Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

Football at the 1985 South Asian GamesTournament 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
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)|  Sisir Ghosh
(4 goals)

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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]

## Participating nations

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Country  | Appearance

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

## Fixtures and results

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### Group A

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

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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  |

Source: RSSSF

21 December 1985

Bangladesh | 2–1|  Pakistan

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* Mahfuzul 27', 89'

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* Ejaz 11'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

22 December 1985

Pakistan | 3–1|  Maldives

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Agha Saeed 18', 44'
Shaukat 39' |  | Moosa 48'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

23 December 1985

Bangladesh | 8–0|  Maldives

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* Elias 22'
* Aslam 30', 78'
* Kaiser 35', 75'
* Wasim 53', 60'
* Mahfuzul 55'

| Report |

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Roshan Kumar Shrestha (Nepal)

### Group B

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

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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  |

Source: RSSSF

21 December 1985

India | 2–0|    Nepal

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Sisir |  |

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

22 December 1985

Nepal   | 1–0|  Bhutan

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Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan  32' |  |

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

23 December 1985

India | 3–0|  Bhutan

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Babu Mani 62', 72'
Sisir 83' |  |

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Zahirul Haque (Bangladesh)

## Bronze medal match

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25 December 1985

Pakistan | 2–2|    Nepal

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Mahmood Anwar  11'
Agha Saeed 58' |  | Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan  44'
AMB Mala  83'
Penalties
Agha Saeed
Mukhtar
Nasir Abbas
Zulfiqar Ahmed
Shaukat | 2–3 | Mani Shah
Ganesh
Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

## Gold medal match

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25 December 1985

India | 1–1|  Bangladesh

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Sisir 37' |  | Aslam 39'
Penalties
Krishnendu
Debashis Misra
Krishanu
Prasanta | 4–1 | Kaiser
Aslam
Abu Yusuf

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

## Winners

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Football at the 1985 South Asian Games

India
First title

## References

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1. ^ Garin, Erik. "2nd South Asian Federation Games 1985 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". RSSSF.
2. ^ "India NT Results". archive.org.

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