1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	4 September – 13 September
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	Maldives
Third place	Pakistan
Fourth place	Sri Lanka
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	29 (2.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	IM Vijayan (6 goals)
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The 1997 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Kathmandu, Nepal between 4 September 1997 and 13 September 1997.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Pakistan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Nepal	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4	0

September 4, 1997

Nepal	0 – 2	Pakistan
		Mohammed Nauman 28' Mohammed Ijaz 68'

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September 6, 1997

Sri Lanka	2 – 0	Pakistan
Roshan Pereira 54' Mohamed Amanulla 86'

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September 8, 1997

Nepal	1 – 3	Sri Lanka
Deepak Amayta 72'		Roshan Pereira 15' 70' 86'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
Maldives	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3	1

September 5, 1997

Maldives	1 – 1	Bangladesh
Lirugam Saeed ?'		Imtiaz Ahmed 53'

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September 7, 1997

India	3 – 0	Bangladesh
IM Vijayan 74' 76' Baichung Bhutia 88'

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September 9, 1997

India	2 – 2	Maldives
Baichung Bhutia 30' Jo Paul Ancheri 55'		Ibrahim Rasheed 65' Mohamed Nizam 83'

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

September 10, 1997

Sri Lanka	1 – 2	Maldives
KM Kabeer 21'		Shah Ismail 19' Mohammed Nizam 89'

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September 11, 1997

India	2 – 0	Pakistan
IM Vijayan 42' 76'

Third Place Match

September 13, 1997

Pakistan	1 – 0	Sri Lanka
Haseemdeen 76' (o.g.)

Final

September 13, 1997

India	5 - 1	Maldives
Jo Paul Ancheri 9' Baichung Bhutia 15' IM Vijayan 20' 53' Amit Das 49'		Adam Abdul Lateef 43'

Champion

South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup 1997
India Second title