Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	21-25 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Third place	Nepal

The men's football tournament at the 1985 South Asian Games was held from 21 to 25 December 1985 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nepal was the defending champion.

India won the tournament by defeating Bangladesh in the final.

Participating nations

Country	Appearance
Bangladesh (Host)	2nd
Bhutan	2nd
India	1st
Maldives	2nd
Nepal	2nd
Pakistan	1st

Group Stage

All the results entered are same as found in rsssf

Group A

(Q) advanced to  Gold medal match and (q) advanced to  Bronze medal match.

Pos.	Team	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bangladesh (Q)	2	0	0	10	1	+9	4
2	Pakistan (q)	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Maldives	0	0	2	1	11	-10	0

Matches

Dates	Matches	Sources	Results
21 December 1985	Bangladesh 2 – 1 Pakistan	Report	Bangladesh win
22 December 1985	Pakistan 3 – 1 Maldives	Report	Pakistan win
23 December 1985	Bangladesh 8 – 0 Maldives	Report	Bangladesh win

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Group B

(Q) advanced to  Gold medal match and (q) advanced  Bronze medal match.

Pos.	Team	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	Pts
1	India (Q)	2	0	0	5	0	4
2	Nepal (q)	1	0	1	1	2	2
3	Bhutan	0	0	2	0	4	0

Matches

Dates	Matches	Sources	Results
21 December 1985	India 2 – 0 Nepal	Report	India win
22 December 1985	Nepal 1 – 0 Bhutan	Report	Nepal win
23 December 1985	India 3 – 0 Nepal	Report	India win

Medal Matches

 Bronze medal match

Dates	Matches	Sources	Results
25 December 1985	Pakistan 2 – 2 Nepal	Report	Nepal win  Bronze medal (a.e.t, 2–3 on penalty shootout)

 Gold medal match

Dates	Matches	Sources	Results
25 December 1985	India 1 – 1 Bangladesh	Report	India win  Gold medal (a.e.t, 4–1 on penalty shootout)

Winners

Football at the 1985 South Asian Games
India First title