Football at the South Asian Games

Football has been a sport at the South Asian Games since it commenced in 1984. Since the 2004 South Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under 23, plus up to three overaged players for each squad, which is the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics and Asian Games. Nepal and Pakistan are currently the most successful countries in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals each while India is the most successful in Women's event with 3 Gold Medals.[1][2]

Football at the South Asian Games
FoundedMen: 1985
Women: 2010
RegionSAFF (South Asia)
Current championsM:    Nepal
W:  India
(2019)
Most successful team(s)M:    Nepal &  Pakistan
(4 titles each)
W:  India (3 titles)
2019 (M), 2019 (W)

Women's football tournaments were introduced in 2010.[3][4]

Results

Men's tournament

Accurate as of 10 December 2019.[5]

Year Host Final Third Place Match
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Score Fourth Place
1984
 Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepal		 4−2
Bangladesh
Maldives		 unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record
1985
 Dhaka, Bangladesh
India		 1−1
(4–1 p)
Bangladesh
Nepal		 2–2
(3–2 p)
Pakistan
1987
 Culcutta, India
India		 1−0
Nepal
Pakistan		 1–0
Bangladesh
1989
 Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan		 1−0
Bangladesh
India		 2–1
Nepal
1991
 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pakistan		 2−0
Maldives
Bangladesh		 2–0
Nepal
1993
 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nepal		 2−2
(4–3 p)
India
Sri Lanka		 3–1
Maldives
1995
 Madras, India
India		 1−0
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka		 0–0
(5–3 p)
Nepal
1999
 Kathmandu, Nepal
Bangladesh		 1−0
Nepal
India		 3–1
Maldives

Since 2004 the tournament is for Under-23 teams.

Year Host Final Third Place Match
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Score Fourth Place
2004
 Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan		 1−0
India U-20
Sri Lanka		 0–0
(3–2 p)
Bhutan
2006
 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pakistan		 1−0
Sri Lanka
Nepal		 2–0
India U-20
2010
 Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh
Bangladesh		 4−0
Afghanistan
Maldives		 0–0
(3–1 p)
India U-19
2016
 Guwahati & Shillong, India
Nepal		 2−1
India
Bangladesh		 2–2
(5–4 p)
Maldives
2019
 Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal
Nepal		 2−1
Bhutan


Bangladesh

 As a result of Round-robin
Maldives

Women's tournament

Accurate as of 9 December 2019.[5]

Year Host Final Third Place Match
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Score 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Score Fourth Place
2010
 Dhaka, Bangladesh
India		 3−1
Nepal
Bangladesh		 As a result of Round-robin
Pakistan
2016
 Guwahati & Shillong, India
India		 2−1
Nepal
Bangladesh		 As a result of Round-robin
Maldives
2019
 Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal
India		 2−0
Nepal
Maldives		 As a result of Round-robin
Sri Lanka

Medal table

Men's medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1   Nepal/
   Nepal U-23		4228
2 Pakistan/
 Pakistan U-23		4015
3 India/
 India U-23/
 India U-20		3328
4 Bangladesh/
 Bangladesh U-23		2439
5 Sri Lanka/
 Sri Lanka U-23		0134
6 Maldives/
 Maldives U-23		0123
7 Afghanistan U-230101
 Bhutan/
 Bhutan U-23		0101
Totals (8 entries)13131339

Women's medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India3003
2   Nepal0303
3 Bangladesh0022
4 Maldives0011
Totals (4 entries)3339

See also

References
  1. "Nepal win gold in men's football, earning hard-fought victory over Bhutan". Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. "South Asian Games". IndianFootball.De. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  3. "South Asian Games: Bala Devi grabs brace as India mauls Maldives 5–0". Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  4. "Indian women's football team trounces Sri Lanka 6–0 in South Asian Games". Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  5. "South Asian Federation Games". RSSSF. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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