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2008 SAFF Championship

The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.

2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesMaldives
Sri Lanka
Dates3–14 June
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Maldives (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Afghanistan H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1]
Best player(s)Maldives Ali Ashfaq
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2009 →
All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

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

Venues edit

Stadiums
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

Main article: 2008 SAFF Championship squads

Group stage edit

Group A edit

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
Source: RSSSF
India  4–0    Nepal
Pradeep   26'
Bhutia   34'
Chhetri   67'
S. K. Singh   83'		 Report
Report
Maldives  3–0  Pakistan
Shifan   45+2'
Thoriq   47'
Akram   90+' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
India  2–1  Pakistan
Pradeep   25'
Dias   45+1'		 Report
Report		 Adnan Ahmed   88'
Maldives  4–1    Nepal
Mohamed   9', 46'
Fazeel   50', 62'		 Report Gouchan   10'
Attendance: 8,000
Pakistan  1–4    Nepal
Ishaq   52' Report
Report		 Tamang   3'
Rayamajhi   5'
Rai   67', 86'
Maldives  0–1  India
Report Singh   14'
Attendance: 10,000

Group B edit

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
Source: RSSSF
Bangladesh  1–1  Bhutan
Baidya   27' Report Sangay   79'
Sri Lanka  2–2  Afghanistan
Gunarathna   8'
Ediri   75' (pen.)		 Report H. A. Habib   8', 49'
Bangladesh  2–2  Afghanistan
Ameli   51' (pen.)
Mamunul   75'		 Report H. A. Habib   9'
Hadid   22'[4]
Sri Lanka  2–0  Bhutan
Gunarathna   25', 37' Report
Afghanistan  1–3  Bhutan
H. A. Habib   88' Report Dorji   13'
Gyeltshen   31', 80'
Sri Lanka  1–0  Bangladesh
Mohideen   71' Report

Knockout phase edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 Jun – Malé
 
 
  India2
 
14 Jun – Colombo
 
  Bhutan1
 
  India 0
 
11 Jun – Colombo
 
  Maldives1
 
  Maldives1
 
 
  Sri Lanka0
 

Semi-finals edit

India  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Bhutan
Chhetri   30'
Gouramangi   120'		 Report
Report		 Dorji   18'
Attendance: 12,000
Sri Lanka  0–1  Maldives
Report Fazeel   70'
Attendance: 12,000

Final edit

India  0–1  Maldives
Report Naseer   87'
Attendance: ~20,000

Champion edit

 SAFF Championship 2008 
 
Maldives
First title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Other statistics edit

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. ^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".

External links edit

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