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| Event | 2011 SAFF Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 11 December 2011 | ||||||
| Venue | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi | ||||||
| Referee | Sukhbir Singh (Singapore) | ||||||
| Attendance | 30,000 | ||||||
The 2011 SAFF Championship final was the final match of the 2011 SAFF Championship which took place in India on 11 December 2011. The final match took place between India and Afghanistan. India entered the final as defending champions after winning their fifth title in 2009. While for Afghanistan this was their first final. [1] [2] [3]
It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India, [4] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September. [5]
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for the India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
| India | Round | Afghanistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Afghanistan | 1–1 | Match 1 |  India | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bhutan | 5–0 | Match 2 |  Sri Lanka | 3–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Match 3 | Bhutan | 8–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opponent | Result | Knockout phase | Opponent | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Maldives | 3–1 | Semi-finals |  Nepal | 1–0 a e.t | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| India | 4–0 | Afghanistan |
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Chhetri  71' (pen.)Miranda 79'Lalpekhlua 80'S. Singh 90+5' | Report |
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