2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–26 March 2013 |
| Teams | 19 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 82 (3.04 per match) |
| Attendance | 127,100 (4,707 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Phil Younghusband(5 goals) |
The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase determined the teams which advanced to the final tournament. The qualification draw was held on 11 December 2012, in AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Twenty teams expressed their interest to take part before the deadline of 7 September 2012. The Northern Mariana Islands will make their Challenge Cup debut after having been approved by the AFC to participate (the Northern Mariana Islands is an associate member of the AFC).
It was decided that starting from this tournament, an automatic qualification place will be given to the AFC Challenge Cup host. The hosting rights were given to Maldives in the AFC Competitions Committee meeting on 28 November.
The twenty teams involved in the qualification draw were drawn into five groups of four teams, with each group containing one team from each of the following seeding pots. Teams in each group will play a single round-robin at a pre-determined host country. The five group winners plus the two best second-placed teams will qualify for the finals.
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Myanmar
Nepal Philippines
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