The Bangabandhu Cup, also known as the Bangabandhu Gold Cup, is an international

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tournament organised by the

Bangladesh Football Federation Bangladesh Football Federation (, ''Bānlādēśa phuṭabala phēḍārēśana'') is the governing body that administrates the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national tea ...

(BFF) as a tribute to

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...

who is the

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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. It has been played sporadically since 1996, and was resurrected in 2015. Up to the 2016 edition, most of the participating countries in the tournament sent their youth national teams, their second teams or club sides. In the 2018 edition, all participating nations sent their first team except the Philippines.

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is the champion, after defeating

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in the 2018 tournament and defended its trophy against

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in 2020.

Results

Tournament summary

Top goalscorers

Top goalscorers by edition

Venues

Bangabandhu National Stadium Bangabandhu National Stadium ( bn, বঙ্গবন্ধু জাতীয় স্টেডিয়াম, ''romanised: Bongobondhu jateeyo stediyaam''), also known as Dhaka Stadium, and formerly known as Dacca Stadium, is the national s ...

* Sylhet District Stadium *

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M. A. Aziz Stadium The MA Aziz Stadium ( bn, এম এ আজিজ স্টেডিয়াম; also known as Chittagong Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The local cricket and football teams play there and it is sometimes used b ...

Cox's Bazar Stadium Cox's Bazar Stadium, also known as Bir Shrestha Ruhul Amin Stadium is a football stadium situated by the south side of Cox's Bazar Medical College Hospital and east side of Cox's Bazar district council. See also * List of football stadiums in B ...

References

External links

* http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bangabandhu.html {{Friendly association football tournaments in Asia International association football competitions hosted by Bangladesh Memorials to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Annual sporting events Recurring sporting events established in 1996 1996 establishments in Bangladesh