2011 SAFF Championship

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Tournament details
Host country| India
Dates| 2–11 December
Teams| 8
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  India (6th title)
Runners-up|  Afghanistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 15
Goals scored| 44 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Sunil Chhetri (7 goals)
Best player(s)|  Sunil Chhetri

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All statistics correct as of 30 March 2019.

International football competition

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.

## Venue

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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 India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

New Delhi |

New Delhi

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Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

## Squads

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Main article: 2011 SAFF Championship squads

## Draw

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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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India (162) (1st seed)
Sri Lanka (176)
Afghanistan (178)
Bhutan (198)

Maldives (166) (2nd seed)
Bangladesh (142)
Nepal (143)
Pakistan (174)

(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

## Group stage

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All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30

Key to colours in group tables

| Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals

### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Afghanistan | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 12  | 3  | +9  | 7
India | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 1  | +8  | 7
Sri Lanka | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 6  | −2  | 3
Bhutan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 16  | −15  | 0

Source: RSSSF

3 December 2011

15:00

India | 1–1|  Afghanistan

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Chhetri 10' | Report | Arezou 5'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

3 December 2011

18:00

Sri Lanka | 3–0|  Bhutan

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Zain 29'
Nipuna  35', 65' | Report |

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

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5 December 2011

15:00

Afghanistan | 3–1|  Sri Lanka

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Ahmadi 22', 36'
Yamrali 79' | Report | Zain 17'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

5 December 2011

18:00

Bhutan | 0–5|  India

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| Report | Nabi 29'
Clifford 44', 58'
Chhetri 69', 84'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

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7 December 2011

15:00

Bhutan | 1–8|  Afghanistan

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Chencho 22' | Report | Yamrali 4'
Amiri 10'
Arezou 15', 18', 45+2', 83'
Sharityar 48' (pen.)
Mashriqi 60'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

7 December 2011

18:00

India | 3–0|  Sri Lanka

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Jeje 50'
Chhetri 70'
Warakagoda 90+3' (o.g.) | Report |

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Maldives | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 5
Nepal | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 5
Pakistan | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3
Bangladesh | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 4  | −3  | 1

Source: RSSSF

2 December 2011

15:00

Bangladesh | 0–0|  Pakistan

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| Report |

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

2 December 2011

18:00

Maldives | 1–1|  Nepal

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Ashfaq 45+2' | Report | Sandip 51'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

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4 December 2011

15:00

Nepal | 1–0|  Bangladesh

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S. Thapa 90+5' | Report |

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Santosh Kumar (India)

4 December 2011

18:00

Pakistan | 0–0|  Maldives

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| Report |

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

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6 December 2011

15:00

Pakistan | 1–1|  Nepal

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Ishaq 49' (pen.) | Report | Khawas 37'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)

6 December 2011

18:00

Maldives | 3–1|  Bangladesh

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Thariq 6', 17'
Ashfaq 70' | Report | Shahed 29'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

## Knockout stage

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### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  9 December — New Delhi| |

|  Maldives| 1

|  11 December — New Delhi

|  India| 3 |

|  India| 4

|  9 December — New Delhi

| |  Afghanistan| 0

|  Afghanistan (a.e.t.)| 1

|  Nepal| 0 |

### Semi-finals

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9 December 2011

15:00

Maldives | 1–3|  India

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Shamweel 60' | Report | Nabi 24'
Chhetri 70' (pen.), 90+1'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

9 December 2011

18:00

Afghanistan | 1–0 (a.e.t.)|  Nepal

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Arezou 101' | Report |

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

### Final

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Main article: 2011 SAFF Championship Final

11 December 2011

18:00

India | 4–0|  Afghanistan

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Chhetri 71' (pen.)
Clifford 79'
Jeje 80'
Sushil 90+5' | Report |

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

## Champion

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SAFF Championship 2011

India
Sixth title

## Awards

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Fair Play Award  | Top Scorer  | Player of the Tournament

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India |  Sunil Chhetri |  Sunil Chhetri

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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7 goals

* Sunil Chhetri

6 goals

* Balal Arezou

3 goals

* Clifford Miranda

2 goals

* Sandjar Ahmadi
* Ata Yamrali
* Syed Rahim Nabi
* Jeje Lalpekhlua
* Ali Ashfaq
* Ahmed Thariq
* Nipuna Bandara
* Mohamed Zain

1 goal

* Zohib Islam Amiri
* Mohammad Mashriqi
* Djelaludin Sharityar
* Shahedul Alam Shahed
* Chencho Gyeltshen
* Sushil Kumar Singh
* Shamweel Qasim
* Bharat Khawas
* Sandip Rai
* Sagar Thapa
* Samar Ishaq

Own goal

* Bandara Warakagoda (against India)

### Other statistics

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* Most wins  India 4 wins
* Most Losses  Bhutan 3 loss
* Most Draws  Pakistan 3 draws
* First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for  Maldives vs  Nepal
* Most goals scored in a match  Afghanistan 8 Goals vs  Bhutan
* Lowest scores in a match 1.  Bangladesh vs  Pakistan 0-0

2\.  Pakistan vs  Maldives 0-0

* Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for  Afghanistan vs  Bhutan 4 Goals
* Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for  Afghanistan vs  Bhutan in 4 Minutes
* Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of  Afghanistan
* Best match of the tournament  Afghanistan vs  Nepal 1-0

## Broadcasting

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### YouTube Live

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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.[citation needed]

### Television

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Countries | Broadcaster

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* Afghanistan
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* India
* Maldives
* Nepal
* Pakistan

| TEN Action+
NEO Sports
Ariana TV1
Doordarshan2
MNBC One

1 Only Afghan matches 2 Only Indian matches

## References

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1. ^ "Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship". Indian Football Network. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
2. ^ "AIFF Executive committee meeting". The-AIFF.com. All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Maldives in group of death". Maldives Soccer. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2011.

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