2008 SAFF Championship

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2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesMaldives
Sri Lanka
Dates3 June – 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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The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between June 3 and June 14, 2008. (All times GMT+05).

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

Group stage

Group A

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
India 4 – 0   Nepal
Pradeep 26'
Bhutia 34'
Chetri 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
Ismail Mohamed 9' , 46'
Fazeel 50', 62'		 Report Gouchan 10'
Attendance: 8,000
Pakistan 1 – 4   Nepal
Ishaq 52' Report
Report		 Tamang 3'
Rayajhi 5'
Rai 67', 86'
Maldives 0 – 1 India
Report Gouramangi Singh 14'
Attendance: 10,000

Group B

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
Bangladesh 1 – 1 Bhutan
Arup Kumar Baidya 27' Report Nima Sangay 79'
Sri Lanka 2 – 2 Afghanistan
Chathura Gunarathna 8'
Channa Ediri 75' (pen)		 Report H. A. Habib 8', 49'
Bangladesh 2 – 2 Afghanistan
Ameli 51'(pen)
Mamun 75'		 Report H. A. Habib 9'
Mustafa Hadid 22'[2]
Sri Lanka 2 – 0 Bhutan
Gunarathna 25', 37'[citation needed] Report
Afghanistan 1 – 3 Bhutan
H. A. Habib 88' Report Yeshey Dorji 13'
Yeshey Gyeltshen 31', 80'
Sri Lanka 1 – 0 Bangladesh
Mohideen 71' Report

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

India 2 – 1 (aet) Bhutan
Chetri 30'
Gouramangi 120'		 Report
Report		 Dorji 18'
Attendance: 12,000
Sri Lanka 0 – 1 Maldives
Report Fazeel 70'
Attendance: 12,000

Final

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

Champion

 South Asian Football Federation Cup 2008 

Maldives
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Other Statistics

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 India 0 - 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".

External links

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