AFC Solidarity Cup

AFC Solidarity Cup
Founded 2016
Region Asia (AFC)
Number of teams 9
Current champions    Nepal (1st title)
Most successful team(s)    Nepal (1 title)
Website The-AFC.com
2016 AFC Solidarity Cup

The AFC Solidarity Cup is an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries who have little opportunity to organise international friendly matches. The tournament was created following the termination of the AFC Challenge Cup.[1]

The competition features 8 national teams, where each team is guaranteed a minimum of 3 matches.[2] The first edition took place in November 2016 and the second will be in September 2020.[2]

Results

Year Host Final Third Place Match Number of teams
Champion Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2016
Details
 Malaysia
Nepal
1–0
Macau

Laos
3–2
Brunei
7

Successful national teams

Team Champion Runners-up Third place Fourth place
   Nepal 1 (2016)
 Macau 1 (2016)
 Laos 1 (2016)
 Brunei 1 (2016)

Champions by region

Federation (Region) Champion(s) Number
EAFF (East Asia)
WAFF (West Asia)
CAFA (Central Asia)
AFF (Southeast Asia)
SAFF (South Asia) Nepal (1) 1 titles

Participating nations

Legend

  • 1st — Champion
  • 2nd — Runner-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • SF — Semifinals

  • QF — Quarterfinals
  • GS — Group stage
  • Q — Qualified for the upcoming tournament
  • × — Did not enter; withdrew; banned
  •  — Tournament was unavailable for the nation that year

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

Teams Malaysia
2016
Years
 Bangladesh × 1
 Brunei 4th 1
 Laos 3rd 1
 Macau 2nd 1
 Mongolia GS 1
   Nepal 1st 1
 Pakistan × 1
 Sri Lanka GS 1
 Timor-Leste GS 1

General statistics

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts.
   Nepal 4 3 1 0 6 2 +4 10
 Macau 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
 Laos 5 3 1 1 11 9 +2 10
 Brunei 4 1 1 2 7 7 +0 4
 Mongolia 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 3
 Sri Lanka 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1
 Timor-Leste 2 0 1 1 0 4 -4 1

References

  1. "AFC Confirms The Name Of The Championship - AFC Solidarity Cup For Six Nations". GoalNepal.com. 27 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 "AFC Competitions Committee decisions". www.the-afc.com. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.