Edge Rewrite
everything Source code View original
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

// request.cf · coarse context

A page that knows where it met you.

Only coarse request metadata is shown. This demo does not display or persist visitor IP addresses.

Country
US
Cloudflare location
CMH
Connection
HTTP/2
Language
Not provided

Ray ID: a23363e6bb5477be

Jump to content

2008 SAFF Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2008 SAFF Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesMaldives
Sri Lanka
Dates3–14 June
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Maldives (1st title)
Runners-up India
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorerAfghanistan H. A. Habib (4 goals)[1]
Best playerMaldives Ali Ashfaq
← 2005
2009 →

The 2008 SAFF Championship was held in Malé, Maldives and Colombo, Sri Lanka between 3 and 14 June 2008.

Initially, the tournament was due to be held in 2007 but was postponed to 2008.

Venues

[edit]
Stadiums
Colombo Malé
Sugathadasa Stadium Rasmee Dhandu Stadium
Capacity:25,000[2] Capacity:11,850[3]
Host city of Sri Lanka Host city of Maldives

Squads

[edit]

Group stage

[edit]

Group A

[edit]
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 India 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Maldives 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
   Nepal 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
 Pakistan 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: RSSSF
Maldives 3–0 Pakistan
Shifan 45+2'
Thoriq 47'
Akram red-colored football 90+' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
India 2–1 Pakistan
Pradeep 25'
Dias 45+1'		 Report A. Ahmed 88'
Maldives 4–1   Nepal
Mohamed 9', 46'
Fazeel 50', 62'		 Report Gouchan 10'
Attendance: 8,000
Pakistan 1–4   Nepal
Ishaq 52' Report Tamang 3'
Rayamajhi 5'
Rai 67', 86'
Maldives 0–1 India
Report Singh 14'
Attendance: 10,000

Group B

[edit]
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Bhutan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Bangladesh 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Afghanistan 3 0 2 1 5 7 −2 2
Source: RSSSF
Bangladesh 1–1 Bhutan
Baidya 27' Report Sangay 79'
Sri Lanka 2–0 Bhutan
Gunarathna 25', 37' Report
Afghanistan 1–3 Bhutan
H. A. Habib 88' Report Dorji 13'
Gyeltshen 31', 80'

Knockout phase

[edit]

Bracket

[edit]
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 Jun – Malé
 
 
 India2
 
14 Jun – Colombo
 
 Bhutan1
 
 India 0
 
11 Jun – Colombo
 
 Maldives1
 
 Maldives1
 
 
 Sri Lanka0
 

Semi-finals

[edit]
India 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bhutan
Chhetri 30'
Gouramangi 120'		 Report Dorji 18'
Attendance: 12,000
Sri Lanka 0–1 Maldives
Report Fazeel 70'
Attendance: 12,000

Final

[edit]
India 0–1 Maldives
Report Naseer 87'
Attendance: ~20,000

Champion

[edit]
 SAFF Championship 2008 

Maldives
First title

Statistics

[edit]

Goalscorers

[edit]
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Other statistics

[edit]

Notes and references

[edit]
  1. 1 2 http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=2011 Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine India 0 – 1 Maldives: New champions
  2. ↑ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Sri Lanka". Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Maldiven - New Radiant SC - Resultaten, programma's, selectie, foto's, videos en nieuws - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sri Lanka bags first win, Bangladesh hits another blow".
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_SAFF_Championship&oldid=1356369292"