Football at the 1987 South Asian Games

1987 South Asian Games Football TournamentTournament details

Host country|  India
Dates| 21–26 November
Teams| 6 (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 played| 8
Goals scored| 20 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Ganesh Thapa
(6 goals)

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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

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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

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1  |  India | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 0  | +5  | 3  |  Gold medal match
2  |  Pakistan | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | +1  | 3  |  Bronze medal match
3  |  Sri Lanka | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 6  | −6  | 0  |

Source: RSSSF

21 November 1987

India | 0–0|  Pakistan

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Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

22 November 1987

Pakistan | 1–0|  Maldives

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Sharafat | Report |

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

23 November 1987

India | 5–0|  Maldives

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Shareef  (o.g.)
Sisir
Amit Bhadra
Deepak Kumar
Krishanu |  |

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

### Group B

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

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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

21 November 1987

Nepal   | 1–0|  Bangladesh

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Ganesh 53' | Report |

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

22 November 1987

Bangladesh | 3–0|  Bhutan

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* Babul 7'
* Badal 77'
* Ahmed Ali 81'

| Report |

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

23 November 1987

Nepal   | 6–2|  Bhutan

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* Ganesh
* Mani Shah

|  | Basnet

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

## Bronze medal match

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25 November 1987

Pakistan | 1–0|  Bangladesh

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Sharafat 86' | Report |

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

## Gold medal match

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26 November 1987

India | 1–0|    Nepal

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Mohammed Farid  89' |  |

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

## 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.

6 goals

* Ganesh Thapa

2 goals

* Sharafat Ali
* Mani Shah
* Khare Basnet

1 goal

* Sisir Gosh
* Amit Bhadra
* Deepak Kumar
* Krishanu Dey
* Mohamed Farid
* Khurshid Alam Babul
* Badal Das
* Ahmed Ali

1 own goal

* 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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