2015 Bangabandhu Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Bangladesh |
Dates | 29 January – 8 February |
Teams | 6 (from AFC confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Malaysia (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Bangladesh |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 19 (2.11 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Kumaahran Sathasivam Pakorn Prempak (2 goals) |
Best player(s) | Jamal Bhuyan |
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The 2015 Bangabandhu Cup or 2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup is an international association football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 3rd edition of the Bangabandhu Cup, after a hiatus of 16 years. It was finally given the go ahead to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.[1]
Malaysia U-23 won the third edition, after beating Bangladesh U-23 in the final. This was also the first time the host reached the final of this tournament.
Format
[edit]In the group stage, six teams were divided into two groups of three teams, playing a single round-robin, with the teams finishing first and second in each group qualifying to the semi-finals.
Venues
[edit]Nine matches were played at two different venues in Dhaka and Sylhet. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, and Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet. All matches were played at the following two grounds:
Dhaka | Sylhet | |
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Bangabandhu National Stadium | Sylhet District Stadium | |
Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
Officials
[edit]Eleven referees and 2 match commissioner were appointed by the FIFA for this tournament.
Referees
[edit]- Ferdour Ahmed
- Jalal Uddin
- Jasim Uddin
- Mijanur Rahman
- Mohammad Nuruzzaman
- Nahid
- Tayeb Shamsuzzaman
- Hsu Min-Yu
- Mooud Bonyadifar
- Khamis Al-Marri
Match Commissioner
[edit]Broadcaster
[edit]Group stage
[edit]- All times are local, Bangladesh Standard Time (UTC+06:00)
Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 0–1 | Malaysia |
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Syazwan 51' |
Bangladesh | 1–0 | Sri Lanka |
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Hemanta 41' |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
Singapore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
5 February – Sylhet | ||||||
Singapore | 0 | |||||
8 February – Dhaka | ||||||
Malaysia | 1 | |||||
Malaysia | 3 | |||||
6 February – Dhaka | ||||||
Bangladesh | 2 | |||||
Bangladesh | 1 | |||||
Thailand | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Bangladesh | 1–0 | Thailand |
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Chowdhury 38' |
Final
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
References
[edit]- ^ "SL confirmed as sixth team". The Daily Star. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.