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)

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