2011 SAFF U-16 Championship

2011 SAFF U-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Nepal
Dates	1–10 August 2011
Teams	6
Venue	1 (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	42 (3.82 per match)
Attendance	33,173 (3,016 per match)
Top scorer	Mohamad Bilal (4 Goals)
Best player	Mansoor Khan
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The 2011 SAFF U-16 Championship was the first edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship hosted by Nepal from 1 to 10 August 2011 at Dasarath Stadium. Six teams from the region participated in the tournament.

Pakistan became the 2011 champions after beating India 2–1 in the final on 10 August 2011. Pakistan's Mohammad Bilal was the top scorer with 4 goals. Mansoor Khan, also from Pakistan, was declared the tournament's best player.

Participated teams

The following six nations participated in the tournament.

Team	Appearances in the SAFF U-16 Championship	Previous best performance
Bangladesh	1st	Debut
India	1st	Debut
Maldives	1st	Debut
Nepal (Host)	1st	Debut
Pakistan	1st	Debut
Sri Lanka	1st	Debut

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
India	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	3
Maldives	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

1 August 2011

15:30 NST

Pakistan	1–0	India
Khan File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,806

Referee: F. Ahamed (Bangladesh)

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3 August 2011

15:30 NST

Maldives	0–6	Pakistan
	Report	Bilal File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 56', 84', 90' Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 79', 80'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,631

Referee: Alamgir Khan (Bangladesh)

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5 August 2011

15:30 NST

India	5–0	Maldives
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Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,346

Referee: Dulal Mridha (Bangladesh)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nepal	2	1	1	0	6	0	+6	4
Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Sri Lanka	2	0	0	2	2	12	−10	0

2 August 2011

15:30 NST

Bangladesh	6–2	Sri Lanka
Mohamad Mezbahuddin File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 40', 64' Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Akash Shaha File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Mohammad Sabbir File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,468

Referee: P.Singh (India)

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4 August 2011

15:30 NST

Nepal	0–0	Bangladesh
	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,870

Referee: Ashish Roy (India)

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6 August 2011

15:30 NST

Sri Lanka	0–6	Nepal
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Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,841

Referee: Amin Bepari (Bangladesh)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 August – Kathmandu
	Bangladesh	0
					10 August – Kathmandu
	Pakistan	2
					Pakistan	2
	8 August – Kathmandu
					India	1
	India (p)	1 (4)
	Nepal	1 (2)
					Third place match
					10 August – Kathmandu
					Nepal	2
					Bangladesh	1

Semi-finals

8 August 2011

13:00 NST

Bangladesh	0–2	Pakistan
		Khan File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Sher Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4,611

Referee: Prakash Roy (India)

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8 August 2011

15:30 NST

India	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Nepal
Nitin Jayal File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		Rishi Thapa File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'
Penalties
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Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 3,164

Referee: S. Banarjee (Bangladesh)

Fifth place playoff

9 August 2011

13:30 NST

Maldives	2–0	Sri Lanka

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 941

Referee: B. Torofdar (Bangladesh)

Third place match

10 August 2011

Nepal	2–1	Bangladesh

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1,549

Referee: R. Rashid (Bangladesh)

Final

10 August 2011

15:30 NST

Pakistan	2–1	India
Muhammad Zeeshan File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Khan File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'		Lalhimpuia File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2,946

Referee: S. Borua (Bangladesh)

Awards

2011 SAFF U-16 Championship champions
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Goalscorers

There have been 42 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.

4 goals

• Mohamad Bilal

3 goals

• Mohamad Mezbahuddin
• Mohamed Ali

2 goals

• Sher Ali

1 goal

• Suman Lama
• Daniel Lalhlimpuia
• Mansoor Khan
• Mohamad Ali
• Akash Shaha
• Mohammad Sabbir