The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase saw five teams advance to the finals to join three automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in Sri Lanka.

Qualification consisted of two sections.

Seeding

Seeding was based partially on the FIFA World Ranks as at January 2009 (ranking shown in brackets).

Automatic Qualifiers Group Hosts Other Teams
  1.  Turkmenistan (149)
  2.  Myanmar (158)
  3.  Kyrgyzstan (159)
  4.  Philippines (162)
  5.  Pakistan (165)
  6.  Chinese Taipei (166)
  7.  Cambodia (179)
  8.  Palestine (180)
  9.  Brunei (182)
  10.  Afghanistan (184)
  11.  Bhutan (189)
  12.  Mongolia (193)
  13.  Macau (197)

 Laos,  Timor-Leste and  Guam chose not to compete. Afghanistan withdrew prior to their first match.

Qualifying preliminary round

Moved from originally scheduled dates of 7 March and 14 March due to conflict with the qualification for the 2010 East Asian Football Championship.[2]

Macau 2–0 Mongolia
Chan Kin Seng 22'
Leong Chong In 24'		 Report
Estádio Campo Desportivo, Macau
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Mongolia 3–1 Macau
Altankhuyag 55'
Geofredo 77' (o.g.)
Lkhümbengarav 89'		 Report Chan Kin Seng 39'
MFF Football Centre, Ulan Bator
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

3–3 on aggregate. Macau advanced to the group phase on the away goals rule.

Qualifying group stage

Qualification was officially scheduled to take place from 2–13 April 2009, although the actual dates began before and extended beyond that.[3] Each qualification group was held in a single location - Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka hosting their respective groups.

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 were in following order:[1]

  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
 Myanmar 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Bangladesh 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 Cambodia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
 Macau 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: RSSSF
Myanmar 4–0 Macau
Khin Maung Lwin 3'
Yazar Win Thein 15'
Pyaye Phyo Oo 48'
Myo Min Tun 59'		 Report
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Cambodia 0–1 Bangladesh
Report Enamul 73'
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 8,060
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)
Macau 1–2 Cambodia
Che Chi Man 75' Report Vathanak 12'
Sokngon 66'
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Bangladesh 1–2 Myanmar
Enamul 12' Report Pai Soe 68', 77'
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Hajime Matsuo (Japan)
Myanmar 1–0 Cambodia
Yazar Win Thein 90+4' Report
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)
Bangladesh 3–0 Macau
Mamunul 38'
Zahid 68', 71'		 Report
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 8,700
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Turkmenistan 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9
 Maldives 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
 Philippines 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
 Bhutan 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: RSSSF
Turkmenistan 3–1 Maldives
Nasyrow 42'
Şamyradow 49'
Mirzoýew 68' (pen.)		 Report Fazeel 61' (pen.)
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Philippines 1–0 Bhutan
Gould 13' Report
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
Maldives 3–2 Philippines
Fazeel 26' (pen.)
Ashfaq 45'
Naseer 82'		 Report Borromeo 11'
Gould 90+2'
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Bhutan 0–7 Turkmenistan
Report Ataýew 13', 67', 79'
Çoňkaýew 16'
Urazow 47'
Mingazow 62'
Mirzoýew 90+3'
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 300
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Turkmenistan 5–0 Philippines
Del Rosario 26' (o.g.)
Şamyradow 54', 63'
Nasyrow 58'
Urazow 65'		 Report
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 400
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafary (Jordan)
Bhutan 0–5 Maldives
Report Ashfaq 4' 36'
Fazeel 45+1' (pen.), 47'
Umair 80'
Galolhu National Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kyrgyzstan 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
   Nepal 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Palestine 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Afghanistan (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RSSSF
(W) Withdrew on 24 March 2009[4]

Tie-breaking situation:

Nepal   0–0 Palestine
Report
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
Kyrgyzstan 1–1   Nepal
Murzaev 86' (pen.) Report Maharjan 2'
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yadollah Jahanbazi (Iran)
Kyrgyzstan 1–1 Palestine
Murzaev 20' (pen.) Report Al-Sobakhi 29'
Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7
 Pakistan 3 1 2 0 9 3 +6 5
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
 Brunei 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: RSSSF
Sri Lanka 5–1 Brunei
Jayasuriya 23', 53', 67', 73'
A. Mohamed 32'		 Report Kamarul 82'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: 700
Referee: Zhao Liang (China PR)
Pakistan 1–1 Chinese Taipei
A. Ahmed 53' Report Chang Han 21'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: 400
Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)
Brunei 0–6 Pakistan
Report S. Khan 19', 61', 68', 78'
J. Khan 31'
A. Ahmed 84'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dilovarshokh Orzuev (Tajikistan)
Chinese Taipei 1–2 Sri Lanka
Huang Wei-yi 80' Report Jayasuriya 35'
Ruwanthilake 39'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia)
Chinese Taipei 5–0 Brunei
Chen Po-liang 11', 13', 58'
Huang Wei-yi 30'
Kuo Chun-yi 80'		 Report
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Khalid Al-Zahrani (Saudi Arabia)
Sri Lanka 2–2 Pakistan
Ruwanthilake 2'
S. Sanjeev 88'		 Report S. Khan 82'
Bashir 84'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Vladislav Tseytlin (Uzbekistan)

Ranking of second placed teams

The best-ranked second placed team also qualified for the finals tournament.

Due to Afghanistan's withdrawal from Group C, matches against fourth-placed sides in the other groups were excluded from the following comparison.

Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
A  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
B  Maldives 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
D  Pakistan 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
C    Nepal 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Source: RSSSF

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

Final tournament

The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, was eventually held from 16–27 February in Sri Lanka.[5]

Qualifiers

The eight teams that qualified for the final tournament are:

The draw for the final tournament was done on 30 November 2009 at the Galadri Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka.[6]

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ^ a b "Regulations - AFC Challenge Cup 2010 (Qualifiers)" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
  2. ^ "2009 Draft Activity Plan" (PDF). MacauFA.com (in Chinese). Macau Football Association. 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
  3. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2009" (PDF). The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2008-09-15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  4. ^ "Afc challenge cup qualifiers:Afghanistan pull out". The Himalayan Times. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka to host 2010 AFC Challenge Cup". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-10-02. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  6. ^ "AFC Challenge Cup draw on November 30". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2009-11-05.
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