2015 SAFF Championship final explained

2015 SAFF Championship Final
Event:	2015 SAFF Championship
Team1:	India
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Afghanistan
Team2association:
Team2score:	1
Details:	After extra time
Stadium:	Trivandrum International Stadium
City:	Thiruvananthapuram
Previous:	2013
Next:	2018

See main article: 2015 SAFF Championship. The 2015 SAFF Championship Final was a football match that took place on 3 January 2016 at the Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, India, to determine the 2015 SAFF Championship champion.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Venue

On 2 July 2015, it was announced that the matches during the tournament, including the final, would take place at the newly constructed Trivandrum International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.^[1]

Route to the final

Afghanistan	Round	India
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
	4–0	Match 1		2–0
	3–0	Match 2		4–1
	4–1	Match 3
Team 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6 3 1 0 2 4 6 −3 3 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0		Final standing	Team 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 2 0 0 1 1 2 –1 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
	5–0^[4]	Semi-finals		3–2^[5]

Match

Augustin Fernandes Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Pritam Kotal Rowllin Borges Halicharan Narzary Sunil Chhetri Substitutes: Karanjit Singh Subrata Pal Koushik Sarkar Lalchhuanmawia Lallianzuala Chhangte Manager: Stephen Constantine

Ovays Azizi Abassin Alikhil Faysal Shayesteh Masih Saighani Mustafa Hadid Substitutes: Fardeen Kohistani Hamidullah Wakily Roholla Iqbalzadeh Omid Homauoni Anoush Dastgir Fardin Hakimi Manager: Petar Segrt

Match rules

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

See also

• 2015 SAFF Championship

External links

• SAFF Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Chaudhuri. Arunava. Trivandrum will host upcoming SAFF Cup in December 2015/January 2016. 22 December 2015. SportsKeeda. 2 July 2015.
2. Web site: India win 2015 SAFF Championship title. 28 July 2022.
3. Web site: 2015 SAFF Championship final: India 2-1 Afghanistan - 5 Talking Points. 28 July 2022.
4. Web site: SAFF C'ship Semi-final: Afghanistan 5-0 Sri Lanka; AFC.com. 28 July 2022.
5. Web site: SAFF Championship Semi-final: India 3-2 Maldives; AFC.com. 28 July 2022.