2020 AFC Solidarity Cup
The 2020 AFC Solidarity Cup was planned to be the 2nd AFC Solidarity Cup, a football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | Cancelled |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
← 2016 2024 → | |
On 10 September 2020, AFC announced that the tournament would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] In May 2019, it was rescheduled once more to March 2020.[2][3][4][5]
Nepal were the previous champions.
Qualified teams
The tournament would have had 8 teams. The teams that could qualify were:[3]
- The six teams that lost the first round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup (same tournament) qualifiers.
- The two teams that lost the play-off round of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1] | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bhutan |
AFC First Round loser | 11 June 2019 | 0 | — |
 Brunei |
AFC First Round loser | 11 June 2019 | 1 (2016) | Fourth place (2016) |
 Timor-Leste |
AFC First Round loser | 11 June 2019 | 1 (2016) | Group stage (2016) |
 Laos |
AFC First Round loser | 11 June 2019 | 1 (2016) | Third place (2016) |
 Pakistan |
AFC First Round loser | 11 June 2019 | 0[upper-alpha 2] | — |
 Macau |
AFC First Round loser | 27 June 2019[upper-alpha 3] | 1 (2016) | Runners-up (2016) |
 Chinese Taipei |
AFC Playoff Round loser | 11 October 2021 | 0 | — |
 Guam |
AFC Playoff Round loser | 12 October 2021 | 0 | — |
- ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- ↑ Pakistan qualified for the 2016 tournament, but withdrew. That means this would have been their first appearance.
- ↑ Macau did not go to Sri Lanka for the second leg due to safety concerns from the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[6] FIFA announced on 27 June 2019, that this match would be a 3–0 forfeit win to Sri Lanka.[7][8]
References
- ↑ AFC Competitions Committee decisions (12 April 2016)AFC.
- ↑ AFC Competitions Calendar 2020 (22 March 2019)AFC.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Uzbekistan, Bahrain recommended as hosts for 2020 AFC U-19 & U-16 Championships (17 September 2019)AFC.
- ↑ Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Asia. AFC. 12 August 2020. https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/fifa-world-cup/latest/news/update-on-upcoming-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers-in-asia. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ↑ AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar (10 September 2020)AFC. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ↑ Football - Macau not sending team to Sri Lanka due to security concerns (8 June 2019)Reuters. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ↑ AFC Statement (10 June 2019)Asian Football Confederation.
- ↑ FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions Macau Football Association (27 June 2019)FIFA.
Other websites
- AFC Solidarity Cup, the-AFC.com