2011 SAFF Championship
![]() Logo 2011 SAFF Championship | |
Tournament details | |
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Host country | India |
Dates | 2 December – 11 December |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 44 (2.93 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011,[1] was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.
Venue[]
It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India,[2] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.[3]
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for Indian national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
New Delhi | |
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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
Capacity: 60,000 | |
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Squads[]
Draw[]
The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.[4]
Group A | Group B |
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(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)
Group stage[]
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30
Key to colours in group tables | |
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Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
Group A[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
India ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Chhetri ![]() |
Report | Arezou ![]() |
Sri Lanka ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Mohamed Zain ![]() Nipuna ![]() |
Report |
Afghanistan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Ahmadi ![]() Yamrali ![]() |
Report | Mohamed Zain ![]() |
Bhutan ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() |
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Chencho ![]() |
Report | Yamrali ![]() Amiri ![]() Arezou ![]() Sharityar ![]() Mashriqi ![]() |
India ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Jeje ![]() Chhetri ![]() Bandara Warakagoda ![]() |
Report |
Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Bangladesh ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Nepal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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S. Thapa ![]() |
Report |
Pakistan ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Pakistan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ishaq ![]() |
Report | Khawas ![]() |
Maldives ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Thariq ![]() Ashfaq ![]() |
Report | Shahed ![]() |
Knockout stage[]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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11 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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Semi-finals[]
Maldives ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Shamweel ![]() |
Report | Nabi ![]() Chhetri ![]() |
Afghanistan ![]() | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Arezou ![]() |
Report |
Final[]
Awards[]
2011 SAFF Championship Winners |
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![]() India Sixth title |
Fair Play Award | Top Scorer | Player of the Tournament | ||||||
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Statistics[]
Goalscorers[]
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Sandjar Ahmadi
Ata Yamrali
Syed Rahim Nabi
Jeje Lalpekhlua
Ali Ashfaq
Ahmed Thariq
Nipuna Bandara
Mohamed Zain
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Bandara Warakagoda (against India)
Other statistics[]
- Most wins
India 4 wins
- Most Losses
Bhutan 3 loss
- Most Draws
Pakistan 3 draws
- First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for
Maldives vs
Nepal
- Most goals scored in a match
Afghanistan 8 Goals vs
Bhutan
- Lowest scores in a match 1.
Bangladesh vs
Pakistan 0-0
- Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for
Afghanistan vs
Bhutan 4 Goals
- Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for
Afghanistan vs
Bhutan in 4 Minutes
- Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of
Afghanistan
- Best match of the tournament
Afghanistan vs
Nepal 1-0
Broadcasting[]
YouTube Live[]
In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.[citation needed]
Television[]
Countries | Broadcaster |
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TEN Action+ NEO Sports Ariana TV1 MNBC One |
1 Only Afghan matches
References[]
- ^ "Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship". Indian Football Network. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "AIFF Executive committee meeting". The-AIFF.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog". The-AIFF. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Maldives in group of death". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
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