In the qualification stage, 20 teams were divided into 5
groups and all the group winners and two second best teams qualified for the
final round of the challenge cup. Host has been automatically qualified without
competing in the qualification.
Myanmar who won the fourth place in 2008 and 2010 challenge
cup qualified as the winner of group A
with 7 points. They beat India and
Guam while they had a draw against Chinese Taipei.
2006 challenge cup semifinalist Kyrgyzstan qualified as
group B winners with an unbeaten record with 9 points. They beat Tajikistan,
Pakistan and Macau in the qualification stage.Afghanistan won Group C by
beating Sri Lanka and Mongolia while they drew against Laos.
Palestine, the fourth place team on 2012 challenge cup lead
group D with 7 points by beating
Bangladesh and Northern Mariana and
also they drew against Nepal.
Philippines 2012 challenge cup third place team beat
Turkmenistan, Cambodia and Brunei Darussalam
and qualified as group E winners.
2010 and 2012 runners up, Turkmenistan qualified narrowly as
first of the best second place team. They
got 6 points and a goal difference of
9 goals. And the second team to qualify as the best second place
team
is Bangladesh. They got 6 points and goal difference of 5 goals.
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