25 March 2012
21 March 2012
Turkmenistan 1-2 DPR Korea : FINAL RESULT
Kathmandu: 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.
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 32ndminute 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.
09 March 2012
NEPAL VS MALDIVES LIVE STREAMING HERE
MATCH DETAILS:
MATCH: NEPAL VS MALDIVES
DATE: 10TH MARCH ,2012
TIME: 17:00 PM NST
11:15 GMT
VENUE: DASARATH STADIUM,KATHMANDU
05 March 2012
WATCH LIVE NEPAL VS PALESTINE STREAMING AFC CHALLENGE CUP 2012
MATCH DETAILS:
MATCH: NEPAL VS
PALESTINE
DATE: 8TH MARCH
,2012
TIME: 17:00 PM
NPT
11:15 GMT
VENUE: DASARATH
STADIUM,KATHMANDU
04 March 2012
AFC CHALLENGE CUP 2012 TEAM REVIEW: Tajikistan
The Tajikistan national football team (Tajik: тими миллии Тоҷикистон,Persian: تیم ملی تاجیکستان) represents Tajikistan in association football and is controlled by the Tajikistan National Football Federation, the governing body for football in Tajikistan. Tajikistan's home ground is Pamir Stadium in Dushanbe.
History
After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match against Uzbekistan on June 17, 1992. It was not until 1994 that the Tajikistan National Football Federation was admitted to FIFA.
Tajikistan played its first official game on April 11, 1994 in Tashkent as part of a regional tournament. They lost that game againstKazakhstan 0:1.[1] The first official competition the team entered was the Asian Nations Cup 1996 when it was seeded in the three-team Group 8 with Uzbekistan and Bahrain. Bahrain later withdrew leaving Tajikistan to play-off against their Middle Asian neighbors. Tajikistan won the first game 4:0, but were beaten in the away game 0:5 after extra time. They did not enter the World Cup qualifying competition until the France 1998 edition, recording four victories in their preliminary group stage including a 5–0 triumph over Turkmenistan, and losing only toChina, which placed them second behind their eastern neighbors but out of the competition.[2]
In a three-team qualifying section for Korea/Japan 2002, they had a record 16–0 win over Guam before losing 2–0 to Iran. After beatingBangladesh 4–0 on aggregate in the preliminary round of qualifiers for Germany 2006, they held AFC Asian Cup semi-finalists and eventual group winners Bahrain to a goalless draw on 31 March 2004.
The team won its first international tournament, the inaugural AFC Challenge Cup, in 2006, beating Sri Lanka 4–0 in Dhaka.
[edit]World Cup record
| World Cup Finals | World Cup Qualifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1994 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
 1998 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
  2002 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | |
 2006 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |
 2010 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
 2014 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 52 | 31 | ||
[edit]Asian Nations Cup record
| Asian Cup Finals | Asian Cup Qualifications | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 1992 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
 1996 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
 2000 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | ||
 2004 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
    2007 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
 2011 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Total | Best: | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | ||
- 2010 AFC Challenge Cup was used to determine qualification for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
[edit]AFC Challenge Cup record
[edit]Asian Games record
Note: As of 2002 only U23 teams permitted to take part in Asian Games Football Tournament. So in 2006 U23 team took part in the tournament.
[edit]RCD Cup/ECO Cup record[edit]Other Tournaments
[edit]ELF Cup
In 2006, Tajikistan took part in the inaugural ELF Cup in Northern Cyprus. This competition was originally intended to be for teams that were not members of FIFA; however, the organisers extended invitations to both Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, who were both represented by their national futsal teams. Tajikistan failed to get past the group stage.
[edit]Kit
The team strip is currently sponsored by Italian company Legea. It is red,white and green to reflect the colors of the Tajik national flag.
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