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The 2010 AFC Challenge Cup
AFC Challenge Cup
The AFC Challenge Cup is an international football competition for emerging nations that are members of the Asian Football Confederation. The first tournament was hosted by Bangladesh in 2006...

was the third edition of the tournament which was held from 16–27 February 2010 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

. India, the defending champions, fielded their under-23 team

India national under-23 football team

The India U-23 is the national team which represents India at U-23 level. India U-23 participated in Asian Games. They are also a dominant force in South Asian Games.-2012 Olympics:...

for this tournament in preparation for the 2010 Asian Games

Football at the 2010 Asian Games

Football at the 2010 Asian Games was being held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 7 to 25, 2010. The opening match was played 5 days prior to the opening ceremony...

later that year. The champions, North Korea, qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup

2011 AFC Asian Cup

The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...

Qualification

The finals will see 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 (Mongolia
Mongolia national football team
The Mongolian national football team represents the republic of Mongolia in international football under the Mongolian Football Federation. Founded in 1959 the association was inactive between 1960 and 1998 when the team did not feature in any international fixtures...

and Macau
Macau national football team
The Macau football team represents the Chinese special administrative region of Macau in international association football. The team is supervised by the Macau Football Association . The Macau football team has a ranking that is one of the lowest among the FIFA members...

)
Four qualification groups for four teams. Each group winner will advance to the finals, along with the best-ranked runner-up. Because of the withdrawal of Afghanistan
Afghanistan national football team
The Afghanistan national football team is the national team of Afghanistan and is controlled by the Afghanistan Football Federation. The national team was founded in 1922 that joined FIFA in 1948 and the AFC in 1954...

the ranking of second-placed teams will exclude results of any matches against fourth-placed sides.

Qualifiers

Qualifiers for the final tournament are: (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 Galadri Hotel in Colombo

Colombo

Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo...

, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Match officials

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

Referees	Assistant Referees
Nawaf Abdulla Ghayyath Tan Hai Alireza Faghani Alireza Faghani Alireza Faghani is a Football referee in Iran who has been refing in Iran's Pro League for two seasons and has been on the international list since 2009.... Hajime Matsuo Andre El Haddad Andre El Haddad Andre El Haddad is a FIFA registered referee since 2007.He has officiated several international and continental competitions, most notably the controversial 2014 World Cup Qualifiers third round match between China and Singapore.- AFC Champions League :Andre El Haddad started officiating AFC... Chaiya Mahapab Mukhtar Al-Yarimi	Ebrahim Mubarak Sabt Moosa Saleh Huo Weiming Cheruvathur Kurian Shaji Morteza Karimi Toshiyuki Nagi Ahmad El Kawas Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud Hamed Sulaiman Marhoun Al Mayahi Shqran Hussein Omer

Group stage

All times are Sri Lanka Time
Sri Lanka Time
Sri Lanka Standard Time is the time zone for Sri Lanka. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT/UTC .The Sri Lanka Time reverted on 15 April 2006 to match Indian Standard Time calculated from the Allahabad Observatory in India 82.5 ° longitude East of Greenwich, the reference point for...

(SLT) - UTC+5:30
UTC+5:30
UTC+05:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30. This time is used in:-See also:*Indian Standard Time*Madras Time*Sri Lanka Time*Bangladesh*Nepal...

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

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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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	0	1	7	3
6
	3	2	0	1	6	4
6
	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

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Group B

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	8	1
7
	3	2	1	0	3	1
7
	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

Fair Play Award			Golden Shoe			Most Valuable Player
			Ryang Yong-Gi Ryang Yong-Gi Ryang Yong-Gi is a Japanese-born North Korean footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai in the J. League Division 1.Ryang is captain of his club where he is a creative midfielder....			Ryang Yong-Gi Ryang Yong-Gi Ryang Yong-Gi is a Japanese-born North Korean footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai in the J. League Division 1.Ryang is captain of his club where he is a creative midfielder....

Goalscorers

4 goals Ryang Yong-Gi

Ryang Yong-Gi

Ryang Yong-Gi is a Japanese-born North Korean footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai in the J. League Division 1.Ryang is captain of his club where he is a creative midfielder....

3 goals Choe Chol-Man

Choe Chol-Man

Choe Chol-Man is a North Korean international football player.Choe has made six appearances for the Korea DPR national football team in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.-Goals for Senior National Team:-References:...

2 goals Choe Myong-Ho

Choe Myong-Ho

Choe Myong-Ho is a North Korean footballer, who currently plays for Pyongyang City Sports Group.-Career:...

Pak Song-Chol

Pak Song-Chol is a North Korean international football player.Pak has appeared for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup rounds. He also played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup....

Pai Soe Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev

Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev

Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for Esteghlal Dushanbe. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. He also joined the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External...

Numonjon Hakimov Yusuf Rabiev

Yusuf Rabiev

Yusuf Rabiev is an Tajik professional football player. The forward is playing for the Tajik Champions Esteghlal Dushanbe and is also part of the Tajik national team....

Ibrahim Rabimov

Ibrahim Rabimov is a Tajikistani footballer who is a midfielder for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:*...

Mämmedaly Garadanow
1 goal Enamul Hoque Mohammed Zahid Hossain Rahaman Meshu Denzil Franco

Denzil Franco

Denzil Franco is an Indian football player who currently plays for Churchill Brothers S.C. in the I-League.-Churchill Brothers:Franco transferred from disbanded Mahindra United to Churchill Brothers S.C. during the transfer window before the 2010-11 I-League season...

1 goal Kim Seong-Yong

Kim Seong-Yong

Kim Seong-Yong is a Japanese-born North Korean striker who currently plays for Japanese club Kyoto Sanga F.C.. He was named as one of the North Korean squad for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup...

Pak Kwang-Ryong

Pak Kwang-ryong is a North Korean football player currently playing for FC Basel in Swiss Super League.Pak joined Basel on 27 June 2011 from FC Wil 1900. He played for the club in the Uhrencup during July 2011 and scored a goal in the 2-1 win against West Ham United on the 13 July 2011...

Ri Chol-Myong

Ri Chol-Myong is a North Korean international football player. He plays for Pyongyang City in the DPR Korea League....

Ildar Amirov

Ildar Amirov is a Kyrgyzstani footballer who is a striker for Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn. He is a member of the Kyrgyzstan national football team.-External links:**...

Anton Zemlianuhin Kyaw Thi Ha Myo Min Tun Tun Tun Win Yan Paing

Yan Paing

Yan Paing born 27 November 1983 in Yangon) is a Burmese footballer who plays for the Myanmar national football team. He also plays with in Myanmar National League. Yan Paing is a key striker for the Myanmar National Team and Yadanabon FC...

Philip Dalpethado Mohammed Kaiz Sanjeev Shanmugarajah Chathura Wellala Hettige Arslanmyrat Amanow

Arslanmyrat Amanow

Arslanmyrat Amanow is a Turkmen footballer playing currently for HTTU Aşgabat. He scored in the game against Tajikistan in 2010 AFC Challenge Cup Semi final.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:...

Begli Nurmyradow

Begli Nurmyradow is a Turkmen footballer playing currently for HTTU Aşgabat. He scored one critical goal in the game versus Kyrgyzstan in 2010 AFC Challenge Cup.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:...

Berdi Şamyradow

Berdimyrat Şamyradow is a professional Turkmen football player currently playing for HTTU Aşgabat. He is six-times top goalscorer of Ýokary Liga. In 2009, Şamyradow shattered the all-times Ýokary Liga topscorer title of Rejepmyrat Agabaýew...

Didargylyç Urazow

External links

AFC Challenge Cup 2010 at The-AFC.com

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