2008 SAFF Championship

2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countries  Maldives
 Sri Lanka
Dates 3 June – 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) Ibrahim Fazeel (3 goals)[1]
Best player Ali Ashfaq
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The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between June 3 and June 14, 2008. (All times GMT+0).

Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.

Contents

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
June 3, 2008
11:00
 India  4 – 0  Nepal Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Pradeep  26'
Bhutia  34'
Chetri  67'
S. K. Singh  83'		 Report
Report
June 3, 2008
16:00
 Maldives  3 – 0  Pakistan Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Shifan  45+2'
Thoriq  47'
Akram  90+' (o.g.)		 Report
June 5, 2008
11:00
 India  2 – 1  Pakistan Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Pradeep  25'
Dias  45+1'		 Report
Report		 Adnan Ahmed  88'
June 5, 2008
16:00
 Maldives  4 – 1  Nepal Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Ismail Mohamed  9' ,  46'
Fazeel  50', 62'		 Report Gouchan  10'
June 7, 2008
11:00
 Pakistan  1 – 4  Nepal Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Ishaq  52' Report
Report		 Tamang  3'
Rayajhi  5'
Rai  67', 86'
June 7, 2008
16:00
 Maldives  0 – 1  India Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Report Gouramangi Singh  14'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
June 4, 2008
11:30
 Bangladesh  1 – 1  Bhutan Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Arup Kumar Baidya  27' Report Nima Sangay  79'
June 4, 2008
14:00
 Sri Lanka  2 – 2  Afghanistan Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Chathura Gunarathna  8'
Channa Ediri  75' (pen)
 Report
 H.A. Habib  8',  49'
June 6, 2008
11:30
 Bangladesh  2 – 2  Afghanistan Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Ameli  51'(pen)
Shamsuddin Amiri  75' (o.g.)		 Report H.A. Habib  9'
Mustafa Hadid  22'[2]
June 6, 2008
14:00
 Sri Lanka  2 – 0  Bhutan Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Gunarathna  25',  37' Report
June 8, 2008
12:00
 Afghanistan  1 – 3  Bhutan Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
H.A. Habib  88'
 Report Yeshey Dorji  13'
Gyeltshen  31',  80'
June 8, 2008
14:30
 Sri Lanka  1 – 0  Bangladesh Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Mohideen  71' Report

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

June 11, 2008
11:00
 India  2 – 1 (aet)  Bhutan Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Chetri  30'
Gouramangi  120'		 Report
Report		 Dorji  18'
June 11, 2008
14:00
 Sri Lanka  0 – 1  Maldives Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Report Fazeel  70'

Final

June 14, 2008
14:00
 India  0 – 1  Maldives Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: ~20,000
Report Mukhthar Naseer  79'

Champion

 South Asian Football Federation Cup 2008 

Maldives
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (cont.)

Other Statistics

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 India 0 - 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".

External links

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1 goal

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1 goal (cont.)

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Other Statistics

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 India 0 - 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".

External links