2018 Bangabandhu Cup

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2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
Dates1–12 October 2018
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored15 (1.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Tajikistan.svg Komron Tursunov (2 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Palestine.svg Abdelatif Bahdari
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The 2018 Bangabandhu Gold Cup or simply 2018 Bangabandhu Cup was an international association football tournament organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 5th edition of the tournament with six teams competing from 1 to 12 October 2018. [1]

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Participating teams

Six nations competed in the tournament. [2] BFF president Kazi Salahuddin has previously stated that the BFF wanted to get one team from each of the Asian Football Confederation's sub-confederations. [3] Afghanistan was also reported as a potential participant. [4] All teams were the first teams except for the Philippines which brought their second team. [5]

CountryFIFA Ranking 1 Previous best performance
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (Host)193Runners-up (2015)
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 178N/A (Debut)
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 160Winners (2016)
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 100N/A (Debut)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 114N/A (Debut)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 120N/A (Debut)

Draw

The draw took place on 1 September 2018 at the Le Méridien Dhaka Hotel in Dhaka. The six teams were drawn into two groups with three teams each for the group stage. [2] [6]

Venues

Matches were played in three venues. The Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet hosted the group stage matches while the Cox's Bazar Stadium in Cox's Bazar hosted the semifinals. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the venue for the final. [7]

Dhaka Sylhet Cox's Bazar
Bangabandhu National Stadium Sylhet District Stadium Cox's Bazar Stadium
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.jpg
Capacity: 36,000Capacity: 25,000Capacity: 5,000

Officials

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 220030+36Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 21012203
3Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 200203−30
Source: Soccerway
Nepal    Flag of Nepal.svg0–2Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)
Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg0–2Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Report
Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svg1–0Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Report
Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Referee: Mohammed Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 220041+36Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (H)21011103
3Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 200214−30
Source: Soccerway
(H) Host
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg1–0Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Report
Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg3–1Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Report
Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg0–1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Report
Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
9 October – Cox's Bazar
 
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0
 
12 October – Dhaka
 
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 2
 
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 0 (3)
 
10 October – Cox's Bazar
 
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (p)0 (4)
 
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 2
 
 
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 0
 

Semi-finals

Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg0–2Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svg2–0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Report
Cox's Bazar Stadium, Cox's Bazar
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Final

Goalscorers

There were 15 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.67 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Sponsorship

Local sports marketing company K-Sports bought the rights for this edition of the tournament and provided all the expenditures. [3]

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