The qualification phase for the

2008 AFC Challenge Cup The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was organised by AFC and was hosted by India. The tournament was played from 30 July – 13 August 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan. India was also the winner of the fair play award an ...

saw four teams advance to the finals to join four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in India. Qualification was held from 2 April to 28 May 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, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

, and

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...

in the final round.

Seedings

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8. 9. (Withdrew 14 May 2008)
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12. 13.
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16. 17.
18.
19.
20. (Withdrew 2 May 2008) The draw for the qualification groups was made on 18 January 2008 at AFC House in

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Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

Qualification

Group A

*Matches played in

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Group B

*Matches played in

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and Barotac Nuevo,

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Group C

*Matches played in

Bishkek Bishkek, formerly known as Pishpek (until 1926), and then Frunze (1926–1991), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek is also the administrative centre of the Chüy Region. Bishkek is situated near the Kazakhstan ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

withdrew on 2 May. ---- ----

Group D

*Matches played in

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

withdrew on 14 May. ---- ----

Final tournament

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

Qualifiers

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

Goalscorers

;5 goals * Kasun Jayasuriya ;3 goals * Ju Manu Rai * Muhammad Qasim * Channa Ediri Bandanage * Numonjon Hakimov * Yusuf Rabiev ;2 goals * Nuth Sinoun *

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* Zachary Pangelinan * Che Chi Man * Jamshed Anwar * Nimal Dehiwalage * Chathura Maduranga Siyaguna ;1 goal *

Ata Yamrali Ata Yamrali (born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for the Afghanistan national team, scoring 3 goals. Early life Yamrali was born in Kabul ...

* Mohamed Hasan Ameli * Nawang Dendup * Passang Tshering * Khayrun Bin Salleh * Chan Rithy *

Chen Po-liang Chen Po-liang (; born 11 August 1988) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Qingdao West Coast F.C., Qingdao West Coast. He is also captain of the Chinese Taipei natio ...

* Chiang Shih-lu * Huang Wei-yi *

Lo Chih-an Lo Chih-an (; born 28 December 1988) 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 ...

* Tsai Hsien-tang * Christopher Mendiola * Roman Kornilov * Ruslan Sydykov * Chan Kin Seng * Sandip Rai ;1 goal * Adnan Ahmed * Tanveer Ahmed * Mohammad Essa * Zahid Hameed * Michael Masih * Abdul Rehman *

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* Chad Gould *

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* Sabras Mohamed * Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov ;Own goal * Pema Rinchen (playing against

) *

(playing against

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) * Iltaf Ahmed (playing against

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)

References

External links

AFC Website
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