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

IndiaRoundAfghanistan
OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult
1–1Match 11–1
5–0Match 23–1
3–0Match 38–1
Team
3210123+97
321091+87
310246−23
3003116−150
Final standing
Team
3210123+97
321091+87
310246−23
3003116-150
OpponentResultKnockout phaseOpponentResult
3–1Semi-finals1–0 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

See also

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.