2011 SAFF Championship

The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011,[1] was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.

2011 SAFF Championship
Logo 2011 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates2–11 December
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (6th title)
Runners-up Afghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored44 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Sunil Chhetri (7 goals)
Best player(s)India Sunil Chhetri

Venue

It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India,[2] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.[3]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Squads

Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General 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)

(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

Group stage

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

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
India 1–1 Afghanistan
Chhetri 10' Report Arezou 5'
Sri Lanka 3–0 Bhutan
Zain 29'
Nipuna 35', 65'
Report
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Afghanistan 3–1 Sri Lanka
Ahmadi 22', 36'
Yamrali 79'
Report Zain 17'
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Bhutan 0–5 India
Report Nabi 29'
Clifford 44', 58'
Chhetri 69', 84'

Bhutan 1–8 Afghanistan
Chencho 22' Report Yamrali 4'
Amiri 10'
Arezou 15', 18', 45+2', 83'
Sharityar 48' (pen.)
Mashriqi 60'
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
India 3–0 Sri Lanka
Jeje 50'
Chhetri 70'
Warakagoda 90+3' (o.g.)
Report
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

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
Bangladesh 0–0 Pakistan
Report
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Maldives 1–1   Nepal
Ashfaq 45+2' Report Sandip 51'

Nepal   1–0 Bangladesh
S. Thapa 90+5' Report
Pakistan 0–0 Maldives
Report
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

Maldives 3–1 Bangladesh
Thariq 6', 17'
Ashfaq 70'
Report Shahed 29'
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
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

Maldives 1–3 India
Shamweel 60' Report Nabi 24'
Chhetri 70' (pen.), 90+1'
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Afghanistan 1–0 (a.e.t.)   Nepal
Arezou 101' Report
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Final

India 4–0 Afghanistan
Chhetri 71' (pen.)
Clifford 79'
Jeje 80'
Sushil 90+5'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Champion

 SAFF Championship 2011 

India

Sixth title

Awards

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Sri Lanka Bandara Warakagoda (against India)

Other statistics

2. Pakistan Pakistan vs Maldives Maldives 0-0

Broadcasting

YouTube Live

In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through SAFF Youtube Channel except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.

Television

CountriesBroadcaster
TEN Action+
NEO Sports
Ariana TV1
Doordarshan2
MNBC One

1 Only Afghan matches 2 Only Indian matches

References

  1. "Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship". Indian Football Network. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. "AIFF Executive committee meeting". The-AIFF.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. "Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog". The-AIFF. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  4. "Maldives in group of death". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
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