2011 SAFF U-16 Championship

2011 SAFF U-16 ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| Nepal
Dates| 1-10 August 2011
Teams| 6
Venue(s)| 1 (in Kathmandu host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Pakistan (1st title)
Runners-up|  India
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 11
Goals scored| 42 (3.82 per match)
Attendance| 33,173 (3,016 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Mohamad Bilal (4 Goals)
Best player(s)|  Mansoor Khan

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The 2011 SAFF U-16 Championship was the first edition of the SAFF U-16 Championship hosted by Nepal from 1 to 10 August 2011 at Dasarath Stadium. Six teams from the region participated in the tournament.

Pakistan became the 2011 champions after beating India 2–1 in the final on 10 August 2011. Pakistan's Mohammad Bilal was the top scorer with 4 goals. Mansoor Khan, also from Pakistan, was declared the tournament's best player.

## Participated teams

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The following six nations participated in the tournament.

Team  | Appearances
in the SAFF U-16 Championship  | Previous best performance

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Bangladesh | 1st |  Debut
Sri Lanka | 1st |  Debut
India | 1st |  Debut
Maldives | 1st |  Debut
Nepal
(Host) | 1st |  Debut
Pakistan | 1st |  Debut

## Group stage

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### Group A

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

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Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6
India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3
Maldives | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0

1 August 2011

15:30 NST

Pakistan | 1–0|  India

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Khan 20' | Report |

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4806

Referee: F. Ahamed (Bangladesh)

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3 August 2011

15:30 NST

Maldives | 0–6|  Pakistan

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| Report | Bilal 5', 56', 84', 90'
Ali 79', 80'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1631

Referee: Alamgir Khan (Bangladesh)

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5 August 2011

15:30 NST

India | 5–0|  Maldives

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Lalhimpuia 31'
Raja Rawat  36'
Laldanta Sanga  45+2', 54'
Prokash Majumdar  63' | Report |

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2346

Referee: Dulal Mridha (Bangladesh)

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### Group B

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

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Nepal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4
Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4
Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0

2 August 2011

15:30 NST

Bangladesh | 6–2|  Sri Lanka

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Mohamad Mezbahuddin  8', 40', 64'
Ali 14'
Akash Shaha 15'
Mohammad Sabbir 57' | Report |

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4468

Referee: P.Singh (India)

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4 August 2011

15:30 NST

Nepal | 0–0|  Bangladesh

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| Report |

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4870

Referee: Ashish Roy (India)

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6 August 2011

15:30 NST

Sri Lanka | 0–6|  Nepal

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| Report | Lama 14', 58'
Rai 48'
Shrestha 48'
Magar 68', 70'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1841

Referee: Amin Bepari (Bangladesh)

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## Knockout stage

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### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 8 August 2011 – Kathmandu| |

|  Bangladesh| 0

| 10 August 2011 – Kathmandu

|  Pakistan| 2 |

|  Pakistan| 2

| 8 August 2011 – Kathmandu

| |  India| 1

|  India (p)| 1 (4)

|  Nepal| 1 (2) |

| Third place match

| 10 August 2011 – Kathmandu

|  Nepal| 2

|  Bangladesh| 1

## Semi-finals

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8 August 2011

13:00 NST

Bangladesh | 0–2|  Pakistan

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|  | Khan 89'
Sher Ali  90'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 4611

Referee: Prakash Roy (India)

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8 August 2011

15:30 NST

India | 1–1 (a.e.t.)|  Nepal

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Nitin Jayal  90' |  | Rishi Thapa  20'
Penalties
Lalrammuana
Sanga
Saha
Mendes
Singh | 4–2 |  Thapa
Aditya
Umesh
Sagar
Bibek

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 3164

Referee: S. Banarjee (Bangladesh)

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## Fifth place playoff

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9 August 2011

13:30 NST

Maldives | 2–0|  Sri Lanka

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Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 941

Referee: B. Torofdar (Bangladesh)

## Third place match

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10 August 2011

Nepal | 2–1|  Bangladesh

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Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 1549

Referee: R. Rashid (Bangladesh)

## Final

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10 August 2011

15:30 NST

Pakistan | 2–1|  India

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Muhammad Zeeshan  23'
Khan 50' |  | Lalhimpuia 44'

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Attendance: 2946

Referee: S. Borua (Bangladesh)

## Awards

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2011 SAFF U-16 Championship champions

Pakistan
First title

## Goalscorers

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There have been 42 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.

3 goals

* Mohamad Mezbahuddin
* Mohamed Ali

2 goals

* Sher Ali

1 goal

* Suman Lama
* Daniel Lalhlimpuia
* Mansoor Khan
* Mohamad Ali
* Akash Shaha
* Mohammad Sabbir

## References

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SAFF U-17 Championship

Tournaments|

* Nepal 2011
* Nepal 2013
* Bangladesh 2015
* Nepal 2017
* Nepal 2018
* India 2019
* Sri Lanka 2022

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