AFC Challenge Cup 3731106 221073286 2008-06-22T23:02:52Z ماني 7206760 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]]. The 2008 and 2010 editions of the AFC Challenge Cup will serve as qualifiers for the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup]]. ==Results== {| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:100%" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 |- bgcolor=#C1D8FF !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !rowspan=2 width=10%|Host !width=1% rowspan=35 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=3|Final !width=1% rowspan=35 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=3|Third Place Match |- bgcolor=#EFEFEF !width=15%|Winner !width=10%|Score !width=15%|Runner-up !width=15%|Third Place !width=10%|Score !width=15%|Fourth Place |- bgcolor=#F5FAFF |2006 <br /> ''[[2006 AFC Challenge Cup|details]]'' |[[Bangladesh]] |'''{{fb-big|Tajikistan}}''' |'''4&ndash;0''' |{{fb-big|Sri Lanka}} |{{fb-big|Nepal}} |and |{{fb-big|Kyrgyzstan}} |- bgcolor=#D0E7FF |2008 <br /> ''[[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|details]]'' |[[India]] | | | | | | |} ''Note: No third place playoff in 2006 tournament'' ==Successful national teams== {| class="wikitable" !Team !Champions !Runners-up |- |{{fb|Tajikistan}} |style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2006) | |- |{{fb|Sri Lanka}} | |1 (2006) |} ==External links== *[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afc-emerging06.html AFC Challenge Cup 2006 at RSSSF] *[http://www.the-afc.com/uploaded/news/AFC_CHALLENGE_CUP.pdf Press release from AFC about the Challenge Cup] {{fb start}} {{AFC men's competitions}} {{fb end}} {{asia-footy-competition-stub}} [[Category:AFC Challenge Cup]] [[Category:International national football (soccer) competitions]] [[ar:كأس التحدي الأسيوي]] [[de:AFC Challenge Cup]] [[fa:جام مبارزان کنفدراسیون فوتبال آسیا]] [[it:AFC Challenge Cup]] [[he:גביע האתגר של ה-AFC]] [[nl:AFC Challenge Cup]] [[ja:AFCチャレンジカップ]] [[th:เอเอฟซีแชลเลนจ์คัพ]] [[zh:亞洲挑戰盃足球賽]]