Football at the 1987 South Asian Games

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1987 South Asian Games Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country India
Dates21–26 November
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (2nd title)
Runners-up   Nepal
Third place Pakistan
Fourth place Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored20 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nepal Ganesh Thapa
(5 goals)
1985
1989

Men's football took place at the 1987 South Asian Games in Calcutta, India. India won its second title by defeating Nepal in the final and became the first team to defend the title successfully.[1][2]

Participating nations

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Country Appearance
 India (Host) 2nd
   Nepal 3rd
 Pakistan 2nd
 Maldives 3rd
 Bangladesh 3rd
 Bhutan 3rd

Fixtures and results

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 3  Gold medal match
2  Pakistan 2 1 0 1 1 0 +1 2  Bronze medal match
3  Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
India 0–0 Pakistan
Pakistan 1–0 Maldives
Sharafat Ali Report
India 5–0 Maldives
Shareef (o.g.)
Sisir Ghosh
Amit Bhadra
Deepak Kumar
Krishanu Dey

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Nepal 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 4  Gold medal match
2  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 2  Bronze medal match
3  Bhutan 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
Nepal   1–0 Bangladesh
Report
Nepal   6–2 Bhutan

Bronze medal match

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Pakistan 1–0 Bangladesh
Sharafat Ali 41' Report

Gold medal match

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India 1–0   Nepal
Mohammed Farid 89'

Winners

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 Football at the 1987 South Asian Games 

India

Second title

Goalscorers

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There have been 20 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

5 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • India Shareef (against Maldives)

References

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  1. ^ "3rd South Asian Federation Games 1987 (Calcutta, India)". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "India NT Results". archive.org.

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