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The 2008 AFC Challenge Cup football tournament was hosted by India and played from 30 July – 13 August 2008. India won the final against Tajikistan.〔(The Roon Ba News, 17 December 2007 )〕 India was also the winner of the fair play award and the India captain Baichung Bhutia won the most valuable player award. Chinese Taipei was originally designated the host, but could not guarantee it would meet the AFC's standards for hosting the tournament.〔(Thailand replaces Taiwan as 2008 Challenge Cup host )〕 Thailand was first chosen as host but withdrew due to lack of time to prepare.〔(India almost set to host Asian Challenge Cup )〕 The winners of the 2008 and 2010 competitions will qualify directly for the 2011 Asian Cup. This competition is exclusive to members of the ''emerging nations'' class of the AFC. However, in the previous edition, Bangladesh and India were invited from the ''developing nations'' class - Bangladesh actually hosting the tournament, and India sending their under-20 team. India and Bangladesh have again been invited for the 2008 edition of the tournament, along with North Korea, Myanmar and Turkmenistan who are also a part of the ''developing nations'' class. Laos withdrew from the competition on 2 May 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Laos withdraws from Challenge Cup )〕 Palestine withdrew from the competition on 14 May 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Palestine withdraws from Challenge Cup )〕 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. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Delhi to host AFC Challenge Cup final on Aug 13 )〕〔(AFC Challenge Cup final shifted )〕 ==Tournament== Qualification saw the top team from each of the four qualification groups qualify for the tournament proper, bringing the total number of participating teams in the centralized finals to eight. In addition, India (tournament hosts), Korea DPR, Turkmenistan and Myanmar qualified automatically. Mongolia and Timor-Leste decided not to take part.〔(AFC Asian Cup 2011 and AFC Challenge Cup 2008: AFC announces seedings and revised qualification process )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2008 AFC Challenge Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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