The 1993 South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation Gold Cup was the 1st

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, held in

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(at

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) between 16 July 1993 and 23 July 1993. The countries that competed in this tournament were

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and

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. Additionally, a Pakistan Junior team participated under the name of Pakistan White. However, their matches were not part of the tournament. This tournament was played as a league where the team which gets the highest points wins the competition. India won the tournament and became the first ever South Asian football champions.

Venue

Matches

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Statistics

Champion

References

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