2015 President's Cup (Maldives)

The 2015 President's Cup is the 65th season of the President's Cup. New Radiant Sports Club are the defending champions, having beaten Eagles in last season's final in extra time.[1]

2015 President's Cup (Maldives)
Country Maldives
Dates15 September – 30 September 2015
Teams8
ChampionsMaziya (1st title)
Runners-upNew Radiant
Matches played15
Goals scored35 (2.33 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Alamu Bukola (3 goals)
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This is the first tournament under its current tournament format.

Participating teams

According to the current format, all teams playing in the 2015 Dhivehi Premier League will be appearing in the President's Cup.[2]

Final draw

The draw took place on 12 August 2015 at the FAM House in Male'.[3]

Venues

2 venues in two islands were selected for the tournament.[4] Group stage matches are to be played at both venues; (Group A matches in Kulhudhuffushi and Group B matches in Addu City), while the knock-out round matches are scheduled to be held at Addu City.[3]

Addu City, Addu Atoll
Kulhudhuffushi, Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Addu Football Stadium Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium

0°38′28.68″S 73°8′28.8″E

6°37′N 73°3′E

Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 1,000

Background

This is the second edition of this tournament, being played in a venue other than Male' since it was once held at Addu City in 1970. It is the first year for Kulhudhuffushi to host this tournament.[5]

Format

The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 8 teams divided among two groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage. Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.

The two semi-final losers competed in a third place play-off. For any match after the group stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner

Broadcasting rights

The broadcasting rights for some matches of 2015 Maldives President's Cup were given to the Television Maldives.

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Radiant (Q) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 TC Sports (Q) 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3 BG Sports 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
4 Mahibadhoo 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: President's Cup
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
New Radiant3–1BG Sports
Viliam  47', 90+2'
Fazeel  48'		 Report  26' David
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi
Referee: Shifan Abdul Raheem (Maldives)
TC Sports2–0Mahibadhoo
Nafiu  66'
Rafael  90'		 Report
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi
BG Sports1–0Mahibadhoo
Hamdhaan  70' Report
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi
New Radiant0–1TC Sports
Report  45' Nafiu
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi
New Radiant4–2Mahibadhoo
Alamu  27', 69', 90'
Suhail  41'		 Report  37' Da Silva
 53' Naushaad
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi
BG Sports1–0TC Sports
Philmon  4' Report
Kulhudhuffushi Zone Stadium, Kulhudhuffushi

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maziya (Q) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Eagles (Q) 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3 Valencia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 Victory 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: President's Cup
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Maziya2–0Valencia
Asadhulla  8'
Imaz  45'		 Report
Victory0–0Eagles
Report
Valencia2–4Eagles
Nihaan  53'
Awilo  59'		 Report  18' Easa
 58' Reyes
 69' Nasheed
 87' Rizuwan
Maziya2–0Victory
Pablo  38'
Yaamin 		Report
Maziya1–1Eagles
Umair  87' (pen.) Report  42' (pen.) Easa
Valencia1–0Victory
Nishan  26' Report

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 September – Addu City
 
 
New Radiant2
 
4 October – Addu City
 
Eagles1
 
New Radiant1
 
27 September – Addu City
 
Maziya S&RC3
 
Maziya S&RC (pen.)0(4)
 
 
TC Sports0(2)
 

Semi-finals
New Radiant2–1Eagles
Rilwan  32'
Ashad  84'		 Report  81' (pen.) Abu
Maziya S&RC0–0TC Sports
Report
Penalties
Irufaan
Yaamin
Nashid
Samdhooh
Umair 		4–2 Yohei
Nafiu
Naiz
Rafael

Final
Main article: 2015 President's Cup (Maldives) Final
New Radiant1–3Maziya S&RC
Fasir  24' Report  7' Asadhilla
 39' Umair
 66' Pablo
Referee: Ahmed Ameez (Maldives)

Statistics
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References
  1. Blues make history Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Maldivesoccer. 01 December 2014
  2. League delayed and President's Cup to be played in two venues sun.mv (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
  3. Taught teams to Addu City Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine Maldivesoccer. 13 August 2015
  4. President's Cup in Addu and Kulhudhuffushi Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine Haveeru Online (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
  5. Vanelncia, Maziya, Victory to Addu & New Radiant to Kulhudhuffushi avas.mv (Dhivehi). 12 August 2015
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