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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.

• A playoff between the 19th and 20th ranked entrants (Mongolia and Macau)
• 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 Afghanistan, the ranking of second-placed teams excluded results of any matches against fourth-placed sides.

Seeding

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

 Laos,  East Timor 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.

Macau	2–0	Mongolia
Chan Kin Seng 22' Leong Chong In 24'	Report

Mongolia	3–1	Macau
Altankhuyag 55' Geofredo 77' (o.g.) Lkhümbengarav 89'	Report	Chan Kin Seng 39'

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. 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. 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.

Group A

• Matches played in Bangladesh.
• Times listed are UTC+6.

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

Myanmar	4–0	Macau
Khin Maung Lwin 3' Yazar Win Thein 15' Pyaye Phyo Oo 48' Myo Min Tun 59'	Report

Cambodia	0–1	Bangladesh
	Report	Enamul 73'

Macau	1–2	Cambodia
Che Chi Man 75'	Report	Vathanak 12' Sokngon 66'

Bangladesh	1–2	Myanmar
Enamul 12'	Report	Pai Soe 68', 77'

Myanmar	1–0	Cambodia
Yazar Win Thein 90+4'	Report

Bangladesh	3–0	Macau
Mamunul 38' Zahid 68', 71'	Report

Group B

• Matches played in the Maldives.
• Times listed are UTC+5.

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

Turkmenistan	3–1	Maldives
Nasyrow 42' Şamyradow 49' Mirzoýew 68' (pen.)	Report	Fazeel 61' (pen.)

Philippines	1–0	Bhutan
Gould 13'	Report

Maldives	3–2	Philippines
Fazeel 26' (pen.) Ashfaq 45' Naseer 82'	Report	Borromeo 11' Gould 90+2'

Bhutan	0–7	Turkmenistan
	Report	Ataýew 13', 67', 79' Çoňkaýew 16' Urazow 47' Mingazow 62' Mirzoýew 90+3'

Turkmenistan	5–0	Philippines
Del Rosario 26' (o.g.) Şamyradow 54', 63' Nasyrow 58' Urazow 65'	Report

Bhutan	0–5	Maldives
	Report	Ashfaq 4' 36' Fazeel 45+1' (pen.), 47' Umair 80'

Group C

• Matches played in Nepal.
• Times listed are UTC+5:45.

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

Tie-breaking situation:

• Kyrgyzstan ranked ahead of Nepal and Palestine on the basis of goals scored.
• Nepal ranked ahead of Palestine on the basis of a better disciplinary record (Nepal 1 yellow card - Palestine 3 yellow cards).

Nepal	0–0	Palestine
	Report

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Nepal
Murzaev 86' (pen.)	Report	Maharjan 2'

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Palestine
Murzaev 20' (pen.)	Report	Al-Sobakhi 29'

Group D

• Matches played in Sri Lanka.
• Times listed are UTC+5:30.

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

Sri Lanka	5–1	Brunei
Jayasuriya 23', 53', 67', 73' A. Mohamed 32'	Report	Kamarul 82'

Pakistan	1–1	Chinese Taipei
A. Ahmed 53'	Report	Chang Han 21'

Brunei	0–6	Pakistan
	Report	S. Khan 19', 61', 68', 78' J. Khan 31' A. Ahmed 84'

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Sri Lanka
Huang Wei-yi 80'	Report	Jayasuriya 35' Ruwanthilake 39'

Chinese Taipei	5–0	Brunei
Chen Po-liang 11', 13', 58' Huang Wei-yi 30' Kuo Chun-yi 80'	Report

Sri Lanka	2–2	Pakistan
Ruwanthilake 2' S. Sanjeev 88'	Report	S. Khan 82' Bashir 84'

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

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• Bangladesh ranked ahead of the Maldives on the basis of goal difference.
• Pakistan ranked ahead of Nepal on the basis of goals scored.

Final tournament

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

Qualifiers

The eight teams that qualified for the final tournament are:

•  India U23 – automatic qualifier
•  North Korea – automatic qualifier
•  Tajikistan – automatic qualifier
•  Myanmar – winner Group A
•  Turkmenistan – winner Group B
•  Kyrgyzstan – winner Group C
•  Sri Lanka – winner Group D
•  Bangladesh – best runner-up

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

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Safiullah Khan
• Kasun Jayasuriya

4 goals

• Ibrahim Fazeel

3 goals

• Chen Po-liang
• Ali Ashfaq
• Döwletmyrat Ataýew
• Berdi Şamyradow

2 goals

• Enamul Haque
• Mohammed Zahid Hossain
• Huang Wei-yi
• Mirlan Murzaev
• Chan Kin Seng
• Pai Soe
• Yazar Win Thein
• Adnan Ahmed
• Chad Gould
• Rohana Ruwanthilake
• Arif Mirzoýew
• Mekan Nasyrow
• Didargylyç Urazow

1 goal

• Mohd Mamunul Islam
• Kamarul Ariffin Ramlee
• Keo Sokngon
• Teab Vathanak
• Chang Han
• Kuo Chun-yi
• Che Chi Man
• Leong Chong In
• Mukhthar Naseer
• Mohamed Umair
• Murun Altankhuyag
• Donorovyn Lkhümbengarav
• Khin Maung Lwin
• Myo Min Tun
• Pyae Phyo Oo
• Biraj Maharjan
• Atif Bashir
• Jadid Khan Pathan
• Said Al-Sobakhi
• Alexander Borromeo
• Asmeer Lathif Mohamed
• Shanmugarajah Sanjeev
• Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
• Ruslan Mingazow

Own goal

• Geofredo (playing against Mongolia)
• Anton del Rosario (playing against Turkmenistan)

References

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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.
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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