2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers - draw
PHILIPPINES (HOST)
TURKMENISTAN
CAMBODIA
BRUNEI
Kuala Lumpur: Twenty nations learned the path they must take to book their place at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup at the draw for next year's qualifying tournament.
Tuesday's draw at AFC House saw the 20 participating teams pooled into five groups of four, with the quartet playing against each other in a one-round league in a centralised venue.
The five group winners and two best second-placed teams will join host nation the Maldives at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup finals.
The team that emerges victorious at the end of the fifth edition of the tournament will join 2012 AFC Cup Challenge Cup winners DPR Korea, who have had their status upgraded and no longer qualify for participation in the competition.
AFC Challenge Cup 2014 Qualifiers – Draw
Group A – Hosts Myanmar
Myanmar
India
Chinese Taipei
Guam
Group B – Hosts Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikstan
Pakistan
Macau
Group C – Hosts Laos
Laos
Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
Mongolia
Group D – Hosts Nepal
Nepal
Palestine
Bangladesh
Northern Mariana Islands
Group E – Hosts Philippines
Philippines
Turkmenistan
Cambodia
Brunei
Matches will be played on March 2, 4 and 6 with the exception of Group B where the games will be played on March 17, 19 and 21.
Source : afc.com
Correction, Jonny. "five" group winners and two best second-placed teams.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, wow, then it's not really easy. If we lose to Turkmenistan, we should score as many goals as we can against Cambodia and Brunei to compete among runners-up from other groups. Shouldn't be taken lightly.
Oh you've corrected yourself while i was posting this. Nevermind :)
DeleteI copied it from AFC website, but they made a mistake and wrote four group winners, so I had to correct it :)
ReplyDeleteBrunei will be a tough team if they field DPMM Fc players. They also beat Philippines 2-1 in SEA Games in 2011.
ReplyDeleteCambodia was romoured to have withdrawn from AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers but seem to be back again ? They drew Philippines 0-0 this year , Philippines will probably beat them but maybe with many goals ?
Meh! Almost an all ASEAN group, kinda boring!
ReplyDeleteTough draw. In a competition where only the group winners advance plus the two best 2nd place teams, they ended up having the highest ranked team in their group.
ReplyDeleteThe Azkals need to get as many of their best players as they can. Will it be possible to convince the AFC to move the group stage competition to May or June as they have indicated they will try to do?
We should have been in Group C, in place of Laos :(
ReplyDeletea tough group for us a resurgent brunie,a kontra pilong cambodia and the reigning runner-up in the last event...hope that we move on the next round....
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