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The '''AFC Challenge Cup''' is a national [[football (soccer)|Football]] competition for emerging countries (those in the lowest (of three) categories as designed by the AFC president) that are members of the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]. The first tournament was held in [[2006]] in [[Bangladesh]].
{{Distinguish|AFC Challenge League}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| name = AFC Challenge Cup
| logo = AFC Challenge Cup.svg
| caption =
| organiser = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| related comps = [[AFC Solidarity Cup]]
| founded = {{start date and age|2006}}
| abolished = {{end date and age|2014}}
| region = [[Asia]]
| number of teams = 8 (final stage)
| current champions = {{fb|PLE}} (1st title)
| most successful team = {{fb|PRK}} (2 titles)
| website =
}}


The '''AFC Challenge Cup''' was an international [[Association football|football]] competition for [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC) member countries that were categorised as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/bangladesh_AFCCC2006_CompetitionsRegulations.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052359/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/bangladesh_AFCCC2006_CompetitionsRegulations.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 September 2018 |title=Regulations — AFC Challenge Cup |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |access-date=26 March 2012 |type=PDF }}</ref> It was created by former AFC president [[Mohammed Bin Hammam]] as the AFC's plan for a continent-wide programme to raise the standards of Asian football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/vision-asia-philosophy |title=Visiona Asian Philosophy |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |date=31 August 2007 |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016084949/http://www.the-afc.com/en/vision-asia-philosophy |archive-date=16 October 2012 }}</ref> The AFC Challenge Cup was created for teams to experience playing in a continental competition, with the possibility to win an AFC trophy and potentially discover new talents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/afc-challenge-cup-2006-competition-information |title=AFC Challenge Cup in 2006 competition information |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902105512/http://www.the-afc.com/en/challenge-cup-previous-competitions/afc-challenge-cup-2006/afc-challenge-cup-2006-competition-information |archive-date=2 September 2012 }}</ref>
==Summary of Finals==
===Asian Challenge Cup summaries===


The inaugural tournament was hosted by [[Bangladesh]] in 2006 and was held biennially. An amendment to men's national team competitions in July 2006, meant that starting with the 2008 and 2010 editions of the AFC Challenge Cup, the winners automatically qualify for the [[AFC Asian Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-championship-2008-previous-competitions/afc-u17-championship-2006/6468 |title=AFC Competitions Update following meeting of the AFC Executive Committee |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |date=21 July 2006 |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202081424/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-championship-2008-previous-competitions/afc-u17-championship-2006/6468 |archive-date=2 February 2014 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"

In the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup|2011]] and [[2015 AFC Asian Cup]] tournaments, two qualification spots have been allocated to the two most recent AFC Challenge Cup winners. The 2014 tournament was the last edition of this competition, due to the expansion of the Asian Cup to the 24-nations format from the 16-nations one after the 2015 edition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-departments/competitions-division/27547-revamp-of-afc-competitions.html |title=Revamp of AFC competitions |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |date=25 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203183006/http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-departments/competitions-division/27547-revamp-of-afc-competitions.html |archive-date=3 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-committees/1127-executive-committee/28166-exco-approves-expanded-afc-asian-cup-finals.html |title=ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |date=16 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175644/http://www.the-afc.com/en/about-afc/afc-committees/1127-executive-committee/28166-exco-approves-expanded-afc-asian-cup-finals.html |archive-date=16 April 2014 }}</ref> In April 2016, due to several associations requesting a new competition to replace the Challenge Cup as they were having problems arranging friendly matches, the AFC created the [[AFC Solidarity Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AFC Competitions Committee decisions|url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/afc-competitions-committee-decisions|website=www.the-afc.com|access-date=12 April 2016|date=12 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228175228/http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/afc-competitions-committee-decisions|archive-date=28 February 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_solidarity_cup/news/a_tournament_remembered_the_afc_challenge_cup.html|title=A tournament remembered: The AFC Challenge Cup|access-date=3 September 2022}}</ref>

==Selection of teams==
The [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] initially divided their 46 member nations into three groups in 2006. Although the tournament was meant for the countries of ''emerging associations'' class, some countries from the ''developing associations'' class have participated in the qualification and the finals of the tournament such as [[India national football team|India]], [[Maldives national football team|Maldives]], [[Myanmar national football team|Myanmar]], [[North Korea national football team|North Korea]], [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] and [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]]. As a result, only one team from the emerging class ever won the tournament, [[Palestine national football team|Palestine]] in [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]]. In late March 2012, the [[Northern Mariana Islands Football Association]], although only an associate member of the AFC, was approved to enter their national team in the competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/news/38458-afc-competitions-committee-takes-key-decisions |title=Competitions Committee takes key decisions |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802224922/http://www.the-afc.com/en/news/38458-afc-competitions-committee-takes-key-decisions |archive-date=2 August 2012 }}</ref> In November 2012, the AFC announced North Korea's exclusion from future AFC Challenge Cups.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/40629-maldives-to-host-2014-afc-challenge-cup |title=Maldives to host 2014 AFC Challenge Cup |publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]] |date=28 November 2012 |access-date=28 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201010111/http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/inside-afc/676-afc-news/40629-maldives-to-host-2014-afc-challenge-cup |archive-date=1 December 2012 }}</ref>

The top 15 are classed as ''developed associations'':
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* {{fb|AUS}}
* {{fb|BHR}}
* {{fb|CHN}}
* {{fb|IDN}}
* {{fb|IRN}}
* {{fb|IRQ}}
* {{fb|JPN}}
* {{fb|KUW}}
* {{fb|QAT}}
* {{fb|KSA}}
* {{fb|KOR}}
* {{fb|THA}}
* {{fb|UAE}}
* {{fb|UZB}}
* {{fb|VIE}}
{{div col end}}
The next 14 are classed as ''developing associations'':
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* {{fb|IND}}
* {{fb|BAN}}
* {{fb|HKG}}
* {{fb|JOR}}
* {{fb|LIB}}
* {{fb|MAS}}
* {{fb|MDV}}
* {{fb|MYA}}
* {{fb|PRK}}
* {{fb|OMA}}
* {{fb|SIN}}
* {{fb|SYR}}
* {{fb|TKM}}
* {{fb|YEM}}
{{div col end}}

[[File:AFC Challenge Cup Eligibility Map.svg|250px|thumb|right|{{legend|#5555ff|Eligible in the AFC Challenge Cup}}{{legend|#ff5555|Former participants}}]]
The last 17 are classed as ''emerging associations'', which need time to develop their football. They are eligible in the AFC Challenge Cup. These are the teams which participate:
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* {{fb|AFG|2013}}
* {{fb|BHU}}
* {{fb|BRU}}
* {{fb|CAM}}
* {{fb|TPE}}
* {{fb|GUM}}
* {{fb|KGZ}}
* {{fb|LAO}}
* {{fb|MAC}}
* {{fb|MGL}}
* {{fb|NEP}}
* {{fb|PAK}}
* {{fb|PLE}}
* {{fb|PHI}}
* {{fb|SRI}}
* {{fb|TJK}}
* {{fb|TLS}}
{{div col end}}

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
|-
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
! rowspan="2" width="05%" | Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Host
! colspan="3" | Final
|width=1% rowspan=22|
!colspan=3|Final
! rowspan="2" colspan="3" | Losing semi-finalists
|width=1% rowspan=22|
! rowspan="2" | Number of teams
!colspan=3|Semi Finalists
|-
|-
!width=15%|Winner
! width="15%" | Winner
!width=8%|Score
! width="08%" | Score
!width=15%|Runner-up
! width="15%" | Runner-up
!width=15%|
!width=8%|
!width=15%|

|-
|-
|[[2006]] <br /> ''[[AFC Challenge Cup 2006|Details]]''
| 2006<br>''[[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|Details]]''
|[[Bangladesh]]
| {{flagicon|BAN}} <br> [[Bangladesh]]
| '''{{fb-big|TJK}}'''
|[[Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg|30px]]<br />'''[[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]]'''
| '''[[2006 AFC Challenge Cup Final|4–0]]'''
|'''4 - 0'''
| {{fb-big|SRI}}
|[[Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg|30px]]<br />[[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka]]
| colspan="3" | {{fb|KGZ|1992}} and {{fb|NEP}}
|[[Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg|30px]]<br />[[Kyrgyzstan national football team|Kyrgyzstan]]
| 16
|'''and'''
|-
|[[Image:Flag of Nepal.svg|30px]]<br />[[Nepal national football team|Nepal]]
! rowspan="2" width="05%" | Year
! rowspan="2" width="10%" | Host
! colspan="3" | Final
! colspan="3" | Third place match
! rowspan="2" | Number of teams
|-
! width="15%" | Winner
! width="08%" | Score
! width="15%" | Runner-up
! width="15%" | Third place
! width="08%" | Score
! width="15%" | Fourth place
|-style="background:#D0E6FF;"
|2008<br>''[[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|Details]]''
| {{flagicon|IND}}<br>[[India]]
| '''{{fb-big|IND}}'''
| '''[[2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final|4–1]]'''
| {{fb-big|TJK}}
| {{fb-big|PRK}}
| '''4–0'''
| {{fb-big|MYA|1974}}
| 8
|-
| 2010<br>''[[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|Details]]''
| {{flagicon|SRI}}<br>[[Sri Lanka]]
| '''{{fb-big|PRK}}'''
| '''[[2010 AFC Challenge Cup Final|1–1]]''' ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])<br>(5–4 [[Penalty shootout (association football)|pens.]])
| {{fb-big|TKM}}
| {{fb-big|TJK}}
| '''1–0'''
| {{fb-big|MYA|1974}}
| 8
|-style="background:#D0E6FF;"
| 2012<br>''[[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|Details]]''
| {{flagicon|NEP}}<br>[[Nepal]]
| '''{{fb-big|PRK}}'''
| '''[[2012 AFC Challenge Cup Final|2–1]]'''
| {{fb-big|TKM}}
| {{fb-big|PHI}}
| '''4–3'''
| {{fb-big|PLE}}
| 8
|-
| 2014<br>''[[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|Details]]''
| {{flagicon|MDV}}<br>[[Maldives]]
| '''{{fb-big|PLE}}'''
| '''[[2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final|1–0]]'''
| {{fb-big|PHI}}
| {{fb-big|MDV}}
| '''1–1''' ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])<br>(8–7 [[Penalty shootout (association football)|pens.]])
| {{fb-big|AFG|2013}}
| 8
|-
|}


==Most successful teams==
|- style="background: #D0E6FF;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 80%; text-align: left;"
|[[TBC]]
|-
! width="20%" | Team
! width="15%" | Champion
! width="15%" | Runners-up
! width="15%" | Third place
! width="15%" | Fourth place
|-
| {{fb|PRK}}
| style="background:gold" | 2 ([[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]], [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]])
|
|
| 1 ([[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]])
|
|
|
|
|-
| {{fb|TJK}}
| style="background:gold" | 1 ([[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]])
| 1 ([[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]])
| 1 ([[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]])
|
|
|-
| {{fb|PLE}}
| style="background:gold" | 1 ([[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]])
|
|
|
|
|| 1 ([[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]])
|-
| {{fb|IND}}
| style="background:gold" | 1 ([[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]])
|
|
|
|-
| {{fb|TKM}}
|
| 2 ([[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]], [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]])
|
|
|-
| {{fb|PHI}}
|
| 1 ([[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]])
| 1 ([[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]])
|
|-
| {{fb|SRI}}
|
| 1 ([[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]])
|
|
|-
| {{fb|KGZ}}
|
|
| 1 ([[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006^]])
|
|-
| {{fb|NEP}}
|
|
| 1 ([[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006^]])
|
|-
| {{fb|MDV}}
|
|
| 1 ([[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]])
|
|-
| {{fb|MYA}}
|
|
|
| 2 ([[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]], [[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]])
|-
| {{fb|AFG|2013}}
|
|
|
| 1 ([[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]])
|-
|}

==Participating nations==
[[File:AFC Challenge Cup Appearances.svg|thumb|right|300px|The participating countries of the AFC Challenge Cup and their number of appearances in the tournament.<br>
{{legend|#00aaaa|4 appearances}}
{{legend|#00aa00|3 appearances}}
{{legend|#aaaa00|2 appearances}}
{{legend|#aa0000|1 appearance}}
{{legend|#000000|Never qualified}}
{{legend|#555555|Ineligible}}
{{legend|#bbbbbb|Not an associate member of AFC}}
]]

;Legend
{{plainlist|
{{col-begin|width=67%}}
{{col-2}}
* {{legend | 1=gold | 2= — Champion | outline=grey | text='''<small>1st</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=silver | 2= — Runner-up | outline=grey | text='''<small>2nd</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=#cc9966 | 2= — Third place | outline=grey | text='''<small>3rd</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=#9acdff | 2= — Fourth place | outline=grey | text='''<small>4th</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=white | 2= — Semifinals | outline=grey | text='''<small>SF</small>'''}}
{{col-2}}
* {{legend | 1=white | 2= — Quarterfinals | outline=grey | text='''<small>QF</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=white | 2= — Group stage | outline=grey | text='''<small>GS</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=white | 2= — Qualified for the upcoming tournament | outline=grey | text='''<small>Q</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=white | 2= — Did not enter; withdrew; banned | outline=grey | text='''<small>×</small>'''}}
* {{legend | 1=white | 2= — Tournament was unavailable for the nation that year | outline=grey | text='''<small>‡</small>'''}}
{{col-end}}
}}

For each tournament, the number of teams in each of the finals tournament are shown.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width: 57%; text-align: center;"
|-
! width="22%" | Teams
! width="06%" | [[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]]<br><small>(16)</small>
! width="06%" | [[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]]<br><small>(8)</small>
! width="06%" | [[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]]<br><small>(8)</small>
! width="06%" | [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]]<br><small>(8)</small>
! width="06%" | [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]]<br><small>(8)</small>
! width="05%" | {{tooltip|Years|Number of years participated}}
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|AFG|2013}}
| GS
| GS
| ×
| •
| style="background:#9acdff;" | '''4th'''
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|BAN}}
| style="border:3px solid red" | QF
| •
| GS
| •
| •
! 2
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|BHU}}
| GS
| •
| •
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|BRU}}
| GS
| •
| •
| ×
| ×
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|CAM}}
| GS
| •
| •
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|TPE}}
| QF
| •
| •
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|GUM}}
| GS
| •
| •
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|IND}}
| •
| style="border:3px solid red; background:gold;" | '''1st'''
| •
| GS
| •
! 2
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[India national under-20 football team|India U20]]
| QF
| •
| •
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[India national under-23 football team|India U23]]
| •
| •
| GS
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|KGZ}}
| style="background:#cc9966;" | '''SF'''
| •
| GS
| •
| GS
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|LAO}}
| •
| ×
| •
| •
| GS
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|MAC}}
| GS
| •
| •
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|MDV}}
| ‡
| ‡
| •
| GS
| style="border:3px solid red; background:#cc9966;" | '''3rd'''
! 2
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|MGL}}
| •
| ×
| •
| •
| •
! 0
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|MYA}}
| ‡
| style="background:#9acdff;" | '''4th'''
| style="background:#9acdff;" | '''4th'''
| •
| GS
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|NEP}}
| style="background:#cc9966;" | '''SF'''
| GS
| •
| style="border:3px solid red" | GS
| •
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|PRK}}
| ‡
| style="background:#cc9966;" | '''3rd'''
| style="background:gold;" | '''1st'''
| style="background:gold;" | '''1st'''
| ‡
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|NMI}}
| ‡
| ‡
| ‡
| ‡
| •
! 0
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|PAK}}
| GS
| •
| •
| •
| •
! 1
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|PLE}}
|'''QF'''
| ×
| •
| style="background:#9acdff;" | '''4th'''
| style="background:gold;" | '''1st'''
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|PHI}}
| GS
| •
| •
| style="background:#cc9966;" | '''3rd'''
| style="background:silver;" | '''2nd'''
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|SRI}}
| style="background:silver;" | '''2nd'''
| GS
| style="border:3px solid red" | GS
| •
| •
! 3
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|TJK}}
| style="background:gold;" | '''1st'''
| style="background:silver;" | '''2nd'''
| style="background:#cc9966;" | '''3rd'''
| GS
| •
! 4
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|TLS}}
| ×
| ×
| ×
| ×
| ×
! 0
|-
| align="left" | {{fb|TKM}}
| ‡
| GS
| style="background:silver;" | '''2nd'''
| style="background:silver;" | '''2nd'''
| GS
! 4
|-
|}
|}


==Champions by region==
== Total Wins ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Federations (Region)
! Champions
! Titles
! Years
|-
|-
|[[EAFF]] (East Asia)
!Wins!!Nation!!Year
|{{fb|PRK}}
|2
|[[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]], [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]]
|-
|[[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] (West Asia)
|{{fb|PLE}}
|1
|[[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]]
|-
|[[Central Asian Football Federation|CAFA]] (Central Asia)
|{{fb|TJK}}
|1
|[[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]]
|-
|[[SAFF]] (South Asia)
|{{fb|IND}}
|1
|[[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]]
|-
|[[ASEAN Football Federation|AFF]] (South East Asia)
|
|
|
|-
|-
|align=center| 1 || [[Image:Flag of Tajikistan.svg|30px]][[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] ||2006
|}
|}


==Summary==
===AFC Challenge Cup (2006–2014)===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank||width=200|Team||Part||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||GD||Points
|-
|1||align=left|{{fb|PRK}}||3||15||12||2||1||35||4||+31||'''38'''
|-
|2||align=left|{{fb|TJK}}||4||19||11||2||6||36||16||+20||'''35'''
|-
|3||align=left|{{fb|TKM}}||4||16||8||4||4||27||14||+13||'''28'''
|-
|4||align=left|{{fb|PLE}}||3||14||8||3||3||29||8||+21||'''27'''
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|PHI}}||3||13||6||3||4||18||14||+4||'''21'''
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|IND}}||4||15||5||3||7||13||21||–8||'''18'''
|-
|7||align=left|{{fb|KGZ}}||3||11||5||0||6||7||12||–5||'''15'''
|-
|8||align=left|{{fb|MYA}}||3||13||5||0||8||15||22||–7||'''15'''
|-
|9||align=left|{{fb|SRI}}||3||12||4||2||6||12||22||–10||'''14'''
|-
|10||align=left|{{fb|NEP}}||3||11||3||2||6||11||14||–3||'''11'''
|-
|11||align=left|{{fb|BAN}}||2||7||3||1||3||10||13||–3||'''10'''
|-
|12||align=left|{{fb|MDV}}||2||8||2||2||4||9||12||–3||'''8'''
|-
|13||align=left|{{fb|AFG|2013}}||3||11||1||5||5||7||19||–12||'''8'''
|-
|14||align=left|{{fb|TPE}}||1||4||1||2||1||3||5||–2||'''5'''
|-
|15||align=left|{{fb|BRU}}||1||3||1||1||1||2||2||0||'''4'''
|-
|16||align=left|{{fb|PAK}}||1||3||1||1||1||3||4||–1||'''4'''
|-
|17||align=left|{{fb|CAM}}||1||3||1||0||2||4||6||–2||'''3'''
|-
|18||align=left|{{fb|BHU}}||1||3||0||1||2||0||3||–3||'''1'''
|-
|19||align=left|{{fb|MAC}}||1||3||0||1||2||2||8||–6||'''1'''
|-
|20||align=left|{{fb|LAO}}||1||3||0||1||2||1||7||–6||'''1'''
|-
|21||align=left|{{fb|GUM}}||1||3||0||0||3||0||17||–17||'''0'''
|}


===AFC Challenge Cup (Qualification) (2008– 2014)===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank||width=200|Team||Part||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||GD||Points
|-
|1||align=left|{{fb|PHI}}||4||13||7||3||3||23||11||+12||'''24'''
|-
|2||align=left|{{fb|AFG|2013}}||3||10||6||2||2||10||4||+6||'''20'''
|-
|3||align=left|{{fb|TKM}}||3||8||6||1||1||28||3||+25||'''19'''
|-
|4||align=left|{{fb|TJK}}||3||9||6||1||2||15||2||+13||'''19'''
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|SRI}}||4||12||5||3||4||28||18||+10||'''18'''
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|MYA}}||3||9||5||2||2||16||8||+8||'''17'''
|-
|7||align=left|{{fb|PAK}}||4||12||5||2||5||26||21||+5||'''17'''
|-
|8||align=left|{{fb|KGZ}}||4||10||5||2||3||12||10||+2||'''17'''
|-
|9||align=left|{{fb|PLE}}||3||8||4||4||0||16||2||+14||'''16'''
|-
|10||align=left|{{fb|NEP}}||4||10||4||4||2||12||6||+6||'''16'''
|-
|11||align=left|{{fb|BAN}}||4||11||5||1||5||14||10||+4||'''16'''
|-
|12||align=left|{{fb|MDV}}||2||6||4||1||1||15||6||+9||'''13'''
|-
|13||align=left|{{fb|IND}}||2||6||4||1||1||13||4||+7||'''13'''
|-
|14||align=left|{{fb|TPE}}||4||14||3||4||7||22||24||–2||'''13'''
|-
|15||align=left|{{fb|PRK}}||1||3||3||0||0||7||0||+7||'''9'''
|-
|16||align=left|{{fb|CAM}}||4||12||3||0||9||13||35||–22||'''9'''
|-
|17||align=left|{{fb|MGL}}||3||7||2||1||4||6||11||–5||'''7'''
|-
|18||align=left|{{fb|LAO}}||2||5||1||3||1||9||10||–1||'''6'''
|-
|19||align=left|{{fb|MAC}}||4||12||2||0||10||11||29||–18||'''6'''
|-
|20||align=left|{{fb|GUM}}||2||6||1||0||5||7||27||–20||'''3'''
|-
|21||align=left|{{fb|BRU}}||2||6||0||1||5||2||22||–20||'''1'''
|-
|22||align=left|{{fb|BHU}}||3||8||0||1||7||1||24||–23||'''1'''
|-
|23||align=left|{{fb|NMI}}||1||3||0||0||3||0||19||–19||'''0'''
|}


== See Also ==
==Awards==
===Most valuable player===
*[[Asian Cup]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 30%; text-align: center;"
*[[AFC Women's Championship]]
! width="05" | Year
*[[AFC_Youth_Championship]]
! width="25" | Player
|-
| 2006
| align="left" | {{flagicon|TJK}} [[Ibrahim Rabimov]]
|-
| 2008
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Bhaichung Bhutia]]
|-
| 2010
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ryang Yong-Gi]]
|-
| 2012
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Pak Nam-Chol (footballer born 1985)|Pak Nam-Chol]]
|-
| 2014
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PLE}} [[Murad Ismail]]
|-
|}


==External links==
===Top scorer===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 40%; text-align: center;"
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html AFC Challenge Cup 2006 at RSSSF]
! width="05" | Year
*[http://www.the-afc.com/uploaded/news/AFC_CHALLENGE_CUP.pdf Press release from AFC about the Challenge Cup]
! width="30" | Player
! width="05" | Goals
|-
| 2006
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PLE}} [[Fahed Attal]]
| 8
|-
| 2008
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Pak Song-Chol (footballer born 1987)|Pak Song-Chol]]
| 6
|-
| 2010
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ryang Yong-Gi]]
| 4
|-
| 2012
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Phil Younghusband]]
| 6
|-
| 2014
| align="left" | {{flagicon|PLE}} [[Ashraf Nu'man]]
| 4
|-
|}

===Winning coach===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Country !! Coach
|-
| [[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|2006]]
| {{fb|TJK}}
| {{flagicon|TJK}} [[Sharif Nazarov]]
|-
| [[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|2008]]
| {{fb|IND}}
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bob Houghton]]
|-
| [[2010 AFC Challenge Cup|2010]]
| {{fb|PRK}}
| {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Jo Tong-sop]]
|-
| [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|2012]]
| {{fb|PRK}}
| {{flagicon|PRK}} [[Yun Jong-su]]
|-
| [[2014 AFC Challenge Cup|2014]]
| {{fb|PLE}}
| {{flagicon|JOR}} [[Jamal Mahmoud]]
|}


==References==
[[Category:AFC Challenge Cup]]
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 29 September 2024

Not to be confused with AFC Challenge League.
AFC Challenge Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
Abolished2014; 10 years ago (2014)
RegionAsia
Number of teams8 (final stage)
Related competitionsAFC Solidarity Cup
Last champions Palestine (1st title)
Most successful team(s) North Korea (2 titles)

The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries that were categorised as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" programme.[1] It was created by former AFC president Mohammed Bin Hammam as the AFC's plan for a continent-wide programme to raise the standards of Asian football.[2] The AFC Challenge Cup was created for teams to experience playing in a continental competition, with the possibility to win an AFC trophy and potentially discover new talents.[3]

The inaugural tournament was hosted by Bangladesh in 2006 and was held biennially. An amendment to men's national team competitions in July 2006, meant that starting with the 2008 and 2010 editions of the AFC Challenge Cup, the winners automatically qualify for the AFC Asian Cup.[4]

In the 2011 and 2015 AFC Asian Cup tournaments, two qualification spots have been allocated to the two most recent AFC Challenge Cup winners. The 2014 tournament was the last edition of this competition, due to the expansion of the Asian Cup to the 24-nations format from the 16-nations one after the 2015 edition.[5][6] In April 2016, due to several associations requesting a new competition to replace the Challenge Cup as they were having problems arranging friendly matches, the AFC created the AFC Solidarity Cup.[7][8]

Selection of teams

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The AFC initially divided their 46 member nations into three groups in 2006. Although the tournament was meant for the countries of emerging associations class, some countries from the developing associations class have participated in the qualification and the finals of the tournament such as India, Maldives, Myanmar, North Korea, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. As a result, only one team from the emerging class ever won the tournament, Palestine in 2014. In late March 2012, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, although only an associate member of the AFC, was approved to enter their national team in the competition.[9] In November 2012, the AFC announced North Korea's exclusion from future AFC Challenge Cups.[10]

The top 15 are classed as developed associations:

The next 14 are classed as developing associations:

  Eligible in the AFC Challenge Cup
  Former participants

The last 17 are classed as emerging associations, which need time to develop their football. They are eligible in the AFC Challenge Cup. These are the teams which participate:

Results

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Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up
2006
Details 		Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Tajikistan 		4–0
Sri Lanka 		 Kyrgyzstan and    Nepal 16
Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2008
Details 		India
India
India 		4–1
Tajikistan
North Korea 		4–0
Myanmar 		8
2010
Details 		Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
North Korea 		1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 pens.)
Turkmenistan
Tajikistan 		1–0
Myanmar 		8
2012
Details 		Nepal
Nepal
North Korea 		2–1
Turkmenistan
Philippines 		4–3
Palestine 		8
2014
Details 		Maldives
Maldives
Palestine 		1–0
Philippines
Maldives 		1–1 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 pens.)
Afghanistan 		8

Most successful teams

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Team Champion Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 North Korea 2 (2010, 2012) 1 (2008)
 Tajikistan 1 (2006) 1 (2008) 1 (2010)
 Palestine 1 (2014) 1 (2012)
 India 1 (2008)
 Turkmenistan 2 (2010, 2012)
 Philippines 1 (2014) 1 (2012)
 Sri Lanka 1 (2006)
 Kyrgyzstan 1 (2006^)
   Nepal 1 (2006^)
 Maldives 1 (2014)
 Myanmar 2 (2008, 2010)
 Afghanistan 1 (2014)

Participating nations

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The participating countries of the AFC Challenge Cup and their number of appearances in the tournament.
  4 appearances
  3 appearances
  2 appearances
  1 appearance
  Never qualified
  Ineligible
  Not an associate member of AFC
Legend

For each tournament, the number of teams in each of the finals tournament are shown.

Teams 2006
(16) 		2008
(8) 		2010
(8) 		2012
(8) 		2014
(8) 		Years
 Afghanistan GS GS × • 4th 3
 Bangladesh QF • GS • • 2
 Bhutan GS • • • • 1
 Brunei GS • • × × 1
 Cambodia GS • • • • 1
 Chinese Taipei QF • • • • 1
 Guam GS • • • • 1
 India • 1st • GS • 2
India India U20 QF • • • • 1
India India U23 • • GS • • 1
 Kyrgyzstan SF • GS • GS 3
 Laos • × • • GS 1
 Macau GS • • • • 1
 Maldives ‡ ‡ • GS 3rd 2
 Mongolia • × • • • 0
 Myanmar ‡ 4th 4th • GS 3
   Nepal SF GS • GS • 3
 North Korea ‡ 3rd 1st 1st ‡ 3
 Northern Mariana Islands ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ • 0
 Pakistan GS • • • • 1
 Palestine QF × • 4th 1st 3
 Philippines GS • • 3rd 2nd 3
 Sri Lanka 2nd GS GS • • 3
 Tajikistan 1st 2nd 3rd GS • 4
 East Timor × × × × × 0
 Turkmenistan ‡ GS 2nd 2nd GS 4

Champions by region

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Federations (Region) Champions Titles Years
EAFF (East Asia)  North Korea 2 2010, 2012
WAFF (West Asia)  Palestine 1 2014
CAFA (Central Asia)  Tajikistan 1 2006
SAFF (South Asia)  India 1 2008
AFF (South East Asia)

Summary

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AFC Challenge Cup (2006–2014)

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Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  North Korea 3 15 12 2 1 35 4 +31 38
2  Tajikistan 4 19 11 2 6 36 16 +20 35
3  Turkmenistan 4 16 8 4 4 27 14 +13 28
4  Palestine 3 14 8 3 3 29 8 +21 27
5  Philippines 3 13 6 3 4 18 14 +4 21
6  India 4 15 5 3 7 13 21 –8 18
7  Kyrgyzstan 3 11 5 0 6 7 12 –5 15
8  Myanmar 3 13 5 0 8 15 22 –7 15
9  Sri Lanka 3 12 4 2 6 12 22 –10 14
10    Nepal 3 11 3 2 6 11 14 –3 11
11  Bangladesh 2 7 3 1 3 10 13 –3 10
12  Maldives 2 8 2 2 4 9 12 –3 8
13  Afghanistan 3 11 1 5 5 7 19 –12 8
14  Chinese Taipei 1 4 1 2 1 3 5 –2 5
15  Brunei 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
16  Pakistan 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 4
17  Cambodia 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 –2 3
18  Bhutan 1 3 0 1 2 0 3 –3 1
19  Macau 1 3 0 1 2 2 8 –6 1
20  Laos 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 –6 1
21  Guam 1 3 0 0 3 0 17 –17 0

AFC Challenge Cup (Qualification) (2008– 2014)

[edit]
Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Philippines 4 13 7 3 3 23 11 +12 24
2  Afghanistan 3 10 6 2 2 10 4 +6 20
3  Turkmenistan 3 8 6 1 1 28 3 +25 19
4  Tajikistan 3 9 6 1 2 15 2 +13 19
5  Sri Lanka 4 12 5 3 4 28 18 +10 18
6  Myanmar 3 9 5 2 2 16 8 +8 17
7  Pakistan 4 12 5 2 5 26 21 +5 17
8  Kyrgyzstan 4 10 5 2 3 12 10 +2 17
9  Palestine 3 8 4 4 0 16 2 +14 16
10    Nepal 4 10 4 4 2 12 6 +6 16
11  Bangladesh 4 11 5 1 5 14 10 +4 16
12  Maldives 2 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13
13  India 2 6 4 1 1 13 4 +7 13
14  Chinese Taipei 4 14 3 4 7 22 24 –2 13
15  North Korea 1 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9
16  Cambodia 4 12 3 0 9 13 35 –22 9
17  Mongolia 3 7 2 1 4 6 11 –5 7
18  Laos 2 5 1 3 1 9 10 –1 6
19  Macau 4 12 2 0 10 11 29 –18 6
20  Guam 2 6 1 0 5 7 27 –20 3
21  Brunei 2 6 0 1 5 2 22 –20 1
22  Bhutan 3 8 0 1 7 1 24 –23 1
23  Northern Mariana Islands 1 3 0 0 3 0 19 –19 0

Awards

[edit]

Most valuable player

[edit]
Year Player
2006 Tajikistan Ibrahim Rabimov
2008 India Bhaichung Bhutia
2010 North Korea Ryang Yong-Gi
2012 North Korea Pak Nam-Chol
2014 State of Palestine Murad Ismail

Top scorer

[edit]
Year Player Goals
2006 State of Palestine Fahed Attal 8
2008 North Korea Pak Song-Chol 6
2010 North Korea Ryang Yong-Gi 4
2012 Philippines Phil Younghusband 6
2014 State of Palestine Ashraf Nu'man 4

Winning coach

[edit]
Year Country Coach
2006  Tajikistan Tajikistan Sharif Nazarov
2008  India England Bob Houghton
2010  North Korea North Korea Jo Tong-sop
2012  North Korea North Korea Yun Jong-su
2014  Palestine Jordan Jamal Mahmoud

References

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  1. ^ "Regulations — AFC Challenge Cup" (PDF) (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Visiona Asian Philosophy". Asian Football Confederation. 31 August 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  3. ^ "AFC Challenge Cup in 2006 competition information". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Update following meeting of the AFC Executive Committee". Asian Football Confederation. 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Revamp of AFC competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
  6. ^ "ExCo approves expanded AFC Asian Cup finals". Asian Football Confederation. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014.
  7. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee decisions". www.the-afc.com. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  8. ^ "A tournament remembered: The AFC Challenge Cup". Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Competitions Committee takes key decisions". Asian Football Confederation. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Maldives to host 2014 AFC Challenge Cup". Asian Football Confederation. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 December 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
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