2008 SAFF Championship

2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesMaldives
Sri Lanka
Dates3–14 June
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Maldives (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorerAfghanistan H. A. Habib (4 goals)
Best playerMaldives Ali Ashfaq
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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.

Venues

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

Squads

Group 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
Maldives 3–0 Pakistan
Shifan 45+2'
Thoriq 47'
Akram red-colored football 90+' (o.g.)		 Report
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 15,000
India 2–1 Pakistan
Pradeep 25'
Dias 45+1'		 Report A. Ahmed 88'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Maldives 4–1   Nepal
Mohamed 9', 46'
Fazeel 50', 62'		 Report Gouchan 10'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
Attendance: 8,000
Pakistan 1–4   Nepal
Ishaq 52' Report Tamang 3'
Rayamajhi 5'
Rai 67', 86'
Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé
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
Bangladesh 1–1 Bhutan
Baidya 27' Report Sangay 79'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka 2–0 Bhutan
Gunarathna 25', 37' Report
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Afghanistan 1–3 Bhutan
H. A. Habib 88' Report Dorji 13'
Gyeltshen 31', 80'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo

Knockout phase

Bracket

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

India 0–1 Maldives
Report Naseer 87'
Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo
Attendance: ~20,000

Champion

 SAFF Championship 2008 

Maldives
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Other statistics

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. ↑ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".