2008 AFC Challenge Cup final explained

2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final
Event:	2008 AFC Challenge Cup
Team1:	India
Team1score:	4
Team2:	Tajikistan
Team2association:
Team2score:	1
Stadium:	Ambedkar Stadium
City:	New Delhi
Previous:	2006
Next:	2010

The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup Final was a football match that took place on 13 August 2008 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi to determine the winner of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup.^[1]

Venues

Due to the poor conditions of the pitch at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, the AFC moved the majority of the matches to another venue. It was decided that ten matches would be played at the Gachibowli Athletic Stadium, and two at the LBS Stadium.^[2] Due to incessant rains in Hyderabad in the days leading up to the final, the AFC changed the venue of the final and the third place play-off to the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.^{[3] [4]}

Route to the final

See also: 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification and 2008 AFC Challenge Cup.

	Round
Opponent	Result	Qualifying round	Opponent	Result
Automatic qualifier	Automatic qualifier	Match 1		3–1
		Match 2		0–0
		Match 3		4–0
		Final standing
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
	1–0	Match 1		0–0
	1–1	Match 2		1–1
	2–1	Match 3		4–0
Team 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0		Final standing	Team 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
	1–0	Semi-finals		1–0

Match

GK 1 Subrata Paul DF 5 Anwar Ali MF 7 MF 8 Renedy Singh FW 11 Sunil Chhetri FW 15 Bhaichung Bhutia (c) DF 17 Irungbam Surkumar Singh DF 19 Gouramangi Singh DF 20 MF 23 MF 30 Climax Lawrence Substitutes: DF 2 MF 4 DF 6 Baldeep Singh DF 12 Deepak Mondal FW 18 FW 21 Abhishek Yadav DF 22 Syed Rahim Nabi GK 24 Subhasish Roy Chowdhury MF 25 MF 27 MF 28 Bungo Thomchok Singh Manager: Bob Houghton

GK 1 Alisher Tuychiev DF 2 Daler Tukhtasunov DF 3 Naim Nasirov DF 6 Davron Ergashev MF 9 Anvar Norkulov FW 11 DF 12 DF 17 MF 18 Fw 19 Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov MF 22 Yusuf Rabiev (c) Substitutes: MF 14 DF 15 Zafardzhon Zuvaydov GK 16 Mirali Murodov DF 24 Suhrob Mansurov DF 27 Isomiddin Qurvonov FW 29 DF 31 Eradzh Kholov GK 40 Amonsho Sodatsayrov Manager: Pulad Qadirov

Assistant referees:

• Tamam Hamdoun (Syria)
• Mohammad Jaber A. H. Dharman (Qatar)

Fourth official

• Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 2008 AFC Challenge Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: India win's 2008 AFC Challenge Cup; reddif.in. 2021-02-14.
2. Web site: AFC Challenge Cup Venues Changed . 27 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080728020521/http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=793365 . 28 July 2008 . live. dmy .
3. http://www.espnstar.com/football/other-football/news/detail/item100458/AFC-Challenge-Cup-final-shifted/ AFC Challenge Cup final shifted
4. Web site: August 13, 2008: Sunil Chhetri's historic hattrick against Tajikistan. 3 September 2022.