Football at the South Asian Games

Football has been a sport at the South Asian Games since it commenced in 1984. Since the 2004 South Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under 23, plus up to three overaged players for each squad, which is the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics and Asian Games. Nepal and Pakistan are currently the most successful countries in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals each while India is the most successful in Women's event with 3 Gold Medals.

Football at the South Asian Games - Men's tournament

Founded	1984
Region	SAFF (South Asia)
Current champions	Nepal (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	Nepal  Pakistan (4 titles each)
Men's Football at the 2019 South Asian Games

Football at the South Asian Games - Women's tournament

Founded	2010
Region	SAFF (South Asia)
Current champions	India (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	India (3 titles)
Women's Football at the 2019 South Asian Games

Women's football tournaments were introduced in 2010.

Champions

Men's tournament

Accurate as of 10 December 2019.[1]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1984	Kathmandu, Nepal		Nepal	4−2	Bangladesh		Maldives	unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record
1985	Dhaka, Bangladesh		India	1−1 4–1 pen.	Bangladesh		Nepal	2–2 3–2 pen.	Pakistan
1987	Culcutta, India		India	1−0	Nepal		Pakistan	1–0	Bangladesh
1989	Islamabad, Pakistan		Pakistan	1−0	Bangladesh		India	2–1	Nepal
1991	Colombo, Sri Lanka		Pakistan	2−0	Maldives		Bangladesh	2–0	Nepal
1993	Dhaka, Bangladesh		Nepal	2−2 4–3 pen.	India		Sri Lanka	3–1	Maldives
1995	Madras, India		India	1−0	Bangladesh		Sri Lanka	0–0 5–3 pen.	Nepal
1999	Kathmandu, Nepal		Bangladesh	1−0	Nepal		India	3–1	Maldives

Since 2004 the tournament is for Under-23 teams.

As a result of Round-robin

Year	Host		Final					Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze		Score	Fourth Place
2004	Islamabad, Pakistan		Pakistan	1−0	India U-20	Sri Lanka		0–0 3–2 pen.	Bhutan
2006	Colombo, Sri Lanka		Pakistan	1−0	Sri Lanka	Nepal		2–0	India U-20
2010	Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh		Bangladesh	4−0	Afghanistan	Maldives		0–0 3–1 pen; no extra time	India U-19
2016	Guwahati & Shillong, India		Nepal	2−1	India	Bangladesh		2–2 5–4 pen.	Maldives
2019	Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal	Nepal	2-1	Bhutan	Bangladesh

Women's tournament

Accurate as of 9 December 2019.[2]

Year	Host		Final					Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze		Score	Fourth Place
2010	Dhaka, Bangladesh		India	3−1	Nepal	Bangladesh		As a result of Round-robin	Pakistan
2016	Guwahati & Shillong, India		India	2−1	Nepal	Bangladesh		As a result of Round-robin	Maldives
2019	Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal	India	2-0	Nepal	Maldives	As a result of Round-robin	Sri Lanka

Medal table

Men's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nepal/    Nepal U-23	4	2	2	8
2	Pakistan/  Pakistan U-23	4	0	1	5
3	India/  India U-23/  India U-20	3	3	2	8
4	Bangladesh/  Bangladesh U-23	2	4	3	9
5	Sri Lanka/  Sri Lanka U-23	0	1	3	4
6	Maldives/  Maldives U-23	0	1	2	3
7	Afghanistan U-23	0	1	0	1
	Bhutan/  Bhutan U-23	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 nations)		13	13	13	39

Women's medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	3	0	0	3
2	Nepal	0	3	0	3
3	Bangladesh	0	0	2	2
4	Maldives	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		3	3	3	9

See also

• SAFF Championship

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/safg.html
2. http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/safg.html