2008 AFC Challenge Cup

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The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament will be hosted by India from July 30 to August 10, 2008 [1]. Chinese Taipei was the designated host, but could not guarantee it would meet the AFC's standards for hosting the tournament.[2] The winners of the 2008 and 2010 competitions will qualify for the Asian Cup 2011. This competition is exclusive to the lower ranking Asian nations. However, in the previous edition, Bangladesh and India were invited from the middle-ranking teams - Bangladesh actually hosting the tournament, and India sending their U-20 team. According to a source from Bangladesh [3] , as well as the 16 lower-ranking teams (apparently not including Macao), India and Bangladesh have again been invited for the 2008 tournament from the middle tier of nations, along with North Korea and Laos.

Laos Withdrew from the competition on the 2nd May. [4] Palestine Withdrew from the competition on the 14th May. [5]

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[edit] Tournament

Qualification shall take place in one round with twenty national teams competing. The top team from each group will qualify for the tournament proper, bringing the total number of participating teams in the centralised finals to eight. Flag of North Korea Korea DPR, Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan, Flag of India India and Flag of Burma Myanmar are automatically qualified. Flag of Mongolia Mongolia and Flag of East Timor Timor-Leste decided not to take part. [6]

[edit] Seedings

Bold Type is qualified Teams, Italics a withdrawn Teams

  1. Flag of North Korea Korea DPR
  2. Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  3. Flag of India India
  4. Flag of Burma Myanmar

5. Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan
6. Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
7. Flag of Nepal Nepal
8. Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan

9. Palestinian flag Palestine (Withdrew at May 14, 2008)
10. Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
11. Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh
12. Flag of Brunei Brunei

13. Flag of Pakistan Pakistan
14. Flag of Cambodia Cambodia
15. Flag of the Philippines Philippines
16. Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan

17. Flag of Bhutan Bhutan
18. Flag of Macau Macau
19. Flag of Guam Guam
20. Flag of Laos Laos (Withdrew at May 2, 2008)

[edit] Qualification

[edit] Qualification Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 7 3 2 1 0 14 4 +10
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan 6 3 2 0 1 12 10 +2
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 4 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2
Flag of Guam Guam 0 3 0 0 3 4 18 −14
April 2, 2008 Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 1 – 2 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Lo Chih-an Scored after 5 minutes 5' Report Mohammad Essa Scored after 13 minutes 13'
Michael Masih Scored after 34 minutes 34'
April 2, 2008 Guam Flag of Guam 1 – 5 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 800
Referee: Iemoto (Japan)
Chris Mendiola Scored after 62 minutes 62' Report Ediri Bandanage Channa Scored after 54 minutes 54'
Chathura Weerasinghe Scored after 55 minutes 55' Scored after 64 minutes 64'
MS Safras Mohamed Scored after 82 minutes 82'
Kasun Weerarathne Scored after 90+1 minutes 90+1'
April 4, 2008 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka 7 – 1 Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Weerarathna Jayasuriya Scored after 7 minutes 7' Scored after 9 minutes 9' Scored after 42 minutes 42'
Channa Ediribandanage Scored after 13 minutes 13' (pen) Scored after 82 minutes 82'
Anton Dehiwalage Scored after 72 minutes 72' Scored after 77 minutes 77'		 Report Adnan Ahmed Scored after 17 minutes 17'
April 4, 2008 Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 4 – 1 Flag of Guam Guam Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 850
Referee: Sgt. Cho Win (Myanmar)
Chang Han Scored after 20 minutes 20'
Huang Wei-yi Scored after 28 minutes 28'
Chen Po-liang Scored after 33 minutes 33'
Chiang Shih-lu Scored after 44 minutes 44'		 Report Zachary Pangelinan Scored after 17 minutes 17'
April 6, 2008 Pakistan Flag of Pakistan 9 – 2 Flag of Guam Guam Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 200
Referee: Auda Lazim (Iraq)
Jamshed Anwar Scored after 9 minutes 9' Scored after 18 minutes 18'
Farooq Shah Scored after 28 minutes 28'
Muhammad Qasim Scored after 44 minutes 44' Scored after 72 minutes 72' Scored after 82 minutes 82'
Tanveer Ahmed Scored after 62 minutes 62'
Zahid Hameed Scored after 65 minutes 65' (pen)
Abdul RehmanScored after 85 minutes 85'		 Report Zachary Pangelinan Scored after 74 minutes 74'
Iltaf Ahmed Scored after 80 minutes 80' (o.g.)
April 6, 2008
GMT +8 18:30		 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka 2 – 2 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Chungshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 900
Referee: Iemoto (Japan)
Chen Po-liang Scored after 59 minutes 59' (o.g.)
Kasun Jayasuriya Scored after 86 minutes 86'		 Report Chang Han Scored after 28 minutes 28'
Tsai Hsien-tang Scored after 74 minutes 74'

[edit] Qualification Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 7 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6
Flag of the Philippines Philippines 7 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4
Flag of Bhutan Bhutan 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5
Flag of Brunei Brunei 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5
May 13, 2008 Tajikistan Flag of Tajikistan 3 – 1 Flag of Bhutan Bhutan Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Iloilo City
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hongkong)
Numondzhon Khakimov Scored after 27 minutes 27' Scored after 88 minutes 88' (pen)
Yusuf Rabiev Scored after 60 minutes 60'		 Report Passang Tshering Scored after 69 minutes 69'
May 13, 2008
15:30		 Philippines Flag of the Philippines 1 – 0 Flag of Brunei Brunei Iloilo Sports Complex, Iloilo City
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Emelio Caligdong Scored after 28 minutes 28' Report
May 15, 2008
15:30		 Bhutan Flag of Bhutan 1 – 1 Flag of Brunei Brunei Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Iloilo City
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mahapab (Thailand)
Dendup Nawang Scored after 12 minutes 12' Report Salleh Muhammad Khayrun Scored after 86 minutes 86'
May 15, 2008
15:30		 Philippines Flag of the Philippines 0 – 0 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan Iloilo Sports Complex, Iloilo City
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Al-Badawi (United Arab Emirates)
Report
May 17, 2008
15:30		 Brunei Flag of Brunei 0 – 4 Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan Iloilo Sports Complex, Iloilo City
Attendance: 450
Referee: Al-Badawi (United Arab Emirates)
Report Yusuf Rabiev Scored after 46 minutes 46' Scored after 87 minutes 87'
Dzhomikhon Muhidinov Scored after 61 minutes 61'
Numondzhon Khakimov Scored after 69 minutes 69'
May 17, 2008
15:30		 Philippines Flag of the Philippines 3 – 0 Flag of Bhutan Bhutan Barotac Nuevo Plaza Field, Iloilo City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Chad Gould Scored after 41 minutes 41'
Phil Younghusband Scored after 43 minutes 43'
Rinchen Pema Scored after 58 minutes 58' (og)		 Report

[edit] Qualification Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1
Flag of Laos Laos - - - - - - - -

Flag of Laos Laos withdrew on May 2.

May 5, 2008 Bangladesh Flag of Bangladesh 0 – 0 Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Al-Senan (United Arab Emirates)
Report
May 7, 2008 Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan 1 – 0 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Shahrul (Malaysia)
Ata Yamrali Scored after 38 minutes 38' Report
May 9, 2008 Kyrgyzstan Flag of Kyrgyzstan 2 – 1 Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh Spartak Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Al Enzi (Kuwait)
Roman Kornilov Scored after 83 minutes 83'
Ruslan Sydykov Scored after 87 minutes 87'		 Report MD. Jahid Hasan Ameli Scored after 63 minutes 63'

[edit] Qualification Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Nepal Nepal 6 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
Flag of Cambodia Cambodia 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1
Flag of Macau Macau 0 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3
Palestinian flag Palestine - - - - - - - -

Palestinian flag Palestine withdrew on May 14.

May 24, 2008
15:00		 Nepal Flag of Nepal 3 – 2 Flag of Macau Macau Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: VO, Minh Tri (VIETNAM)
Sandip Rai Scored after 29 minutes 29'
Jumanu Scored after 57 minutes 57' Scored after 65 minutes 65'
 Report Che Chi Man Scored after 27 minutes 27'
Chan Kin Seng Scored after 59 minutes 59'
May 26, 2008
15:00		 Cambodia Flag of Cambodia 0 – 1 Flag of Nepal Nepal Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: TORKY, Mohsen (IRAN)
Report Jumanu Scored after 44 minutes 44'
May 28, 2008
15:00		 Cambodia Flag of Cambodia 3 – 1 Flag of Macau Macau Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: KURBANOV, Charymurat (TURKMENISTAN)
Nuth Sinoun Scored after 29, 90+2 minutes 29, 90+2'
Chan Rithy Scored after 67 minutes 67'
 Report Che Chi Man Scored after 65 minutes 65'

[edit] Final Tournament

The following teams have qualified for the final tournament:

[edit] Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of India India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
July 30, 2008 Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan – Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan
July 30, 2008 India Flag of India – Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan
August 1, 2008 Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan – Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
August 1, 2008 Tajikistan Flag of Tajikistan – Flag of India India
August 3, 2008 Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan – Flag of India India
August 3, 2008 Afghanistan Flag of Afghanistan – Flag of Tajikistan Tajikistan


[edit] Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of North Korea Korea DPR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Burma Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Nepal Nepal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
July 31, 2008 Korea DPR Flag of North Korea – Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
July 31, 2008 Myanmar Flag of Burma – Flag of Nepal Nepal
August 2, 2008 Sri Lanka Flag of Sri Lanka – Flag of Burma Myanmar
August 2, 2008 Nepal Flag of Nepal – Flag of North Korea Korea DPR
August 4, 2008 Korea DPR Flag of North Korea – Flag of Burma Myanmar
August 4, 2008 Nepal Flag of Nepal – Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

[edit] Semifinal

  • 1st or 2nd in Group A - 1st or 2nd in Group B
  • 1st or 2nd in Group A - 1st or 2nd in Group B

[edit] Final

A1 or A2 or B1 or B2 - A1 or A2 or B1 or B2

[edit] Top scorers

Last Updated: 28th May 2008

  • The top scorers from the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup are as follows:

(Players in bold are still active in the competition.)

Rank Scorer Team Goals
1 Jumanu Nepal 3
= Weerarathna Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 3
= Muhammad Qasim Pakistan 3
= Numondzhon Khakimov Tajikistan 3
= Yusuf Rabiev Tajikistan 3
2 Chathura Weeasinghe Sri Lanka 2
= Channa Ediribandanage Sri Lanka 2
= Anton Dehiwalage Sri Lanka 2
= Chang Han Chinese Taipei 2
= Jamshed Anwar Pakistan 2
= Zachary Pangelinan Guam 2
= Che Chi Man Macau 2
= Nuth Sinoun Cambodia 2
3 MS Safras Mohamed Sri Lanka 1
= Kasun Weerarathne Sri Lanka 1
= Ata Yamrali Afghanistan 1
= Sandip Rai Nepal 1
= Dzhomikhon Muhidinov Tajikistan 1

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Roon Ba News, 17th December 2007
  2. ^ Thailand replaces Taiwan as 2008 Challenge Cup host
  3. ^ AFC invites Bangladesh to Challenge Cup.
  4. ^ Laos withdraws from Challenge Cup.
  5. ^ Palestine withdraws from Challenge Cup.
  6. ^ AFC Asian Cup 2011 and AFC Challenge Cup 2008: AFC announces seedings and revised qualification process

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