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2008 AFC Challenge Cup

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2008 AFC Challenge Cup
BERJAYA
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates30 July – 13 August
Venues3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBERJAYA India (1st title)
Runners-upBERJAYA Tajikistan
Third placeBERJAYA North Korea
Fourth placeBERJAYA Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored41 (2.56 per match)
Attendance15,900 (994 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Pak Song-chol
(6 goals)
Best playerIndia Bhaichung Bhutia
← 2006
2010 →

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.[1] India was also the winner of the fair play award and the India captain Bhaichung Bhutia won the most valuable player award.

Chinese Taipei was originally designated the host, but could not guarantee it would meet the AFC's standards for hosting the tournament.[2] Thailand was first chosen as host but withdrew due to lack of time to prepare.[3] The Philippines also was to take over as host with matches to be played in Bacolod in May 2008 but the plan failed to materialized.[4]

The winners of the 2008 and 2010 competitions will qualify directly for the 2011 Asian Cup. As a result, India qualified for the AFC Asian Cup, the first time since 1984.[5][6][7] This competition is exclusive to members of the emerging nations class of the AFC. However, in the previous edition, Bangladesh and India were invited from the developing nations class – Bangladesh actually hosting the tournament, and India sending their under-20 team. India and Bangladesh have again been invited for the 2008 edition of the tournament, along with North Korea, Myanmar and Turkmenistan who are also a part of the developing nations class.

Laos withdrew from the competition on 2 May 2008.[8] Palestine withdrew from the competition on 14 May 2008.[9]

Due to the poor conditions of the pitch at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, the AFC moved the majority of the matches to another venue. It was decided that ten matches would be played at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, and two at the LBS Stadium.[10] Due to incessant rains in Hyderabad in the days leading up to the final, the AFC changed the venue of the final and the third place play-off to the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.[11]

Tournament

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Qualification saw the top team from each of the four qualification groups qualify for the tournament proper, bringing the total number of participating teams in the centralized finals to eight. In addition, India (tournament hosts), Korea DPR, Turkmenistan and Myanmar qualified automatically. Mongolia and Timor-Leste decided not to take part.[12]

Seeding

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Bold Type – qualified teams, Italics – withdrawn teams

  1. BERJAYA North Korea
  2. BERJAYA Turkmenistan
  3. BERJAYA India
  4. BERJAYA Myanmar
  5. BERJAYA Tajikistan
  6. BERJAYA Sri Lanka
  7. BERJAYA   Nepal
  8. BERJAYA Kyrgyzstan
  9. BERJAYA Palestine (Withdrew 14 May 2008)
  10. BERJAYA Chinese Taipei
  11. BERJAYA Bangladesh
  12. BERJAYA Brunei
  13. BERJAYA Pakistan
  14. BERJAYA Cambodia
  15. BERJAYA Philippines
  16. BERJAYA Afghanistan
  17. BERJAYA Bhutan
  18. BERJAYA Macau
  19. BERJAYA Guam
  20. BERJAYA Laos (Withdrew 2 May 2008)

Venues

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Hyderabad New Delhi
Gachibowli Athletic Stadium Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Ambedkar Stadium
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 20,000
BERJAYA BERJAYA BERJAYA

Qualification

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The following teams qualified for the final tournament:

Squads

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Officials

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Referees
Assistant Referees
  • Australia Silk Denis John
  • China Han Wei
  • India Cheruvathur Kurian Shaji
  • Malaysia Saadon Bin Mohamad
  • Oman Al Qasmi Ali Ahmed Ali
  • Qatar Mohammad Jaber A. H. Dharman
  • Singapore Chia Eng Wah John
  • Syria Tamam Hamdoun

Group stage

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All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30

Key to colours in group tables
Top two placed teams advance to the semi-finals

Tie-breaking criteria

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Where two or more teams end the group stage with the same number of points, their ranking is determined by the following criteria:

  1. points earned in the matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in all group matches;
  5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. kicks from the penalty mark (if only two teams are level and they are both on the field of play);
  7. fewer yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
  8. drawing of lots by the organising committee.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
BERJAYA India (H) 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
BERJAYA Tajikistan 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
BERJAYA Turkmenistan 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4
BERJAYA Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: Report
(H) Hosts
India BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Afghanistan
Lawrence BERJAYA 90+2' AFC
Attendance: 300
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Tajikistan BERJAYA1–1BERJAYA India
Rabiev BERJAYA 11' AFC Tuychiev red-colored football 61' (o.g.)
Attendance: 350
Afghanistan BERJAYA0–5BERJAYA Turkmenistan
AFC Öwekow BERJAYA 1', 41', 77', 80'
Krendelev BERJAYA 23'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)
Turkmenistan BERJAYA1–2BERJAYA India
Orazmämmedow BERJAYA 84' AFC Bhutia BERJAYA 54', 80'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Khalid Al-Senan (UAE)
Afghanistan BERJAYA0–4BERJAYA Tajikistan
AFC Rabiev BERJAYA 14', 44', 56'
Tukhtasunov BERJAYA 39'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
BERJAYA North Korea 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9
BERJAYA Myanmar 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
BERJAYA   Nepal 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
BERJAYA Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: Report
North Korea BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA Sri Lanka
Madushka Peiris red-colored football 5' (o.g.)
Pak Song-chol BERJAYA 9', 27'		 AFC
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)
Myanmar BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA   Nepal
Yazar Win Thein BERJAYA 66'
Myo Min Tun BERJAYA 76'
Soe Myat Min BERJAYA 86'		 AFC
Attendance: 150
Referee: Khalid Al-Senan (UAE)
Nepal   BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA North Korea
AFC Pak Song-chol BERJAYA 39'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
North Korea BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Myanmar
Ro Hak-su BERJAYA 15' AFC
Attendance: 100
Nepal   BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA Sri Lanka
Sahukhala BERJAYA 14'
J.M. Rai BERJAYA 55'
K.C. Anjan BERJAYA 68'		 AFC
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ali Saleem (Maldives)

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 August – Hyderabad
 
 
BERJAYA India1
 
13 August – New Delhi
 
BERJAYA Myanmar0
 
BERJAYA India4
 
7 August – Hyderabad
 
BERJAYA Tajikistan1
 
BERJAYA North Korea0
 
 
BERJAYA Tajikistan1
 
Third place
 
 
13 August – New Delhi
 
 
BERJAYA North Korea4
 
 
BERJAYA Myanmar0

Semi-finals

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India BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Myanmar
Chhetri BERJAYA 82' AFC
Attendance: 1,500
North Korea BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Tajikistan
AFC Mukhidinov BERJAYA 39'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Third place play-off

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Myanmar BERJAYA0–4BERJAYA North Korea
AFC Pak Song-chol BERJAYA 10', 12', 44' (pen.)
Ro Hak-su BERJAYA 53'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Khalid Al-Senan (UAE)

Final

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India BERJAYA4–1BERJAYA Tajikistan
Chhetri BERJAYA 9', 23', 75'
Bhutia BERJAYA 18'		 AFC Fatkhuloev BERJAYA 44'
Attendance: 10,000

Winner

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 2008 AFC Challenge Cup champions 
BERJAYA
India
First title

Awards

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Fair Play Award Golden Shoe Most Valuable Player
BERJAYA India North Korea Pak Song-chol India Bhaichung Bhutia

Goalscorers

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Team statistics

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This table shows all team performance. Matches that ended in a penalty shoot out are counted as draws

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Reached the knockout stage
1BERJAYA India 541093+6
2BERJAYA Tajikistan 522175+2
3BERJAYA North Korea 540191+8
4BERJAYA Myanmar 520367-1
Eliminated in the group stage
5BERJAYA Turkmenistan 311162+4
6BERJAYA   Nepal 310234−1
7BERJAYA Sri Lanka 300319−8
8BERJAYA Afghanistan 3003010−10

Source:[13]

References

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  1. ↑ The Roon Ba News, 17 December 2007 Archived 28 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Thailand replaces Taiwan as 2008 Challenge Cup host". Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "India almost set to host Asian Challenge Cup". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Tupas, Cedelf (18 February 2008). "Asian Challenge Cup in Bacolod uncertain". The Visayan Daily Star. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "'There was no way we could lose the AFC Challenge Cup final,' recollects Steven Dias". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Basu, Jaydeep (14 August 2008). "Indians tear Tajiks apart". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "India win AFC Challenge Cup". Rediff.com. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Laos withdraws from Challenge Cup". Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
  9. ↑ "Palestine withdraws from Challenge Cup". Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  10. ↑ "AFC Challenge Cup Venues Changed". Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008.
  11. ↑ AFC Challenge Cup final shifted
  12. ↑ AFC Asian Cup 2011 and AFC Challenge Cup 2008: AFC announces seedings and revised qualification process Archived 23 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ "AFC Challenge Cup 2008". Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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