2020 AFC Solidarity Cup

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2020 AFC Solidarity Cup
Tournament details
DatesCancelled
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
← 2016

The 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup was originally planned to be the 2nd edition of the AFC Solidarity Cup, an international football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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In April 2016, it was proposed to take place in September 2020 but was rescheduled to December. [1] In May 2019, it was rescheduled once more to March 2020. [2] The AFC announced on 17 September 2019 that it was to be played between 30 November and 13 December 2020. [3] However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, the Solidarity Cup could not be played as scheduled. [4] On 10 September 2020, the AFC announced that the 2020 tournament would be cancelled, with the next edition planned to be played in 2024; [5] the 2024 edition would never take place as AFC abolished the tournament in November 2023. [6]

Nepal were the defending champions.

Qualified teams

The competition would have been contested by a maximum of ten teams. All teams which were neither competing in the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers nor the third round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers would have been eligible to enter, including: [3]

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament [A] Previous best performance
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan AFC first round loser11 June 20190 (debut)—
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei AFC first round loser11 June 20191 (2016)Fourth place (2016)
Flag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste AFC first round loser11 June 20191 (2016)Group stage (2016)
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos AFC first round loser11 June 20191 (2016)Third place (2016)
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan AFC first round loser11 June 20190 (debut) [B] —
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau AFC first round loser27 June 2019 [C] 1 (2016)Runners-up (2016)
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei AFC playoff round loser [D] 11 October 20210 (debut)—
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam AFC playoff round loser [D] 12 October 20210 (debut)—
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ↑ Pakistan had qualified for the 2016 edition but later withdrew. Therefore, this would be Pakistan's 1st appearance.
  3. ↑ Macau did not send their team for the second leg due to safety reasons following the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings. [7] The AFC referred the matter to FIFA, [8] which announced on 27 June 2019 that the match was declared a 3–0 forfeit victory to Sri Lanka, and consequently qualifying Sri Lanka to the second round. [9]
  4. 1 2 The play-off round was originally supposed to be consisted of 12 teams playing for 2 rounds. Following both Qatar and China's qualifications to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, the number was reduced from 12 to 4 (after the cancellation of the tournament). [10] Therefore, there were no confirmed teams from the play-off round which qualified for the tournament.

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee decisions". AFC. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2020" (PDF). AFC. 22 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Uzbekistan, Bahrain recommended as hosts for 2020 AFC U-19 & U-16 Championships". AFC. 17 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Asia". AFC. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". AFC. 10 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee takes key decisions in second meeting". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 27 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Football - Macau not sending team to Sri Lanka due to security concerns". Reuters. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "AFC Statement". AFC. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  9. ↑ "FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association". FIFA.com. 27 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Line-up for AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Qualifiers Final Round unveiled". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 16 June 2021.
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