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

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, 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

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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 Women's League club Nita FA. She also played for Eastern Sporting Union in the Indian Women's Leagu ...

;3 Goals *

Ngangom Bala Devi Ngangom Bala Devi (born 2 February 1990) is an Indian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for the Indian Women's League club Sreebhumi FC, Sreebhumi and the India women's nationa ...

;2 Goals *

Anu Lama Anu Lama (Nepali:अनु लामा) (born 3 October 1987) is a Nepalese women's footballer who currently is the captain for the Nepal women's national football team and a forward for APF Club. Lama is currently the second highest internatio ...

Dangmei Grace Grace Dangmei (born 5 February 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kickstart and the India women's national team. She was part of the team at the 2014 Asian Games and at the 2016 South Asian Games where she sco ...

* Fadhuwa Zahir * Niru Thapa *

Sabina Khatun Sabina Khatun (; born 25 October 1993) is a Bangladeshi professional footballer who plays as a forward. She is a member of the Bangladesh national football team, and the former captains. She also represented Bashundhara Kings. She holds the r ...

Sabitra Bhandari Sabitra Bhandari (), popularly known as Samba, is a Nepalese professional football player who plays as a forward for Première Ligue club En Avant Guingamp and Nepal women's national team. She is the all-time highest goal scorer in Nepalese ...

* Srimoti Krishnarani Sarkar ;1 Goal *

Loitongbam Ashalata Devi Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (born 3 July 1993), known as Ashalata Devi, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Indian Women's League club East Bengal and captains the India women's national team. Devi is considered ...

* Dipa Adhikari * Hasara Dilrangi * Marzia *

R Ekanayake R, or r, is the eighteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ar'' (pronounced ), plural ''ars''. The letter ...

* Sanju Yadav * Sapana Lama *

Sasmita Malik Sasmita Mallik (born 10 April 1989) is an Indian former footballer who played as a left winger for India women's national football team. With 40 goals in 38 matches, she is the second highest all-time goalscorer for the Indian women's national ...

;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 Events at the 2016 South Asian Games

South Asian Games The South Asian Games is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among athletes from South Asia. The South Asia Olympic Council, which was formed in 1983, governs it. The Games consist of seven countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, N ...