In a joint venture of ANFA (All Nepal Football Federation) and SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) the 10th edition of SAFF Championship was held successfully in Kathmandu Nepal from September 1st to September 11th 2013. Eight top South Asian teams Nepal India Pakistan Bangladesh Afghanistan Maldives Bhutan and sriLanka were part of competition . The Competition was divided into group stages and final stages . In group stages 2 groups of 4 countries each were divided . The winner and runner ups from each group were advanced to semifinals.
Group Division
SAFF Championship 2013
Fixtures Full Match Highlights
SAFF Competation Nepal 2013
GROUP ROUND
September 1 2013 :
Game 1 : India v/s Pakistan 15:30 NST (GA) Dashrath Stadium
Game 2 : Nepal v/s Bangladesh 18:30 NST (GA) Dasrath Stadium
September 2 ,2013
Game 3 : Afghanistan v/s Bhutan (GB) 15:30 NST Halchowk Stadium
Game 4 : Maldives v/s Srilanka (GB) 18:30 NST Dasrath Stadium
September 3,2013
Game 5: Bangladesh v/s India (GB) 15:30 NST Halchowk Stadium
Pre-Match Analysis Full Match Highlights
September 4 ,2013
Game 7 : Srilanka v/s Afghanistan (GB) 15:30 NST Halchowk Stadium
Pre-Match Analysis Full Match Highlights
Pre-Match Analysis Full Match Highlights
Game 8 : Bhutan V/s Maldives (GB) 18:30 NST Dasrath Stadium
Pre-Match Analysis Full Match Highlights
Pre-Match Analysis Full Match Highlights
September 5,2013
Game 9: India v/s Nepal (GA) 15:30 NST Dasrath Stadium
Game 10: Bangladesh v/s Pakistan (GA) 15:30 NST Halchowk Stadium
September 6,2013
Game 11: Afghanistan v/s Maldives (GB) 15:30 NST Dasrath Stadium
Game 12: Srilanka v/s Bhutan (GB) 15:30 NST Halchowk Stadium
Points Table After The End of Group Round
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| Points table SAFF Championship 2013 |
SEMIFINALS
September 8,2013
Game 13 :Nepal v/s Afghanistan (Semifinal ) 18:30 NST Dasrath Stadium
September 9,2013
Game 14 : India v/s Maldives (Semifinal) 18:30 NST Dasrath Stadium
FINALS
September 11 ,2013
Game 15: Afghanistan v/s India (FINAL) 18:30 NST Dasrath stadium
Pre-Match Analysis Full Match Highlights
The defending champions India were thrashed by The Lions of Khrosans Afghanistan in the most exciting finals by 2-0 lifting up the cup for the First time . The winners (Afghanistan's ) took a trophy and a cash prize of $50000 while the runner up India took $25000. The two semifinalist Nepal and Maldives took 10000 dollars each.
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| Afghanistan SAFF Champions 2013 |
AWARDS
Fifa Fair Play Award Nepal
Hero MVP Award Rabin Srestha [Nepal]
MVP of the Year Mansur Faqiryar [Afghanistan]
Top Scorer Award Ali Ashfaq 10 goals [Maldives]
Though the Neplese player couldn't lift the trophy but has certainly raised their place in the heart of Nepali People and Fans. The Nepali football team were supported to full strength in the Dasrath Stadium Kathmandu.
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| Nepali Fans during SAFF Championship 2013 |
- The team of gorkhas has increased their FIFA Ranking from 172-170
- The Gorkhali team defeated Indian Football team after 20 years.
- Bimal Gharti Magar (15 years) became the youngest player to score in SAFF Championship.
- Nepali team received the FAIR PLAY award .
The team of SAFF Championship is the by far the best Nepali Football team and hopefully will have a great game in upcoming days and win trophies for NEPAL.
JAY NEPAL !!!
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