as of 7 November 2012 (in bracket with their numbers of ranking are bolded)

Pot 1 ( Hosts ) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan (200; 20 pts)
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos (179; 80 pts)
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar (156; 149 pts)
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (169; 116 pts)
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (143; 184 pts)

File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan (129; 254 pts)
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine (149; 168 pts)
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan (137; 225 pts)
File:Flag of India.svg India (169; 116 pts)
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan (167; 121 pts)

File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (180; 72 pts)
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh (171; 114 pts)
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (182; 68 pts)
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei (176; 90 pts)
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia (191; 49 pts)

File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau (199; 22 pts)
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (186; 55 pts)
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei (187; 52 pts) (Withdrew on 20 March 2013)
File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam (181; 71 pts)
File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands (Not ranked; N/A pt)

Following teams did not enter qualifications :

Team (ranking; points at FIFA ranking) Reason of not entered qualifications
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives (160; 135 pts) Qualified as host
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea (81; 445 pts) Excluded as they won two previous editions of AFC Challenge Cup
File:Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor (187; 52 pts) Either chosen not to participate or missed deadline
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (207; 0 pt) Either chosen not to participate or missed deadline

Notes :

  • It was reported on 26 October 2012 that Cambodia withdrew, citing financial and competitive concerns.[7] However, they were included in the draw.
  • Bangladesh were not one of the original 20 teams which the AFC announced as entrants.[2]
  • Brunei withdrew their participation a day before the AFC Challenge Cup qualifier in Manila citing unavoidable circumstances.[8] The last minute withdrawal puts the country in a possible AFC Challenge Cup ban.[9] Brunei were supposed to be in Group E of the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers against hosts Philippines, Cambodia and Turkmenistan.

Groups

Groups A, C and D were played 2–6 March 2013, Group B was played 17–21 March 2013, and Group E was played 22–26 March 2013.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and two best second-placed teams qualify for the finals
Tiebreakers

In each group, the teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[10]

  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 (Away goals do not apply)
  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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
File:Flag of India.svg India 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: RSSSF

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3 9
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Afghanistan (2004–2013).svg Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: RSSSF

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10 7
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4
File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: RSSSF
  • Matches played in Nepal (all times UTC+5:45).
  • Match times were originally scheduled at 14:30 and 17:30 but were changed to 14:00 and 17:05 due to technical reasons.[11]
  • Match times of the last round of matches were changed again to 15:15 and 18:15 due to bandh organized by political parties.[12]

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 3
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 0
Source: RSSSF

Ranking of second-placed teams

To determine the two best second-placed teams, the following criteria were used:[10]

  1. Number of points obtained in the group matches
  2. Goal difference in the group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches
  4. 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)
  5. Drawing of lots

For this ranking, the non-participation of Brunei in Group E meant that the results of the matches in the four other groups between the runner-up and the bottom-placed team were declared null and void based on Article 16.1 and Appendix 2 of the tournament regulations.[10][15]

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
C File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
E File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 3
A File:Flag of India.svg India 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
D File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
B File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Source: RSSSF

Goalscorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Up for the challenge". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Northern Mariana debuts in Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Tajik FF applauded for excellent hosting". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Maldives to host 2014 AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  6. ↑ По дороге на Мальдивы. FFKR.kg (in русский). Football Federation of Kyrgyz Republic. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Citing financial and competitive concerns, Cambodia withdraws from 2014 AFC Challenge Cup". Goal.com. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Brunei Withdraw from AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers". 21 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Brunei facing AFC Challenge Cup ban". 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "AFC Challenge Cup 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  11. ↑ "AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers: Match timing shifted to 2 PM & 5:05 PM". GoalNepal.com. 26 February 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers: ANFA Reschedules Match Timing". GoalNepal.com. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Thomas, Jason (20 March 2013). "No Brunei at Manila's AFC Challenge Cup". Filipino Football. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  14. ↑ Rifhan, Khalis (20 March 2013). "Players disappointed with Brunei's withdrawal from Challenge Cup". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  15. ↑ "AFC Challenge Cup 2014 line-up confirmed". AFC. 28 March 2013.

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