The women's football tournament of the

2016 South Asian Games The 2016 South Asian Games, officially the XII South Asian Games, is a major multi-sport event which took place from 5 February to 16 February 2016 in Guwahati and Shillong, India. A total of 2,672 athletes competed in 226 events over 22 sports ...

is the second edition of the tournament. It was played at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...

, India, from 5 February to 15 February 2016. India defended their title with a 4–0 win over Nepal.

Squads

Format

It is being played on round-robin format. The top two teams will be play in the final. The team finishing third in the Group Stage will be awarded with Bronze Medal.

Group stage

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Gold medal match

Winner

Goalscorers

;5 Goals *

Yumnam Kamala Devi Yumnam Kamala Devi (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and an occasional striker for the Indian team. She currently plays for Eastern Sporting Union in the Indian Women's League. Career Internat ...

;3 Goals * Ngangom Bala Devi ;2 Goals *

Anu Lama Anu Lama (Nepali:अनु लामा) (born 3 October 1987) is a Nepalese women's Association football, footballer who currently is the Captain (association football), captain for the Nepal women's national football team and a Forward (associa ...

Dangmei Grace Grace Dangmei (born 5 February 1996) is an Indian women's international footballer who plays as a forward for Uzbek side Sevinch Karshi and the India women's national team. She was part of the team at the 2014 Asian Games and at the 2016 Sou ...

Fadhuwa Zahir Fadhuwa Zahir ( dv, ފަދުވާ; born 7 May 1987) is a Maldivian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...

* Niru Thapa *

Sabina Khatun Sabina Khatun ( bn, সাবিনা খাতুন; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Bangladesh Women's Football League club Bashundhara Kings and the Bangladesh wom ...

Sabitra Bhandari Sabitra Bhandari ( ne, साबित्रा भण्डारी), popularly known as Samba, is a Nepali professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Nepal women's national football team. She is the highest goal scorer in Nepal ...

* Srimoti Krishnarani Sarkar ;1 Goal *

Loitongbam Ashalata Devi Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (born 3 July 1993), known as Ashalata Devi, is an Indian professional football player who plays as a Defender (association football), defender, who currently captains both the India women's national football team, Indi ...

* Dipa Adhikari * Hasara Dilrangi * Marzia * R Ekanayake *

Sanju Yadav Sanju Yadav (born 12 September 1997) is an Indian women's professional footballer who plays as a forward for Odisha FC in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team. Early life Born in the village of Al ...

* Sapana Lama *

Sasmita Malik Sasmita Mallik (born 10 April 1989, in Aali, Odisha, Aul, Kendrapara) is an Indian women's association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder, left winger for India women's national football team. With 40 goals in 38 matches, she is th ...

;Own Goal * A.S. Perera (playing against ) * Hasara Dilrangi (playing against )

References

External links

Futbol24 - AFC - Women South Asian Games - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 2016 South Asian Games - Women's tournament 2016 South Asian Games

2016 in women's association football