2008 SAFF Championship
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Maldives Sri Lanka |
Dates | 3–14 June |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Maldives (1st title) |
Runners-up | India |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1] |
Best player(s) | Ali Ashfaq |
← 2005 2009 →
All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019. |
The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.
Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.
Venues
[edit]Stadiums | |
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Colombo | Malé |
Sugathadasa Stadium | Rasmee Dhandu Stadium |
Capacity:25,000[2] | Capacity:11,850[3] |
Host city of Sri Lanka | Host city of Maldives |
Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
Maldives | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
Bhutan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
Source: RSSSF
Bangladesh | 1–1 | Bhutan |
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Baidya 27' | Report | Sangay 79' |
Sri Lanka | 2–2 | Afghanistan |
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Gunarathna 8' Ediri 75' (pen.) |
Report | H. A. Habib 8', 49' |
Bangladesh | 2–2 | Afghanistan |
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Ameli 51' (pen.) Mamunul 75' |
Report | H. A. Habib 9' Hadid 22'[4] |
Sri Lanka | 2–0 | Bhutan |
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Gunarathna 25', 37' | Report |
Afghanistan | 1–3 | Bhutan |
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H. A. Habib 88' | Report | Dorji 13' Gyeltshen 31', 80' |
Knockout phase
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
11 Jun – Malé | ||||||
India | 2 | |||||
14 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
Bhutan | 1 | |||||
India | 0 | |||||
11 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
Maldives | 1 | |||||
Maldives | 1 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Final
[edit]Champion
[edit]SAFF Championship 2008 |
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Maldives First title |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Other statistics
[edit]- Most goals scored by: Maldives and India (9 goals)
- Fewest goals scored by: Pakistan (2 goals)
- Most goals conceded by: Nepal and Pakistan (9 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded by: Maldives (2 goals)
- Fastest goal by: Raju Tamang for Nepal against Pakistan ( 3')
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
- ^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".
External links
[edit]Categories:
- SAFF Championship
- 2008 SAFF Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Sri Lanka
- International association football competitions hosted by the Maldives
- 2007–08 in Sri Lankan football
- 2008 in Maldivian football
- 2008 in Asian football
- 2007–08 in Pakistani football
- 2008 in Nepalese sport
- 2008 in Bhutanese football
- 2008 in Bangladeshi football
- 2008 in Afghan football
- 2007–08 in Indian football