2018 SAFF Championship final

The 2018 SAFF Championship Final is a football match that took place on 12 September 2018 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. It was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the Bangabandhu nation stadium, Dhaka.[1] The Maldives came out 2–1 winners against India to secure their second SAFF Championship. [2][3]

2018 SAFF Championship Final
Event2018 SAFF Championship
Date12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)
VenueBangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
2015
2021

Route to the final edit

Maldives Round India
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Sri Lanka 0–0 Match 1   Sri Lanka 2–0
  India 0–2 Match 2   Maldives 2–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  India 2 2 0 0 4 0 +2 6
  Maldives 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1
  Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1
Final standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  India 2 2 0 0 4 0 +2 6
  Maldives 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1
  Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1
Opponent Result Knockout stage Opponent Result
    Nepal 3–0 Semi-finals   Pakistan 3–1

Match edit

Details edit

Maldives  2–1  India
Report
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)[4]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maldives
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
India
GK 22 Mohamed Faisal
RB 4 Hussain Sifaau
CB 2 Ali Samooh
CB 13 Akram Abdul Ghanee (c)   39'
LB 25 Samdhooh Mohamed
DM 23 Hussain Nihan
DM 20 Ibrahim Waheed Hassan
RW 7 Ali Fasir   66'   67'
AM 17 Ibrahim Mahudhee   19'
LW 10 Hamza Mohamed   88'
CF 11 Naiz Hassan   79'
Substitutions:
DF 3 Ahmed Numaan   39'
MF 6 Mohamed Arif   88'
FW 9 Asadhulla Abdulla   79'
Manager:
Petar Segrt
GK 1 Vishal Kaith
RB 5 Davinder Singh   45'
CB 2 Salam Ranjan Singh
CB 12 Sarthak Golui
LB 3 Subhasish Bose (c)   45+1'
RM 22 Nikhil Poojari
CM 14 Vinit Rai
CM 7 Anirudh Thapa   73'
LM 19 Ashique Kuruniyan
CF 15 Farukh Choudhary   68'
CF 9 Manvir Singh
Substitutions:
MF 8 Germanpreet Singh   45'
MF 11 Hitesh Sharma   73'
FW 10 Sumeet Passi   90+2'   68'
Manager:
Stephen Constantine

Assistant referees:[4]
Hossein Ziari (Iran)
Apichit Nophuan (Thailand)
Fourth official:[4]
Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)


Match rules:

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if scores level
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • 12 substitutes named, of which three may be used

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava (2 July 2015). "Trivandrum will host upcoming SAFF Cup in December 2015/January 2016". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ "SAFF Cup final, Maldives vs India: Key highlights".
  3. ^ "Maldives win 2018 SAFF Championship final". Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "FINAL: MALDIVES vs INDIA". saffsuzukiucp.org. South Asian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

External links edit