2011 SAFF Championship

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2011 SAFF Championship
2011 SAFF Championship logo.svg
Logo 2011 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates2–11 December
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of India.svg  India (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored44 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri (7 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri
← 2009
2013 →
All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship , sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011, [1] was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.

Contents

Venue

It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India, [2] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September. [3]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 60,000
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium CWG opening ceremony.jpg

Squads

Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail. [4]

Group AGroup B

Flag of India.svg  India (162) (1st seed)
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka (176)
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan (178)
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan (198)

Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives (166) (2nd seed)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (142)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal (143)
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (174)

(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

Group stage

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan 3210123+97
Flag of India.svg  India 321091+87
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 310246−23
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 3003116−150
Source: RSSSF
India  Flag of India.svg1–1Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg10' Report Arezou Soccerball shade.svg5'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg3–0Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Zain Soccerball shade.svg29'
Nipuna Soccerball shade.svg35', 65'		 Report
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg3–1Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Ahmadi Soccerball shade.svg22', 36'
Yamrali Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Report Zain Soccerball shade.svg17'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg0–5Flag of India.svg  India
Report Nabi Soccerball shade.svg29'
Clifford Soccerball shade.svg44', 58'
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg69', 84'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Bhutan  Flag of Bhutan.svg1–8Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan
Chencho Soccerball shade.svg22' Report Yamrali Soccerball shade.svg4'
Amiri Soccerball shade.svg10'
Arezou Soccerball shade.svg15', 18', 45+2', 83'
Sharityar Soccerball shade.svg48' (pen.)
Mashriqi Soccerball shade.svg60'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
India  Flag of India.svg3–0Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Jeje Soccerball shade.svg50'
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg70'
Warakagoda Soccerball shade.svg90+3' (o.g.)		 Report
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 312042+25
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 312032+15
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 30301103
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 301214−31
Source: RSSSF
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg0–0Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Report
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg1–1Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Ashfaq Soccerball shade.svg45+2' Report Sandip Soccerball shade.svg51'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg1–0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
S. Thapa Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Santosh Kumar (India)
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg0–0Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
Report
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg1–1Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Ishaq Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.) Report Khawas Soccerball shade.svg37'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)
Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg3–1Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Thariq Soccerball shade.svg6', 17'
Ashfaq Soccerball shade.svg70'		 Report Shahed Soccerball shade.svg29'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
 9 December — New Delhi
 
 
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 1
 
 11 December — New Delhi
 
Flag of India.svg  India 3
 
Flag of India.svg  India 4
 
 9 December — New Delhi
 
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan 0
 
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan (a.e.t.)1
 
 
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 0
 

Semi-finals

Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg1–3Flag of India.svg  India
Shamweel Soccerball shade.svg60' Report Nabi Soccerball shade.svg24'
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg70' (pen.), 90+1'
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg1–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Arezou Soccerball shade.svg101' Report
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Final

India  Flag of India.svg4–0Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2013).svg  Afghanistan
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg71' (pen.)
Clifford Soccerball shade.svg79'
Jeje Soccerball shade.svg80'
Sushil Soccerball shade.svg90+5'		 Report
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Champion

 SAFF Championship 2011 
Flag of India.svg
India
Sixth title

Awards

Fair Play AwardTop ScorerPlayer of the Tournament
Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri

Statistics

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Other statistics

2. Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan vs Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives 0-0

Broadcasting

YouTube Live

In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.[ citation needed ]

Television

CountriesBroadcaster
TEN Action+
NEO Sports
Ariana TV1
Doordarshan2
MNBC One

1 Only Afghan matches 2 Only Indian matches

References

  1. ↑ "Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship". Indian Football Network. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "AIFF Executive committee meeting". The-AIFF.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog". The-AIFF. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Maldives in group of death". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
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