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2008 SAFF Championship

International football competition

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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.

01Venues

Stadiums
Colombo Malé
Sugathadasa Stadium Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
Capacity:25,000 Capacity:11,850
Host city of Sri Lanka Host city of Maldives

02Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Maldives 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
   Nepal 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
 Pakistan 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: RSSSF 3 June 2008 16:00
India 4-0   Nepal
Pradeep 26'
Bhutia 34'
Chhetri 67'
S. K. Singh 83'		 Report
Report
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé 3 June 2008 21:00
Maldives 3-0 Pakistan
Shifan 45+2'
Thoriq 47'
Akram 90+' (o.g.)		 Report
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Attendance: 15,000 5 June 2008 16:00
India 2-1 Pakistan
Pradeep 25'
Dias 45+1'		 Report A. Ahmed 88'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé 5 June 2008 21:00
Maldives 4-1   Nepal
Mohamed 9', 46'
Fazeel 50', 62'		 Report Gouchan 10'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Attendance: 8,000 7 June 2008 16:00
Pakistan 1-4   Nepal
Ishaq 52' Report Tamang 3'
Rayamajhi 5'
Rai 67', 86'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé 7 June 2008 21:00
Maldives 0-1 India
Report Singh 14'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Attendance: 10,000

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Bhutan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Bangladesh 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Afghanistan 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
Source: RSSSF 4 June 2008 16:30
Bangladesh 1-1 Bhutan
Baidya 27' Report Sangay 79'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 4 June 2008 19:00
Sri Lanka 2-2 Afghanistan
Gunarathna 8'
Ediri 75' (pen.)		 Report H. A. Habib 8', 49'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 6 June 2008 16:30
Bangladesh 2-2 Afghanistan
Ameli 51' (pen.)
Mamunul 75'		 Report H. A. Habib 9'
Hadid 22'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 6 June 2008 19:00
Sri Lanka 2-0 Bhutan
Gunarathna 25', 37' Report
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 8 June 2008 17:00
Afghanistan 1-3 Bhutan
H. A. Habib 88' Report Dorji 13'
Gyeltshen 31', 80'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo 8 June 2008 19:30
Sri Lanka 1-0 Bangladesh
Mohideen 71' Report
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

03Knockout phase

Bracket

  Semi-finalsFinal
        
  11 Jun, Malé
 
   India2
  14 Jun, Colombo
   Bhutan1
   India 0
  11 Jun, Colombo
   Maldives1
   Maldives1
 
   Sri Lanka0
 

Semi-finals

11 June 2008 16:00
India 2-1 (a.e.t.) Bhutan
Chhetri 30'
Gouramangi 120'		 Report Dorji 18'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé Attendance: 12,000 11 June 2008 19:00
Sri Lanka 0-1 Maldives
Report Fazeel 70'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: 12,000

Final

14 June 2008 19:00
India 0-1 Maldives
Report Naseer 87'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo Attendance: ~20,000

04Champion

 SAFF Championship 2008 

Maldives
First title

05Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Other statistics

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