2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

The qualification phase for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup saw four teams advance to the finals to join four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament in India. Qualification was held from 2 April to 28 May 2008 in four different venues. Sixteen teams participated in qualification in four groups containing four teams each. The four group winners joined hosts India, North Korea, Myanmar, and Turkmenistan in the final round.

Seedings

 * 1) 🇰🇵 north korea
 * 2) 🇹🇲 turkmenistan
 * 3) 🇮🇳 india

5. 🇹🇯 tajikistan 6. 7.  8. 🇰🇬 kyrgyzstan

9. (Withdrew 14 May 2008) 10. 11.  12.

13. 🇵🇰 pakistan 14. 15.  16. 🇦🇫 afghanistan

17. 18. 🇲🇴 macao 19. 🇬🇺 guam 20. 🇱🇦 lao people's democratic republic (Withdrew 2 May 2008)

The draw for the qualification groups was made on 18 January 2008 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Group A

 * Matches played in Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Group B

 * Matches played in Iloilo City and Barotac Nuevo, Philippines

Group C

 * Matches played in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
 * Laos withdrew on 2 May.

Group D

 * Matches played in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 * Palestine withdrew on 14 May.

Final tournament
The final tournament, consisting of 8 teams, was held from 30 July to 13 August 2008 in India.

Qualifiers
Qualifiers for the final tournament were:
 * 🇮🇳 india - automatic qualifier
 * 🇰🇵 north korea - automatic qualifier
 * - automatic qualifier
 * 🇹🇲 turkmenistan - automatic qualifier
 * - Group A winner
 * 🇹🇯 tajikistan - Group B winner
 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan - Group C winner
 * - Group D winner

Goalscorers

 * 5 goals
 * Kasun Jayasuriya


 * 3 goals
 * Ju Manu Rai
 * 🇵🇰 Muhammad Qasim
 * Channa Ediri Bandanage
 * 🇹🇯 Numonjon Hakimov
 * 🇹🇯 Yusuf Rabiev


 * 2 goals
 * Nuth Sinoun
 * Chang Han
 * 🇬🇺 Zachary Pangelinan
 * 🇲🇴 Che Chi Man
 * 🇵🇰 Jamshed Anwar
 * Nimal Dehiwalage
 * Chathura Maduranga Siyaguna


 * 1 goal
 * 🇦🇫 Ata Yamrali
 * Mohamed Hasan Ameli
 * Nawang Dendup
 * Passang Tshering
 * Khayrun Bin Salleh
 * Chan Rithy
 * Chen Po-liang
 * Chiang Shih-lu
 * Huang Wei-yi
 * Lo Chih-an
 * Tsai Hsien-tang
 * 🇬🇺 Christopher Mendiola
 * 🇰🇬 Roman Kornilov
 * 🇰🇬 Ruslan Sydykov
 * 🇲🇴 Chan Kin Seng
 * Sandip Rai


 * 1 goal
 * 🇵🇰 Adnan Ahmed
 * 🇵🇰 Tanveer Ahmed
 * 🇵🇰 Mohammad Essa
 * 🇵🇰 Zahid Hameed
 * 🇵🇰 Michael Masih
 * 🇵🇰 Abdul Rehman
 * 🇵🇰 Farooq Shah
 * Emelio Caligdong
 * Chad Gould
 * Phil Younghusband
 * Sabras Mohamed
 * 🇹🇯 Dzhomikhon Mukhidinov


 * Own goal
 * Pema Rinchen (playing against Philippines)
 * Chen Po-liang (playing against Sri Lanka)
 * 🇵🇰 Iltaf Ahmed (playing against Guam)