The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup was the third edition of the tournament which was held from 16–27 February 2010 in

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. India, the defending champions, fielded their under-23 team for this tournament in preparation for the

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later that year. The champions,

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, qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup.

Qualification

The finals saw three automatic qualifiers joined by five teams from the qualification phase. Qualification consisted of two sections. * A playoff between the 19th and 20th ranked entrants (

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and

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) * Four qualification groups for four teams. Each group winner advanced to the finals, along with the best-ranked runner-up. Because of the withdrawal of

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the ranking of second-placed teams was excluded results of any matches against fourth-placed sides.

Qualifiers

Qualifiers for the final tournament were: * (Automatic Qualifier) * (Automatic Qualifier) * (Automatic Qualifier) * (Winner Qualification Group A) * (Winner Qualification Group B) * (Winner Qualification Group C) * (Winner Qualification Group D) * (Best Runner-up) The draw for the final tournament was held on 30 November 2009 at the Galadari Hotel in

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Venues

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup.

Squads

Group stage

All times are Sri Lanka Time (SLT) – UTC+5:30

Tie-breaking criteria

Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria: # points earned in the matches between the teams concerned; # goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned; # number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; # goal difference in all group matches; # number of goals scored in all group matches; # kicks from the penalty mark (if only two teams are level and they are both on the field of play); # fewer yellow and red cards received in the group matches; # drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winner

Awards

Goalscorers

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;3 goals * Choe Chol-man ;2 goals * Pai Soe * Choe Myong-ho * Pak Song-chol * Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev * Numonjon Hakimov * Yusuf Rabiev * Ibrahim Rabimov * Mämmedaly Garadanow ;1 goal * Enamul Hoque * Mohamed Zahid Hossain * Atiqur Rahman Meshu * Denzil Franco * Ildar Amirov * Anton Zemlianuhin * Kyaw Thiha * Myo Min Tun * Tun Tun Win * Yan Paing * Kim Seong-yong * Pak Kwang-ryong * Ri Chol-myong * Philip Dalpethado * Chathura Gunarathna * Shafraz Kaiz * S. Sanjeev * Arslanmyrat Amanow * Begli Nurmyradow *

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Notes

References

External links

AFC Challenge Cup 2010
at The-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:AFC Challenge Cup, 2010

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