AFC Challenge Cup
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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]]. 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}}'''
|'''4–0'''
|{{fb-big|Sri Lanka}}
|{{fb-big|Nepal}}
|and
|{{fb-big|Kyrgyzstan}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2008 <br /> ''[[2008 AFC Challenge Cup|details]]''
|[[India]]
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''Note: No third place playoff in 2006 tournament''
==Successful national teams==
{| class="wikitable"
!Team
!Champions
!Runners-up
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|{{fb|Tajikistan}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2006)
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|{{fb|Sri Lanka}}
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|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]
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