2011 SAFF Championship
| File:2011 SAFF Championship logo.svg Logo 2011 SAFF Championship | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | India |
| Dates | 2–11 December |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  India (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Afghanistan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 44 (2.93 per match) |
| Top scorer | Sunil Chhetri (7 goals) |
| Best player | Sunil Chhetri |
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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.
Venue
[edit | edit source]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 | |
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| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
| Capacity: 60,000 | |
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Squads
[edit | edit source]Draw
[edit | edit source]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 |
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File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives (166) (2nd seed) |
(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)
Group stage
[edit | edit source]All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals | |
Group A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Afghanistan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 |
| India
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 |
 Sri Lanka
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
 Bhutan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
| India | 1–1 | Afghanistan |
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| Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' | Report | Arezou File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' |
| Sri Lanka | 3–0 | Bhutan |
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| Zain File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Nipuna File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 65' |
Report |
| Afghanistan | 3–1 | Sri Lanka |
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| Ahmadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 36' Yamrali File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' |
Report | Zain File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' |
| Bhutan | 0–5 | India |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Clifford File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 58' Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 69', 84' |
| Bhutan | 1–8 | Afghanistan |
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| Chencho File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' | Report | Yamrali File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Amiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Arezou File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 18', 45+2', 83' Sharityar File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.) Mashriqi File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' |
| India | 3–0 | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|---|
| Jeje File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Warakagoda File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' (o.g.) |
Report |
Group B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
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| Report |
| Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
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| Ashfaq File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' | Report | Sandip File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' |
| Nepal File:Flag of Nepal.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh |
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| S. Thapa File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5' | Report |
| Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives |
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| Report |
| Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
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| Ishaq File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (pen.) | Report | Khawas File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' |
| Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg | 3–1 | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh |
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| Thariq File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 17' Ashfaq File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' |
Report | Shahed File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Bracket
[edit | edit source]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
| File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives | 1 | |||||
| 11 December — New Delhi | ||||||
| India | 3 | |||||
| India | 4 | |||||
| 9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
| Afghanistan | 0 | |||||
| Afghanistan (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| Maldives File:Flag of Maldives.svg | 1–3 | India |
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| Shamweel File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' | Report | Nabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' (pen.), 90+1' |
| Afghanistan | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
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| Arezou File:Soccerball shade.svg 101' | Report |
Final
[edit | edit source]| India | 4–0 | Afghanistan |
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| Chhetri File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' (pen.) Clifford File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Jeje File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Sushil File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5' |
Report |
Champion
[edit | edit source]| SAFF Championship 2011 |
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| Error creating thumbnail: India Sixth title |
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Fair Play Award | Top Scorer | Player of the Tournament | ||||||
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| India
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Sunil Chhetri
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Sunil Chhetri
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Statistics
[edit | edit source]Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Sandjar Ahmadi
- Ata Yamrali
- Syed Rahim Nabi
- Jeje Lalpekhlua
- Maldives Ali Ashfaq
- Maldives Ahmed Thariq
- Nipuna Bandara
- Mohamed Zain
- 1 goal
- Own goal
- Bandara Warakagoda (against India)
Other statistics
[edit | edit source]- Most wins India 4 wins
- Most Losses Bhutan 3 loss
- Most Draws Pakistan Pakistan 3 draws
- First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for Maldives Maldives vs Nepal Nepal
- Most goals scored in a match Afghanistan 8 Goals vs Bhutan
- Lowest scores in a match 1. Bangladesh Bangladesh vs Pakistan Pakistan 0-0
2. Pakistan Pakistan vs Maldives Maldives 0-0
- Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for Afghanistan vs Bhutan 4 Goals
- Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for Afghanistan vs Bhutan in 4 Minutes
- Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of Afghanistan
- Best match of the tournament Afghanistan vs File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal 1-0
Broadcasting
[edit | edit source]YouTube Live
[edit | edit source]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.[citation needed]
Television
[edit | edit source]| Countries | Broadcaster |
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| TEN Action+ NEO Sports Ariana TV1 Doordarshan2 MNBC One |
1 Only Afghan matches 2 Only Indian matches
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