Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	21–25 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Third place	Nepal
← 1984 1987 →

The men's football tournament at the 1985 South Asian Games was held from 21 to 25 December 1985 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nepal was the defending champion.

India won the tournament by defeating Bangladesh in the final.^[1][2]

Country	Appearance
Bangladesh (Host)	2nd
Bhutan	2nd
India	1st
Maldives	2nd
Nepal	2nd
Pakistan	1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	4	Gold medal match
2	Pakistan	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2	Bronze medal match
3	Maldives	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

21 December 1985

Bangladesh	2–1	Pakistan
Mahfuzul Mamun Babu		Shaukat Mufti

22 December 1985

Pakistan	3–1	Maldives
Agha Saeed Shaukat Mufti		? ?'

23 December 1985

Bangladesh	8–0	Maldives
Mohammad Aslam Kaiser Hamid Wasim Iqbal Elias Hossain Mahfuzul Mamun Babu	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4	Gold medal match
2	Nepal	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	2	Bronze medal match
3	Bhutan	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

21 December 1985

India	2–0	Nepal
Sisir Ghosh

22 December 1985

Nepal	1–0	Bhutan

23 December 1985

India	3–0	Bhutan
Babu Mani Sisir Ghosh

25 December 1985

Pakistan	2–2	Nepal
Agha Saeed Shaukat Mufti
Penalties
	2–3

25 December 1985

India	1–1	Bangladesh
Sisir Ghosh 37'		Sheikh Mohammad Aslam 39'
Penalties
Krishnendu Roy Debashis Misra Krishanu Dey Prasanta Banerjee	4–1	Kaiser Hamid Sheikh Mohammad Aslam Abu Yusuf

Football at the 1985 South Asian Games
India First title