2011 SAFF Championship
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.
 Logo 2011 SAFF Championship | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | India |
| Dates | 2 December – 11 December |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 44 (2.93 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
| Best player(s) | |
Venue
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 Indian 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
Draw
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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(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)
Group stage
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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |
| India | 1 – 1 | |
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Chhetri  |
Report | Arezou |
| Sri Lanka | 3 – 0 | |
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| Zain Nipuna |
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| Afghanistan | 3 – 1 | |
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| Ahmadi Yamrali |
Report | Zain |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 0 – 0 | |
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| Report |
| Nepal | 1 – 0 | |
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| S. Thapa |
Report |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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| 11 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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| 9 December — New Delhi | ||||||
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Awards
| 2011 SAFF Championship Winners |
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India Sixth title |
| Fair Play Award | Top Scorer | Player of the Tournament | ||||||
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Statistics
Other statistics
- Most wins
- Most Losses
- Most Draws
- First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for
- Most goals scored in a match
- Lowest scores in a match 1.
- Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for
- Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for
- Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of
- Best match of the tournament
Broadcasting
YouTube Live
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.
References
- "Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship". Indian Football Network. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- "AIFF Executive committee meeting". The-AIFF.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- "Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog". The-AIFF. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- "Maldives in group of death". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.