2016 AFC Solidarity Cup

2016 AFC Solidarity Cup
Piala Solidariti AFC 2016
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityKuching
Dates2–15 November
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions   Nepal (1st title)
Runners-up Macau
Third place Laos
Fourth place Brunei
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored37 (2.85 per match)
Attendance2,384 (183 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brunei Shahrazen Said
Laos Xaisongkham Champathong
Macau Niki Torrão
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Macau Leong Ka Hang
Fair play award Laos
2014
(AFC Challenge Cup)
2020

The 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup was the inaugural and only edition of the AFC Solidarity Cup, an international football tournament. It took place between 2–15 November 2016 in Malaysia.[1][2][3]

The tournament was created by the Asian Football Confederation as a replacement for the AFC Challenge Cup which was played for the last time in 2014.

A total of nine teams were eligible to compete in this edition of the tournament. Six teams were eligible to compete after losing in the first round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification competition, while three teams were eligible to compete after losing in the play-off round 2 of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification competition. After Pakistan and Bangladesh withdrew, only seven teams competed in the tournament.[4]

  1. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2017.
  2. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee decisions". AFC. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ^ "New national team competition AFC Solidarity Cup launched". AFC. 8 September 2016.
  4. ^ "AFC Solidarity Cup 2016 line-up finalised". AFC. Retrieved 16 October 2016.