2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

The qualification phase for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup will see four teams advance to the finals to join four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in India. Qualification was held from April 2 to May 28, 2008 in four different venues. Sixteen teams participated in qualification in four groups containing four teams each. The four group winners joined hosts India

India national football team

The Indian national football team is the national football team of India and is governed by the All India Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, AIFF became...

, Korea DPR

Korea DPR national football team

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea national football team represents the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in international association football and is controlled by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body for football in North Korea.North Korea surprised with a...

, Myanmar

Myanmar national football team

The Myanmar national football team is the national team of Myanmar and is controlled by the Myanmar Football Federation. It was known as the Burma national football team until 1989, when Burma was renamed Myanmar. It finished second in the 1968 Asian Cup. They have participated in the Summer...

, and Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan national football team

The Turkmenistan national football team is the national team of Turkmenistan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.-History:After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Kazakhstan on June 1, 1992...

in the final round.

Seedings

Bold Type - qualified Teams, Italics - withdrawn teams

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9. (Withdrew May 14, 2008)

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20. (Withdrew May 2, 2008)
The draw for the qualification groups was made on January 18, 2008 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia.

Qualification Group A

Matches played in Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	14	4
7
	3	2	0	1	12	10
6
	3	1	1	1	7	5
4
	3	0	0	3	4	18	−14	0

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Qualification Group B

Matches played in Iloilo City

Iloilo City

The City of Iloilo is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines and the capital city of Iloilo province. It is the regional center of the Western Visayas, as well as the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area...

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	7	1
7
	3	2	1	0	4	0
7
	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

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Qualification Group C

Matches played in Bishkek

Bishkek

Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to...

, Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

Laos

Laos national football team

The Laos national football team is the national team of Laos and is controlled by the Lao Football Federation. A member of the AFC, Laos has developed regional rivalries with Thailand and Burma.-History:...

withdrew on 2 May.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	1	1	0	1	0
4
	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Qualification Group D

Matches played in Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

, Cambodia

Cambodia

Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

Palestine

Palestine national football team

The Palestine national football team is the national team of the Palestinian Football Association, representing the Palestinian National Authority.The Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1952...

withdrew on 14 May.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	4	2
6
	2	1	0	1	3	2
3
	2	0	0	2	3	6	−3	0

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Final tournament

The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, will be held from July 30 to August 13, 2008 in India.

Qualifiers

Qualifiers for the final tournament are: - automatic qualifier - automatic qualifier - automatic qualifier - automatic qualifier - winner Group A - winner Group B - winner Group C - winner Group D

Goalscorers

5 goals Kasun Jayasuriya

Kasun Jayasuriya

Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan football player who plays for Renown Sports Club and the Sri Lanka national football team....

3 goals Ju Manu Rai

Ju Manu Rai

Ju Manu Rai is a Nepalese footballer, who currently plays for Nepal Police Club and his national side Nepal-Career:...

Muhammad Qasim

Muhammad Qasim is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for KRL FC. He is also a member of Pakistan national football team.Qasim is a forward who can also play as a right-winger...

Channa Ediri Bandanage

Channa Ediri Bandanage is a Sri Lankan international footballer who plays for All Youth Linkage, as a forward.-External links:***...

Numonjon Hakimov Yusuf Rabiev

Yusuf Rabiev

Yusuf Rabiev is an Tajik professional football player. The forward is playing for the Tajik Champions Esteghlal Dushanbe and is also part of the Tajik national team....

2 goals Nuth Sinoun Chang Han

Chang Han

Chang Han is a Taiwanese football player from Amis tribe. He usually plays as a striker. During the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifications, he was usually in the starting line-up in Chinese Taipei's 4-4-2 with Huang Wei-yi...

Zachary Pangelinan

Zachary Pangelinan is a midfielder for the Guam national football team.-Club career:He plays for Guam Shipyard Football Club. and has won four Guam League titles between 2005 and 2006 with them...

Che Chi Man Jamshed Anwar

Jamshed Anwar

Jamshed Anwar is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for WAPDA FC.Anwar plays as a defender and won his first cap against Guam in 2008 where he scored 2 goals.-Goals for Senior National Team:-References:...

Nimal Dehiwalage Chathura Maduranga Siyaguna
1 goal Ata Yamrali Mohamed Hasan Ameli

Mohamed Jahid Hasan Emily

Mohamed Zahid Hossain Ameli is a Bangladeshi international footballer who plays as a striker for Mohammedan Sporting Club and the Bangladesh national football team....

Nawang Dendup Pasang Tshering Khayrun Bin Salleh Chan Rithy

Chan Rithy

Chan Rithy is a footballer for Surin FC in the Thailand Regional League Division 2. He plays as a Midfielder for club.-International goals:-Honours:*2008 Cambodian League Winner*2008 Hun Sen Cup Winner...

Chen Po-liang

Chen Po-liang is a Taiwanese football midfielder. He played for Hong Kong First Division League side TSW Pegasus FC.-Early career:Chen started to display his goal scoring sense since young age. He was the top goalscorer in the National Futsal Championship, in which he scored 28 goals for Minzu...

Chiang Shih-lu

Chiang Shih-lu is a Taiwanese football player who currently plays for Taipower as a striker. He has often been called Fast Legs of Taipower for his fast speed on the field.-Career statistics:-Honours:With Taiwan Power Company F.C....

Huang Wei-yi

Huang Wei-yi is a Taiwanese football striker who currently plays for Tatung F.C.. He comes from Atayal tribe.In 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games, he scored 3 goals, which were the only goals received by Chinese Taipei...

Lo Chih-an

Lo Chih-an is a Taiwanese football player who comes from Atayal tribe. Despite still being a high school student, Lo made his debut for Chinese Taipei national football team, together with his brother Lo Chih-en, and assisted the latter's first goal in the game against Guam of East Asian Cup 2008...

Tsai Hsien-tang

Tsai Hsien-tang , formerly known as Tsai Hui-kai , is a Taiwanese football player. He usually plays as a defender or a defensive midfielder...

Christopher Mendiola Roman Kornilov

Roman Kornilov

Roman Kornilov is a Kyrgyzstani international footballer who plays for Sher-Ak-Dan Bishkek, as a forward. Kornilov notably formerly played for SKA-Shoro Bishkek and Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn. He has made 20 appearances for the Kyrgyzstan national football team since 2003, scoring one goal.-External...

Ruslan Sydykov

Ruslan Sydykov , born in a Tatar family on 4 January 1975, is a Kyrgyzstani footballer who is a defender for Dordoi Bishkek. He is a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team. Sydykov won the Kyrgyzstan footballer of the year in 2005 and 2006 .-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:**...

Chan Kin Seng

Chan Kin Seng is a Macau professional football striker who currently plays for Windsor Arch Ka I of the Macau 1st Division Football. He also has played for the Macau team in the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, 2006 Lusophony Games and scored both goals for Macau in their 2-13 aggregate 2010 FIFA World Cup...

Sandip Rai

1 goal Adnan Ahmed

Adnan Ahmed

Adnan Farooq Ahmed is a professional footballer who plays for Bradford Park Avenue in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. Ahmed is a British Asian of Pakistani descent...

Tanveer Ahmed

Tanveer Ahmed is a Pakistani footballer, who is the former captain of WAPDA FC. He is also the former captain of Pakistan national football team. A mainstay in the national team, the experienced defender has played in many tournaments since his first call up.Ahmed is a central defender who has...

Mohammad Essa Zahid Hameed

Zahid Hameed

Zahid Hameed is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for WAPDA FC. He is also a member of Pakistan national football team....

Michael Masih

Michael Masih is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for Pakistan Army FC. He is also a member of Pakistan national football team....

Abdul Rehman

Abdul Rehman (footballer)

Abdul Rehman is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for KPT FC. He is also a member of Pakistan national football team.Rehman made an appearance for the Pakistan national football team in the qualifying rounds of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, entering as a substitute and scoring a goal against Guam on...

Farooq Shah

Farooq Shah is a Pakistani footballer, who plays for NBP FC. He is also a member of Pakistan national football team.Shah plays as a Midfielder...

Emelio Caligdong

Emelio Asada Caligdong , nicknamed "Chieffy", is a Filipino footballer who plays as a left winger for Philippine Air Force F.C. and the vice-captain of the Philippines national team...

Chad Gould

Chad Edward Alesna Gould is an English-Filipino footballer who plays for the Philippine national team. Gould is also a member of the England national beach soccer team after playing in the National Tour and successfully getting through the trial process...

Phil Younghusband

Philip James Placer "Phil" Younghusband is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as a forward for and the Philippines national team.- Early years :...

Sabras Mohamed Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov

Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov

Çomixon Muxiddinov , is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for FK Khujand. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.-Appearances for Senior National Team:-References:...

Own goal Pema Rinchen

Pema Rinchen

Pema Rinchen is a football player from Bhutan. He plays as a defender for Yeedzin FC. He plays as a centre back but he can also play right back and right wing position....

(playing against Philippines

Philippines national football team

The Philippines national football team is the national football team of the Philippines and represents the country in international football. The team is controlled by the Philippine Football Federation , the governing body of football in the Philippines....

) Chen Po-liang

Chen Po-liang

(playing against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka national football team

The Sri Lanka national football team represents Sri Lanka in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, the governing body for football in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's home grounds are Sugathadasa Stadium and Kalutara Stadium and their head coach is Jang Jung...

) Iltaf Ahmed

Iltaf Ahmed

Iltaf Ahmed is a British Pakistani footballer, who is the number one goalkeeper of Pakistan national football team....

(playing against Guam

Guam national football team

The Guam national football team is the national team of Guam, an overseas territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and is controlled by the Guam Football Association. They are affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation's East Asian Football Federation region.The team was founded in...

)

External links

AFC Website

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