AFC U-22 Asia cup 2013: Selection camp of India starts in Bangalore

A three day, National Team Selection Camp to select the players for the upcoming U-22 AFC Qualifiers have kicked-off on Wednesday (May 16) at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Total 44 players would take part in the selection camp out of which 30 players would be selected for the Preparatory Camp starting from May 23rd to June 20th, 2012.

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 The shortlisted 30 candidates would undergo various kinds of test like (Biometrics Test, Medical Test, ECG, Echo, Cardiology Test etc.) from May 19th to 22nd, 2012 at the SAI Center Kengeri, Bangalore.

AIFF Technical Director Rob Baan would personally scrutinize the players on various physical and medical aspects. List of 44 players taking part in the Selection Camp are:

Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jayanta Pual (East Bengal), Ravi Kumar (Pailan Arrows), Ricardo Cardozo (TFA), Soram Poirei Angamba (Shillong Lajong).

Defenders: Pritam Kotal, Bikramjit Singh, Vishal Kumar, Souvik Ghosh, Prathamesh Maulinkar, Deepak Devrani, Lalrozama (All Pailan Arrows), Irfan Khan, Narayan Das, Yumnam Chingkhei (All TFA), David (Pune FC), Abhishek Das (East Bengal), Ramandeep Singh (Air India), Usman Ashik (Chirag Kerala).

Midfielders: Bikramjit Singh, Pronoy Halder, Ognam Milan Singh, Thirthankar Sarkar, Allwyn George, Rajinder Kumar, Akshay Kumar Mall (All Pailan Arrows), Simranjit Singh, Ravinder Singh (Both TFA), Niroshan Mani, Stephene Baretto, Rowlin Borges (All Sporting Clube de Goa), Ganeshan (Pune FC), Deepak Prakash (HAL), Lalrindika Ralte (Churchill Brothers), Shyju Mon (Chirag Kerala), Romeo Fernandes, Brain Masceranhas (Both Dempo), Clifton Dias (Salgaocar), Manish Bhargav (Mohun Bagan).

Forwards: Holicharan Narzary, Malswam Fela (Both Pailan Arrows), Pankaj Sona (TFA), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Manandeep Singh (Air India).

India is in group A along with UAE, Iraq, Oman, Turkmenistan and Lebanon. Top two team of the Group will qualify for the final round along with one best third placed team. More than that organizer of the final round will automatically qualify. This competition will serve as a qualifier for the Olympics, beginning with Rio in 2016
The match will start from 23 june till 3 July at Oman. Stay with Ultimate update to get Live streaming of the Match.

North Korea Clinched the Title of AFC Challenge Cup 2012!!

Penalties came back to haunt Turkmenistan for the second successive AFC Challenge Cup with Jang Song-hyok scoring from the spot two minutes after Berdy Shamuradov had missed a penalty to give DPR Korea a 2-1 win over Turkmenistan in the 2012 final. 
 The match started well enough for Turkmenistan, who lost the North Koreans as the 2010 final was settled by a penalty shootout as skipper Shamuradov opened the scoring with barely 120 seconds of an intriguing encounter at the Dashrath Stadium played. Jong Il-gwan headed the defending champions level in the 35th minute and they dominated the match until the 83rd minute when Shamuradov had a chance to seal it for the Turkmen. But nerves got the better of him and just two minutes later Jang Song-hyok, who had given away the penalty, netted the winner for the North Koreans.

DPR Korea Winner of AFC Challenge Cup 2012

   In addition to winning the AFC Challenge Cup for the second time, DPR Korea also became the first team other than hosts Australia, 2011 champions and Korea Republic, to book their place at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. Just two minutes after Turkmenistan had kicked-off they took the lead when Shamuradov burst through on goal and smashed an unstoppable drive past DPR Korea keeper Ri Myong-suk to give his country the lead over the North Koreans for the second successive AFC Challenge Cup final following his 32nd minute opener in the 2010 showdown. 
  DPR Korea came close to equalising in the 10th minute but before Pak Kwang-ryong could pull the trigger Turkmenistan defender Akmyrat Jumanazarov slid in with a perfectly-timed tackle to deny the FC Basel striker. For all the defending champions' slick interplay they found it difficult to find their way through a well-organised Turkmenistan backline until the 35th minute when Pak Nam-chol's cross from the right met an unmarked Jong Il-gwan, whose header bulleted past Turkmen keeper Rahmanberdi Alyhanov and into the back of the net. Pak Kwang-ryong's intelligent ball set Pak Nam-chol through on goal but the midfielder's delicate chip went just over the crossbar with four minutes of the first-half left to play. DPR's dominance continued in the second half with 2010 AFC Young Player of the Year Jong Il-gwan coming close to his second two minutes after the restart, firing a low shot just wide after he was set up be a subtle Jang Kuk-chol back-flick. 


   Arslanmyrat Ammanov, a surprising omission from the starting 11 given his impressive form in the tournament thus far, rattled the crossbar with a powerful 67th minute free-kick before Jumanazarov narrowly missed connecting with another dangerous set-piece from the reigning Turkmenistan Player of the Year a minute later. Amanov was again involved when Turkmenistan were handed a golden opportunity to take the lead when the talented 21-year-old was tripped in the box by substitute Jang Song-hyok but Shamuradov nervously fired the 83rd minute spot-kick high over the bar. Unbelievably, DPR Korea were awarded a penalty of their own two minutes later as David Sakisov was adjudged to have hauled down Pak Kwang-ryong in the area. And Jang Song-hyok more than made up for his earlier transgression by keeping his nerve to score the penalty that gave DPR Korea the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup title and a place in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Azkals celebrating thier Victory over Palestine

The Philippines ended an impressive 2012 AFC Challenge Cup campaign in third place as Phil Younghusband's double propelled the Azkals to a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Palestine in an absorbing encounter between the two beaten semi-finalists. 

Pak Nam-chol win the Abdulla Al Dabal MVP Award, given to the player of the tournament.

Pak Nam-chol  Most Valuable Player

 Phil Younghusband's double in the Philippines' epic 4-3 win over Palestine in Monday's third-place play-off saw the prolific Azkals' striker emerge as the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup's Top Scorer.

Phil Younghusband 

AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Live Stream of Philippines Vs Turkmenistan

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MATCH DETAILS: 
Second Semifinal:
PHILIPPINES VS TURKMENISTAN
 DATE: 16TH MARCH 2012 ,Friday 
TIME: 18:30 NST 
VENUE: DASHRATH STADIUM,KATHMANDU

 In the Second semifinal match  Unexpected Philippines is going to compete with the Turkmenistan to bring yet another suprise for Azkals lovers.Turkmenistan is the winner of the group B and hasn't lost the game, While Philipines is the runner up of Group A and has lost one match against North Korea. This Match is do or Die for both the team to Head Towards the final........ If you want to watch the match on your PC Stay with anantasports.blogspot.com. I will bring live stream here for you all
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AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Watch Live Stream of North Korea (DPR) VS Palestine

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MATCH DETAILS: 
First  Semi Final
NORTH KOREA VS PALESTINE
DATE: 16TH MARCH 2012 ,Friday
TIME: 14:30 NST 
VENUE: DASHRATH STADIUM,KATHMANDU 

In the First Semifinal of AFC Challenge cup 2012 North Korea the winner of Group B and Palestine Runner of of Group A will be Looking for the win in order secure the position in Final. North Korea is the Winner of Group A and has a 100% win record where as Palestine is the runner up of group B  and haven't lost any match.. And it is sure both team will fight hard to secure in Asia cup qith out playing qualification. Stay with anantasports.blogspot.com to get the Live streaming of the match .
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AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Watch Live Stream Maldives Vs Palestine

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MATCH DETAILS:
MATCH: PALESTINE VS MALDIVES
DATE: 12TH MARCH 2012 ,SATURDAY
TIME: 15:00 NST
9:15GMT
VENUE: hALcHOWK  STADIUM,KATHMANDU

In the 3rd match of group A Maldives  will take on Palestine to secure its position in semifinal with clear win. While draw will be sufficient for Palestine to reach semifinal . o
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MATCH DETAILS:
MATCH: NEPAL VS TURKMENISTAN 
DATE: 12TH MARCH 2012 ,SATURDAY
TIME: 15:00 NST
09:15GMT
VENUE: DASHRATH STADIUM,KATHMANDU

In the 3rdmatch of group A Nepal will take on Turkmenistan for some respect as Nepal is already out of Tournament.  Nepalese spectators will hardly  be in dashrath stadium to watch the match and boost thier team.
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AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Watch live streaming of India Vs philippines

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MATCH DETAILS:

Group : B
MATCH: India Vs Philippines
DATE: 11TH MARCH 2012,SUNDAY
TIME: 11:15 GMT , 17:00 NST
VENUE: Dashrath Stadium 

India after losing against Tajikistan will take on another loser Philippines in the important match. Lose in the match will cut the ticket of Asia Cup.So Do or die match for phillipines and India will surely be exciting.

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AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Nepal Vs Maldives Head to Head

Nepal and Maldives have met 12 times in International football. 

Nepal has won just three matces, four matches have been drawn and Maldives have won five matches. 

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Look at this stats:

18/09/1984    Kathmandu         Nepal    4:0    Maldives 
20/10/1989    Islamabad             Maldives    0:0    Nepal 
24/12/1991    Colombo                 Nepal    0:1    Maldives 
24/12/1993    Dhaka                     Maldives    0:0    Nepal 
19/12/1995    Madras                    Nepal    1:0 (0:0)    Maldives 
27/04/1999    Margao                   Nepal    2:3 (0:1)    Maldives 
01/05/1999    Margao                   Maldives    2:0 (0:0)    Nepal 
02/10/1999    Kathmandu          Nepal    2:1 (2:1)    Maldives 
15/01/2003    Dhaka                     Nepal    2:3 (0:0)    Maldives 
05/06/2008    Male                        Maldives    4:1 (1:1)    Nepal 
05/12/2009    Dhaka                     Maldives    1:1 (0:0)    Nepal 
02/12/2011    New Delhi               Maldives    1:1 (1:0)    Nepal 

AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Nepal Vs Palestine Pre Match Preview

Group : A


Match: Nepal Vs Maldives 
Venue:Dasrath Stadium
Time: 5 PM NST


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PROBABLE  LINE-UPS:

MALDIVES Imran; Akram, Umair, Rilwan,Shifan; Arif, Fazeel, Adhuham, Shaafee; Ashfaq, Mukhthaar

NEPAL Malla; Rai, Thapa, Chand, Shrestha; Basnet, Khadka, Silwal, Tamang; Gurung, Sahukhala

Both teams have lost their opening match so it will be a great chance for both of them to revive their chance to stay in the fray for the second round. So both team will be hungry for a win.

The 2008 SAFF Cup Champions Maldives will be looking to bounce back on track with a win against the hosts after losing the opener to Turkmenistan.

Ahmed Thoriq will miss out for Maldives following his red card in the last match . Ali Ashfaq will however return after serving out his suspension.

On the other hand, despite going all out in their first match of the competition, Nepal have also lost to Palestine, leaving them hungry for a win.

The two sides will be raring for a win to better their chances to make it through to the semi-finals or the knockout phase of the tournament, having to play another match after Saturday's encounter.

Nepal National football team Coach, Graham Roberts 

"We had a spirited performance against Palestine but squandered some great chances to score so hope things will improve in our next match," the former England international said.

"I believe that we can beat any team in this competition. Like I always said, we need to believe in ourselves and keep on playing good football, the result will come," continued Roberts, who has no suspensions or injury worries to contend with.

Maldives National Football team Coach, Istavan Urbanyi

"We missed Ali Ashfaq against Turkmenistan but he would be a great asset for our remainder of the campaign," Urbanyi said.

"It's going to be another tough match but we are ready and we can pull off a great result on Saturday. We hope our boys will stay focused and do the job professionally," he added.

Facts About Two Opponents:

• The match against Turkmenistan on March 8, 2012, opened Maldives' Challenge Cup record with a 3-1 defeat.

• Hasan Adhuham of Maldives scored in his first international match i.e the last match.
  
  

• Maldives captain and star striker Ali Ashfaq is also the all time top scorer for his country with 23 goals to his name.

• After former India coach Stephen Constantine, Graham Roberts is the second Englishman to coach the Nepali national team.

• Nepal have not surpassed the semi-finals stage in the Challenge Cup history and did not qualify for the tournament in the last edition.

• Maldives and Nepal have played quite a handful of matches against each other, recent two of which ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last Five matches & Head to Head:

Head to Head

SAFF Championship ‎(SAFF)‎	02-Dec-2011	Maldives 1 - Nepal 1
SAFF Championship ‎(SAFF)‎	05-Dec-2009	Maldives 1 - Nepal 1

Last Five Matches

Maldives
08-Mar-2012	Turkmenistan 3 - Maldives 1	ACC
09-Dec-2011	Maldives 1 - India 3	SAFF
06-Dec-2011	Maldives 3 - Bangladesh 1	SAFF
04-Dec-2011	Pakistan 0 - Maldives 0	SAFF
02-Dec-2011	Maldives 1 - Nepal 1	SAFF

Nepal
08-Mar-2012	Nepal 0 - Palestine 2	ACC
09-Dec-2011	Afghanistan 1 - Nepal 0	SAFF
06-Dec-2011	Pakistan 1 - Nepal 1	SAFF
04-Dec-2011	Nepal 1 - Bangladesh 0	SAFF
02-Dec-2011	Maldives 1 - Nepal 1	SAFF

AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Live update of Nepal 0 vs 1 Maldives (FULL TIME)

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0 1 FULL TIME AFC Challenge Cup 2012 10-Mar-2012 05:00 PM NST Dasrath Stadium

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Game will now take under flood lights and the weather is getting cold. Hope Grah Roberts tactis in lemon break will work and Nepal can take a lead
Second Half:
46' Second half kick off and this time is Nepal. Nepal is playing well but Nepal lacks messi.
47' Can Nepalese team bring some joy. Quick game again from the Gorkhalis, Sandip Rai gives a quick pass, Jitendra Karki goes for a overlapping but the ball rolls down too faster.
49' Don't forget to refresh the page to get recent update 
51' Badluck for Nepal. and Gorkhalis are back by one goal. Defender Rashid from maldives score a goal 
‎53' After playing good game till 50th minute, a simple mistake cost NEpal dear. What a blunder from the defense line. Mohamad Rasheed (Hockey) scores first International GOAL.. 
55' santosh Saukhala is warming up and Nepal need to dominate the game and score too
57' Tanka Basnet is replacing Jitendra karki . Tanka basnet show his presence in field but fail to utlize. Raju Tamnaga out Santosh In One attacking midfielder and another striker on the pitch! Can they change the score?
‎59' Adhuham looks injured and he is stretchered off, Naattey IN for Maldives. He is taken to the hospital by ambulance.. 

63' Corner Kick to nepal but well Taken by Nepali Goalie Ritesh. Ritesh looks injured in the field. Can Nepalese team bring joy for Nepal. Graham Roberts looks furious Goal scorer omladive sis out of field.don't forget to refresh the page to get recent updates
‎65' Sagar Thapa is playing too manay miss passes.. He shoudl lead by example at this moment.
67' Maldives got free kick ind anger zone but goes out 
68' Gorkhalis are again pressing hard for an equalizer. Sagar Thapa chips the ball after getting a pass from Tanka, Maldives goalie, Imran hardly saves the ball. 
‎70' Counter move by Ali Ashfaq, Sagar and Sandip marking him well, good tackle there by Sagar, Ashfaq is down, goalir, Ritesh confronts with Ashfaq. Referee calls medical team to take him out.
‎73' Another chance here for Nepal, quick ball from the mid, Anil tries to flick the ball, Maldives goalie, Imran brilliantly save the ball. hmmmm, he is down toooo! Booooooo from Nepalese fans
‎75' Adey is shown yellow card for a foul. Free kick to Nepal, Sagar Thapa is right there to take the shot, he flick the ball, Jumanu is off side... huge frustration in the stadium among NEpalese fans.
77' Another miss from Nepal . People is stadium are frustated. hmm bad luck for Nepal. Loss will throw out Nepal from the tournament.
‎78' Another Chance for Nepal... Jumanu Rai shoots the ball in a difficult angle, Oh hoooooo Aku saves the ball from the goal line.. what a save!
81' Free kick from Nepal from very goos area. all Nepalese player are gathering and Maldives keeper look active. free kick direct in the hand of Goalie
‎82 Anil Gurungggggggggggggg! he tries left footed shot but the ball skies over the bar from just outside the D-box. Time is ticking away, Maldives 1 Nepal 0.
‎85' Tanka Basnet is fouled, another free kick to Nepal, good chance here, Bhoal Silwal is ready, his kick is sent out for another corner kick, poor kick by Bhola. 
87' Tanka Basnet sets up a juicy pass to Sagar Thapa just outside the box, skipper goes for a powerful kick, the ball skies over the bar. Nepal 0 Maldives 1 watch the match
88'‎ Gorkhalis are firing all cylinders they have, We can see Six man defensive line line the Maldives D-boz.
90' 6 min of added time
93' Six maldivians in the defence line .Making very uneasy for Nepal.
95' Foul fo nepal.
96' And its over for Nepal.

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First Half


1' The match have been kicked off Maldives kick off the ball. Nepal are in blue Jersy and Maldives are in Red jersy.
2' there was good chance for Nepal but again strikers fails . Anil head is out.
Nepal XI: Rabin, Biraj, Rohit, Anil, Jumanu, Sandip, Raju, Bhola, Sagar, Ritesh, Bharat 
Maldives XI: Sifan, Umarey, Mohamad, Dhagey, Riley, Adey, Adey, Aku, Shafiu, Hockey, Adhuham, Imma 
3' Dmitri Mashentsev from Kyrgyzstan is the referee of the match. Chynybekov and Jang Chol Jin are two assistant referees. Wow, electrifying environment here at the stadium. Nepal..Nepal.. all around the stadium.
5' Free kick to maldives but Nepal is out of danger now. Ball goes out with out suffering Nepali goalie Ritesh
6' Sandeep looks injured.Gorkhalis have started the game well. Sandeep  is being treated outside the field. it looks he suffers a shoulder injury..Good news for all the football lovers who can't watch live match on TV anantasports in bringing live streaming in your PC


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9' Sandeep is fit now and already inside the field.other matches of this group has been drawn so loss in today's match will show they way out from the tournament before one match have to be played.

10' ‎Free kick to Nepal, Rohit Chand kicks the long long but no problem to Maldives goalie, Imran. He simply catches the ball with no pressure at all. Ritesh Thapa is the goalie for Nepal. Big day for him!

12' It could have been 1-0 for maldives but teh powerful shot of Ali ashfaq have ben saved by Nepali defender

13' Another luck for Nepal Goalie Ritesh have already been beat but Agian Nepalese defender . Maldives look dominating the field after first 10 minutes.Adhuham gets the ball from Ashfaq, he crosses the ball, Ritesh hardly manages to save the ball. Good try from Maldives.
17' Nepalese  player Bhola silwal is injured and medical team has been called  with stretcher.‎Maldivians are also showing spirited performance. Foul by Bhola to Adey, referee whistles for a foul. Bhola is injured and is taken out for treatment.
‎20' Ali Ashfaq is offside. Rohit Chand is marking him well. GPR must have told him to mark him well. 20 mins gone, so far it is an interesting match. Nepal 0 Maldives 0.
22' Long cross from Biraj Maharjan from the flank but Maldives goalie, Imran judges the ball well to catch the ball. Jumanu goes for a ball but Aku clears the ball. What a long throw in from Rohit but straight to the hands of goalie
27' Oh hoooooo What a chance for Nepal, Bharat Khawas dribble pasts defender inside the box, he passes the ball to Jumanu Rai, Can Nepal score a goal? Powerful striker but Maldives goalie, Imran saves brilliantly.....

30' That was a scare, real scare to Red Snappers. Another Foul. Nepal earns a free kick, Rohit Chand on the ball, Wrong judgement, Chand chips the ball but nobody there to get the ball. Good going on from Nepal side
33' Nepalese are dominating the field, Another good chance here, Rohit crosses the ball, Jumanu goes for a header, Maldivians goalie slips there but Jumanu can't take control over the ball. Gorkhalis are on song!
35' Another Free kick to Nepal, Sandip Rai curls the ball but Sifan clears the ball, Powerful strike by Bharat but Maldives defender sends the ball out. Corner kick to Nepal, Raju takes the shot, the ball rebounds in, There is Raju again. Powerful strike..Oh hoooooooooo! what a badluck, the ball hits the woodwork!
‎38' Oh hoo what a chance for Nepal, Rohit gives a pass to Jumanu, good chance to score the goal but goalie Imran hardly saves the ball. Gorkhalis are on song.. They are playing an attacking game. Maldivians are under pressure..
40' What wrong with Robin. He looks injured, He is OUT, Jitendra Karki IN. Don't forget to refresh the page to get recent update.
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‎42' Gorkhalis are pressing hard for a goal! Whoaaah! what a show but they need to capitalize the chance. They already hit the woodwork!
‎43' Bhola Crosses the ball from the flank, Anil Gurung is ready for the header but Sifan is taller than him and Gurung can't get the ball. Sifan clears the ball. Again the ball is in the Nepal' field. Maldivians are under REAL REAL pressure
‎44' Maldivians are now looking for counter moves.Goalie, Ritesh Thapa is enjoying under the bar. He is yet to be tested.
45' two minutes of extra time to go for lemon break. Nepalese creating pressure but can't utilized the chances. maldives are under pressure though
‎45+2' HALF TIME. Nepal 0 Maldives 0. What a game from Gorkhalis but they just couldn't open the account. Raju hits the woodwork and Jumanu squandered two real goal scoring chances!