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2011 SAFF Championship

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2011 SAFF Championship
Logo 2011 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates2–11 December
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIndia(6th title)
Runners-upAfghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored44 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)IndiaSunil Chhetri(7 goals)
Best player(s)IndiaSunil Chhetri
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All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

The2011South Asian Football Federation Championship,sponsored byKarbonn Mobilesand officially namedKarbonn SAFF Championship 2011,[1]was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held inNew Delhi,India.

Venue[edit]

It was originally scheduled to take place inOrissa, India,[2]but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of theAll India Football Federationon 22 September.[3]

TheJawaharlal Nehru Stadiumin New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium forIndia national football teamand hosted the2010 Commonwealth Games.

New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity:60,000

Squads[edit]

Main article:2011 SAFF Championship squads

Draw[edit]

The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries includingAIFFGeneral Secretary Kushal Das,SAFFGeneral Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.[4]

Group A Group B

India(162) (1st seed)
Sri Lanka(176)
Afghanistan(178)
Bhutan(198)

Maldives(166) (2nd seed)
Bangladesh(142)
Nepal(143)
Pakistan(174)

(TheFIFA rankingsof the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

Group stage[edit]

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) –UTC+5:30

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7
India 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
Sri Lanka 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source:RSSSF
India1–1Afghanistan
Chhetri10' Report Arezou5'
Sri Lanka3–0Bhutan
Zain29'
Nipuna35',65'		 Report
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Afghanistan3–1Sri Lanka
Ahmadi22',36'
Yamrali79'		 Report Zain17'
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Bhutan0–5India
Report Nabi29'
Clifford44',58'
Chhetri69',84'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Bhutan1–8Afghanistan
Chencho22' Report Yamrali4'
Amiri10'
Arezou15',18',45+2',83'
Sharityar48' (pen.)
Mashriqi60'
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
India3–0Sri Lanka
Jeje50'
Chhetri70'
Warakagoda90+3' (o.g.)		 Report
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Maldives 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
Nepal 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
Pakistan 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
Bangladesh 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source:RSSSF
Bangladesh0–0Pakistan
Report
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Maldives1–1Nepal
Ashfaq45+2' Report Sandip51'
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Nepal1–0Bangladesh
S. Thapa90+5' Report
Pakistan0–0Maldives
Report
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Pakistan1–1Nepal
Ishaq49' (pen.) Report Khawas37'
Maldives3–1Bangladesh
Thariq6',17'
Ashfaq70'		 Report Shahed29'
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finalsFinal
9 December —New Delhi
Maldives1
11 December —New Delhi
India3
India4
9 December —New Delhi
Afghanistan0
Afghanistan(a.e.t.)1
Nepal0

Semi-finals[edit]

Maldives1–3India
Shamweel60' Report Nabi24'
Chhetri70' (pen.),90+1'
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Afghanistan1–0 (a.e.t.)Nepal
Arezou101' Report
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Final[edit]

Main article:2011 SAFF Championship Final
India4–0Afghanistan
Chhetri71' (pen.)
Clifford79'
Jeje80'
Sushil90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Champion[edit]

SAFF Championship 2011

India
Sixth title

Awards[edit]

Fair Play Award Top Scorer Player of the Tournament
India IndiaSunil Chhetri IndiaSunil Chhetri

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

7 goals
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Sri LankaBandara Warakagoda (againstIndia)

Other statistics[edit]

2.PakistanPakistanvsMaldivesMaldives0-0

Broadcasting[edit]

YouTube Live[edit]

In a deal withWorld Sport Groupand SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally throughSAFF Youtube Channelexcept in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.[citation needed]

Television[edit]

Countries Broadcaster
TEN Action+
NEO Sports
Ariana TV1
Doordarshan2
MNBC One

1OnlyAfghanmatches 2OnlyIndianmatches

References[edit]

  1. ^"Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship".Indian Football Network. 2 December 2011.Retrieved2 December2011.
  2. ^"AIFF Executive committee meeting".The-AIFF.All India Football Federation. Archived fromthe originalon 16 July 2011.Retrieved23 February2011.
  3. ^"Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog".The-AIFF.All India Football Federation. Archived fromthe originalon 25 September 2011.Retrieved23 September2011.
  4. ^"Maldives in group of death".Maldives Soccer. Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2012.Retrieved2 November2011.
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