2015 President's Cup (Maldives)

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President's Cup
Tournament details
CountryMaldives
Dates15–30 September 2015
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Maziya (1st title)
Runners-up New Radiant
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored35 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Alamu Bukola (3 goals)
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The 2015 President's Cup is the 65th season of the President's Cup. New Radiant Sports Club are the defending champions, having beaten Eagles in last season's final in extra time. [1]

Contents

This is the first tournament under its current tournament format.

Participating teams

According to the current format, all teams playing in the 2015 Dhivehi Premier League will be appearing in the President's Cup. [2]

Final draw

The draw took place on 12 August 2015 at the FAM House in Male'. [3]

Venues

2 venues in two islands were selected for the tournament. [4] Group stage matches are to be played at both venues; (Group A matches in Kulhudhuffushi and Group B matches in Addu City), while the knock-out round matches are scheduled to be held at Addu City. [3]

Addu City, Addu Atoll Kulhudhuffushi, Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Addu Football Stadium Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium

0°38′28.68″S73°8′28.8″E / 0.6413000°S 73.141333°E / -0.6413000; 73.141333 (Addu City)

6°37′N73°3′E / 6.617°N 73.050°E / 6.617; 73.050 (Kulhudhuffushi)

Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 1,000

Background

This is the second edition of this tournament, being played in a venue other than Male' since it was once held at Addu City in 1970. It is the first year for Kulhudhuffushi to host this tournament. [5]

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.

The two semi-final losers competed in a third place play-off. For any match after the group stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner

Broadcasting rights

The broadcasting rights for some matches of 2015 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 New Radiant (Q)320174+36Advance to knockout stage
2 TC Sports (Q)320131+26
3 BG Sports 32013306
4 Mahibadhoo 30032750
Source: President's Cup
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
New Radiant 3–1 BG Sports
Viliam Soccerball shade.svg47', 90+2'
Fazeel Soccerball shade.svg48'
Report Soccerball shade.svg26' David

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Maziya (Q)321051+47Advance to knockout stage
2 Eagles (Q)312053+25
3 Valencia 31023633
4 Victory 30120331
Source: President's Cup
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Valencia 2–4 Eagles
Nihaan Soccerball shade.svg53'
Awilo Soccerball shade.svg59'
Report Soccerball shade.svg18' Easa
Soccerball shade.svg58' Reyes
Soccerball shade.svg69' Nasheed
Soccerball shade.svg87' Rizuwan
Maziya 1–1 Eagles
Umair Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.) Report Soccerball shade.svg42' (pen.) Easa

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 September – Addu City
 
 
New Radiant 2
 
4 October – Addu City
 
Eagles 1
 
New Radiant 1
 
27 September – Addu City
 
Maziya S&RC 3
 
Maziya S&RC (pen.)0(4)
 
 
TC Sports 0(2)
 

Semi-finals

New Radiant 2–1 Eagles
Rilwan Soccerball shade.svg32'
Ashad Soccerball shade.svg84'
Report Soccerball shade.svg81' (pen.) Abu

Final

Statistics

References

  1. Blues make history Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Maldivesoccer. 01 December 2014
  2. League delayed and President's Cup to be played in two venues sun.mv (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
  3. 1 2 Taught teams to Addu City Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Maldivesoccer. 13 August 2015
  4. President's Cup in Addu and Kulhudhuffushi Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
  5. Vanelncia, Maziya, Victory to Addu & New Radiant to Kulhudhuffushi avas.mv (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015