AFC Solidarity Cup

{{Infobox football tournament

| name = AFC Solidarity Cup

| image = 200px

| organiser = AFC

| founded = {{start date and age|2016}}

| abolished = {{end date and age|2023}}

| region = Asia

| number of teams = 10

| current champions = {{fb|NEP}} (1st title)

| most successful team = {{fb|NEP}} (1 title)

| website = {{URL|http://www.the-afc.com/competition/afc-solidarity-cup|the-afc.com/olidarity-cup}}

}}

The AFC Solidarity Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member countries who were out of the continental qualifiers at early stage. The tournament was created following the termination of the AFC Challenge Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=27337|title=AFC Confirms The Name Of The Championship – AFC Solidarity Cup For Six Nations|website=Goal Nepal|date=27 May 2016|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730150044/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=27337|url-status=dead}}

Format

The competition featured 10 national teams, where each team was guaranteed a minimum of 4 matches.{{cite web|title=AFC Competitions Committee decisions |url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/afc-competitions-committee-decisions |website=the-afc.com |access-date=12 April 2016 |date=12 April 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228175228/http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/afc-competitions-committee-decisions |archive-date=28 February 2009 }} The first edition took place in November 2016. The second edition, scheduled for November and December 2020, was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and later abolished.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/committees/news/afc_competitions_committee_takes_key_decisions_in_second_meeting.html|title=AFC Competitions Committee takes key decisions in second meeting|date=27 November 2023|website=the-AFC.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation}}

The tournament was abolished by the AFC on 27 November 2023, because the revamped qualification format for the FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup dovetailed with the initial objectives of the AFC Solidarity Cup, as there was now more exposure for lower-ranked teams to compete over a longer period of time.

Results

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bgcolor=#C1D8FF

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=12%|Host

!colspan=3 style="background:#C1D8FF;"|Final

!colspan=3 style="background:#C1D8FF;"|Third place match

!rowspan=2 width=7%|Number of teams

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!width=15% style="background:gold;"|Champions

!width=10% style="background:#ffffff;"|Score

!width=15% style="background:silver;"|Runners-up

!width=15% style="background:#cc9966;"|Third place

!width=10% style="background:#ffffff;"|Score

!width=15% style="background:#9acdff;"|Fourth place

2016

|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|{{fb-big|NEP}}

|1–0

|{{fb-big|MAC}}

|{{fb-big|LAO}}

|3–2

|{{fb-big|BRU}}

|7{{efn-ua|The 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup was supposed to feature nine teams in the competition. However, Pakistan withdrew after the draw and Bangladesh withdrew after losing in the play-off round.{{cite web|title=Pakistan Officially Withdraws from AFC Solidarity Cup; New Fixtures Revealed|url=http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=28248|publisher=Goal Nepal|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-date=5 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305002711/http://www.goalnepal.com/news.php?id=28248|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=AFC Solidarity Cup 2016 line-up finalised|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-solidarity-cup-2016/afc-solidarity-cup-2016-line-up-finalised|url-status=live|publisher=The AFC|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016155547/http://the-afc.com/afc-solidarity-cup-2016/afc-solidarity-cup-2016-line-up-finalised |archive-date=2016-10-16 }}}}

2020

|colspan=8|Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

=Successful national teams=

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width="20%" \| Team ! width="15%" style="background:gold" \| Champion ! width="15%" style="background:silver" \| Runners-up ! width="15%" style="background:#Cc9966" \| Third place ! width="15%" style="background:#9acdff" \| Fourth place
{{fb\|NEP}} \| 1 (2016) \| \| \|
{{fb\|MAC}} \| \| 1 (2016) \| \|
{{fb\|LAO}} \| \| \| 1 (2016) \|
{{fb\|BRU}} \| \| \| \| 1 (2016)

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width="20%" | Team

! width="15%" style="background:gold" | Champion

! width="15%" style="background:silver" | Runners-up

! width="15%" style="background:#Cc9966" | Third place

! width="15%" style="background:#9acdff" | Fourth place

| 1 (2016)

=Champions by region=

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!Federation (Region)

!Champion(s)

!Number

|1 title

Participating nations

;Legend

{{plainlist|

{{legend | 1=gold | 2= — Champion | outline=grey | text=1st}}
{{legend | 1=silver | 2= — Runner-up | outline=grey | text=2nd}}
{{legend | 1=#cc9966 | 2= — Third place | outline=grey | text=3rd}}
{{legend | 1=#9acdff | 2= — Fourth place | outline=grey | text=4th}}
{{legend | 1=white | 2= — Semifinals | outline=grey | text=SF}}

{{legend | 1=white | 2= — Quarterfinals | outline=grey | text=QF}}
{{legend | 1=white | 2= — Group stage | outline=grey | text=GS}}
{{legend | 1=white | 2= — Qualified for the upcoming tournament | outline=grey | text=Q}}
{{legend | 1=white | 2= — Did not enter; withdrew; banned | outline=grey | text=×}}
{{legend | 1=white | 2= — Tournament was unavailable for the nation that year | outline=grey | text=‡}}

}}

The number of teams in each of the final tournaments is shown.

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Teams ! {{flagicon\|MAS}} 2016 (7) ! 2020 {{small\|(Cancelled)}} ! {{tooltip\|Years\|Number of years participated}}
align="left" \| {{fb\|BAN}} \| × \| × ! 0
align="left" \| {{fb\|BHU}} \| ‡ \| × ! 0
align="left" \| {{fb\|BRU}} \|style="background:#9acdff" \| 4th \| × ! 1
align="left" \| {{fb\|LAO}} \|style="background:#cc9966" \| 3rd \| × ! 1
align="left" \| {{fb\|MAC}} \|style="background:silver" \|2nd \| × ! 1
align="left" \| {{fb\|MGL}} \| GS \| × ! 1
align="left" \| {{fb\|NPL}} \|style="background:gold" \|1st \| × ! 1
align="left" \| {{fb\|PAK}} \| × \| × ! 0
align="left" \| {{fb\|SRI}} \| GS \| × ! 1
align="left" \| {{fb\|TLS}} \| GS \| × ! 1

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Teams

! {{flagicon|MAS}}
2016
(7)

! 2020
{{small|(Cancelled)}}

! {{tooltip|Years|Number of years participated}}

align="left" | {{fb|BAN}}

| ×

! 0

align="left" | {{fb|BHU}}

| ‡

| ×

! 0

align="left" | {{fb|BRU}}

|style="background:#9acdff" | 4th

| ×

! 1

align="left" | {{fb|LAO}}

|style="background:#cc9966" | 3rd

| ×

! 1

align="left" | {{fb|MAC}}

|style="background:silver" |2nd

| ×

! 1

align="left" | {{fb|MGL}}

| GS

| ×

! 1

align="left" | {{fb|NPL}}

|style="background:gold" |1st

| ×

! 1

align="left" | {{fb|PAK}}

| ×

! 0

align="left" | {{fb|SRI}}

| GS

| ×

! 1

align="left" | {{fb|TLS}}

| GS

| ×

! 1

Summary

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !Rank	width=200\|Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	align=left\|{{fb\|LAO}}	1	5	3	1	1	11	9	+2	10
2	align=left\|{{fb\|NEP}}	1	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8
3	align=left\|{{fb\|MAC}}	1	5	2	2	1	8	5	+3	8
4	align=left\|{{fb\|BRU}}	1	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
5	align=left\|{{fb\|MGL}}	1	3	1	0	2	3	5\|
2	3
6	align=left\|{{fb\|SRI}}	1	3	0	1	2	2	5\|
3	1
7	align=left\|{{fb\|TLS}}	1	2	0	1	1	0	4\|
4	1

The Northern Mariana Islands made their AFC Solidarity Cup debut after having been approved by the AFC to participate (the Northern Mariana Islands is an associate member of the AFC).

=Awards=

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Tournament !Most Valuable Player !Top scorer(s) !Goals !Fair play award
2016 \|{{flagicon\|MAC}} Leong Ka Hang \|{{flagicon\|BRU}} Shahrazen Said {{flagicon\|LAO}} Xaysongkham Champathong {{flagicon\|MAC}} Niki Torrão \|align=center\| 4 \|{{fb\|LAO}}

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Tournament

!Most Valuable Player

!Top scorer(s)

!Goals

!Fair play award

2016

|{{flagicon|MAC}} Leong Ka Hang

|{{flagicon|BRU}} Shahrazen Said
{{flagicon|LAO}} Xaysongkham Champathong
{{flagicon|MAC}} Niki Torrão

|align=center| 4

|{{fb|LAO}}

=Winning coaches=

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Year	Team	Coaches
2016 \|{{fb\|NEP}} \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Koji Gyotoku

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Year

Team

Coaches

2016

|{{fb|NEP}}

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Koji Gyotoku

References

External links

[http://www.the-afc.com/competition/afc-solidarity-cup AFC Solidarity Cup]

Category:Asian Football Confederation competitions for national teams

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2016

Category:Quadrennial sporting events

AFC Solidarity Cup

Format

Results

=Successful national teams=

=Champions by region=

Participating nations

Summary

=Awards=

=Winning coaches=

See also

References

External links