2011 SAFF Championship final explained

2011 SAFF Championship final
Event:	2011 SAFF Championship
Team1:	India
Team1score:	4
Team2:	Afghanistan
Team2association:
Team2score:	0
Stadium:	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
City:	New Delhi
Referee:	Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Attendance:	30,000
Previous:	2009
Next:	2013

The 2011 SAFF Championship final was the final match of the 2011 SAFF Championship which took place in India on 11 December 2011. The final match took place between India and Afghanistan. India entered the final as defending champions after winning their fifth title in 2009. While for Afghanistan this was their first final.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Venue

It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India,^[4] but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.^[5]

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for the India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Route to the final

India	Round	Afghanistan
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
	1–1	Match 1		1–1
	5–0	Match 2		3–1
	3–0	Match 3		8–1
Team 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0		Final standing	Team 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 3 0 0 3 1 16 -15 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
	3–1	Semi-finals		1–0 a e.t

Match

Mahesh Gawli Climax Lawrence Gouramangi Singh Rocus Lamare Jeje Lalpekhlua Nirmal Chettri Substitutes: Manager: Savio Medeira

Djelaludin Sharityar Ata Yamrali Zohib Islam Amiri Israfeel Kohistani Mohammad Mashriqi Substitutes: Bashir Darman Manager: Mohammad Yousef Kargar

Match rules

• 90 minutes.
• 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
• Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
• Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• 2011 SAFF Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: India thrash Afghanistan 4-0. 12 December 2011. 2021-02-16.
2. News: India Pump in three to enter last four. 2022-07-17. Hindustan Times. Tomojit. Basu. 8 December 2011.
3. Web site: India retain SAFF title: AFC.com. 10 December 2021.
4. Web site: AIFF Executive committee meeting . The-AIFF.com . All India Football Federation . 23 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716215106/http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2247 . 2011-07-16 . dead.
5. Web site: Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog . The-AIFF . All India Football Federation . 23 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110925102945/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2748 . 2011-09-25 . dead.