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2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

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]

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

Qualified nations edit

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament
  Maldives Hosts 28 November 2012 1 (2012)
  Afghanistan Group C winner 6 March 2013 2 (2006, 2008)
  Myanmar Group A winner 6 March 2013 2 (2008, 2010)
  Palestine Group D winner 6 March 2013 2 (2006, 2012)
  Kyrgyzstan Group B winner 21 March 2013 2 (2006, 2010)
  Philippines Group E winner 26 March 2013 2 (2006, 2012)
  Turkmenistan Best second place team 26 March 2013 3 (2008, 2010, 2012)
  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 edit

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

  Kyrgyzstan (200; 20 pts)
  Laos (179; 80 pts)
  Myanmar (156; 149 pts)
    Nepal (169; 116 pts)
  Philippines (143; 184 pts)

  Turkmenistan (129; 254 pts)
  Palestine (149; 168 pts)
  Tajikistan (137; 225 pts)
  India (169; 116 pts)
  Afghanistan (167; 121 pts)

  Pakistan (180; 72 pts)
  Bangladesh (171; 114 pts)
  Sri Lanka (182; 68 pts)
  Chinese Taipei (176; 90 pts)
  Cambodia (191; 49 pts)

  Macau (199; 22 pts)
  Mongolia (186; 55 pts)
  Brunei (187; 52 pts) (Withdrew on 20 March 2013)
  Guam (181; 71 pts)
  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
  Maldives (160; 135 pts) Qualified as host
  North Korea (81; 445 pts) Excluded as they won two previous editions of AFC Challenge Cup
  East Timor (187; 52 pts) Either chosen not to participate or missed deadline
  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 edit

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 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Myanmar 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
  India 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
  Guam 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
  Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: RSSSF
India  2–1  Chinese Taipei
Raja   40'
Singh   90'		 Report Lee Tai-Lin   54'
Attendance: 1,000
Myanmar  5–0  Guam
Soe Min Oo   26'
Kyi Lin   40' (pen.)
Pyae Phyo Aung   45+2'
Pai Soe   50'
Kyaw Zayar Win   80'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Guam  0–4  India
Report Chhetri   49', 90+1'
Miranda   68'
Raja   79'
Attendance: 400
Chinese Taipei  1–1  Myanmar
Lee Meng-Chian   80' (pen.) Report Soe Kyaw Kyaw   18'
Attendance: 3,000
Chinese Taipei  0–3  Guam
Report Cunliffe   15', 78'
Mariano   54'
Attendance: 700
Myanmar  1–0  India
Soe Min Oo   75' Report
Attendance: 6,000

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Kyrgyzstan 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3 9
  Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 6
  Pakistan 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 3
  Macau 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
Tajikistan  1–0  Pakistan
Makhmudov   89' Report
Attendance: 400
Kyrgyzstan  1–0  Macau
Tetteh   45+1' Report
Attendance: 6,000
Macau  0–3  Tajikistan
Report Ismailov   56', 90+2'
Ergashev   82'
Attendance: 800
Pakistan  0–1  Kyrgyzstan
Report Tetteh   1'
Attendance: 12,000
Pakistan  2–0  Macau
Bashir   44' (pen.)
Kalim Ullah   70'		 Report
Attendance: 800
Kyrgyzstan  1–0  Tajikistan
Tetteh   41' Report
Attendance: 15,500

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
  Laos 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
  Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
  Mongolia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: RSSSF
Afghanistan  1–0  Sri Lanka
Arezou   45' Report
Attendance: 200
Laos  1–1  Mongolia
Sayyabounsou   33' Report Tumenjargal   45+2'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Mongolia  0–1  Afghanistan
Report Arezou   59'
Attendance: 500
Sri Lanka  2–4  Laos
Ratnayake   74'
Gunaratne   81'		 Report Vongchiengkham   31' (pen.)
Sayyabounsou   47'
Sayyaboun   71'
Phimmasen   77'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)
Sri Lanka  3–0  Mongolia
Gunaratne   55'
Migara   58', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Laos  1–1  Afghanistan
Sayavutthi   30' Report Ahmadi   58'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Palestine 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10 7
  Bangladesh 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 6
    Nepal 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4
  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]
Palestine  1–0  Bangladesh
Dheeb   78' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Nepal    6–0  Northern Mariana Islands
Khawas   4', 41', 72'
Sahukhala   30'
Tamang   60' (pen.)
Rai   68'		 Report
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.)
Northern Mariana Islands  0–9  Palestine
Report Salem   7', 76', 82'
Abuhabib   21' (pen.), 27'
Atiya   23', 90+1'
Dheeb   68'
Abugharqud   83'
Attendance: 2,700
Bangladesh  2–0    Nepal
Rony   28' (pen.), 57' Report
Attendance: 19,000
Bangladesh  4–0  Northern Mariana Islands
Toklis   2', 83'
Rony   37'
Linkon   90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Nepal    0–0  Palestine
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fan Qi (China P.R.)

Group E edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Philippines 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6
  Turkmenistan 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 3
  Cambodia 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 0
Source: RSSSF
Turkmenistan  7–0  Cambodia
Amanow   7'
Baýramow   23', 36'
Thavrak   41' (o.g.)
Şamyradow   74'
Abylow   81'
Batyrow   87'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Philippines  Cancelled  Brunei
Brunei  Cancelled  Turkmenistan
Cambodia  0–8  Philippines
Report P. Younghusband   26', 31', 34', 88'
Patiño   45', 58'
Schröck   46'
De Murga   90'
Attendance: 6,500
Cambodia  Cancelled  Brunei
Philippines  1–0  Turkmenistan
P. Younghusband   67' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Wang Di (China PR)

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

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   Laos 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
E   Turkmenistan 2 1 0 1 7 1 +6 3
A   India 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
D   Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
B   Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Source: RSSSF

Goalscorers edit

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "Up for the challenge". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "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 Russian). 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. ^ a b c "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.

External links edit

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