২০১৮ সাফ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Bangladesh |
Dates | 4–15 September |
Teams | 7 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Maldives (2nd title) |
Runners-up | India |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 29 (2.42 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Manvir Singh Hassan Bashir (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Mohamed Faisal |
Best goalkeeper | Mohamed Faisal |
Fair play award | Bhutan |
The 2018 SAFF Championship, also known as the 2018 SAFF Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th edition of the SAFF Championship, the biennial international men's football championship of South Asia organized by SAFF. It was initially scheduled to be hosted by Bangladesh in December 2017, [1] but later rescheduled to 4–15 September 2018. [2]
On 2 January 2016, the SAFF executive committee made a decision that Bangladesh would host the 2017 SAFF Championship at a meeting held in Trivandrum, India. Maldives and Bhutan made bids to host the games but the latter withdrew its bid. [1]
This was the third SAFF Championship hosted by Bangladesh, after victory in the 2003 edition and semi-finalists in 2009.
The draw ceremony was held on 18 April 2018 in Dhaka. [3]
Country | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA ranking 16 August 2018 |
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Bangladesh (Host) | 11th | Champions (2003) | 194 |
Bhutan | 8th | Semi-finals (2008) | 183 |
India | 12th | Champions (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015) | 96 |
Maldives | 10th | Champions (2008) | 150 |
Nepal | 12th | Third-Place (1993) | 161 |
Pakistan | 11th | Third-Place (1997) | 201 |
Sri Lanka | 12th | Champions (1995) | 200 |
Dhaka | |
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Bangabandhu National Stadium | |
Capacity: 36,000 | |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Nepal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Qualified for semi-finals |
2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Bangladesh (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | |
4 | Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 2–0 | Bhutan |
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Nepal | 4–0 | Bhutan |
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Bangladesh | 1–0 | Pakistan |
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Bangladesh | 0–2 | Nepal |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Qualified for semi-finals |
2 | Maldives | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 September | ||||||
Nepal | 0 | |||||
15 September | ||||||
Maldives | 3 | |||||
Maldives | 2 | |||||
12 September | ||||||
India | 1 | |||||
India | 3 | |||||
Pakistan | 1 | |||||
Nepal | 0–3 | Maldives |
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India | 3–1 | Pakistan |
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SAFF Championship 2018 |
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Maldives Second title |
The following awards were given for the 2018 SAFF Championship.
Fair Play award [6] | Most Valuable Player [7] | Top Goalscorer [lower-alpha 2] [9] [10] | ||||||
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Bhutan | Mohamed Faisal | Manvir Singh |
There were 29 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.42 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Country | Broadcaster | Ref. |
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Bangladesh | Channel 9 | [11] |
India | D Sport | [12] |
Maldives | Television Maldives | |
Nepal | AP1 Television | |
United States | Bleacher Report | [13] [14] |
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