2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Maldives Sri Lanka |
Dates | 3–14 June |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
← 2005 2009 → All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019. |
International football competition
The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.
Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.
Venues
Stadiums | |
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Colombo | Malé |
Sugathadasa Stadium | Rasmee Dhandu Stadium |
Capacity:25,000[2] | Capacity:11,850[3] |
![]() | ![]() |
Host city of Sri Lanka | Host city of Maldives |
![]() ![]() Colombo | ![]() ![]() Malé |
Squads
Group stage
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
India ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Pradeep ![]() Dias ![]() | Report Report | Adnan Ahmed ![]() |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
Source: RSSSF
Bangladesh ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Baidya ![]() | Report | Sangay ![]() |
Sri Lanka ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Gunarathna ![]() Ediri ![]() | Report | H. A. Habib ![]() |
Bangladesh ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Ameli ![]() Mamunul ![]() | Report | H. A. Habib ![]() Hadid ![]() |
Sri Lanka ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Gunarathna ![]() | Report |
Afghanistan ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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H. A. Habib ![]() | Report | Dorji ![]() Gyeltshen ![]() |
Sri Lanka ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Mohideen ![]() | Report |
Knockout phase
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
11 Jun – Malé | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
14 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
11 Jun – Colombo | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
India ![]() | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Chhetri ![]() Gouramangi ![]() | Report Report | Dorji ![]() |
Attendance: 12,000
Final
Champion
SAFF Championship 2008 |
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![]() Maldives First title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
Ju Manu Rai
Yeshey Gyeltshen
Ismail Mohamed
Pappachen Pradeep
Sunil Chhetri
Gouramangi Singh
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Other statistics
- Most goals scored by: Maldives and India (9 goals)
- Fewest goals scored by: Pakistan (2 goals)
- Most goals conceded by: Nepal and Pakistan (9 goals)
- Fewest goals conceded by: Maldives (2 goals)
- Fastest goal by: Raju Tamang for Nepal against Pakistan (
3')
Notes and references
- ^ a b http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
- ^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".
External links
- Watch Live Streaming of All Asian Football
- Official Website of SAFF Cup 2008
- Independent report of the tournament's early games
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