2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw eight teams advance to the final tournament in Nepal.[1] The qualification draw was held on 20 October 2010, in AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2]

Seeding

The seedings are based on the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. Unlike previous editions with the exception of the inaugural edition, no team has been given direct entry into the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup. Defending champions Korea DPR, runners-up Turkmenistan and third-placed Tajikistan would now have to go through the qualifiers to enter the finals. The eight lowest ranked teams would take part in the playoff round while the remaining 12 teams would enter the Group Stage.

Group Stage Entrants Playoff Entrants (8 lowest ranked) Non entrants (Teams eligible to enter, but didn't)

Qualifying play-off round

For the pre-qualifying phase, the eight lowest ranked teams played off over two legs on a home-and-away basis[3] with the away goals rule, extra time and penalty shootouts to determine winners if necessary. The matches took place on 9 and 16 February 2011 with the four winners advancing to the group stage. However, for Afghanistan–Bhutan fixtures, they were rescheduled for 23 and 25 March and were played in at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon, India.[4]

The second leg of the Philippines–Mongolia fixture was originally due to take place on 16 February 2011. However, in early January 2011, Philippine Football Federation president Mariano Araneta said he wanted the match to take place at the same venue as the first leg on 12 February, citing the winter conditions in Mongolia.[5] Mongolian Football Federation president Ganbold Buyannemekh insisted that the second leg be played in Mongolia but proposed a 15 March date instead as a compromise.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bhutan  0–5  Afghanistan 0–3 0–2
Philippines  3–2  Mongolia 2–0 1–2
Chinese Taipei  6–3  Laos 5–2 1–1
Cambodia  5–4  Macau 3–1 2–3 (aet)

First leg
Bhutan 0–3 Afghanistan
Report Walizada 2', 36', 80'
Attendance: 200
Philippines 2–0 Mongolia
Caligdong 43'
P. Younghusband 90+4'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Chinese Taipei 5–2 Laos
Lin Cheng-yi 10'
Chang Han 22', 56'
Chen Po-Liang 44'
Lo Chih-An 49'		 Report Thongkhen 65'
Syvilay 73'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ng Chiu Kok (Hong Kong)
Cambodia 3–1 Macau
El Nasa 48', 53'
Laboravy 59'		 Report Leong Ka Hang 80'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

Second leg
Afghanistan 2–0 Bhutan
Nadeem 61'
Kohistani 65'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hedayat Mombini (Iran)

Afghanistan win 5–0 on aggregate

Mongolia 2–1 Philippines
Lkhümbengarav 22'
Garidmagnai 35'		 Report J. Younghusband 4'
Attendance: 3,000

Philippines win 3–2 on aggregate

Laos 1–1 Chinese Taipei
Vongchiengkham 82' Report Chen Po-Liang 65'
Attendance: 15,300
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

Chinese Taipei win 6–3 on aggregate

Macau 3–2 (a.e.t.) Cambodia
Vernon 62'
Leong Ka Hang 73'
Vinício 75'		 Report Borey 45+2'
El Nasa 107'
Attendance: 100

Cambodia win 5–4 on aggregate

Qualifying group stage

In the group stage, the 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams each playing a single round-robin tournament (league system).[3] This included the 12 highest ranked automatically qualified teams and the four qualifiers from the playoff round. The original match days were 20–31 March 2011.[2] The top two teams in each group qualified for the final tournament. On 18 February 2011, the AFC announced that the hosts for each group were: Myanmar for Group A, Malaysia for Group B, Maldives for Group C, and Nepal for Group D; with match dates on 21, 23 and 25 March 2011.[7]

However, for Group D, the All Nepal Football Association proposed the hosting rights since the end of December 2010, which the AFC had endorsed. The fixtures were also scheduled to take place from 21 to 25 March but on 7 February 2011 it was announced that the qualifiers had to be postponed due to the unavailability of the main stadium (Dasarath Rangasala Stadium) due to a wrestling event. The fixtures were then been set to 7 to 11 April 2011.[8][9]

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 are in following order:[3]

  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
 Palestine 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
 Philippines 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
 Bangladesh 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
 Myanmar 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: RSSSF
Myanmar 1–1 Philippines
Khin Maung Lwin 90+3' Report J. Younghusband 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Palestine 2–0 Bangladesh
Alyan 46', 65' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusain Mohamed (Bahrain)
Philippines 0–0 Palestine
Report
Attendance: 500
Bangladesh 2–0 Myanmar
Ahmed 10'
Komol 88'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Myanmar 1–3 Palestine
Zaw Htat Aung 25' (pen.) Report Alyan 39', 90'
Harbi 71'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusain Mohamed (Bahrain)
Bangladesh 0–3 Philippines
Report Araneta 41'
Guirado 55', 80'
Attendance: 200

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Turkmenistan 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Pakistan 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
Turkmenistan 3–0 Pakistan
Urazow 6'
Amanow 46'
Garadanow 86'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
India 3–0 Chinese Taipei
Lalpekhlua 32'
Chhetri 76'
Jewel 88'		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Pakistan 1–3 India
Mehmood 32' Report Lalpekhlua 67', 90+4'
Dias 90'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mohammad Al Rshidat (Jordan)
Chinese Taipei 0–2 Turkmenistan
Report Şamyradow 73'
Hangeldiýew 76'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Viktor Serazitdinov (Uzbekistan)
Turkmenistan 1–1 India
Çoňkaýew 52' (pen.) Report Lalpekhlua 60'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Chinese Taipei 0–2 Pakistan
Report Mehmood 26'
Bashir 67'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mohammad Al Rshaidat (Jordan)

Group C
  • Times are Maldives Time (MVT) – UTC+5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Maldives 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Tajikistan 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Kyrgyzstan 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
 Cambodia 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: RSSSF
Tajikistan 1–0 Kyrgyzstan
R. Sydykov 88' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mohammed Mohamed (UAE)
Maldives 4–0 Cambodia
Naseer 2'
Ashfaq 41', 84', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Zhao Liang (China PR)
Kyrgyzstan 1–2 Maldives
Abdul Ghani 87' (o.g.) Report Ali 5'
Qasim 79'
Attendance: 9,000
Cambodia 0–3 Tajikistan
Report Davronov 2'
Ergashev 83'
Rabimov 89'
Attendance: 550
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Tajikistan 0–0 Maldives
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Mohammed Mohamed (UAE)
Cambodia 3–4 Kyrgyzstan
Sokumpheak 39', 49'
Rithy 89'		 Report A. Sydykov 5'
Usanov 45+1'
Esenkul Uulu 80', 85'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zhao Liang (China PR)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9
   Nepal 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
 Afghanistan 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
 Sri Lanka 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: RSSSF
North Korea 4–0 Sri Lanka
Choe Kum-Chol 2', 47'
Ri Chol-Myong 5'
Pak Nam-Chol 21'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Afghanistan 0–1   Nepal
Report Khawas 27'
Attendance: 9,100
Nepal   0–1 North Korea
Report Jong Il-Gwan 31'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Sri Lanka 0–1 Afghanistan
Report Hadid 82'
Attendance: 1,800
Nepal   0–0 Sri Lanka
Report
Attendance: 13,500
North Korea 2–0 Afghanistan
Choe Kum-Chol 45+1'
Ri Chol-Myong 68'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000

Qualifiers

The following eight teams qualified for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup held from 8 to 19 March 2012 in Nepal:[10]

Goalscorers
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Ruslan Sydykov (playing against Tajikistan)
  • Assad Abdul Ghani (playing against Kyrgyzstan)

References
  1. "No direct entry for 2012 AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  2. "2012 AFC Challenge Cup draw results". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  3. "AFC Challenge Cup 2012 (Qualifiers) Competition Regulations" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  4. "Afghanistan, Bhutan tie in India". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  5. Henson, Joaquin (4 January 2011). "PFF readying Panaad for Challenge Cup". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  6. Galunan Jr., Jerome S. (8 January 2011). "Mongolian XI insists on home and away". Sun.Star. Bacolod. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  7. "AFC CC 2012 qualifying hosts confirmed". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  8. Timalsina, Prakash (31 December 2010). "Nepal to host AFC Challenge Cup group". My Republica. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  9. "AFC Challenge Cup date postponed". Goal Nepal. 7 February 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  10. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2012 (Men)" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
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