2016 Bangabandhu Cup Explained

Tourney Name:Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Year:2016
Dates:8–22 January
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:2 in 2 host cities
Champion:Nepal
Count:1
Matches:15
Goals:34
Player: Nawayug Shrestha
Top Scorer: Nawayug Shrestha
(4 goals)
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2018

The 2016 Bangabandhu Cup or 2016 Bangabandhu Gold Cup was an international association football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Launched in 1996, it was the 4th time the Bangabandhu Cup had been held. Eight teams from the Asian Football Confederation participated in this edition.

Format

In the group stage, six teams were divided into two groups of three teams, playing a single round-robin, with the teams finishing first and second in each group qualifying to the semi-finals.

Prize money

4,250,000.

2,000,000.

Referees

Broadcasters

Participating nations

The following nations have entered the competition:[1]

Venues

Fifteen matches were played at two different venues in Dhaka and Jessore: The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, and Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore.

DhakaJessore
Bangabandhu National StadiumShamsul Huda Stadium
Capacity: 36,000Capacity: 12,000

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

4 Goals
2 Goals

Notes and References

  1. News: BFF promises major shake-up. The Daily Star Bangladesh . 28 December 2015. 28 December 2015.
  2. News: Cambodia open Bangabandhu Gold Cup on Saturday. ASEAN Football Federation . 7 January 2016. 7 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Nepal beat Bahrain 3-0 in Bangabandhu, win first international title after 23 years than AFC Solidarity by beating Macau 1-0 in final ..Nepal won South Asian Games 2016 football Gold medal by defeating host country India on final 2-1. . The Himalayan Times. 22 January 2016. 21 November 2016.