The 2011

South Asian Football Federation Championship The South Asian Football Federation Championship, commonly known as SAFF Championship (previously known as ''South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation Gold Cup'' and ''South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup''), is the main international ...

, sponsored by

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and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011, was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in

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Venue

It was originally scheduled to take place in

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, but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the

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on 22 September. The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for

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and hosted the

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Squads

Draw

The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including

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General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail. (The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)

Group stage

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Champion

Awards

Statistics

Goalscorers

;7 goals *

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;6 goals * Balal Arezou ;3 goals *

Clifford Miranda Clifford Rayes Miranda (born 11 July 1982) is an Indian professional football manager and former player who is the interim head coach of Indian Super League club Odisha. Miranda was an attacking midfielder who spent most of his career wit ...

;2 goals *

Sandjar Ahmadi Sandjar Ahmadi ( prs, سنجر احمدی) is a footballer from Afghanistan who currently plays for Hamm United FC and Afghanistan national football team. He scored two goals against Sri Lanka in 2011 SAFF Championship which helped the nationa ...

Ata Yamrali Ata Yamrali (born 5 July 1982) is a German-Afghan footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for German lower-league club SC Alstertal/Langenhorn. Between 2007 and 2013 he made 12 appearances for Afghanistan national team scoring 3 goals ...

* Syed Rahim Nabi *

Jeje Lalpekhlua Jeje Lalpekhlua Fanai (born 7 January 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker, and last appeared with Indian Super League club East Bengal. Between 2011 and 2019, he scored 23 goals in 56 international matches repres ...

Ali Ashfaq Ali Ashfaq (; born 6 September 1985) is a Maldivian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Maldives national team. Nicknamed "Man of Steel" (), he is regarded as one of the best players in the South Asian region. A pro ...

* Ahmed Thariq * Nipuna Bandara * Mohamed Zain ;1 goal * Zohib Islam Amiri * Mohammad Mashriqi * Djelaludin Sharityar * Shahedul Alam Shahed *

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* Sushil Kumar Singh * Shamweel Qasim * Bharat Khawas * Sandip Rai * Sagar Thapa * Samar Ishaq ;Own goal * Bandara Warakagoda (against

)

Other statistics

* Most wins

4 wins * Most Losses

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...

3 loss * Most Draws

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3 draws * First goal of the tournament

for

Maldives The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives,, ) and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about from the A ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

* Most goals scored in a match

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...

8 Goals vs

* Lowest scores in a match 1.

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0-0 2.

0-0 * Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for vs 4 Goals * Fastest Goal of the tournament

for vs in 4 Minutes * Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of * Best match of the tournament vs 1-0

Broadcasting

YouTube Live

In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally throug
SAFF Youtube Channel
except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.

Television

¹ Only Afghan matches ² Only Indian matches

References

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